Regional Operational Plan 2016 FY17 Strategic Direction Summary
2 May 2016
20-22 July 2015, Monrovia, Liberia
No publication year indicated
The specific objectives of the plan are to:
- Scale up evidence-based, cost effective interventions through effective strategies within a HSS approach and provide equitable coverage with quality.
- Reduce neonatal mortality by improved home-based newborn ...care, early identification of sick newborns and improved access to institutional newborn care of adequate quality.
- Reduce common childhood illness related mortality (due to pneumonia and diarrhoea in all areas and malaria in endemic areas) by improving key family and community practices, community-based early diagnosis and management and referral care for complicated cases.
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A global Review of evidence and practice
To provide quality maternal and newborn health services at health facilities in India.
A consolidated set of reproductive health kits for use by humanitarian agencies. These kits are intended to speed up the provision of appropriate reproductive health services in emergency and refugee situations.
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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SCOPING QUESTION: Which psychosocial interventions are effective in the management of cannabis dependence?
UNAIDS/WHO Working group
HIV/AIDS and STI surveillance 2015 / Reference
A guide for practical implementation in adult and pediatric emergency department and urgent care settings