This fourth WHO report on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) reviews the progress made towards achieving the Roadmap targets for 2020, noting the remaining challenges, then looks beyond 2020 to evaluate the changing global health and development landscape, considering the implications of integrating... these diseases into the broader 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Integrated community case management (ICCM) – an approach where community-based health workers are trained to identify, treat and refer children under-five with pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria – is increasingly being used across sub-Saharan Africa to supplement the gaps in basic healthcare prov...ision. ICCM programmes have been endorsed by major international organisations and donors, and many African Ministries of Health as a key strategy for reducing child mortality.
This learning paper describes Malaria Consortium’s approach to and experience of engaging local communities in integrated community case management (ICCM) in Uganda, Zambia and Mozambique.
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Objetivo:
el presente folleto describe el impacto que
tiene el estrés sobre las organizaciones humanitarias y
sobre sus trabajadores, además de establecer
estrategias para reducir las consecuencias adversas que
se derivan del mismo.
Beneficios:datos recogidos en varios entornos de trabajo su...brayan los beneficios de un programa sistemático de reducción de riesgos para la comunidad humanitaria
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This document provides a summary of the recommendations for hand hygiene best practices to be performed by health workers providing care and/or support to patients with filovirus infection (Ebola and Marburg viruses).
Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book - 5
The new Global Strategy aims to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for all women, children and adolescents, transform the future and ensure that every newborn, mother and child not only survives, but thrives.
Die Bundespsychotherapeutenkammer (BPtK) möchte mit diesem Standpunkt über die psychischen Belastungen und Erkrankungen bei Flüchtlingen informieren, auf die Problemfelder und Handlungsbedarfe bei der Gesundheitsversorgung psychisch erkrankter Flüchtlinge aufmerksam machen und Möglich...keiten aufzeigen, wie die Versorgung von Flüchtlingen, die unter einer psychischen Erkrankung leiden, in Deutschland verbessert werden kann.
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The report presents current information (updated to September 2015) on candidate vaccines, therapies and medical devices for Ebola and gives an overview of completed and on-going trials.
From Individual to Collective healing: A trainer’s manual
Updated to Reflect the 2009 Medical Eligibility Criteria of the World Health Organization
In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States adopted the revised International
Health Regulations (IHR) (2005). The Regulations provide a unique public health framework in the
form of obligations and recommendations that enable countries to better p...revent, prepare for and
respond to public health events and emergencies of potential international concern, including chemical events.
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Updated May 2017
This document is meant to respond to the questions:
■ What health interventions should the child receive and when should s/he receive it?
■ What health behaviours should a mother/caregiver practise (or not practise)?
Otros trastornos
Capítulo H.5.1
Edición: Matías Irarrázaval & Andres Martin
Traductores: Fernanda Prieto-Tagle & Iván Olle Llopis
This report explores community-focused change initiatives in the financing, organization, and delivery of mental health services in Peru from 2013 to 2016. It examines the national dimension of reforms but focuses above all on implementation and results in the economically fragile district of Caraba...yllo, in northern Lima.
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