CBM and the Global Campaign for Education 2014
The revised guidelines present two major changes to existing guidelines: (A) there are now just 2 categories of pneumonia instead of 3 (“pneumonia” which is treated at home with oral amoxicillin and “severe pneumonia” which requires injectable antibiotics) and (B) oral amoxicillin replaces o...ral cotrimoxazole as first line treatment, preferably in 250mg dispersible tablet form, twice daily for five days which can be reduced to three days in low HIV settings.
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BAB training in prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage increased knowledge and confidence among skilled and semiskilled birth attendants. Further studies are needed to determine the impact of this training on skills retention and clinical outcomes following postpartum hemorrhage, after b...roader implementation of the training program
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The State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities examines the barriers – from inaccessible buildings to dismissive attitudes, from invisibility in official statistics to vicious discrimination – that deprive children with disabilities of their rights and keep them from partic...ipating fully in society. The report also lays out some of the key elements of inclusive societies that respect and protect the rights of all children, regardless of disability, and progress in helping all children to flourish and make their contribution to the world.
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Anaesthesia Tutorial of the Week
WSTP-I is the second part of the WHO wheelchair service training package series and focusses more on addressing the needs of people who have severe difficulties in walking and moving around and also having poor postural control .
Adapted from the WHO's Decision-Making Tool for family
planning clients and providers
NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LEPROSY PROGRAMME
Lessons learned in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia & Mozambique 2009 - 2011
PLoS Med 10(8): e1001501. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001501
Recommendations on action and research for:
a) preventing early pregnancy
b) preventing poor reproductive outcomes