The publication of the Second Edition of the Emergency Drug Guidelines represents the culmination of the efforts of the National Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (NDTC) to publish clinical drug guidelines for common diseases seen in Fiji. These guidelines are targeted for health care professionals w...orking at hospitals and at the primary health care settings. It sets the gold standard for the use of drugs in the treatment of emergency medical conditions in Fiji. The guidelines have taken into account the drugs available in the Fiji Essential Medicines Formulary (EMF), 2006 Edition, in recommending treatment approaches. All recommended therapies are either evidencebased or universally accepted standards
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Guidelines for District Health Managers
Sixth Meeting of the mhGAP Forum Hosted by WHO in Geneva on 4-5 September 2014 Summary Report
Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness globally. In Malawi, glaucoma accounts for 15.8% of the blindness among people aged 50 years and above. Blindness from glaucoma is preventable with early detection and timely treatment. However, glaucoma management remains a challenge to eye care... providers due to its asymptomatic progression.
These guidelines inform eye care providers about the requirements for early detection of glaucoma, and the appropriate assessment and management of glaucoma patients. The guidelines also demonstrate the need for ophthalmologists to work with secondary-level eye care providers. With
glaucoma being a permanently blinding condition, it is vital to ensure that all eye care providers are adequately equipped with skills and resources for the early detection and management of glaucoma.
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8 February 2021
This document highlights 10 well established Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) principles that have proven their power. Together they put communities at the heart of the roll out of new vaccines, treatments and tests and promote trust, the critical ingredient for al...l community action. Informed, engaged and empowered communities are the bedrock for the arrival of new vaccines, treatments and tests that will be introduced to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and save lives. With communities fully engaged and actively participating through the full cycle of planning, delivery and assessment for biomedical tools, demand for these tools can be increased, leading to widespread and effective uptake and use
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Этот документ представляет собой обновление
рекомендаций «Уход на дому за пациентами с легкой
формой заболевания COVID‑19 и тактика ведения
контактных лиц», опубл...кованных 17 марта 2020 г. Он
дополнен рекомендациями касательно организации ухода
на дому безопасным и надлежащим образом за
пациентами с заболеванием, вызванным новым
коронавирусом 2019 г. (COVID-19), а также
санитарно-эпидемиологических мер в отношении
контактных лиц. Home care for patients with COVID-19 presenting with mild symptoms and management of their contacts
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Interim guidance, 12 August 2020This interim guidance has been updated with advice on safe and appropriate home care for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and on the public health measures related to the management of their contacts.
The conduct of COVID-19 vaccine trials in the context of a candidate vaccine being issued with Emergency Use Designation raises challenging ethical questions, including in relation to the use of placebo controls and unblinding of trial participants in current and future COVID-19 vaccine trials. This... policy brief was developed by the WHO Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator Ethics & Governance Working Group, to provide guidance for researchers, sponsors, regulators, research ethics committees, and policy-makers, on these and related issues.
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This analytical report reviews and discusses the potential role and influence of political commitment in implementing endorsements and conducting policy in the field of tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care. It promotes discussion by comparing and analysing the extent to which selected international... commitments, set out in declarations and other committal documents between 2000 and 2018, may have translated into sustainable action. This reflection is relevant and timely, as the United Nations high-level meeting (UNHLM) on TB recently took place, offering countries the opportunity to take stock of progress made, refocus efforts, and step up global commitments to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of eliminating TB by 2030
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Stop TB`s GDF provides a wide range of diagnostic equipment and laboratory supplies in its Diagnostics Catalog
Данное руководство описывает вмешательство низкой интенсивности под названием «Управление проблемами плюс» (УП+) – для взрослого населения в состоянии дистресса..., вызванного неблагоприятной ситуацией в общине. Определенные элементы КПТ были изменены для применения в общинах с ограниченным количеством специалистов. С целью максимально эффективного использования вмешательство разработано таким образом, чтобы оно могло помогать лицам, страдающим от депрессии, тревоги и стресса, независимо от того, были ли данные проблемы вызваны неблагоприятной ситуацией или нет. Вмешательство можно применять для улучшения систем охраны психического здоровья и психосоциального благополучия независимо от степени тяжести проблем.
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12-13 December 2016
Global Action Plan on HIV Drug Resistance - Webinars 12-13 December 2016
Journal of Virus Eradication 2016; 2 (Supplement 4): 1–6
Review
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
Policy Brief
November 2015
There is no guarantee that a successful pilot program introducing a reproductive health innovation can also be expanded successfully to the national or regional level, because the scaling-up process is complex and multilayered. This article describes how a successful pilot program to integrate the S...tandard Days Method (SDM) of family planning into existing Ministry of Health services was scaled up nationally in Rwanda.
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Kyiv, Ukraine 22-24 November 2010
Meeting Report
This toolkit will help you to plan and run an event that helps to change the way that people in your community think about, and behave towards, people with mental health problems