WHO Regional EVD Preparedness Meeting Presentations January 14-16, 2015
The dashboard is based on assessments made by the International Preparedness Strengthening missions to 14 priority countries against each of the activities outlined in the WHO EVD Checklist at the time of each mission. Updates indicating progress against each of the indicators will be added on an o...ngoing basis.
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WHO Regional EVD Preparedness Meeting Presentations January 14-16, 2015
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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Обновленная Глобальная стратегия преследует три основные цели: выживать, процветать, менять. Полномасштабная реализация Стратегии, подкрепленная ориентацией на ...трановые приоритеты и планы, а также развитием успеха инициативы «Каждая женщина, каждый ребенок», позволит создать мир, в котором женщины, дети и подростки не будут сталкиваться с повышенным риском предотвратимой смертности только из-за того, где они живут или кем являются. Однако искоренение предотвратимой смертности – это только начало. Формируя благоприятную среду для охраны здоровья, Глобальная стратегия направлена на изменение общества таким образом, чтобы женщины, дети и подростки по всему миру могли реализовать свое право на обладание наивысшим достижимым уровнем здоровья и благополучия. Это в свою очередь принесет значительные социальные, демографические и экономические выгоды.
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his two minutes and forty seconds animated video provides basic information and precautions on how to protect self from Ebola virus disease. It also outlines modes of transmission, symptoms, as well as the top-listed frequently asked questions.
The immediate objective of the country visit to Senegal was to build upon the public health preparedness already in place and to ensure that systems are available to investigate and report potential EVD cases and to mount an effective response to prevent a larger outbreak. The joint team for strengt...hening preparedness for EVD was composed of representatives of Senegal’s Ministry of Health, WHO, CDC, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the European Centres for Disease Prevention and Control, the Erasmus Medical Centre, Netherlands, and John Hopkins University, USA.
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This implementation guide has been developed to help birth attendants and health-care leaders successfully launch and sustain use of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist. Development, use and implementation of the Checklist are described in this guide.
It covers how to introduce and ensure continuous ...use of the Checklist by engaging relevant stakeholders, how to launch the Checklist formally, and provides support for the process through coaching and data-sharing
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The Global status report on violence prevention 2014, which reflects data from 133 countries, is the first report of its kind to assess national efforts to address interpersonal violence, namely child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner and sexual violence, and elder abuse. Jointly publis...hed by WHO, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the report reviews the current status of violence prevention efforts in countries, and calls for a scaling up of violence prevention programmes; stronger legislation and enforcement of laws relevant for violence prevention; and enhanced services for victims of violence.
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Source: Country statistics and global health estimates by WHO and UN partners. For more information visit the Global Health Observatory: https://www.who.int/gho/en