It provides guidance on care for use in resource-limited settings or in settings where families with sick young infants do not accept or cannot access referral care, but can be managed in outpatient settings by an appropriately trained health worker. The guideline seeks to provide programmatic guida...nce on the role of CHWs and home visits in identifying signs of serious infections in neonates and young infants.
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Methodological field approaches for scientists with a basic background in entomology to prepare and implement a yellow fever entomological assessment during outbreaks
10 points from field experience
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SHUKRANI: Maelezo haya yamewezekana kupitia msaada wa fedha kutoka kwa Merck KGaA, Ujerumani. katika mwaka 2007, Merck KGaA ilingia katika ushirikiano na Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) kupambana na kichocho kwa watoto wa shule katika bara la Afrika.Me...rck ina changia vidonge milioni 200 vyaa Cesol 600 zenye kiambatano imara cha praziquantel. Merk itaendeleza juhudi yake hadi hapo maradhi yatakapotokomezwa kabisa Africa.
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Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) treated with a pyrethroid insecticide and the synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO) have become available. Two of these nets (Olyset®Plus and PermaNet®3.0) have a WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES) interim recommendation as LLINs
WHO has been alerted to concerns expressed related to the wording on episiotomy in specific situations. We have temporarily removed the publication from the website while we are doing a review of the evidence with in-house and external experts. We will make the publication available on the website o...nce the review is completed and any needed revisions are made. Please check the website!!!
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Q8.SCOPING QUESTION: In adults and older adolescents with depressive disorder, what is the comparative effectiveness of different formats of psychological treatments?
The main objectives of the training module
- facilitate communication and understanding between the two disciplines of epidemiology and laboratory (medicine) for disease surveillance and outbreak investigation;
- provide the field epidemiologist with a better understanding of basic microbiolo...gy techniques and analysis and interpretation of results;
- convey the laboratory perspective of public health investigations to field epidemiologists in order to improve collaboration between these two disciplines and to enhance.
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Responses to epidemics, emergencies and disasters raise many ethical issues for the people involved, including public health specialists and policy makers. This training manual provides material on ethical issues in research, surveillance and patient care in these difficult contexts.
En mayo de 2015, la 68.a Asamblea Mundial de la Salud reconoció la importancia del problema de salud pública que supone la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM) y adoptó un Plan de acción mundial sobre la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (en adelante, el ‘Plan de ...acción mundial’) que propone intervenciones para controlar dicha resistencia, y en particular para reducir el uso innecesario de antimicrobianos en el ser humano y los animales
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En mai 2015, en adoptant le Plan d’action mondial pour combattre la résistance aux antimicrobiens (« Plan d’action mondial »), la Soixante-Huitième Assemblée mondiale de la Santé a reconnu l’importance de cette résistance en tant que problème majeur de santé publi...que. Le Plan propose des interventions pour lutter contre cette résistance, dont la réduction des usages inutiles d’antimicrobiens chez l’homme et chez l’animal. Il souligne aussi la nécessité d’une approche intersectorielle, « Un monde, une santé », pour endiguer cette résistance, impliquant des efforts de la part d’acteurs de nombreuses disciplines, dont les médecines humaine et vétérinaire
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Le présent document a été élaboré pour aiderles comités de coordination RAM et d’autres comités chargés de la RAM au niveau des pays àparvenir à cet objectif. S’appuyant sur la littérature publiée ainsi que sur l’expérience opérationnelle et l’expertise de différents PRFI, le ...document présente six stratégies clés pour atteindre l’objectif et offre une série de conseils pratiques et de suggestions sur la façon de mettre en œuvre chacune d’entre elles.
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AWaRe – a new WHO tool to help countries improve antibiotic treatment, increase access and reduce resistance. We can reduce or even reverse antibiotic resistance by using antibiotics more responsibly. But how do we do that and still ensure that patients are treated effectively?WHO has developed a ...tool to help global, regional and national decision-making on which antibiotics to use when. The tool indexes the most effective antibiotics into three groups – ACCESS, WATCH, RESERVE (AWaRe for short). Evidence shows that to optimize use of antibiotics and reduce resistance, countries should increase the proportion of ACCESS antibiotics to correspond to at least 60% of total national consumption.
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WHO published and launched the third part of the Wheelchair Service Training Package (WSTP) series consisting of two sub-packages: the Wheelchair Service Training Package for Managers (WSTPm) and the Wheelchair Service Training Package for Stakeholders (WSTPs). WHO recognises that in order to develo...p an effective and sustainable wheelchair service provision; managers and stakeholders need to be informed about the importance and benefit of a proper wheelchair service provision. The training manuals and introductory folder comes with 8 GB PenDrive, which contains A to Z of the wheelchair provision.
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