First Edition, July 2009
Trainers’ Manual
In this guideline, natural ventilation is considered
among one the effective measures to control infections in health care. This guideline provides
a design and operation guide for hospital planners, engineers, architects and infection control
personnel. The recommendations in this guidelin...e followed a systematic
review of the literature on the association of ventilation and disease transmission, as well
as effective natural ventilation solutions for infection control.
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HIV Testing and Counselling Guidelines
Guidelines for State Health Society and District Health Society
Recommendations for Tuberculosis Screening Before Initiation of TNF-α-Inhibitor Treatment in Rheumatic Diseases
Diel R et al. Empfehlungen für das Tuberkulosescreening vor Gabe von TNF-α-Inhibitoren… Pneumologie 2009; 63: 329–334
This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian programme managers and healthcare providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents.
The purpose of this interim guidance is to provide information and insight to assist public policy and
health system leaders in preparing for and responding to an MCE caused by terrorist use of explosives
(TUE). This document provides practical information to promote comprehensive mass casualty ca...re
in the event of a TUE event and focuses on two areas:
1. leadership in preparing for and responding to a TUE event, and
2. effective care of patients in the prehospital and hospital environments during a TUE event.
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Preliminary version for country introduction
The revised package of BFHI materials includes five sections: 1. Background and Implementation, 2. Strengthening and Sustaining the BFHI: A course for decision-makers, 3. Breastfeeding Promotion and Support in a Baby-friendly Hospital: a 20-hour course for maternity staff, 4. Hospital Self-Appraisal... and Monitoring, and 5. External Assessment and Reassessment. Sections 1 to 4 are widely available while section 5 is for limited distribution.
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El grupo de Farmacovigilancia de la red Panamericana para la Armonización Farmacéutica (PARF) de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), ha desarrollado este documento desde la visión OPS/OMS, considerando que la farmacovigilancia es un componente esencial de los programas de salud públ...ica. Se trabajó con el objetivo de facilitar el desarrollo, mejorar y fortalecer los sistemas de
farmacovigilancia en la región de las Américas y promover el ejercicio de las buenas prácticas para mejorar la seguridad del paciente y de la población de acuerdo a las necesidades de la región.
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Apruébase la Guía Práctica Clínica Nacional sobre Prevención, Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de la Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 - Resulocíon 695/2009 Ministerio de Salud (M.S.)