Caregiver
TOOLBOX

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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Bioethics - Medical, Ethical and Legal Perspectives There’s evidence that implementing the four medical ethics principles may be challenging especially in low income country contexts with extreme resource scarcity and limited capacity to facilitate deliberations on the different ethical dilemmas. ... more
This practical manual is designed to support implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national level, with special focus on countries with limited resources. The Guidelines describe what is necessary ... more
WHO/UNICEF joint statement
2nd Edition
This guide assumes the reader already has a general understanding of the Care Group methodology. It is highly recommended that all Care Group implementers familiarize themselves with the contents of theCare Groups: A Training Manual for Program Design and Implementation,and, ideally,to participate i ... more
Technical Series on Safer Primary Care
Web Supplement
The purpose of this Guideline is to provide evidence-based recommendations that promote and sustain the undergraduate nursing student’s application of knowledge to practice in a variety of clinical learning environments. The Guideline explores the relationships among and between students and nursi ... more
Good primary care may lead to fewer avoidable hospitalizations, but unsafe primary care can cause avoidable illness and injury, leading to unnecessary hospitalizations, and in some cases, disability and even death.Implementing system changes and practices are crucial to improve safety at all levels ... more

The value of the community health worker in the South African health care system

Kirsten Thomson South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA) (2016) C2
Patient Safety tutorial 325
A booklet on how CHWs were addressing eye health across Africa based on desk research and a survey in 23 countries
Updated Guideline. The Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) guidelines provide guidance on the most common emergency conditions in children presenting at the health facility. These include but are not limited to airway obstruction and other breathing problems; circulatory impairment or ... more
Creating a common approach ro regulation, educational preparation and practice: future direction for nursing & midwifery development in the African Region
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Health care-associated infections (HAI) are one of the most common adverse events in care delivery and a major public health problem with an impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. At any one time, up to 7% of patients in developed and 10% in developing countries will acquire at least on ... more
The goal of this best practice guideline is to strengthen collaborative practice among nurses, because effective collaborative practice is essential for working in health-care organizations. In this guideline, we focus on collaborative practice amongst three types of nursing professionals – reg ... more
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