The Youth Health and Development Programme Government of the Republic of Namibia and UNICEF Programme of Cooperation 1997-2001
HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care 2016:8 183–193
Working with parent groups – a training resource for facilitators, parents, caregivers, and persons with cerebral palsy.
TThis manual aims to increase knowledge and skills in caring for a child with cerebral palsy. Research highlighted the significant needs of the caregivers, and how they can gai...n a huge amount of support from meeting with each other in an understanding environment.
It promotes a participatory learning approach with an emphasis on working with groups and the empowerment of parents and caregivers.
Download the manual and teaching materials for free, in English, French, Arabic or Spanish. A Chichewa (Malawi) version is also ready for sharing and the manual is being translated in a variety of other languages through the online community Working in the Community with Children with Cerebral Palsy
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Trabajando con grupos de madres y padres – un recurso de capacitación para facilitadores, madres y padres, cuidadores, y personas con parálisis cerebral
BMC Medicine (2015) 13:42 DOI 10.1186/s12916-014-0263-6
PLoS Medicine Vol. 6 no. 10 (2009) e1000165
Traditionally, understanding of the psychiatric and psychological effects of trauma have been developed from studies with adults and then applied to trauma-exposed children with some modifications. While this is an important step to understanding the sequelae of trauma in children and adolescents, t...he adverse developmental effects of traumatic exposures on the rapidly evolving neurological, physical, social and psychological capacities of children calls for a developmentally sensitive framework for understanding, assessing and treating trauma-exposed children.
ournal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2013: 1-14
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 2017, 2(4), 50
This is a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data in a longitudinal study on asymptomatic, LF antigen-positive and -negative young people in Myanmar. Rapid field screening was used to identify antigen-positive cases and a group of antige...n-negative controls of similar age and gender were invited to continue in the study. ... Results demonstrate that sub-clinical changes associated with infection can be detected in asymptomatic cases. Further exploration of these low-cost devices in clinical and research settings on filariasis-related lymphedema are warranted.
https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2040050
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Extra Curricular Life Skills Training Manual For Adolescents 13 to 18 Years of Age
“Protecting Our Peers From HIV Infection”
The Youth Health and Development Programme Government of the Republic of Namibia and UNICEF Programme of Cooperation 1997-2001
November 1999
The New England Journal of Medicine has a perspective on Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — Clinical Manifestations and Management, written by authors who have cared for more than 700 patients with EVD between August 23 and October 4, 2014, in the largest Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberi...a (Free Access) NEJm, November 5, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1413084
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Topics in Antiviral Medicine Volume 25 Issue 2 May/June 2017
For each medicine the Formulary provides information on use, dosage, adverse effects, contraindications and warnings, supplemented by guidance on selecting the right medicine for a range of conditions
Evidence from Low and Middle Income Countries
This statement aims to provide guidance and recommendation to African Union Member States in responding to the following questions:
What should countries do when announcing identification of a herbal remedy or medicine?
What are the implications for the rest of the continent?
Os medicamentos tradicionais à base de plantas ou fitomedicamentos desempenham um papel significativo na gestão de doenças em África e são amplamente utilizados como medicamentos alternativos. Por conseguinte, é importante avaliar tanto a segurança como a eficácia destes bens botânicos ind...genas na medicina antes de endossar a sua utilização pela comunidade médica e pelo público.
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Les médecines traditionnelles à base de plantes ou phytomédicaments jouent un rôle important dans la gestion des maladies en Afrique et sont largement utilisées comme médecines alternatives. Il est donc important d'évaluer à la fois la sécurité et l'efficacité de ces actifs botaniques ind...igènes en médecine avant d'approuver leur utilisation par la communauté médicale et le public.
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Nature Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01283-z