Village Hope Core International works in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and along with the Kenya Red Cross and Plan International are training their community health workers with these materials. Village HopeCore has reassigned their handwashing stations from schools to health facilities ...and are working on other solutions such as telemedicine, digital communication and other community-based interventions.
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The CBDRR Training Course is based on the CBDRR Step-by-Step Methodology and its main goal is to teach MRCS Field Staff and MRCS RCVs to use the CBDRR Manual document which acts as a support document for the implementation of CBDRR programs in Myanmar.
- In Part A, the course curriculum is pres...ented and the participants can find a detailed schedule of their training. Furthermore, any additional information that is required by the participants such as accommodation during the training, the exact location of the training etc. will be included in Part A.
- In Part B, each of the sessions will be discussed separately. Key questions that participants should be able to answer after each session are posed and the participants are invited to note down their answer to each of the questions during or after each session to increase the learning effect.
- In Part C, the supporting training documents will be presented.
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The purpose of this document is to provide interim guidance for setting up of quarantine facilities
Accessed: 16.04.2020
In this book, the authors present a dozen state of the art developments for ultrasound imaging, for example, hardware implementation, transducer, beamforming, signal prcessing, measurement of elasticity and diagnosis. Read/download chapter by chapter
Here is what you need to know about monkeypox
The growing understanding of how sequence information can contribute to improved public health is driving global investments in sequencing facilities and programmes. The falling cost and complexity of generating GSD provides opportunities for expanding sequencing capacity; however, challenges to wid...espread implementation remain. This document provides policy-makers and stakeholders with guidance on how to maximize the public health benefit of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing activities in the short and long term as the pandemic continues to unfold. Practical considerations for the implementation of a virus genomic sequencing programme and an overview of the public health objectives of genomic sequencing are covered. This guidance focuses on SARS-CoV-2 but is applicable to other pathogens of public health concern.
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With an FGM prevalence of 75.8% among women aged 15-491, Burkina Faso is classified by UNICEF2 as a ‘moderately high prevalence’ country.
FGM is practised across all regions, ethnic groups and religions in Burkina Faso. There are distinct regional variations; FGM prevalence ranges from 54.8%... in the Centre-West to 89.5% in the Centre-East. Two-thirds of the population of Burkina Faso live in rural areas, and nearly 10% more women aged 15-49 have had FGM in rural areas (78.4%) than in urban areas (68.7%). Prevalence in the capital, Ouagadougou, is 64.8%.3
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The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) is WHO’s strategic framework to guide the Organization’s work in and with a country. It responds to that country’s National Health and Development Agenda and identifies a set of agreed joint priorities for WHO collaboration, covering those areas where the... Organization has a comparative advantage in order to assure public health impact.
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Alimentar a los bebés sólo con leche materna en sus primeros seis meses de vida
contribuye a disminuir de manera significativa la desnutrición y la mortalidad infantil. Después del sexto mes y hasta los dos años, la leche materna debe ser complementada con alimentos que sean adecuados a la eda...d del niño o niña.
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El presente documento establece las recomendaciones para la protección y el fomento de la lactancia materna en el contexto de la pandemia por COVID-19, para los equipos de salud que cuidan a díadas madre-hijo que se encuentran en período de lactancia, tanto en la atención primaria de salud como ...
en la atención intrahospitalaria.
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2014-15 Tanzania Service Provision Assessment Survey (TSPA)
Временные рекомендации
17 марта 2020 г.
Данный документ представляет собой адаптированную версию временных рекомендаций, разработанных для ближневосточного респ...ираторного синдрома, вызванного коронавирусом (БВРС-КоВ), которые были опубликованы в июне 2018 г.1, и был составлен на основе опубликованных ВОЗ научно обоснованных рекомендаций, включая руководство «Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone acute respiratory diseases in health care» (Профилактика инфекций и борьба с острыми респираторными инфекциями, способными вызывать эпидемии и пандемии, при оказании медико-санитарной помощи)2, а также имеющейся на сегодняшний день информации о COVID-19.
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The third report in the series Resources for Results published by the UN Office of the Special Envoy on Ebola provides an overview of resources announced and disbursed to countries and agencies as of 31 January 2015. This report is a next step towards more transparency allowing all, especially the g...overnments in the affected countries, to effectively manage and better utilize the available resources
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Guía para hablar sobre el Coronavirus de manera sencilla, clara y tranquilizadora
Este documento tiene el propósito de ser ampliamente difundido entre las comunidades, familias, trabajadores del ámbito de la salud y la educación, así como todos los adultos responsables de niños y niñas pequ...eños.
Pretende servir como una guía para hablar sobre el Coronavirus, COVID-19, de manera sencilla, clara y tranquilizadora, a la vez que permite abordar las emociones que puedan estar sintiendo los niños y niñas en la primera infancia.
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Le site web de l'OMS intitulé « Paludisme » offre un aperçu complet du paludisme, une maladie potentiellement mortelle causée par des parasites du genre Plasmodium et transmise principalement par des piqûres de moustiques dans les pays tropicaux. Il fournit des informations sur les symptômes,... les groupes à risque, les mesures de prévention et les options de traitement. Le site présente également des statistiques récentes : en 2023, on estime à 263 millions le nombre de cas de paludisme et à 597 000 le nombre de décès dans 83 pays, la région africaine étant la plus touchée avec 94 % des cas et 95 % des décès. Les enfants de moins de cinq ans représentaient environ 76 % des décès dans cette région.
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The WHO website titled "Malaria" provides a comprehensive overview of malaria, a potentially fatal disease caused by Plasmodium parasites and primarily transmitted through mosquito bites in tropical countries. It offers information on symptoms, at-risk groups, preventive measures, and treatment opti...ons. The site also presents recent statistics: in 2023, an estimated 263 million malaria cases and 597,000 deaths occurred in 83 countries, with the African region being the most affected—accounting for 94% of cases and 95% of deaths. Children under the age of five made up approximately 76% of the deaths in this region.
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The WHO website titled "Malaria" provides a comprehensive overview of malaria, a potentially fatal disease caused by Plasmodium parasites and primarily transmitted through mosquito bites in tropical countries. It offers information on symptoms, at-risk groups, preventive measures, and treatment opti...ons. The site also presents recent statistics: in 2023, an estimated 263 million malaria cases and 597,000 deaths occurred in 83 countries, with the African region being the most affected—accounting for 94% of cases and 95% of deaths. Children under the age of five made up approximately 76% of the deaths in this region.
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La page « Paludisme » du Centre de collaboration nationale des maladies infectieuses (CCNMI) offre une synthèse complète sur cette maladie parasitaire transmise par les moustiques Anopheles. Elle aborde les causes, les symptômes similaires à ceux de la grippe, les complications possibles, ...ainsi que les méthodes de diagnostic et les options thérapeutiques. De plus, elle traite de la déclaration obligatoire des cas au Canada et des mesures de surveillance en place. Cette ressource s'adresse aux professionnels de la santé publique canadienne, en fournissant des informations essentielles pour la gestion et la prévention du paludisme.
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