The main purpose of the training package is to develop the minimum skills and knowledge required by personnel involved in wheelchair service delivery. An important aim of the training package is to get it integrated into the regular paramedical/rehabilitation training programs such as physiotherapy,... occupational therapy, prosthetics and orthotics, rehabilitation nursing. Towards this, WHO is posting the whole training package in the Website for the training institutes and wheelchair service providers. The easiest way to make use of the training package is to download the complete package (requires 3 GB space).
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Ein Handbuch für die ehrenamtliche Flüchtlingshilfe in Baden Württemberg. Es ist ein Buch zum „Immer-Griffbereit-haben“ im handlichen Taschenformat. Auf 140 Seiten sind die wichtigsten Themen für die Arbeit mit Flüchtlingen zusammengestellt und mit informativen Hinweisen, guten Beispielen a...us der Praxis, wichtigen Adressen und Ansprechpartnern angereichert. Das Handbuch können Sie kostenlos bestellen.
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Global Health wird für Medizinstudierende in einer enger vernetzten Welt, in der sich gesundheitliche Herausforderungen lokal und global angleichen, immer wichtiger. Zudem kommt dem ärztlichen Beruf gerade in Zeiten neuer sozialer und politischer Aufgaben eine große gesellschaftliche Verantwortun...g zu.
Dieses Konzeptpapier stellt dar, wer und wann Global Health im Medizinstudium lernen sollten und es enthält konkrete Vorschläge zur Umsetzung von Global Health Lehre und der Integration in das medizinische Curriculum.
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C’est en agissant prestement sur le front économique que l’on a pu surmonter cette crise sanitaire
L’Afrique de l’Ouest et la communauté internationale ont dû faire face à une crise sanitaire sans précédent lorsqu’a éclaté, en mars 2014, la plus grande épidémie de la maladie... à virus Ébola jamais enregistrée. Celle-ci a fait plus de 11.000 morts et infecté plus de 28.000 personnes entre la fin 2013 et le début 2016.
L’importance des dépenses sanitaires et sociales que cette épidémie a exigées a aussi provoqué une crise économique, qui a été aggravée par l’effondrement presque concomitant des cours des produits de base. Déjà sous pression avant la survenue de l’épidémie, les systèmes sanitaires et sociaux de la Guinée, du Libéria et de la Sierra Leone — pays les plus touchés — ont été submergés.
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Inclusive Project Cycle Management
This document addresses the issue of the medical and rehabilitative care of persons with physical disabilities. It is understood that this policy is to be integrated with the policy documents of other advisory working groups. It should also be emphasised that the physical disability work of CBM occu...rs within the context of CBM’s Disability and Development Policy, with a human rights perspective and working toward full inclusion of people with disabilities within
their society.
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This factsheet provides base level information to practitioners for awareness raising, training, advocacy, project design and proposal writing. The information may be used and sent out widely, with reference to the Kenya Red Cross, The Association of the Physically Disabled of Kenya, CBM and Handica...p International. The overall information in this factsheet is also applicable to older persons and other vulnerable groups
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El paquete de capacitación de nivel básico fue pensado para apoyar la capacitación del personal o los voluntarios, para que suministren sillas de ruedas manuales y cojines apropiados a los niños, niñas, hombres y mujeres que tienen problemas de movilidad pero pueden sentarse erguidos sin apoyo ...postural adicional. El propósito del Cuaderno del participante es desarrollar las habilidades y los conocimientos del personal que presta servicios de sillas de ruedas. El Cuaderno del participante contiene ejercicios que ayudarán a los participantes a practicar y desarrollar sus habilidades y conocimientos. El Cuaderno del participante contiene material de las lecciones, las presentaciones de diapositivas y el manual de referencia. Se recomienda a los participantes que conserven su cuaderno para usar como referencia futura.
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Mapping "Pro Poor" Policy in Aceh Province 2007-2011
When war breaks out in cities, the complexity and interconnectedness of the urban environment poses many problems for civilians. For persons with disabilities, the impact can be even worse and aggravate existing barriers and risks. Armed forces, authorities, first responders, humanitarian actors and... other persons living in the city itself need to be aware of the specific risks that persons with disabilities face so they can help to reduce them. This factsheet draws attention to some of the biggest risks and makes recommendations on how National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies could better identify what support persons with disabilities need and incorporate this support into their own operations. It also makes recommendations for how National Societies could promote disability-inclusive interpretations and implementation of international humanitarian law among parties to armed conflict.
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Background: The impacts of air pollutants on health range from short-term health impairments to hospital admissions
and deaths. Climate change is leading to an increase in air pollution.
On 14 August 2024, the Director-General of the World Health Organization determined that the upsurge of mpox in a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a new public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005)
The guide aims to provide health and DRM practitioners, planners and policymakers across sectors with targeted information to help them strengthen national health systems and integrate the risks of disease outbreaks in national DRR strategies
The following are some of the principles and approache...s that have been based on lessons learned to date and may be considered to ensure effective all-hazards health EDRM, including prevention and preparedness for disease outbreaks, are addressed as part of the multihazard, multisectoral approach to developing or updating DRR strategies
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