This report situates disability and inclusion within the broader context of sustainable development, with a particular focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The paper provides background on the historical role of the UN in promoting inclusion and outlines the current trends and challeng...es facing people with disabilities globally. The following section presents these challenges within the context of the SDGs, showing that disability needs to be tackled if the SDGs are to be achieved. It concludes with a number of recommendations for a disability-inclusive 2030 agenda for sustainable development
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Technical brief by the H4+ (UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank)
16-17 march 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting report
Ce manuel présente des informations essentielles sur l’épidémiologie du paludisme, les aspects de prévention et de prise en charge du paludisme mais aussi les interventions de soutien.
Il sert à la formation en cours d’emploi des médecins, des sages-femmes, des infirmiers, et autres agent...s de santé prenant en charge le paludisme.
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Suivi de la déclaration politique sur le VIH de 2011 – Sénégal 2014
Programme commun des nations unies sur le VIH/SIDA
Prévention et prise en charge du paludisme.
Dans le cadre stratégique 2014-2018, le Sénégal s’est fixé comme objectif l’accélération du contrôle du paludisme en vue de sa pré-élimination. L’atteinte de cet objectif passera nécessairement par une couverture universelle pour toute...s les interventions de prise en charge et de prévention.
Ces interventions intéressent essentiellement les axes stratégiques que sont la lutte anti vectorielle, le paludisme et grossesse, la chimio prévention saisonnière, la prise en charge des cas, la gestion des épidémies et des urgences, la gestion des approvisionnements et des stocks, la promotion de la santé, le suivi évaluation et la gestion du programme.
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The elimination scenario planning (ESP) manual provides malaria-endemic countries with a comprehensive framework to assess different scenarios for moving towards this goal, depending on programme coverage and funding availability. It also helps countries set realistic timelines and provides essentia...l knowledge for strategic planning in the long term.
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Report commissioned by the IASC Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations Steering Group as part of the Syria Coordinated Accountability and Lessons Learning Initiative
Chapter 8, Prison and Health, published
Investigación original / Original research
Rev Panam Salud Publica 36(3), 2014
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January 2014 | Volume 9 | Issue 1 | e86616
braz j infect dis. 2014;18(5):491–495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2014.02.004
1413-8670/© 2014 Elsevier Editora Ltda. Este é um artigo Open Access sob a licença de CC BY-NC-ND
Good mental health is integral to human health and well being. A person’s mental health and many common mental disorders are shaped by various social, economic, and physical environments operating at different stages of life. Risk factors for many common mental disorders are heavily associated wit...h social inequalities, whereby the greater the inequality the higher the inequality in risk.
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The objective of this study is to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, sustainability, and impact of the tsunami response in Sri Lanka and Indonesia 10 years later. A cross cutting theme of this study is the assessment of whether communities are now better prepared to respond to and cope with disaster....
Three key lessons for the future of humanitarian response are highlighted:
Lesson 1: Participation is the cornerstone of humanitarian response and recovery;
Lesson 2: Partnership as a prerequisite for long-term change;
Lesson 3: Creating momentum for risk reduction.
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A Guidebook for Medical and Professional Schools, Second Edition.
This book represents a significant step to engage health professions schools in addressing global health challenges