Worldometers is run by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time relevant format to a wide audience around the world. Worldometers is owned by Dadax, an independent company. We have no political..., governmental, or corporate affiliation
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In 2016 WHO introduced the Cholera Kits. These kits replace the Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kit (IDDK) which had been used for many years. The Cholera Kit is designed to be flexible and adaptable for preparedness and outbreak response in different contexts. The overall Cholera Kit is made up of a...n Investigation Kit, Laboratory materials, 3 Treatment Kits (community, periphery and central) and a Hardware Kit. The Treatment and Hardware Kits are each composed of individual modules. Each of the kits and modules can be ordered independently based on field need. To support orders, a Cholera Kit Calculation Tool was developed.
The information note, packing lists and the Kit Calculation Tool are all available from the WHO website at: http://www.who.int/cholera/kit/en/
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The outbreak of the coronavirus is leading to increased challenges in clinical management and uncertainty among the general population. To support the advice and treatment of patients, we have updated our Knowledge Library to include an informative Learning Card about COVID-19.
This update contai...ns essential details, as well as references to reputable sources and the newest treatment recommendations from the institutes and authorities who are evaluating these developments on a daily basis. The Learning Card has been written, curated and extensively checked by our qualified team of international physicians.
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MEDBOX Issue Brief No.2.
The main route of transmission of the Sars-CoV-2 virus are small respiratory droplets. Therefore, thoroughly cleaning of hands with either alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water is one of the corner stones of basic protective measures against COVID-19 for everyone. A part...icular focus of this Issue Brief are documents for the health care sector, but also multilingual material for the public.
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This webinar provides training on integrating GBV risk mitigation and how to support a survivor of GBV and safe referrals. This training is designed to provide an introduction to and resources for this area of work.
This learning resource contributes to UNICEF's HAC/SitRep COVID-19 indicator (Numbe...r of UNICEF personnel and partners that have completed training on GBV risk mitigation and referrals for survivors).
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Training Material - Power Point
Science in 5: Episode #10 -
How important is ventilation and how does it keep you safe from COVID-19?
The CVIC tool is the WHO-UNICEF tool designed to assist countries in the process of planning and costing COVID-19 vaccination. The aim of this course is to demonstrate the use of the CVIC tool. The course is targeting national programme managers and personnel who have been involved in the costing, b...udgeting or financing processes of COVID-19 vaccine delivery in a country.
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That’s what Nurses International is all about. We’re non-profit and entirely focused on helping nurses obtain the education and the support they need to make a difference in developing nations worldwide.
We connect colleges and institutions with experts who can take their nursing programs to ...the next level. We help establish new nursing programs where they’re needed most. And we eliminate the barriers that stand between students and education.
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A key component of achieving control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is effective supply chain management of preventive chemotherapy drugs for Mass Drug Administration (MDA) for trachoma, river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis.... This course explains the end-to-end process from planning and submitting donated drug requests through to waste management of expired and unserviceable stock and reverse logistics of unused tablets. It is essential knowledge for all levels of the health system that must work together to implement MDA.
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This set of competencies reflects foundational climate and health knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes for health professions students to mitigate the health impacts of climate change. Intended as a guide for developing climate and health education in health professions schools’ curricula, ...the set can be applied as needed and included in a variety of formats and over different timescales, such as in slides over several years of teaching, a series of lectures, or an entire course. The set of competencies offers an overview 2 of the different domains, units, and elements of competency recommended for all health professions students, as well as specific competencies for public health and clinical practices.
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Discover approaches and advances in our fight against the malaria mosquito using Insecticide Resistance Management (IRM).
On this three-week course, you’ll examine the rise of insecticide resistant mosquitoes and the resultant need for a new approach in the world’s fight against malaria transmi...ttance.
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MEDBOX Issue Brief no. 24 (Sept.2022)
On 20 September 2022, Uganda health authorities declared an outbreak of Ebola disease, caused by Sudan virus,
following laboratory confirmation of a patient from a village in Madudu sub-county, Mubende district, central
Uganda.
Therefore the MEDBOX Team cre...ated this issue brief to give a quick overview of the most important documents and training material.
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The aim of this course is to provide information on the “WHO implementation handbook for national action plans on antimicrobial resistance: guidance for the human health sector” and the 6 steps for sustainable implementation of NAPs on AMR. This course is intended for national/subnational policy...-makers, technical leads and implementing partners working on the implementation of NAPs on AMR within the human health sector.
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Понад 3500 вчителів та шкільних психологів долучилось за місяць до курсу з психологічно-емоційної підтримки «Розумію», який покликаний допомогти освітянам стабілі...увати власний емоційний стан в умовах постійного стресу та напруги війни та надати практичні інструменти для підтримки учнівства та батьківства. Курс запущений ГС «Освіторія» за підтримки Міністерства освіти і науки України та Дитячого фонду ООН (ЮНІСЕФ).
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In this video MEDBOX describes how the Caregiver Toolbox is structured and how it simplifies the worklife of caregivers wordwide