2nd edition. The interagency field handbook on malaria control was developed to set out effective malaria control responses in humanitarian emergencies, particularly during the acute phase when reliance on international humanitarian assistance is greatest. This second edition represents a thorough u...pdating and revision of the first edition. The structure remains similar, but includes an additional chapter on humanitarian coordination. All chapters have been revised to reflect changes in best practices, improvements in technologies, availability of new tools, and changes in WHO recommendations.
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This brief document aims to provide a framework for WHO assistance in this area.
Armed conflicts and natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering to affected populations. The psychological and social impacts of emergencies may be acute in the short term, but they can also undermine the long-term mental health and psychosocial well-being of the affected ...population. These impacts may threaten peace, human rights and development. One of the priorities in emergencies is thus to protect and improve people’s mental health and psychosocial well-being.
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) January 16, 2015 / 64(01);20-27
PLoS ONE 11(1): e0144662. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144662
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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Save the Children in collaboration with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the state National Health Mission (NHM) undertook this study in the urban slums of Bhubaneswar city to generate learnings for designing a city-specific public health approach to improve MNH services for the urban... poor.
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Les situations d’urgence, malgré leur caractère
tragique et les conséquences désastreuses qu’elles ont
sur la santé mentale, sont aussi des occasions uniques
d’améliorer la vie d’un grand nombre de personnes
moyennant une réforme de la santé mentale. Cela
est d’autant plus imp...ortant que la santé mentale est
indispensable au bien-être général, au fonctionnement
et à la résilience des individus, des sociétés, et
des pays qui se relèvent de catastrophes naturelles,
de conflits armés ou d’autres situations difficiles.
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This study explored family adjustment and access to rehabilitative services for children with Down syndrome, between 0-5 years of age, in the ecoculture of Petchaburi Province, Thailand.
2018 Controlling the HIV Epidemic Summit Geneva, 3-4 May 2018
3 May 2018
Informationen in vielen Sprachen zur Gesundheit von Flüchtlingskindern, übersichtlich nach Themen sortiert – für Ärzte und Ärztinnen, medizinische Fachkräfte, Kita-Fachkräfte, Familien-/Hebammen, Ehrenamtliche etc.
Die Linklisten werden laufend erweitert und überarbeitet. Alle Materiali...en, Info-Blätter und Broschüren stehen auf den jeweiligen Webseiten kostenlos zum Herunterladen bereit. Für Kita-Fachkräfte steht ein eigener Informations-Kanal u. a. mit Praxishilfen, Fachartikeln und Elterninformationen zur Betreuung von geflüchteten Kindern und ihren Eltern zur Verfügung.
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Annex to Considerations in adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19