The purpose of the handbook is to provide those involved in nutrition coordination with relevant tools, guidance, information and resources to support their roles in facilitating predictable, coordinated and effective preparation for, and responses to, nutrition needs in humanitarian emergencies. Ra...ther than being prescriptive, the handbook aims to raises key issues encountered to date.
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Oсобенности клинических проявлений и лечения заболевания, вызванного новой коронавирусной инфекцией (Covid-19) у детей (clinical guidelines pediatrics)
This report documents different approaches to conservation of medicinal plants and traditional knowledge in Bolipara union of Thanchi upazila of Bandarban hill district. This initiative involved the collection of baseline data on medicinal plants and their uses, motivating people towards the uses an...d practices, identification and knowledge sharing with the traditional healers, establishment of an electronic database and carrying out specific conservation measures and awareness activities. This document also provides a number of recommendations to ensure sustainability of such initiatives for safeguarding medicinal plants and indigenous knowledge associated with them. We sincerely hope that this account will be useful to the people interested in medicinal plants, especially in developing countries.
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In this contingency planning guidance, a set of actions to prepare for emergencies from all hazards and to help minimize their impact, is proposed. These actions include the development, implementation, simulation, monitoring and regular update of risks-based contingency plans.
An analysis from the perspective of the health sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
Washington, D.C., 2017
A guide for practical implementation in adult and pediatric emergency department and urgent care settings
March – June 2020
This update: 3 April 2020
The objectives of NAP are aligned with the global action plan based on national needs and priorities. The emphasis is on One Health approach with all sectors especially human health, animal health and environment contributing towards minimizing the emergence and impact of AMR in Jordan.
Der Gesundheitsratgeber hilft Personen, insbesondere Migrantinnen und Migranten sich im komplexen schweizerischen Gesundheitswesen zurechtzufinden. Der neue Gesundheitswegweiser bietet umfassende und leicht verständliche Informationen rund um das Thema Gesundheit in der Schweiz.
Der Wegweiser ist ...in folgenden Sprachen erhältlich: Deutsch,
Französisch, Albanisch, Arabisch, Farsi, Englisch, Spanisch,
Portugiesisch, Russisch, Kroatisch/Serbisch/Bosnisch,
Tamilisch, Thai, Tigrinya, Türkisch, Urdu, Vietnamesisch, Italienisch, Somalisch. Weitere Sprachversionen unter: http://www.migesplus.ch/publikationen/gesundheitsversorgung/show/gesundheitswegweiser-schweiz-3-komplett-überarbeitete-auflage/
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Canadian Journal of Microbiology 25 June 2021 https://doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2020-0572
Onchocerciasis used to be an important public health problem in Africa, with over 37 million people infected and millions suffering from debilitating skin disease, terrible itching, impaired vision and
blindness. But the epidemiological situation has improved dramatically over the last two decades.... Community directed treatment with ivermectin has effectively brought the disease under control in most endemic areas where onchocerciasis is no longer a public health risk.
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Intended for use primarily by those responsible for developing policies and directing the working practices of nurses, midwives and other frontline health-care providers, these guidelines aim to promote and strengthen the case against the medicalization of female genital mutilation and support and p...rotect nurses, midwives and other health personnel in adhering to WHO guidelines not to close an opened-up infibulation.
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Table of contents:
- Preface
- Introductory note and acknowledgements
- Commentary
- Chapter 1: Drug supply and the market
- Chapter 2: Drug use prevalence and trends
- Chapter 3: Drug-related harms and responses
- Annex: National data tables
Available in 24 languages on:
http://www.emcdd...a.europa.eu/publications/edr/trends-developments/2018
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