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Hand Hygiene: Why, How and When?
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World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
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Clinical management of human infection with pandemic (H1N1) 2009: revised guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
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Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene (Chair)

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
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Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Chikungunya Fever

World Health Organization, Regional Office South-East Asia (2009)
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Glove Use Information Leaflet

World Health Organization (2009) CC
On the appropriate use of gloves with respect to hand hygiene.
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H2P Community Planning and Response Curriculum. Community Volunteers and Workers

Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness (H2P) Initiative USAID; ICRC; CoreGroup; et al. (2009) CC
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How to Hand rub?
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World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
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Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)

World Health Organization (2009)
Report of the Review Committee on the Functioning of the International Health Regulations (2005) in relation to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
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Hygiene Promotion Module 1 - WASH Cluster (Arabic)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Water and Sanitation Mission Assistant (2009) C1
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Dengue Guidelines For Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention and Control
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World Health Organization; TDR (2009) C_WHO
New edition
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H2P Community Planning and Response Curriculum. District and Community Leaders

Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness (H2P) Initiative USAID; ICRC; CoreGroup; et al. (2009) CC
The Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness (H2P) Initiative and its many partners have developed ready-to-use training curricula for district- and community-level leaders, and community volunteers and workers in order to minimize morbidity and mortality in the event of an influenza pandemic. The time t... more
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Whole-of-Society-Pandemic Readiness

World Health Organization (2009)
WHO guidelines for pandemic preparedness and response in the nonhealth sector
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Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Resources for Health with special applications for low- and middle-income countries

Mario R Dal Poz, Neeru Gupta, Estelle Quain and Agnes LB Soucat World Health Organization (WHO); USAID; The World Bank (2009)
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Préparation et action en cas de grippe pandémique

Organisation de la Santé Mondiale (2009)
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Hand Hygiene Technical Reference Manual

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
A manual to train health-care workers on practising, teaching and observing hand hygiene.
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Planning framework for a national policy and programme for making health facilities safe in emergencies

World Health Organization (2009)
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Pandemic influenza preparedness and response WHO guidance document

World Health Organization (2009)
This document should be used in conjunction with the WHO checklist for influenza preparedness planning published by the World Health Organization in 2005. Available in English; Chinese; French
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WHO guidelines for investigation of human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1)

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
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Pandemic influenza preparedness and response WHO guidance document. Extract Phase 5-6 Pandemic

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
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Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-Care Settings

World Health Organization WHO (2009) CC
In this guideline, natural ventilation is considered 
among one the effective measures to control infections in health care. This guideline provides 
a design and operation guide for hospital planners, engineers, architects and infection control 
personnel. The recommendations in this guidelin... more