Antimicrobials are widely used in food animal production, and use is rapidly increasing.
In an era of growing demand for animal products, there is an increasing trend towards the industrial production of food animals, especially in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs). One hallmark of this me...thod of animal production is the
use of antimicrobial drugs, which in the majority of cases are administered to healthy animals for purposes other than
treating or controlling disease (termed “therapeutic uses”)
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Boletín N° 38 Respuesta al VIH y las ITS en la Argentina Año XXIV-Diciembre de 2021 Año XXIV-Diciembre de 2021
The recommendations in this guideline are intended to inform development of national and subnational health policies, clinical protocols and programmatic guides. The target audience includes national and subnational public health policy-makers, implementers and managers of maternal, newborn and chil...d health programmes, health-care facility managers, supervisors/instructors for in-service training, health workers (including midwives, auxiliary nurse-midwives, nurses, paediatricians, neonatologists, general medical practitioners and community health workers), nongovernmental organizations, professional societies involved in the planning and management of maternal, newborn and child health services, academic staff involved in research and in the pre-service education and training of health workers, and those involved in the education of parents.
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Los cuidados de la madre canguro son un método de atención a los bebés prematuros. El método consiste en llevar a los bebés, normalmente por la madre, con contacto piel con piel. Esta guía está dirigida a los profesionales de la salud responsables del cuidado de los recién nacidos de bajo pe...so y prematuros. Diseñada para ser adaptada a las condiciones locales, ofrece orientación sobre cómo organizar los servicios en el nivel de referencia y sobre lo que se necesita para proporcionar un cuidado eficaz de la madre canguro. La guía incluye consejos prácticos sobre cuándo y cómo puede aplicarse mejor el método de la madre canguro.
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This booklet is recommended for all health workers who diagnose and treat leprosy, especially those at the first referral level such as a health centre. It contains more detail than the WHO Guide to Eliminate Leprosy as a Public Health Problem. The Guide gives practical advice on how to diagnose lep...rosy and how to give the correct treatment, and basic information on how to recognise and manage leprosy reactions.e
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Essential obstetric and newborn care is designed as a tool to help protect mothers and their children in adverse environments. It is intended for midwives, doctors with obstetrics training, and health care personnel who deal with obstetric emergencies.
WHO Secretariat Information paper July 2016
Guidelines for Therapy and Management of Pediatric Urology in Indonesia
The Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a collaborative partnership which supports and promotes evidence-based health policy making in the Asia Pacific Region. Based in WHO’s Regional Office for South-East Asia, it brings together governments, international agencies, foundat...ions, civil society and the research community with the aim of linking systematic and scientific analysis of health systems in the Asia Pacific Region with the decision-makers who shape policy and practice.
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Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2017 Mar 15; 5(1):37-41.
El fenómeno mundial de la Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos (RAM), es actualmente la principal amenaza para la salud pública en el siglo XXI, alcanzando proporciones preocupantes en todas las regiones del mundo. A su vez está poniendo en riesgo la sostenibilidad de los sistemas agroalimentarios y... con ello, la seguridad alimentaria y el comercio de alimentos
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