La publicación evalúa en forma cuantitativa y cualitativa el costo socioeconómico de la tuberculosis en el Perú con la finalidad de mejorar la comprensión real de gasto social y costo que representa para las personas, familias y Estado peruano. Asimismo, desarrolla bajo el marco del Objetivo 4 ...del programa “Haciendo la diferencia: Consolidando una respuesta integral contra la tuberculosis en el Perú.
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Chapter 5: A Community Guide to Environmental Health
La demencia es una enfermedad gravemente incapacitante para aquellos que la padecen y suele ser devastadora para sus cuidadores y familiares. Se estima que en la actualidad 35.6 millones de personas viven con demencia a nivel mundial. Este número se habrá casi duplicado para el 2030 y más que tri...plicado para el 2050. La alta prevalencia mundial y el impacto económico de la demencia en las familias, los cuidadores y las comunidades, así como el estigma y la exclusión social asociados, presentan un importante reto para la salud pública.
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Objetivos:
• Brindar lineamientos conceptualessobre la Fasciolosis e Hidatidosis.
• Conocer el ciclo de transmisión de la Fasciolosis e Hidatidosis.
• Describir la epidemiología y vía de transmisión de la fasciolosis e hidatidosis.
• Conocer y aplicar las medidas de prevención y... control de la fasciolosis e hidatidosis.
• Aplicar los Protocolos de Atención de la fasciolosis e hidatidosis.
• Capacitar a la población sobre los mecanismos de prevención
de la Fasciolosis e Hidatidosis.
• Facilitar la coordinación interinstitucional con enfoque integral y multisectorial que aseguren el cumplimiento de las actividades programadas.
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This predominantly qualitative research on disability and development in Myanmar was conducted between August 2011 and February 2012, in three commercial centres of Yangon, Mandalay and Taunggyi. Stakeholders of service providers, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and families of disabled people were... interviewed in order to discover the needs and challenges that they face. Discoveries were made concerning independent living and adaptive education, vocational training and livelihoods challenges, community-based rehabilitation, organisational and human resource capacity, and information channels, networking and cooperation between organisations.
The study found that PWDS, especially those with intellectually disabilities, need training for independent living, adaptive special education, motor development programs and behaviour modification programs in special institutions. Effective services and programs are necessary in all of these areas of need.
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National Tuberclosis and
Leprosy Programme (NTLP)
The purpose of this document is to provide agencies with a guide with three tools containing key assessment questions that are of common relevance to all actors involved in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) independent of the phase of the emergency. This guide will be useful for rapid a...ssessments of MHPSS issues in humanitarian emergencies across sectors. The guide is designed for use by various humanitarian actors (governmental and non-governmental; local, national and global). It is based on the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC, 2007).
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Visite au sein des Fondations Ad Lucem et Promhandicam
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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Les programmes de planification familiale sont une solution gagnant-gagnant ; le bien-être de chaque femme et des enfants est amélioré, et l'économie nationale et l'environnement en tirentles bénéfices
Cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, chronic respiratory disease
A companion to the Child Friendly Schools Manual
WASH in Schools aims to improve the health and learning performance of school-aged children – and, by extension, that of their families – by reducing the incidence of water and sanitation-related diseases. Every child friendly school r...equires appropriate WASH initiatives that keep the school environment clean and free of smells and inhibit the transmission of harmful bacteria, viruses and parasites.
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