of highly contagious viruses (of the Ebola or Marburg type) in the context of an epidemic outbreak in West Africa
Briefing note prepared by the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, August 2014
Information and Approaches for developing Country Settings
African Health Sciences 2013; 13(2): 219 - 232 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v13i2.4
Assessment in action series
Key Findings from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine
Writing by Katya Burns
Editing by Paul Silva and Roxanne Saucier
This document aims to provide guidance to EU/EEA public health authorities, public health professionals and healthcare practitioners for the management of persons having had contact with cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) after visiting or working in an area that is affected by EVD; also covered is ...occupational exposure to the disease
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Regional Operational Plan 2016 FY17 Strategic Direction Summary
2 May 2016
Guiding framework for development cooperation, Working paper 2017.
This document was drawn up on the basis of expert publications and inputs from partners in the
GIZ regional programme Psychosocial Support for Syrian and Iraqi Refugees and Internally
Displaced People1 in order to serve as guidanc...e in the design, implementation and assessment of
psychosocial support measures for refugees in the context of the crises in Syria and Iraq. It is
aimed at actors from the MHPSS sector working with refugees in the Middle East and at ministries
and academic/scientific institutions in the context of the Syria and Iraq crises.
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Background: Several studies have demonstrated that South African children and adolescents are
exposed to high levels of violent trauma with a significant proportion developing PTSD, however,
limited resources make it difficult to accurately identify traumatized children.
Conclusions: Our result...s indicate that trauma exposure and PTSD are prevalent in South African
youth and if appropriate cut-offs are used, self-report scales may be useful screening tools for
PTSD.
Annals of General Psychiatry 2005, 4:2doi:10.1186/1744-859X-4-2
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Q9. In adults and children with convulsive epilepsy in remission, when should treatment be discontinued?
Health Workers and Health Facilities under Attack 2015, and Early 2016