These Guidelines are intended to provide knowledge to the treating ophthalmologists, pediatricians, ocular oncologists, pediatric oncologists, and general physicians to arrive at an early diagnosis of retinoblastoma in the settings of district hospital, in private clinics and hospitals. The guidelin...es will enable the contact health personnel to refer at the right
time to the tertiary care hospital for management of retinoblastoma.
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                                                                AMCC, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) association governed by the law of 1901, the French branch of the INCTR (International Network for Treatment and Research on Cancer) mainly oriented towards women's and children's cancers, aims to strengthen the fight against cancer in low- and middle-inco...me countries through training, education, teaching, research with support for therapeutic care.
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                                                                ecancer 11 755 / DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.755
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Essential medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of a population. They are selected with due regard to disease prevalence and public health relevance, evidence of efficacy and safety and comparative cost-effectiveness. They are intended to be available in functioning health ...systems at all times, in appropriate dosage forms, of assured quality, and at prices individuals and health systems can afford.
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                                                                This report summarizes the latest scientific knowledge on the links between exposure to air pollution and adverse health effects in children. It is intended to inform and motivate individual and collective action by health care professionals to prevent damage to children’s health from exposure to ...air pollution. 
Air pollution is a major environmental health threat. Exposure to fine particles in both the ambient environment and in the household causes about seven million premature deaths each year. Ambient air pollution alone imposes enormous costs on the global economy, amounting to more than US$ 5 trillion in total welfare losses in 2013.
This public health crisis is receiving more attention, but one critical aspect is often overlooked: how air pollution affects children in uniquely damaging ways. Recent data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) show that air pollution has a vast and terrible impact on child health and survival. Globally, 93% of all children live in environments with air pollution levels above the WHO guidelines (see the full report, Air pollution and child health: prescribing clean air. More than one in every four deaths of children under 5 years of age is directly or indirectly related to environmental risks. Both ambient air pollution and household air pollution contribute to respiratory tract infections that resulted in 543 000 deaths in children under the age of 5 years in 2016.
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                                                                Prepared as an outcome of ICMR Subcommittee on Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma |  This consensus document on Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma summarizes the modalities of treatment including the site-specific anti-cancer therapies, supportive and palliative care and molecular ...markers and research questions. It also interweaves clinical, biochemical and epidemiological studies.
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                                                                Glaucoma, a disease that gradually affects the optic nerve, is the second leading cause of vision loss globally, and it continues to pose a challenge to the eye health professionals.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Manual de Protocolos 2013
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                This comprehensive book has established itself as the most useful text for the medical practitioner in poor-resource settings who is obliged to manage surgical cases. It is particularly adapted for those whose surgical experience is basic or minimal. Importantly, it has extensive advice about pitfal...ls to avoid, and what to do if things go wrong. It is written in simple style, particularly for those whose mother tongue is not English. It is not a text which discusses the latest up-to-date technology, but it is not out-of-date being a synthesis of the best advice from a myriad of surgeons practicing for many years in low- and middle-income countries.
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                                                                Compilation of campaign materials
Accessed on 29 September 2020
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                As  part  of  our  commitment  to  the  fight  against  NCDs,  Nigeria was  signatory  to  the  political declaration  at  the  UN  General  Assembly  High  Level  Meeting  on  NCDs  in  September  2011. Thus, the purpose of this document is to develop and ensure the implementation of policies and p...rogrammes  that  will  engender  and  guarantee  a  healthy  lifestyle  and  quality  health  for  all  Nigerians.  The  core  sections  include  background,  scope  of  the  policy,  policy  goal,  strategic  thrusts for implementation, programme management and coordination, roles of stakeholders and partnership  coordination.  It  is  expected  that  with  the  adoption  of  this  policy,  the  control  and  prevention  of  NCDs  and  their  associated  risk  factors  will  be  well  integrated  at  all  levels  of  government  and  health  care  delivery  system  in  Nigeria.  This  policy  document  is  therefore a stepping  stone  towards  the  development  of  guidelines  for  the  prevention  and  management  of  NCDs.
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                                                                published in: Viruses 2016, 8, 161