Hacia respuestas al VIH y a la tuberculosis que transformen las relaciones de género
SODIS manual - updated version
The SODIS manual contains detailed information about technical and promotional aspects of the SODIS method.
Former version also available in French, Portuguese, Spanish, Uzbek, Russian
National Tuberculosis Control Program; Mycobacterial Disease Control National AIDS/STD Program
Snakebites are well-known medical emergencies in many parts of the world, especially in rural areas. Agricultural workers and children are the most affected. The incidence of snakebite mortality is particularly high in South-East Asia. Rational use of snake anti-venom can substantially reduce mortal...ity and morbidity due to snakebites. These guidelines are a revised and updated version of Regional Guidelines for the Management of snakebites published by the WHO Regional Office in South-East Asia in 2011. These guidelines aim to promote the rational management of snakebite cases in various health facilities where trained health functionaries and quality snake antivenom are available.
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Este documento apresenta orientações provisórias para uma comunicação eficaz dos riscos relacionados com atransmissão do vírus Zikae das suas potenciais complicações. Ainda não foi, contudo, estabelecida uma relação causal entre ainfecçãopelo vírus Zika e essas potenciais complicaçõ...es. Nesta incerteza, deverão implementar-se estratégias de comunicação eficazes, para permitir às pessoas tomarem decisões informadas sobre a sua protecção, das suas famílias e das suas comunidades. Estas orientações provisórias destinam-se a ser usadas por: gestores de comunicação dos riscos e da saúde e pelo pessoal e voluntários a nível mundial, regional ou nacional; profissionais da comunicação; antropólogos; sociólogos; prestadores de cuidados de saúde; administradores hospitalares; líderes comunitários; directores de programas; e decisores políticos.
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A handbook for leaders and managers
Facilitator's Guide. This guide is designed to assist facilitators in training community health workers (CHWs) and community volunteers (CVs) in integrating community-based TB services into their work. The training will help community workers who already provide numerous services to understand TB an...d contribute to prevention, care and support services in their communities
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Evaluation report
September 2014
A Provisional Document. The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance to public health professionals tasked with managing a response to viral hepatitis. As every country’s needs are different with respect to its epidemiology and the current level of response, people would use this manual in di...fferent ways
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The overall goal of the programme, to reduce the malaria morbidity and mortality by 75% (using 2012 as baseline) by the year 2020, continued to be pursued in 2014. The following areas were identified as some of the priorities for the year: Malaria Case Management under which we have Malaria in Pregn...ancy (MIP), Home Based Care and Diagnostics.
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Report of a regional workshop, New Delhi, India, 29–30 September 2014
To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease and its subsequent problems, the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia organized a regional workshop on sodium intake and iodized salt for Member States in the South-East Asi...a Region. The general objective of the workshop was to strengthen an integrated approach for sodium reduction and salt iodization programmes in the Member States of the Region. The specific objectives included reviewing the current sodium reduction and salt iodization strategies in the Member States of South-East Asia, provide training to the participants in standardized approaches for dietary estimation of salt/sodium and urinary iodine estimation.
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