Report of a WHO technical consultation meeting
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Psycho-Social Rehabilitation and Occupational Integration of Child Survivors of Trafficking and Other Worst Forms of Child Labour |
A technical guide for sputum smear microscopy, initiated by the International Union against Tuberculosis, is designed to be an easy to use reference standard for the collection, storage and transport of sputum specimens and for the examination of sputum smears by direct microscopy. This edition incl...udes updates addressing bio-safety and quality assurance aspects of sputum smear microscopy.
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First Revised Edition
March 2000
Recommendations for step-wise implementation
This chapter is concerned primarily with situations where there are large numbers of deaths following a disaster, requiring organized services for handling the dead.
For families, friends, colleagues of those in quarantine or self-isolation
A new report from aid agencies Age International and HelpAge International, If not now, when? criticises the humanitarian sector for its failure to address the needs of older people in emergencies. This failure contravenes several international commitments made in recent years and flies in the face ...of humanitarian principles
Download the full report here: https://www.helpage.org/download/5fb34a78e7597/
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This is the first NAP on the Prevention and Containment of AMR in Kenya. It has been developed based on the National Policy on Prevention and Containment of AMR and the recommendations of the situation analysis on AMR conducted in 2011 and updated in 2016. This strategy provides a regulatory and imp...lementation framework to establish and strengthen systems to contain the emergence and spread of AMR. Implementation of this strategy will require substantial funding and high-level political commitment. Because AMR is a multidisciplinary and intersectoral issue, successful implementation of this strategy will require effective coordination and collaboration among different sectors.
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UNICEF's global work on statistics and monitoring the situation of children & women
To identify and to assess factors enhancing or hindering the delivery of breast and cervical cancer screening services in Malawi with regard to accessibility, uptake, acceptability and effectiveness.
Systematic review of published scientific evidence. A search of six bibliographic databases and gre...y literature was executed to identify relevant studies conducted in Malawi in the English language, with no time or study design restrictions. Data extraction was conducted in Excel and evidence synthesis followed a thematic analysis approach to identify and compare emerging themes.
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Dolutegravir HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) data from Africa remain sparse. We reviewed HIVDR results of Malawians on
dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy (November 2020– September 2021). Of 6462 eligible clients, 33 samples were submitted to South Africa, 27 were sequenced successfully, and 8 ...(30%) had dolutegravir HIVDR. Malawi urgently requires adequate HIVDR testing capacity.
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Global progress against cardiovascular disease (CVD) is flatlining.
Though rates of CVD deaths globally have fallen in the last three
decades, this trend has begun to stall and, without concerted
efforts, is at risk of reversing.
Глобальный психосоциальный стресс перехода человечества к информационнокомпьютерной цивилизации совпал в России с расколовшим страну постсоветским синдромом. ...ассовое сознание нашего народа подвергается двойным перегрузкам: извне и изнутри. Цель статьи — междисциплинарный анализ и варианты прогноза ситуации, свя-анной с состоянием психического здоровья населения России.
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Septième (7ème) édition de la liste nationale des médicaments essentiels, cinquiême (5ème) édition de la liste nationale des produits pharmaceutiques d'urgence, quatrième (4ème) édition de la liste nationale des réactifs essentiels pour l'analyses de biologie médicale.
La présente é...dition épouse les différents niveaux de laboratoires, aux produits d'urgence, aux médicaments vitaux pour la mère et l'enfant et aux dispositifs utilisés en Odontostomatologie.
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Au cours des dix dernières années, de nombreuses catastrophes et crises majeures se sont succédé et ont impacté les vies de millions de gens partout dans le monde. Pour faire face à ces situations critiques, des équipes médicales d’urgence (EMU) nationales et internationales sont réguliè...rement détachées pour venir en aide aux populations sinistrées. Les
EMU sont des équipes de professionnels de soins de santé le plus souvent constituées de
médecins, infirmières, psychologues et autres pour apporter des soins cliniques, directement aux personnes touchées par ces catastrophes et ces conflits, et pour apporter leur soutien aux
systèmes de santé locaux. En accord avec le programme de Personnel de santé d’urgence pour la santé mondiale de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), tout professionnel de santé venant d’un pays étranger pour prodiguer des soins sur le lieu d’une catastrophe doit faire partie d’une équipe qualifiée, entraînée, pourvue de moyens matériels et financiers et qui fait preuve d’un minimum requis de niveau de pratique
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DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY 27 : 390–403 (2010
Depression Research and Treatment
Volume 2012, Article ID 962860, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/962860