Stop TB Communicable Diseases
…voices of persons with disabilities - Part 1
Le présent texte permettra aux lecteurs de comprendre certains éléments qui sous-tendent les concepts de la responsabilité sociale et de l’imputabilité des facultés de médecine en regard de leur réponse aux besoins des sociétés qu’elles doivent servir et de prendre connaissance de quel...ques-uns des facteurs qui déterminent le niveau d’adaptation des curriculums aux besoins de la population/communauté.
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Disaster Preparedness Training Programme
Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book -5
Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book - 5
UNAIDS/99.31E (English original, June 1999)
1st revision, April 2000
Disaster Preparedness Training Programme
Disaster Preparedness Training Programme
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000, 78 (6)
Mental health issues are usually given very low priority in health service policies. Although this is changing, African countries are still confronted with so many problems caused by communicable diseases and malnutrition that they have not woken up to the impact of mental disorders. Every country m...ust formulate a mental health policy based on its own social and cultural realities. Such policies must take into account the scope of mental health problems, provide proven and affordable interventions, safeguard patients’ rights, and ensure equity.
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The rise of the discourse of 'trauma' as a major articulator of suffering within Western culture is a facet of the medicalization of life that has gathered pace in the last century. In recent years, Western mental health professionals have been increasingly involved in services addressing the plight... of war-affected populations - largely non-Western - in war zones or as refugees. Querying the extent to which their experiences can be reduced to a matter of mental health, this article addresses child refugees from war via three questions that go to the heart of the debate about how they are to be understood, the implications for their future maturation as individuals and citizens, and the role of psychological therapies aimed at catharsis of 'traumatic' memory.
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These guidelines are designed for settings with limited resources to provide inexpensive and effective control strategies for prevention of TB transmission in health care workers (HCW).
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Traditional medicine and its use of medicinal plants is dependent on reliable supply of plant materials. The book focuses on the interface between medicinal plant use and conservation of medicinal plants.
Brochure à l’intention des professionnels des structures de
soins ambulatoires ou institutionnels et du travail social auprès des malades et de leurs proches.