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mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG): Clinical management of mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies
recommended

World Health Organization, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2015) C_WHO

The new guide provides practical, first-line management recommendations for mental, neurological and substance use conditions. Contents include modules on assessing and managing conditions such as acute stress, grief, moderate-severe depressive diso ... more

Epilepsy: slides

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

Session outline •Introduction to epilepsy. •Assessment of epilepsy. •Management of epilepsy. •Follow-up of a person with ... more

Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth: a guide for midwives and doctors

World Health Organization, UNICEF, United Nations Population Fund (2017) C_WHO

2nd Edition

The treatment of epilepsy in developing countries: where do we go from here?

Robert A. Scott, Samden D. Lhatoo & Josemir W.A.S. Sander WHO (2001) C_WHO

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001, 79 (4)

New to Seizures & Epilepsy

Epilepsy Foundation (2012) CC

Guideline for Preventive Chemotherapy for the Control of Taenia solium Taeniasis

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

The larval stage of the parasite Taenia solium can encyst in the central nervous system causing neurocysticercosis, which is the main cause of acquired epilepsy in the countries in which the parasite is endemic. Endemic areas are those with the pres ... more

EPI 3: Anti-epileptic medications for management of established status epilepticus [Updated 2015]

mhGAP; WHO (2015) C_WHO

SCOPING QUESTION: In adults with established status epilepticus (i.e., seizures persisting after the first-line treatment with benzodiazepines [or benzodiazepines-resistant status epilepticus]), which anti-epileptic medications are associated with cessation of seizures and reduced adverse effects)? ... more

Epilepsies: diagnosis and management
recommended

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2012) C2

Clinical guideline | Published: 11 January 2012 | nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137

ECOSOC Meeting “Addressing noncommunicable diseases and mental health: major challenges to sustainable development in the 21st century”

World Health Organization (2009) C_WHO

Discussion Paper "Mental health, poverty and development", July 2009

WHO mhGAP Guideline update
recommended

WHO WHO (2015) C_WHO

Update of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Guideline for Mental, Neurological and Substance use Disorders May 2015

Management of mental health disorders in HIV-positive patients

G. Jonsson; N. Davies; C. Freeman; et al. Southern African HIV Clinicians Society; AOSIS Publishing (2013) C2

Guideline SAJHIVMED DECEMBER 2013, Vol. 14, No. 4

Guidelines for Maternity Care in South Africa

Dept. of Health, Republic of South Africa (2015)

4th edition. A manual for clinics, community health centers and district hospitals

Barriers and enablers to inclusion in education for children with disabilities in Malawi

International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; NAD (2015) C1

Syllabus on diploma in community based rehabilitation (D-CBR) - India

Rehabilitation Council of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (2007) C2

Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness - Introduction (Module 1/9)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; WHO; UNICEF (2009) C_WHO

Uptake of health and rehabilitation referrals for children in Malawi

International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; University of Malawi (2017) C1

Integrating palliative care and symptom relief into primary health care : WHO guide for planners, implementers and managers

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Inequality of access to palliative care and symptom relief is one of the greatest disparities in global health care (1). Currently, there is avoidable suffering on a massive scale due to lack of access to palliative care and symptom relief in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (1). Yet basic p ... more

Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List of Common Medical Conditions

Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland Ministry of Health (2012) C2

The product of all this work is the Standard Treatment Guideline and Essential Medicines List of Common Medical Conditions in the Kingdom of Swaziland. These systematically developed statements are designed to assist practitioners in making decisions about appropriate treatment for specific clinical ... more

Break Through - November 2012

Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation (2012) C2

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE newsletter – NOVEMBER 2012

Mental Health Care In Settings Where Mental Health Resources Are Limited

Smith, Pamela (2014) CC

An Easy-Reference Guidebook for Healthcare Providers In Developed and Developing Countries