For medical students and doctors
Rapport sur les populations clés.
From 2011 until 2016, a multi-actor programme was run in five countries to improve the life chances and living conditions of people experiencing exclusion and marginalisation of various kinds. This programme worked with local leaders, organisations and movements as well as various institutions and a...uthorities
focusing on older people, those with mental health issues, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, people displaced by war and youth at risk. Many initiatives were developed that had lasting effects on the ways in which these groups valued themselves and in which they are valued by society.
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The framework is to be used as a reference guide, applied according to local priorities and needs, and targeted at academic institutions, educators, accreditation bodies, regulatory agencies and other users. The ultimate aim is to ensure that all health workers are equipped with the requisite compet...encies at pre-service education and in-service training levels to address AMR in policy and practice settings.
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The Mental Health Atlas 2024 is the seventh in a series that began in 2001, and draws on data from 144 countries to assess mental health policies, laws, information systems, financing, workforce and services. It shows little change in investment: mental health accounts for only 2% of health budgets..., unchanged since 2017. Spending disparities are wide, ranging from US$ 65 per person in high-income countries to US$ 0.04 in low-income countries. Workforce shortages remain critical, with a global median of just 13 workers per 100,000 people, and extreme shortages in low- and middle-income countries
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Prevention, Assessment and Management
Куріння, вживання алкоголю та наркотичних речовин серед підлітків, які навчаються: поширення й тенденції в Україні : За результатами дослідження 2015 року в рамках м...жнародного проекту «Європейське опитування учнів щодо вживання алкоголю та інших наркотичних речовин – ESPAD»
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This toolkit aims to provide you with a brief introduction of what SA and its core principles are, and how you as a student can apply several of the existing tools for your own school to really make a difference.
French, Spanish and Arabic Version available: https://ifmsa.org/social-acc...ountability/
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WHO recommends interpersonal therapy (IPT) as a possible first line treatment for depression. With this new manual, the World Health Organization (WHO) gives guidance on the use of interpersonal therapy (IPT) using a 8 session group protocol. The manual - which is part of WHO’s mhGAP programme - d...escribes IPT in a simplified format for use by supervised facilitators who may not have received previous training in mental health.
Available in Swahili and Farsi
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This report provides a synthesis of some of the most recent, high-quality literature on the security and political processes in Central African Republic produced up to the end of January 2016. It was prepared for the European Union’s Instrument Contributing to Stability and Peace, © European Unio...n 2016. The views expressed in this report are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of GSDRC, its partner agencies or the European Commission. This is the second review published by GSDRC on the situation in the Central African Republic. The first review of literature was published in June 2013 and provides a country analysis covering the period 2003-2013. It is available at: http://www.gsdrc.org/docs/open/car_gsdrc2013.pdf.
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Practical Guidance for collaborative interventions
Teachers' Exercise Book for HIV Prevention
Document 6.1
This booklet contains all the participatory learning experiences that are included in the Training and Resource Manual on School Health and HIV and AIDS Prevention. It is to be given to all teachers who receive training as part of the EI/WH...O School Health and HIV Prevention Project. Other groups may wish to copy and use the materials in this document to help adults and students prevent HIV infection and related discrimination.
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FAO’s component of the Global COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Plan
18.5.2020
Afghanistan has one of the largest populations per capita of persons with disabilities in the world. At least one in five Afghan households includes an adult or child with a serious physical, sensory, intellectual, or psychosocial disability. More than 40 years of war have left more than one million... Afghans with amputated limbs and other mobility, visual, or hearing disabilities. Many Afghans have psychosocial disabilities (mental health conditions) such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, which are often a direct result of the protracted conflict. Other Afghans have pre-existing disabilities not directly related to the conflict, such as those caused by polio.
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Это руководство является частью серии, созданной для повышения качества лечения тяжело больных детей в медицинских учреждениях. Оно направлено на увеличение дост...упности и адекватности оксигенотерапии, в том числе в условиях ограниченности ресурсов.
Руководство ссылается на необходимость надлежащей диагностики гипоксемии и использования пульсоксиметрии, аппаратов доставки кислорода и наблюдения за пациентами,
получающими оксигенотерапию. Кроме того, руководство выступает за практическое применение пульсоксиметрии, а также концентраторов кислорода и кислородных баллонов.
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Conflict, climate crisis and COVID-19 pose great threats to the health of women and children.