MAMI refers to the management of small and nutritionally at risk infants under six months of age (infants u6m) and their mothers.
A pesar de su carácter trágico, y no obstante el sufrimiento humano que generan, las situaciones de emergencia son también oportunidades para implementar una mejor atención de salud mental.
Other disorders
Chapter H.6
Climate change triggers mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa
Recently, Sri Lanka has been impacted by multiple natural disasters. Sri Lanka experienced a landslide in October 2014, and flooding in December 2014.8 Sri Lanka withstood the worst drought conditions witnessed in four decades in 2016; the extreme drought conditions extended into 2017 and produced s...ubstantial economic and social effects. The drought was responsible for an increase in national poverty levels, due to reduced cultivation income, especially for rural farmers. ... In May 2017, Sri Lanka experienced continuous rains causing flash floods and extreme devastation. However, despite natural disasters and challenges posed by a complex political environment, Sri Lanka’s financial performance remained largely satisfactory in the first half of 2017.
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DHS Working Papers No. 85
Euro Surveill. 2015 Mar 26;20(12). pii: 21073.
Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2014, 3:42
http://www.idpjournal.com/content/3/1/42
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 8(11): e3229 (20 November 2014)
THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, IRAQ, JORDAN, LEBANON, TURKEY, WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP, EGYPT
Disability. Assessment among Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon
Available in: English, French, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Thai, Korean, Tajik, Vietnamese, Uzbek
http://www.who.int/disabilities/cbr/guidelines/en/
Examination of the business behaviour of Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer and Baxter in Uganda
The second edition of the WHPCA Global Atlas of Palliative Care was launched during World Hospice & Palliative Care Day 10 October. The Atlas is an update of the original WHPCA/WHO Global Atlas of Palliative care at the end of life published in 2014. It is full of useful facts and figures to support... palliative care advocacy and development. In this edition we have switched from using the WHO methodology for need for palliative care to the evolving Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Relief methodology. As a result the number of people needing palliative care has gone from 40 million per year to almost 57 million and more accurately reflects the need for palliative care globally models of palliative care worldwide? What resources are devoted to palliative care? What is the way forward?
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