Bulletin of the World Health Organization Volume 91, Number 4, April 2013, 237-312
A handbook for district and health facility staff
A guide for strengthening the basic nursing curriculum
This interim guidance is aimed at healthcare workers who may receive patients
exposed to chemical weapons at their healthcare facilities.
It provides questions to guide the identification of contaminated patients,
recommendations on personal protection, procedures for decontamin...ation,
guidance for triage and identification of categories of exposure, and treatment
regimens for individual chemicals.
Arabic version available: http://www.who.int/environmental_health_emergencies/deliberate_events/interim_guidance_ar.pdf
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Open Access: The Lancet Global Health, volume 2 issue 6 pages e323-333. Please click on the website link to download the pdf-file
Creating a common approach ro regulation, educational preparation and practice: future direction for nursing & midwifery development in the African Region
The first clinical series is on newborn care and will consist of brief vignettes that “bring to life” internationally accepted newborn care guidelines.
This video shows how to draw blood from a baby in 3 different ways: with a needle, with a syringe and needle, and with a butterfly.
Accessed 12 March 2015
À l’heure actuelle, vous vous sentez probablement sous pression, ainsi que bon nombre de vos collègues. Le stress et les sentiments qui l’accompagnent ne reflètent aucunement une incapacité de faire votre travail ni même une faiblesse.Préserver sa santé mentale et son bien-être psychosoc...ial est actuellement tout aussi essentiel que veiller à sa santé physique.Vous n’êtes pas dans une course contre la montre. C’est un marathon, une épreuve de grande endurance qui requiert une prise en charge personnelle à tout instant.
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WHO Technical Report Series, No. 961, 2011, Annex 8 - These guidelines are intended to provide a description of ways in which pharmacists can improve access to health care, health promotion and the use of medicines on behalf of the patients they serve. The role of FIP is to provide leadership for na...tional pharmacy professional organizations, which in turn provide the impetus for setting national standards. The vital element is the commitment of the pharmacy profession worldwide to promoting excellence in practice for the benefi t of those served. The public and other professions will judge the pharmacy profession on how its members translate that commitment into practice in all settings, especially community and hospital pharmacy settings.
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.178608
This updated glossary for malaria aims to improve communication and mutual understanding within the scientific community, as well as with funding agencies, public health officials responsible for malaria programmes, and policy-makers in malaria-endemic countries
Systematic screening for active tuberculosis: an operational guide.