Report of the Global Thematic Consultation on Population Dynamics
Environmental Pollution
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.05.046
DHS Working Papers No. 85
DHS Working Papers No. 88
education, wealth, mobility, employment, and media exposure
A Community Guide to Environmental Health > Chapter 19: Health Care Waste. Please download this chapter from the website of Hesperian
DHS Analytical Studies No. 40
Research Article
BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:262; doi:10.1186/1471-2334-12-262
Document opérationnel technique sur la prévention et la prise en charge des cas de paludisme en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC)
Strengthening competency based training of health care providers for Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child & Adolescenct Health (RMNCH + A) services
Advancing Health, Learning and Equity through WASH in Schools
Programme de formation pour les professionnels de Santé
Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia can massively impact functionality and quality of life, furthering the importance of cognitive training. Despite the development of the field in Europe and in the United States, no programmes have been developed and tested in developing countries. Different cultur...al backgrounds, budget restrictions, and other difficulties may render treatment packages created in high income countries difficult for adoption by developing nations. We performed a pilot double-blind, randomized, controlled trial in order to investigate the efficacy and feasibility of an attention and memory training programme specially created in
a developing nation. The intervention used simple, widely available materials, required minimal infrastructure, and was conducted in groups.The sample included seventeen stable Brazilians with schizophrenia. Sessions were conducted weekly during five months. The cognitive training group showed significant improvements in inhibitory control and set-shifting over time. Both groups showed improvements in symptoms, processing speed, selective attention, executive function, and long-term visual memory. Improvements were found in the control group in long-term verbal memory and concentration. Our findings reinforce the idea that cognitive training in schizophrenia can be constructed using simple resources and infrastructure, facilitating its adoption by developing countries, and it may improve cognition.
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The "Norma Técnica de Salud para la Atención integral de las Personas Afectadas por Tuberculosis" (Technical Health Standard for the Integral Care of Persons Affected by Tuberculosis)
incorporates important innovations that standardise the programmatic management of tuberculosis (TB).