PLoS Curr. 2014 Aug 29;6. pii: ecurrents.dis.17ad1f98fb85be80785d0a81ced6a7a6. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.17ad1f98fb85be80785d0a81ced6a7a6.
The Access to Controlled Medications Programme identified the development of treatment guidelines that cover the treatment of all types of pain as one of the core areas of focus for improving access to opioid analgesics. Such guidelines are interesting both for health-care professionals and policy-...makers. They are also important in improving access to controlled medicines for determining when those opioid medicines and when non-opioid medicines are preferred.
Based on a Delphi study, WHO planned the development of three treatment guidelines, covering chronic pain in children, chronic pain in adults and acute pain.
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Disposer d’une information sanitaire de qualité est une quête
permanente de la DGESS du Ministère de la santé. Le niveau de
qualité des données de routine du système national d’information
sanitaire bien qu’en amélioration ces dernières années demeure une
priorité. Une des cause...s évoquée souvent pour justifier la faible qualité
des données est l’insuffisance de compétence des acteurs chargés de
la collecte et du rapportage des données dans les différentes
structures de soins. L’absence de formation des acteurs sur le SNIS
implique des erreurs de remplissage, de rapportage d’une part et
d’autre part une méconnaissance de l’intérêt des données de qualité
dans la prise de décision. Bien que cette justification soit fondée, on
est à même à se demander si c’est l’unique cause de la faible qualité des données. Certainement
pas. Le sens de la responsabilité et de l’intérêt porté à la qualité des données par les différents
acteurs aux différents niveaux influence la qualité des données. Imaginons un seul instant où chaque
mois, chaque responsable de structure, chaque acteur du SNIS apprécie la complétude, la qualité
d’un certain nombre d’indicateur. Le feedback qui sera fait contribuera à rehausser un tant soit peu la
qualité des données. Nous osons croire que cet exercice sera le quotidien de tout un chacun d’entre
nous. Engageons-nous dès à présent pour la qualité des données. Tout en vous donnant rendezvous au prochain numéro, je réitère mes encouragements à l’ensemble des acteurs du SNIS pour le
travail abattu au quotidien et aux partenaires pour leur soutien inconditionnel à la réalisation de nos
activités. Je souhaite à toutes et à tous, une très bonne lecture.
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Module 10
Testing providers
July 2017
Module 10: Testing providers. This module is for people who provide testing services at PrEP sites and laboratories. It offers guidance in selecting testing services, including screening of individuals before PrEP is initiated and monitoring while they ar...e taking PrEP. Information is provided on HIV testing, creatinine, HBV and HCV, pregnancy and STIs.
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Este manual tem como objetivo a orientação da prática de pulverização intra-domiciliária (PIDOM) em Moçambique, uma vez que a malária é ainda uma das maiores causas de morbi-mortalidade, incapacidade e pobreza.
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The classification of digital health interventions (DHIs) categorizes the different ways in which digital and mobile technologies are being used to support health system needs. Historically, the diverse communities working in digital health—including government stakeholders, technologists, clinic...ians, implementers, network operators, researchers, donors— have lacked a mutually understandable language with which to assess and articulate functionality. A shared and standardized vocabulary was recognized as necessary to identify gaps and duplication, evaluate effectiveness, and facilitate alignment across different digital health implementations. Targeted primarily at public health audiences, this Classification framework aims to promote an accessible and bridging language for health program planners to articulate functionalities of digital health implementations.
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2nd edition - Published in 2003, the first WHO/HAI medicine prices manual Medicine Prices – A
New Approach to Measurement Draft for field-testing provides a draft methodology and tools to conduct national medicine prices and availability surveys. This second edition of the survey manual has been... updated to reflect the wealth of practical
experience in conducting medicine prices and availability surveys garnered in the project’s first two phases.
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Robust clinical research capacity in low- and middle-income countries is key to stemming the spread of epidemics, according to a new report from the International Vaccines Task Force (IVTF). The report lays out how to develop the political support, financing and coordination required to build this c...apacity as a crucial component of global epidemic preparedness. The IVTF was convened by the World Bank Group (WBG) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in October 2017.
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This publication marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. It is dedicated to the women leaders and allied community mobilizers who have devoted their lives to advancing the human rights and dignity of all people affected by the HIV epidemic, and to opposing soci...al injustice, gender inequality, stigma and discrimination, and violence. Unless otherwise indicated, the HIV-related statistics cited in this publication reflect the most recent UNAIDS data available.
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