This new publication presents the continuing and emerging challenges to children’s environmental health.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Member States have requested WHO policy guidance on how to facilitate the implementation of national AMS activities in an integrated and programmatic approach. This policy guidance responds to that demand from Member States and is anchored in public health guiding principles in the human health sect...or. It aims to provide a set of evidence-based and pragmatic recommendations to drive comprehensive and integrated AMS activities under the purview of a central national coordination unit, National AMR steering or coordinating committees or other equivalent national authorities.
Available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese
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                                                                In case of resistance to rifampicin, fluoroquinolones become the preferred category of second-line drugs. Unfortunately, quinolone-resistant strains of Mycobacterium leprae have also been reported in several countries, probably due to the extensive use of quinolones for treating several types of inf...ections. Clofazimine resistance is still rare but this antimicrobial cannot be given alone
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                                                                The current guidelines on Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM), addresses the issue of improved management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM), particularly in children under 5 years of age. In the absence of standard protocols, mortality in children admitted to hospital with SAM can ra...nge between 20 -30% with the highest levels of 50-60% among those with oedematous malnutrition. With modern treatment regimens and improved access to treatment, case-fatality rates can be reduced to less than 5%. These provincial guidelines on IMAM in KZN, includes inpatient care protocols on the management of SAM, and outpatient and community outreach components to manage moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and prevent deterioration to SAM.
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                                                                Manual of Operations 
First Edition 2016
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                The  handbook  on  supply  chain  management  for  HIV/AIDS  commodities  was written to assist program managers to plan and implement day–to-day management of  all  drugs  and  medical  supplies  for  an  HIV/AIDS  program.  Many  of  the suggested techniques described in this handbook are helpfu...l to program managers starting  to  plan  or  scale-up  provision  of  drugs  and  supplies  for  a  HIV/AIDS program. Additionally, some of the information may be helpful to readers who are implementing a new program and may not have robust logistics systems in place. For other readers, this handbook may serve as a checklist of systems and procedures that need to be in place in order to manage the many of the health commodities required for the HIV/AIDS program.
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                                                                The guidelines are primarily intended for health-care professionals working in first- or second-level health-care facilities, including emergency, inpatient and outpatient services. They are also directed at policy-makers, health-care planners and programme managers, academic institutions, non-gover...nmental and civil society organizations to inform capacity-building, teaching and research agendas.
Web annex A provides the quantitative evidence reports, Web annex B summarizes the qualitative and economic evidence and Web annex C presents the Evidence-to-Decision frameworks.
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                                                                The World Health Organization (WHO) convened a meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Buruli ulcer at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 25 to 27 March 2019
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Doc. No.: INS/GDL/001-(Annexes)
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                These guidelines promote the delivery of people-centred health services for STIs by providing evidence-based recommendations related to decentralization, integration, task sharing and digital health. These recommendations complement existing WHO guidelines for STI testing, treatment and management, ...and other service delivery interventions, such as self-care interventions. All the recommendations will be incorporated into the forthcoming WHO consolidated guidelines on STI prevention and care.
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                                                                National Tuberculosis Control Program; Mycobacterial Disease Control National AIDS/STD Program
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                ICAAP12 Secretariat
Partners in population and development, Dhaka, Bangladesh June 2016
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Médecins sans Frontières access campaign 
Issue Brief
Accessed: 28.11.2019