Joining efforts to control two trelated global epidemics.
Expert Consensus Report for Emergency Centres in
Western Cape
PLoS Med. 2009 Oct;6(10):e1000159. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000159. Epub 2009 Oct 6.
This section provides general information on HCW and key elements of management procedures that are essential to know before developing a HCWM plan.
Updates for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) - Guideline.
As part of its response to the global epidemic of obesity, WHO has issued guidelines to support primary healthcare workers identify and manage children who are overweight or obese. Specifically, all infants and children ...aged less than 5 years presenting to primary health-care facilities should have both weight and height measured in order to determine their weight-for-height and their nutritional status according to WHO child growth standards. Comparing a child's weight with norms for its length/height is an effective way to assess for both wasting and overweight
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Drugs, Diagnostics, Vaccines, Preventive Technologies, Research toward a cure, and immune-based and gene therapies in development
Supplement to the Healthcare Waste Management Toolkit for Global Fund
Practitioners and Policy Makers
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report December 19, 2014 / 63(50);1205-1206
BMC Family Practice201415:165, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-165
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