Given an increase  in  outbreaks  caused  by  resistant  microorganisms associated  with medical  tourism,  the  Pan  American  Health  Organization  /  World  Health  Organization (PAHO/WHO) encourages Member  States to  strengthen their capacity to  detect  and manage  infections caused  by  resis...tant  microorganismsin  patients  who  traveled outside  of  their  country  of  residence to  receive  healthcare.  Furthermore, PAHO/WHO stresses  the  importance to  implement  preventive  measures  to  reduce  healthcare-associated infections at all levels of the health system.
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                                                                A STUDY OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN POST-EARTHQUAKE 
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                                                                WHO clinical guidelines.
For the first time, WHO has published guidelines to help (primarily) front-line healthcare providers give high-quality, compassionate, and respectful care to children and adolescents (up to age 18) who have or may have experienced sexual abuse, including sexual assault or r...ape.
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                                                                EVALUATION REPORT. This report is a synthesis of the evaluation of UNICEF's response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Indonesia that was undertaken in August 2008 to July 2009. The evaluation assessed UNICEF's response in four sectors where it had major involvement: child protection; basic educat...ion; water, sanitation and hygiene; and child and maternal health and nutrition. 
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                                                                The main objectives of the SOPs are to: (i) establish standards and timelines for response activities; and (ii) guide national governments and GPEI partners in key support functions.
This new version of the SOPs presents overall response requirements for dealing with type 1, 2 and 3 poliovirus fo...llowing monovalent type 2 oral polio vaccine (mOPV2) cessation. Version 2.4 will be valid until release of revised version 3.0 (anticipated May 2018).
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                                                                Report of the Joint World Health Organization–Brien Holden Vision Institute Global Scientific Meeting on Myopia |  University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 16–18 March 2015
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Guidance | Preparedness - Response and early recovery - Recovery and reconstruction
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                An Easy-Reference Guidebook for Healthcare Providers In Developed and Developing Countries
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Background paper for the Oslo Summit on Education for Development. 
This paper covers the four topics of the Oslo Summit: investment in education, quality of learning, education in emergencies and girls’ education. Disability continues to be one of the primary causes of educational disadvantage a...nd exclusion, 
creating the largest single group of girls and boys who remain out of school. Even in those countries 
close to achieving universal primary enrolment, children with disabilities are still not in school,accessing opportunities to meaningful employment and on sustainable routes out of poverty
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                                                                The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 7(3):289-292
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                The purpose of the survey is to identify the level of preparedness required by a health-care facility to be able to continue operating during, or following a conflict-related security event.  
The survey method provides a measure of the security and preparedness of a given health facility in it...s specific context. Such a measure offers evidence-based guidance to assess whether urgent action needs to be taken and, if so, in what form.  
Decision-makers can prioritize the most effective actions to mitigate specific risks and, eventually, will be able to rank the importance of needs faced by multiple facilities. 
The survey covers three modules: the hazards affecting the facility, the current management procedures in place and the state of the physical infrastructure. Each of these modules is further divided into categories, and each category contains the questions – or indicators ‒ that cover the actual issues addressed in the survey. A detailed description of each indicator is provided in this manual. 
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                                                                Psychiatry and Pediatrics
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                                                                The way we talk about global issues affects how people think, feel and react to them. Recognising that language has the power to create social change, we have produced this guide with the inten-tion of setting out a different approach to communicating global issues—one that replaces the nar-rative... of development, aid and charity, with one of global justice and solidarity. The work presented here will continue to be developed over time as we continue to research and test these messages. 
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                                                                Как и руководство 2006 года, настоящий документ предназначен для специалистов,
занимающихся разработкой государственных программ по борьбе с туберкулезом, педиатр...ов и других работников здравоохранения в странах с низким и средним уровнем дохода. Эти рекомендации не подходят для стран с высоким уровнем дохода, где распространенность ТБ невысока. Особенно важно проводить это различие при выборе методов диагностики и обследовании контактных лиц.
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