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Considering a hotline? This set of tools will help you assess, set up and manage different types of channels to communicate with communities during humanitarian crises.
Guide | Dispositif de préparation - Intervention et redressement rapide -
Rétablissement et reconstruction
The document provides comprehensive guidelines for managing cholera outbreaks, including detection, confirmation, response, treatment, and prevention. It emphasizes the importance of rehydration, water sanitation, hygiene promotion, and community mobilization to limit the spread. This guide is desig...ned for healthcare professionals and public authorities to ensure an effective and coordinated response.
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26 mars 2020
Plusieurs pays ont montré qu’il était possible de ralentir voire de stopper la transmission interpersonnelle de la COVID-19. Les principales mesures pour arrêter la transmission sont le dépistage actif des cas, les soins et l’isolement, la recherche... des contacts et la quarantaine. L’OMS a publié des recommandations pour la surveillance mondiale de la COVID-19, qui donnent la définition des cas et des contacts pour la déclaration à l’OMS. En plus de la recherche active des cas et du dépistage, il est essentiel d’intensifier les activités de surveillance pour déterminer si la COVID-19 se transmet au sein de la communauté et pour suivre l’évolution de la transmission communautaire.
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This paper aims to explore the conditions needed for sustainable community based rehabilitation (CBR) programmes for persons with disabilities in Vietnam, and to identify the conditions and opportunities missing at present for the implementation of such programmes.
South Eastern European Journal of Public Health, EEJPH 2016, posted: 11 January 2016. DOI 10.4119/UNIBI/SEEJPH-2016-85
The document provides educational messages and practical guidance to prevent and manage diarrhoea, particularly in children. It emphasizes hygiene practices like proper handwashing, using latrines, and safe food handling. It also highlights the importance of breastfeeding, balanced nutrition, immuni...zation, and the use of Oral Rehydration Solutions (ORS) and zinc for treating dehydration caused by diarrhoea. Developed alongside Save the Children programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the material integrates health education into schools and communities, encouraging children to act as agents of change in promoting hygiene and health practices.
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Pour l'achat de tests de diagnostic rapide du paludisme (TDR), plusieurs critères sont recommandés pour garantir la qualité et l'efficacité des tests. Ces critères se basent notamment sur la performance des tests, leur stabilité, leur facilité d'utilisation, leur coût et leur conformité aux... standards de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS)
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Health Economics Review, 2016 6:7 -Published: 11 February 2016
Patient information leaflet on diabetes. Available in Arabic, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu and Welsh. For the versions in other languages go to https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Information-in-different-languages1/