BMC Family Practice201415:165, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-165
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Joining efforts to control two trelated global epidemics.
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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Drugs, Diagnostics, Vaccines, Preventive Technologies, Research toward a cure, and immune-based and gene therapies in development
PLoS Med. 2009 Oct;6(10):e1000159. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000159. Epub 2009 Oct 6.
Supplement to the Healthcare Waste Management Toolkit for Global Fund
Practitioners and Policy Makers
Updates for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) - Guideline.
As part of its response to the global epidemic of obesity, WHO has issued guidelines to support primary healthcare workers identify and manage children who are overweight or obese. Specifically, all infants and children ...aged less than 5 years presenting to primary health-care facilities should have both weight and height measured in order to determine their weight-for-height and their nutritional status according to WHO child growth standards. Comparing a child's weight with norms for its length/height is an effective way to assess for both wasting and overweight
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MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report December 19, 2014 / 63(50);1205-1206
Expert Consensus Report for Emergency Centres in
Western Cape
This section provides general information on HCW and key elements of management procedures that are essential to know before developing a HCWM plan.