2nd edition. This new edition provides policy-makers, programme managers and health-service providers with the latest evidence-based guidance on clinical care. It includes information on how to establish and strengthen services, and outlines a human-rights-based approach to laws and policies on safe..., comprehensive abortion care. This guidelines is available in English; French, Spanish; Japanese; Russian; Portuguese; Romanian and Ukrainian
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Recommendations and Reports: Evidence For Action Briefing Paper Issue 06, December 2010
Briefing Paper, December 2010, Issue 06
Structural, Non-structural and Functional Indicators
WHO guidelines for pandemic preparedness and response in the nonhealth sector
A guide to Primary Health Care Facility Supervision
Las infecciones relacionadas con la atención sanitaria (IRAS) suponen una tremenda carga de enfermedad y tienen un importante impacto económico en los pacientes y los sistemas sanitarios de todo el mundo. Pero una buena higiene de las manos, la sencilla tarea de limpiarse las manos en el m...omento apropiado y de la manera adecuada, puede salvar vidas
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Based on further analysis of the 2004 Kenya Service Provision Assessment Survey
This study, and similar studies in Kenya, Mozambique, Swaziland, Uganda, and Zambia is the outcome of close collaborative by a team in Swaziland, with technical and financial support from the UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa, UNAIDS Geneva, and the World Bank's Global HIV.../AIDS Program (Global AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Team). The study entailed using existing data and collecting new data to better know the country's HIV epidemic, know the country HIV response and how funding was allocated, so as to improve the HIV response and strengthen prevention based on evidence on what works to prevent new infections.
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2006-2008 programme report
The intent of these guidelines is to develop a holistic, coordinated, proactive and technology driven strategy for management of biological disasters through a culture of prevention, mitigation and preparedness to generate a prompt and effective response in the event of an emergency. Th...e document contains comprehensive guidelines for preparedness activities, biosafety and biosecurity measures, capacity development, specialised health care and laboratory facilities, strengthening of the existing legislative/
regulatory framework, mental health support, response, rehabilitation and recovery, etc. It specifically lays down the approach for implementation of the guidelines by the central ministries/departments, states, districts and other stakeholders, in a time bound manner.
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Examples from four Philippine Hospitals