Caregiver
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Community health workers and nurses at the primary level are often the first access to the health system. To care for patients in the best way and according to the latest standards, it is vital to have quick and easy access to the correct and latest information. The CAREGIVER TOOLBOX offers health care workers the opportunity for ongoing education to improve patient and psychosocial care by providing an overview of critical topics related to caring.

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For the primary health worker in a low/middle-income country (LMIC) setting, delivering quality primary care is challenging. This is often complicated by clinical guidance that is out of date, inconsistent and informed by evidence from high-income countries that ignores LMIC resource constraints and ... more
Examining nursing practice guidelines to improve quality of care for patients with sepsis in low income countries is required. • A large amount of information about best practice standards in sepsis management is available for healthcare professionals; however, implementation and adherence to prac ... more
In 2018, the National Department of Health launched the Side-By-Side campaign for pregnant women and caregivers of children under five years, with the goal of ensuring that all children receive the nurturing care and protection they need to reach their full potential.
Saving Lives Through Safe Surgery (SaLTS)
Guia de treinamento para profissionais de saúde da linha de frente Versão oficial em português da obra original em Inglês Recognizing neglected tropical diseases through changes on the skin: a training guide for front-line health workers
As the global community aims to fulfill its commitments to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the achievement of universal health coverage, dozens of countries have committed to the expansion of community health workers (CHWs) as the front line of their healthcare systems [1, 2]. Robust resea ... more
Evidence-based resources for all students, nurses, and other healthcare professionals - Clinical Pocket Reference
Training Manual for Community Health Workers
This editorial will consider the often heralded and sometimes belittled Surgical Safety Checklist (SSCL) for its general benefits, potential utility, and range of evidence attesting to its value in quality and safety improvement.

Small Baby (Teaching Videos Arabic)

Global Health Media Project American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); Essential Care for Small Babies (ECSB) (2018)
Global Health Media Project developed the Small Baby Series to bring to life many life-saving practices such as how to keep premature babies warm with skin-to-skin care, and how to feed them with a cup or feeding tube before they’re strong enough to breastfeed. 25 videos are now available in Ara ... more
It is Zika virus (ZIKV) that most often causes these neurological effects it appears to be the only arbovirus than can cause congenital malformations such as microcephaly. In any case, more scientific tests are needed to establish the causal relationship between the virus and this malformation (7-10 ... more
Spirituality involves a sense of connectedness, meaning making and transcendence. There is abundant published research that focuses on the importance of spirituality to patients and their families during times of illness and distress. However over the last decade there has also been a growing awaren ... more
La réanimation a pour objectifs de prévenir et de pallier les différentes défaillances viscérales aiguës. Elle s’adresse aux malades graves et est actuellement considérée comme un élément normal de l’arsenal thérapeutique. Les médecins et les soignants ont démontré l’utilité ... more
No health system can claim to be free of avoidable infections. These avoidable infections, acquired through health care practices, affect patients, their families and health workers, in many different ways.
WHO/UNICEF joint statement
The Social Determinants of Health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live and age. They have a large influence on our health. It also determines health inequities, which is the unfair and avoidable health difference between different groups of people In this video we take a look at t ... more
Notre étude porte sur les agents de santé et la perception de leur rôle, précisément le cas des infirmiers du centre hospitalier universitaire pédiatrique Charles De Gaulle. Au Burkina Faso, tout comme ailleurs dans le monde, les infirmiers dispensent près de 80% des services de santé. Cepen ... more
Four simple steps to practice quality improvement at health facility level