his document, a first of its kind, clearly sets out the standards for rehabilitation and provides guidance on building or strengthening the capacity of EMTs in this area.The importance of early rehabilitation for functional outcomes is well documented. Rehabilitation needs can pe...rsist far beyond the departure of EMTs; therefore, close, supportive collaboration must be established with local services. Emergency response presents an opportunity to rebuild devastated health systems and build local rehabilitation capacity. This document emphasizes the importance of aligning practices to the local context and maximizing opportunities for training and mentorship. The minimum standards and recommendations described will result in faster access of patients to rehabilitation services and equipment and a better transition between EMTs and local health facilities.
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Background: Understanding the natural course of child and adolescent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has significant implications for the identification of, and intervention for, at-risk youth. We used a meta-analytic approach to examine longitudinal changes in youth PTSD prevalence and symptom...s over the first 12 months posttrauma.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry57:8 (2016), pp 884–898
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Accessed 15th of October 2015
Epidemiology, Control, and Financing
Public Health Action
vol 5 no 3 published 21 september 2015
with recommended essential medicines for common diseases in patients in Stockholm County Council (Healthcare Region), Sweden
front cover © Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children
front cover © Hannah Maule-Ffinch/Save the Children
The training is based on ensuring that the competencies to care for newborn are acquired.
A range of adult learning methods are used, these include reading and self-study,
discussion, and case based learning in written exercises and group discussions, visual presentations and extensive clinical pr...actice.
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National Strategic Plan of Ministry of Health 2015-2019
Second Edition
AIDS Medicines and diagnostics services
July 2015
Social Mobilization in the Freetown Peninsula during the Ebola Epidemic 2014-2015