Situation and Analysis of Exclusive Breast Milk and Breastfeeding in Indonesia
A vital resource for practicing midwives and midwifery training programs around the world, this book covers the essentials of care before, during, and after birth. Updated to reflect new WHO/UNICEF guidelines for mothers and newborns. - See more at: http://hesperian.org/books-and-resources#sthash.vA...2cgQEL.dpuf
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Swahili Version of Administration of parenteral antibiotics.Translation and voice over thanks to Alex Mureithi and Zawadi Machibya and their colleagues at the BBC Swahili Service.
This film shows how to give antibiotics correctly during pregnancy. It explains the “6 rights” of drug administra...tion – the right drug, the right patient, the right dose, the right time, the right route, and the right paperwork.
The film is for use in health worker training
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PLoS Medicine Vol. 9 2012 Issue 5 e1001211
Collaboration between The Lancet and Imperial College London, UK, has resulted in a new Commission, which examines how medical technology should best be used to improve health in low- and middle-income countries. The report concludes that in many cases, medical technology—almost exclusively develo...ped in rich countries—is simply inappropriate for use in poorer nations
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Summary Report. Large file 37 MB!
Rapport de snythèse. Gros Fichier 40 MB!
This paper focuses on the role of health systems in improving child nutrition and also acknowledges that need to adequately address key determinants, improve governance and enhance civil society action for accountability in order to make progress towards improving child nutrition