The knowledge guide is the second publication in the Self-care competency framework to support health and care workers.
This describes how health and care workers can apply each of the 10 competency standards in their work, detailing the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes that underpin the... required behaviours.
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A pocket atlas for clinical health-care professionals
The prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancers has been on the increase in Kenya in the recent past. This has been occasioned by changes in social and demographic situation in the country. The life expectancy... in the country is improving, while the country is developing at a rapid pace. This has resulted in people living more years and at the time adopting lifestyles that have negative impacts on their health. This increase in diabetes and other non-communicable diseases has given rise to a double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in Kenya
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In der Europäischen Union (EU) leben über 500 Millionen Menschen. Die Sicherstellung der Gesundheits- versorgung für diese Menschen entspricht einem der wichtigsten sozialen Grund- und Menschenrechte. Auf
die Gewährleistung haben sich die Staaten Europas in der Europäischen Sozialcharta des Eu...roparats und die Mitgliedstaaten der EU in der Grundrechtecharta der EU verpflichtet.
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An Illustrated Guide for Surgeons
Third Edition
Position Statement
Diabetes Care2018;42(Suppl. 1):S1–S194.
Bull World Health Organ 2016;94:554–556 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.162610
This booklet provides latest available estimates of the prevalence of depression and other common mental disorders at the global and regional level, together with data concerning the consequences of these disorders in terms of lost health.
PLoS Med 10(8): e1001501. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001501
L’enquête SARA a pour objectif d’évaluer la disponibilité, la capacité opérationnelle des services de santé au Bénin et la qualité des données du Système National d’Informations et de Gestion Sanitaires (SNIGS). Elle a été menée dans 788 formations sanitaires réparties sur toutes... les trente-quatre (34) zones sanitaires et les résultats suivants ont été obtenus
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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 re...sults 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.
WHO suggests that hospitalized 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) rather than standard oxygen therapy.
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Who suffers Most from Extreme Weather Events? Weather-related Loss Events in 2019 and 2000 to 2019
The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 analyses and ranks to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of climate related extreme weather events (storms, floods, heatwaves etc.). The... most recent data available for 2019 and from 2000 to 2019 was taken into account.
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