Review
S Afr Med J 2014;104(3):174-177. DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7968
Leitfaden für Fachpersonen des Gesundheitswesens. Grundlage des vorliegenden Handbuchs sind die aktuellen internationalen Leitlinien zur Diagnose und Behandlung der Tuberkulose.
Die vorliegende gekürzte Fassung ergänzt und aktualisiert das «Handbuch Tuberkulose 2012
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January 2014 | Volume 9 | Issue 1 | e86616
This helpdesk report seeks to establish what lessons have been learnt from the current and previous Ebola outbreaks. It recommends good practice and makes suggestions based on the evidence for good practice and preparedness to reduce transmission and prevent further risk and exposure in affected cou...ntries.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all HIVinfected children before the age of two since 2010, but this implies an early identification of these infants. We described the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) cascade, the ...staffing and the quality of infrastructures in pediatric HIV care facilities, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases September 2014 | Volume 8 | Issue 9 | e3016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003016
BMC Family Practice201415:165, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-165
Open Access
Lancet 2013; 381: 1405–16
Series: Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhoea no.1
BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:352/1471-2334/12/352
The Open AIDS Journal, 2012, 6, 245-258
PLoS ONE 7(12): e52986. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052986. Opern Access please download from the website
To improve survival and quality of life among the 2.5 million children living with HIV, a comprehensive package of prevention, care and treatment is required. This package should include management of infections such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and ear infections, as well as common opportunisti...c infections and HIV-related co-morbidities. WHO is developing a series of guidelines on each of these conditions, following the GRADE approach. The document on the management of pneumonia and diarrhoea in HIV-infected infants and children is the first of this series. The recommendations are similar to those for non infected children, but they cover specific aspects related to HIV infection.
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