The purpose of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to describe the detailed process on how to manage discarded COVID-19 vaccine vials and associated waste after COVID-19 vaccination activities end. The SOP provides clear instructions on how to perform the appropriate treatment and safe dispos...al of these wastes to minimize any associated health risk with consideration to local context.
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Using Epidemiology to Support Primary Health Care. Updated version of the WHO handbook published in the early 1990's entitled: Manual of Epidemiology for District Health Management or those with an interest in applied epidemiology in primary health care and district health systems
Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a health systems perspective and for people who use these interventions.
The World Health Organization (WHO) uses the following working definition of self-care: Self-care i...s the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, maintain health, and cope with illness and disability with or without the support of a health worker. The scope of self-care as described in this definition includes health promotion; disease prevention and control; self-medication; providing care to dependent persons; seeking hospital/specialist/primary care if necessary; and rehabilitation, including palliative care. It includes a range of self-care modes and approaches. While this is a broad definition that includes many activities, it is important for health policy to recognize the importance of self-care, especially where it intersects with health systems and health professionals.
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This document aims to support those working in primary care to strengthen IPC, informed by existing WHO IPC guidance and implementation resources. Many of the existing WHO IPC guidance and implementation resources initially developed for acute health care facilities have a potential utility for IPC ...in primary care. However, navigating these resources to locate relevant content for IPC in primary care can be challenging as some documents can span over 100 pages. This document extracts relevant content, bringing together existing WHO IPC standards, indicators and implementation approaches that are focused on, or directly relevant to IPC in primary care. It should also be used to identify resources suitable for use in primary care that can be embedded within relevant IPC or other health programmes.
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Community health workers (CHWs) serve as a very important direct link between patients, communities and health services. As trusted on-the-ground support to community members, they therefore expand access to essential healthcare information as well as available treatment and prevention programmes.
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This course book provides appropriate, cost-effective, and sustainable targeted learning for the large numbers of emerging community health workers in South Africa.
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Since the emergence of COVID 19 in December 2019, various public health responses measures have been implemented to control the pandemic. Among measures taken by the Africa CDC was the launch of PACT initiative to accelerate COVID 19 testing. Key to the initiative is the engagement of Community Heal...th Workers (CHWs) in risk communication and community engagement (RCCE), surveillance activities for early case identification, contacts tracing and in facilitating referrals for testing and continuum of care.
As of 31 May 2021, Through PACT support, over 17154 CHWs have been trained and locally deployed in 24 AU Member states. The PACT supported CHWs visited more than 2,568,654 households for community engagement activities, active case search and contact tracing, identified 1,618,601 Contacts, 710,167 COVID 19 suspect cases based on the standard case definition and facilitated referrals for 553053 (78%) suspect cases for testing. These efforts were crucial for early identification and isolation of cases in limiting further transmission.
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Bettercare learning programmes make it easy to train healthcare staff and teach students.
This film explains the importance of antenatal care and in particular, the principles of ‘focused antenatal care’ (FANC). It describes what is involved in the four visits that make up FANC, including taking a patient’s history, examinations, checks and giving information.
This film is for u...se in health worker training
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How do they work in an ICC to prevent or mitigate nosocomial infections?
Are you clear that we can all do something to avoid them?
A simple hand wash can make a difference.
Inés Lavega has a degree in nursing and worked for more than 8 years at the CTI of Hospital Maciel, the first public hospit...al in Uruguay.
She tells us about the intense work of nursing, to control infections.
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Le 11 mars 2020, le OMS qualifait la COVID-19 de pandémie. Deux ans plus tard, le virus poursuit ses ravages dans le monde, avec des répercussions tres graves pour les personnels de santé.
Quality of Life for Children with Cancer Series: Modules on Paediatric Palliative Care. Module 4: Symptom Management
Updated May 2021. Manual 3. The Practical Approach to Care Kit – PACK – is used by nurses, doctors and community health workers in their everyday work to care for patients at the clinic and in the community –PACK Adult, PACK Adolescent, PACK Child and PACK Community.PACK Home is designed for p...eople seeking more information about how to care for their own health and the health of their family at home.Collect and read all the PACK Home volumes in English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu or Sesotho
Download the different languages: https://knowledgetranslation.co.za/pack/pack-home/
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The Practical Approach to Care Kit is a health systems strategy comprising 4 pillars that support the delivery of primary care:
a guide,
a training strategy,
a health systems strengthening intervention and
a monitoring and evaluation component.
Nutrition Care for Cancer patients - SOP
WCEA is a social impact technology company that provides sustainable & innovative e-health & m-health technology solutions for CPD and lifelong learning, enabling capacity building. This is achieved by partnering with NGOs, local and international providers.
Our stakeholders include Ministries of... Health, Regulatory bodies, Associations, Health Facilities, and training colleges in Africa, Asia & the Middle East
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The cervix is the lower, narrow end of the uterus (the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a foetus can grow). The cervix leads from the uterus to the vagina (birth canal) below.
Cervical cancer is the 2nd most common cancer among South African women, but the cancer women die of most in our country. ...Women in South Africa have a 1 in 42 lifetime risk of cervical cancer (NCR 2019).
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Our eLearning Courses were created just for navigation professionals.
They are self-paced and interactive. Learn more about patient navigation, chronic disease, and how to help your clients get the care they need and live healthier lives. Leave a course and come back any time. Certificates of compl...etion are offered for all courses.
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Les Normes de l’ICM pour la formation des sages-femmes (2021) sont un pilier essentiel sur lequel
s’appuie l’ICM pour renforcer la pratique sage-femme dans le monde en préconisant des programmes
de formation de qualité qui préparent les sages-femmes qui répondent à la définition d’un...e sage-femme
de l’ICM. Les Normes de l’ICM pour la formation des sages-femmes se basent sur les documents
essentiels et les énoncés de position fondateurs de l’ICM (voir Annexe 1). Il est important de noter que
les Normes spécifient que les Compétences essentielles pour la pratique du métier de sage-femme
(2019) sont la base du programme d’études des sages-femmes.
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