These guidelines have been extracted from the WHO manual Surgical Care at the District
Hospital (SCDH), which is a part of the WHO Integrated Management Package on Emergency
and Essential Surgical Care (IMPEESC).
Refer for details on anaesthesia, head, gunshot and landmine injuries in chapters
Manuel de la sage-femme, de l’inf rmière et du médecin
Paper commissioned for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010, Reaching the marginalized
Reduce Risk, Protect Health Facilities, Save Lives
Resultados de Encuestas en Hogares y Establecimientos de Venta, 2007
SOP- Quality Assurance of Malaria Diagnostic Tests
Design Parameters and Construction Details
Confronted with the important issue of patient safety, in 2002 the Fifty-fifth World Health Assembly adopted a resolution urging countries to pay the closest possible attention to the problem and to strengthen safety and monitoring systems. In May 2004, the Fifty-seventh World Health Assembly approv...ed the creation of an international alliance as a global initiative to improve patient safety. The World Alliance for Patient Safety was launched in October 2004 and currently has its place in the WHO Patient Safety programme included in the Information, Evidence and Research Cluster.
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