This leaflet aims at guiding health workers though the very first days of an outbreak. It addresses the following questions:
Is this the beginning of an outbreak?
Is the patient suffering from cholera or shigella?
The leaflet also has sections on how to protect the community, how to ...treat patients and what to do if an outbreak is suspected.
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Accessibility is by law; not just a favour. The booklet contains what the laws say about physical accessibility and their interpretation
En esta nueva edición de la guía Evaluación de daños y análisis de necesidades de salud en situaciones de desastre (EDAN) se hace énfasis en la organización del sector salud, desde la conformación del comité operativo de emergencia hasta la sala de situación de salud, estructura que debe r...eproducirse en el nivel nacional, regional y local. Se analizan las características de la EDAN y se presentan modelos de formatos para la recolección y análisis de la información de salud. El propósito es que la toma de decisiones se fundamente en información técnica de calidad, que permita diagnosticar, priorizar, planificarla intervención y solicitar recursos para la respuesta a emergencias de forma eficaz.
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This publication makes the case for working with men and women, boys and girls, together in an intentional and mutually reinforcing way that challenges gender norms in the pursuit of improved health and gender equality. In addition to providing a definition for the new concept of gender synchronizat...ion, this document provides examples of synchronized approaches that have worked first with women and girls, or first with men and boys, and describes interventions that have worked with both sexes from the start. It also provides examples of new and emerging programs that should be watched in the coming years for the knowledge they may contribute to the implementation of gender synchronization.
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Mainstreaming Gender in Water and Sanitation
3rd edition!Large File 17 MB!
Promoting People's Health to Enhance Social-economic Development
La réalisation, par le Ministère de la Santé avec l’appui de l’OMS, de la cartographie des systèmes d’approvisionnement et de distribution des médicaments et autres produits de santé en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) répond à la nécessité d’évaluer la pertinence et la co...hérence de l’organisation actuelle en termes d'efficacité, de durabilité, et d’accessibilité aux populations.
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