Regional situation analysis, practices, experiences, lessons learned and ways forward.
This guidance provides an overview of interventions to improve early diagnosis of TB and treatment completion in these populations, as well as factors to consider when developing programmes for health communication, awareness and education, and programme monitoring and evaluation
This document is written for local and international staff running nutrition programmes in emergencies, and for local, regional and national authorities and donors involved in such programmes.
The note explains why nutrition programmes need to include early childhood development (ECD) activities t...o maximize the child’s development.
It provides practical suggestions as to what simple steps are necessary to create integrated programmes in situations of famine or food insecurity and it gives examples of how such integrated programmes have been established in other situations.
This document is also available in Arabic: http://www.who.int/mental_health/emergencies/ecd_why_what_how_arabic.pdf?ua=1
;and in French: http://www.who.int/mental_health/emergencies/ecd_why_what_how_french.pdf?ua=1
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Aktueller Stand und Handlungsempfehlungen für Hospiz- und Palliativversorger.
In dieser Broschüre finden Sie die Ergebnisse einer Studie und die
aus Interviews von Expertinnen abgeleiteten Handlungsempfehlungen. Die erfassten Daten beziehen sich auf Menschen mit türkischem und arabischem Migra...tionshintergrund, die Handlungsempfehlungen sind jedoch nicht spezifisch für diese Gruppe, sondern können vermutlich für alle Patientinnen mit Migrationshintergrund und letztlich für alle vernachlässigten Patientengruppen gelten.
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Standard Treatment Guideline
A Training Curriculum for Providers
Las intervenciones de autocuidado ofrecen un enorme potencial para mejorar la autonomía individual y reducir
las desigualdades sanitarias al aumentar la disponibilidad de opciones de atención sanitaria accesibles, aceptables
y asequibles que se suman a los servicios y la atención recibidos en u...n centro sanitario y los complementan
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WHO recommends prompt recognition of progressive acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure when a patient with respiratory distress is failing to respond to standard oxygen therapy and adequate preparation to provide advanced oxygen/ventilatory support.
Hypoxaemic respiratory failure in ARDS commonly ...results from intrapulmonary ventilation-perfusion mismatch or shunt and usually requires mechanical ventilation.
At any time, if there are urgent or emergent indications for intubation, do not delay.
We recommend prompt recognition of progressive acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure when a patient with respiratory distress is failing to respond to standard oxygen therapy and adequate preparation to provide advanced oxygen/ventilatory support.
WHO suggests that patients with severe or critical COVID-19 with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure that do not require emergent intubation be treated with HFNO, or CPAP or NIV (BiPAP) over standard oxygen therapy.
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Nepal is on target to meet the Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health despite high levels of poverty, poor infrastructure, difficult terrain and recent conflict. Each year, nearly 35000 Nepali children die before their fifth birthday, with almost two-thirds of these deaths occurr...ing in the first month of life, the neonatal period. As part of a multi-country analysis, we examined changes for newborn survival between 2000 and 2010 in terms of mortality, coverage and health system indicators as well as national and donor funding.
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For the first time in almost 50 years there are two new drugs for the treatment of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB): bedaquiline and delamanid. There has also been increased attention given to the safety and efficacy of “re-purposed” drugs that have been widely used to treat other infections but are al...so showing promise in the treatment of DR-TB, including linezolid and clofazimine. This special supplemental guide has been developed for nurses, because it is essential that nurses be provided with material that maximizes their ability to provide optimal support to patients who are receiving new and re-purposed drugs
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Malawi Integrated Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for Providing HIV Services. 3rd edition 2016
Un guide de l’intervenant pour la COVID 19
L’infection d’une plaie demeure problématique pour les personnes présentant une plaie, leur famille et les professionnels de santé. L’infection d’une plaie peut entraîner un retard de la cicatrisation, de multiples visites aux services de soins et une durée
d’hospitalisation accrue. ...Cela a un coût économique important et des répercussions négatives sur la qualité de vie de la personne présentant une plaie et de sa famille. Une identification précise et rapide des signes et symptômes d’infection de la plaie est essentielle pour sa prise en charge efficace.
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Available in: English, French, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Thai, Korean, Tajik, Vietnamese, Uzbek
http://www.who.int/disabilities/cbr/guidelines/en/
En 2016, en ce début de l’ère des objectifs de développement durable (ODD), la morbidité et la mortalité évitables liées à la grossesse restent inacceptablement élevées. Bien que des progrès substantiels aient été enregistrés, les pays doivent consolider et faire progresser ces acqui...s et élargir leurs objectifs pour aller au-delà de la survie, en visant, pour leurs populations, un niveau de santé et de potentiel optimal.
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