Basic Expectations for Safe Care
In this report a nutrition governance framework was applied to research and analyse the provincial experience with nutrition policy in Pakistan, looking both at chronic and acute malnutrition. Twenty-one in-depth interviews with key stakeholders were also conducted along with a review of published a...nd grey literature. Findings were validated and supplemented by consultative provincial roundtable meetings. Punjab’s nutritional puzzle is that it has high levels of chronic malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies despite a surplus production of food and a low poverty level. Under-nutrition is mainly linked to insufficient attention to preventive health strategies and to a lack of connection between relevant sectors such as Education, Health, Poverty, Safe Water and Sanitation, and Food. Strategic opportunities are recommended which include cross-party political support and ownership for nutrition, with steering by executive leadership; multi-sectoral action and functional integration of various departments and programmes with the creation of a central convening structure for effective cross-sectoral coordination; broadening of nutritional activities beyond salt iodization and vitamin A coverage; central co-ordination of monitoring and evaluation and effective partnerships between the state and non-state sector around data production, awareness, advocacy, and monitoring.
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Fact Sheet, May 2018.
Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic virus (it is transmitted from animals to humans) and can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people. In infected people, it causes a range of illnesses from asymptomatic (subclinical) infection to acute respiratory ...illness and fatal encephalitis. The virus can also cause severe disease in animals such as pigs, resulting in significant economic losses for farmers
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with focus on the aspects important for Catholic Social Teaching-driven management
Lancet Glob Health 2021; 9: e782–92
The paper provides the rationale for these recommendations, which are based on analyses of data from the TRACT trial.
Epilepsia, 55(4):475–482, 2014
doi: 10.1111/epi.12550
Breakthrough innovations have come to light that have proved to be more than 95% effective in preventing HIV infection with injections just twice a year. Once a year might even be possible. They could also be key for 40 million people living with HIV around the world who need better options for trea...tment. It’s not a cure or a vaccine, but it could be a game-changer if made accessible to all who could benefit.
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The Lay Counselor Cadre in Botswana
For the Assesor's Guide Vol 1 and 2 see: nrhm.gov.in/images/pdf/programmes/maternal-health/guidelines/Operational_Guidelines_for_Quality_Assurance_in_Public_Health_Facilities_and_checklists-3_books.zip
interim Guidance 1 December 2020. Updated version
This document provides updated guidance on mask use in health care and community settings, and during home care for COVID-19 cases. It is intended for policy makers, public health and infection prevention and control professionals, health care manag...ers and health workers.
The Annex provides advice on how to manufacture non-medical masks. It is intended for those making non-medical masks at home and for mask manufacturers
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Kinder haben besondere Bedürfnisse nach Schutz, Förderung und Beteiligung. Diese gilt es im Sinne der UN-Kinderrechtskonvention von Geburt an zu berücksichtigen. Die besondere Situation geflüchteter Kinder wird in Deutschland bisher noch unzureichend wahrgenommen. Sie gehören zu einer sehr vuln...erablen Gruppe
und ihre Familien sind durch restriktive Lebensbedingungen mit vielfältigen Belastungen konfrontiert. Diese Rahmenbedingungen stellen auch für betreuende und beratende Fachkräfte eine große Herausforderung dar.
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