Geneva, 22 May 2023 – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance today published a roadmap* outlining critical actions needed to ensure supply of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is able to meet growing demand from countries. Released against a backdrop of a recent wave of cholera outbreaks around the world, the roadma...p forecasts the short-, mid- and long-term outlook for global cholera vaccine supply. Developed in consultation with a range of key Alliance partners, including WHO, UNICEF, the Global Taskforce for Cholera Control (GTFCC), and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), it describes how these organizations, manufacturers and countries can work together towards ensuring global OCV supply can support largescale preventive vaccination by 2026.
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The community-BFCI (c-BFCI) manual has been developed to facilitate training of CHVs and stakeholders providing nutrition sensitive services at community level. The manual covers a wide range of topics: basic nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, Breast Milk Substitutes Act, gro...wth monitoring and promotion, early childhood development and stimulation, household food and nutrition security and establishment of baby friendly communities.
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Ujumbe kwa jamii: "kukabiliana na usugu wa dawa za kuua vijasumu- Masimulizi ya watalaamu wa afya wanaofanya kazi kwa mujibu yao"
Accessed: 25.04.2020
COVID-19 represents a dramatic new threat to life in war-torn countries. International humanitarian law (IHL) is a key legal framework that provides crucial safeguards to people affected by armed conflicts. This overview summarizes some of the main provisions of IHL that may ...be particularly relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ahead of World Malaria Day, the WHO Global Malaria Programme published a new operational strategy outlining its priorities and key activities up to 2030 to help change the trajectory of malaria trends, with a view to achieving the global malaria targets. The strategy outlines 4 strategic objectives ...where WHO will focus its efforts, including developing norms and standards, introducing new tools and innovation, promoting strategic information for impact, and providing technical leadership of the global malaria response.
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Translation of the 1st ed., 2003
These guidelines were written for anyone trying to meet and solve the challenges of operating a warehouse today. They are an important reference tool for managers and staff, whether they are constructing a new warehouse, implementing a new warehouse syste...m, or redesigning their current system.
Guidelines for Warehousing Health Commodities is for use by supply chain managers, logistics advisors, and warehouse managers who want to improve and increase efficiency in their current health commodity warehouse.
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This document provides an overview of the evidence of nutrition gains that can be achieved with improved WASH, a description of key WASH practices, and practical knowledge and guidance on how to integrate WASH into nutrition programmes, including important monitoring and evaluation (M&E) aspects. Th...e document concludes by providing a suite of case-studies and lessons learnt in integrating WASH with nutrition efforts
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This course is designed for anyone with an interest in antibiotic resistance, no matter if you are a member of the public, a student, a health professional or any other expert.
Our focus is to provide an overview of antibiotic resistance from several different angles. An important aim is to give an... understanding of the mechanisms behind the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance worldwide, but also what the society and you as an individual can do to control and prevent further emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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WHO and UNICEF have established recommendations for breastfeeding practices. Although every mother decides how to feed her child, this decision is strongly influenced by economic, environmental, social and political factors. The Global Breastfeeding Scorecard analyzes indicators on how countries pro...tect, promote and support breastfeeding through funding or policies.
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Cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, chronic respiratory disease
Procédures de gestion clinique standard.
La maladie à virus Ebola (MVE) est une maladie multisystémique potentiellement mortelle qui entraîne souvent une hypovolémie, une acidose métabolique, une hypoglycémie et une défaillance multi-viscérale. L'épidémie prolongée de MVE en Afrique de... l'Ouest en 2013-2016 a permis une évolution dans le domaine des soins telle qu'à la fin de l'épidémie, de nombreux patients ont pu recevoir des soins de support individualisés et optimisés, dont la réanimation hydro-électrolytique, le contrôle des symptômes, la surveillance biologique en laboratoire et au chevet de la glycémie et des électrolytes, la prise en charge des défaillances d’organe, ainsi que la détection et le traitement rapides des co-infections, contribuant ainsi à une réduction de la mortalité.
Toutefois, le niveau des soins varie considérablement d'un centre de traitement Ebola (CTE) à l'autre, au cours de la même épidémie, ainsi que d’une épidémie à l’autre
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The guide book provides a set of tools and methods to assess existing structures and capacities of national, district and local institutions with responsibilities for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in order to improve their effectiveness and the integration of DRM concerns into development planning,... with particular reference to disaster-prone areas, vulnerable sectors and population groups.
The strategic use of the Guide is expected to enhance understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing existing DRM institutional structures and their implications for on-going institutional change processes. It will also highlight the complex institutional linkages among various actors and sectors at different levels.
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This expansive facilitator's guide deals with psychosocial interventions concerning multiple causes of trauma such as HIV and AIDS and post-conflict situations. The guide offers technical advice to the implementor which is usefully augmented by diagrams, ideas for games and other useful intervention...s
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La mortalité maternelle et néonatale demeure un problème de santé publique au Bénin. Tous les efforts déployés par l’Etat béninois et les Partenaires Techniques et Financiers ont abouti à peu d’amélioration de la santé des mères et des nouveau-nés. Les Objectifs du Millénaire pour ...le Développement (OMD) n°4 et 5 en rapport avec la santé maternelle et infantile n’ont pas été atteints en 2015 comme programmé.
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Community feedback considered in this report was collected through information received from Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) focal points,as well as through primary data collection,in 10 African countries.Red Cross and Red Crescent National Society CEA focal points were asked to share ...the main rumours, observation, beliefs, questions or suggestions they are hearing in their countries andto grade them according to their frequency. Focal points from the following countries provided information this way: Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Niger, South Africa.
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Руководство ВОЗ по информированию и гармонизации процессов обеспечения готовности и реагирования при пандемии на национальном и международном уровне
Руководс...во ВОЗ "Управление рисками, связанными с пандемией гриппа", содержит обновленную информацию и заменяет "Руководство ВОЗ по обеспечению готовности к пандемии гриппа и ответным мерам", которое было опубликовано в 2009 г.
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This guideline consists of two main parts:
i.) Guidelines for Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies on how to start up and engage with other stakeholders in country in rolling out disaster risk reduction (DRR) education and awareness activities for children - not only in school, but also... in the community;
ii.) Games and activities to engage children with key lessons and messages to carry away. With a focus on Southeast Asia, cases from Viet Nam and Indonesia are highlighted.
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