A project of the FIGO Committee for Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights (WSRR)
The objectives of these WHO guidelines are to provide updated evidence- based recommendations for the treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection using, where possible, all DAA-only combinations. The guidelines also provide recommendations on the preferred regimens based on a patient’s HCV gen...otype and clinical history, and assess the appropriateness of continued use of certain medicines. This document also includes existing recommendations on screening for HCV infection and care of persons infected with HCV that were first issued in 2014
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Plos Current Outbreaks November 21, 2014
High salt consumption is an important determinant of high blood pressure and reducing it would improve health outcomes by lowering cardiovascular disease and therefore death rates. Reducing salt intake has been identified as one of the most effective public health measures and is one of the leading ...targets at global, regional and national levels to reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases. The purpose of the Dietary Salt Intake Survey in the Republic of Moldova was to establish current baseline average consumption of salt (sodium), potassium and iodine through 24-hour urinary excretion testing among a random sample of the adult population (aged 18–69 years), and to assess the knowledge, attitudes, practices and behaviour around dietary salt in order to enable more efficient planning and the implementation of an effective salt-reduction strategy in the Republic of Moldova.
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Lancet Glob Health 2015; 3: e396–409. Open Access
Bulletin of the World Health Organization Volume 93, Number 9, September 2015, 589-664
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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Surge in climate change-related disasters poses growing threat to food security
Orientaciones provisionales para los dispensadoresde atención de la salud. En el presente documento se ofrecen orientaciones a los dispensadores de atención de la salud (por ejemplo, médicos y enfermeros) sobre el modo de brindar, principalmente a las mujeres infectadas por el virus ...de Zika durante el embarazo y a sus familiares, una respuesta de apoyo que satisfaga sus necesidades psicosociales y de salud mental.
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The paper sets out the specific communication challenge posed by Ebola and why it was so difficult to get to grips with this in the early months of the outbreak. It thendocuments when the health communication response became more useful and explores what that tells us about effective media and commu...nication. Finally, it offers recommendations to ensure that media and communication are used to their full potential during other disease outbreaks and humanitarian crisis
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The Blueprint is intended to guide programming, resource allocation, and commitments to achieve the national objective of a contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) of 36 percent by 2018.
This document provides an overview of the issues and challenges surrounding medical device donations, and offers considerations and best practices that may be useful for making and soliciting donations. The document highlights the importance of an active participatory role for the intended recipient...s of medical equipment donations and emphasizes the importance of treating donations with the same rigour typically applied when purchasing medical equipment.
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