The main objective of the 2014-15 RDHS was to obtain current information on demographic and health indicators, including family planning; maternal mortality; infant and child mortality; nutrition status of mothers and children; prenatal care, delivery, and postnatal care; childhood diseases; and ped...iatric immunization. In addition, the survey was designed to measure indicators such as domestic violence, the prevalence of anemia and malaria among women and children, and the prevalence of HIV infection in Rwanda. For the first time, this 2014-15 RDHS also includes indicators to monitor HIV testing among children age 0-14 as well as domestic violence for males age 15-59.
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WHO clinical guidelines.
For the first time, WHO has published guidelines to help (primarily) front-line healthcare providers give high-quality, compassionate, and respectful care to children and adolescents (up to age 18) who have or may have experienced sexual abuse, including sexual assault or r...ape.
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nContraception and Reproductive Medicine (2017) 2:26 DOI 10.1186/s40834-017-0053-6
Young women in Burkina Faso and Mali are increasingly using modern contraceptives for family planning; however, the LAPM contraceptive prevalence rate remains low. Our analysis indicates that social norms around idea...l family size for both men and women continue to drive young women’s choices around family planning and impede use of LAPMs. To increase modern contraceptive use and curb fertility rates, local governments and development organizations should focus on women’s empowerment and include male partners.
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Data from the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys | This report examines trends in key demographic indicators among youth from the findings of the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys (EDHS).
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 8(11): e3229 (20 November 2014)
The war in Ukraine will have direct and indirect health consequences on conflict affected people, including internally displaced people and refugees. Governments in countries receiving refugees are providing them with access to healthcare. This document aims to provide information to guide individua...l health assessment carried out by frontline health providers at border areas, reception centres, transit centres and individual clinics as well as national public health agencies/authorities in countries receiving refugees and third country nationals.
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В кратких клинических рекомендациях представлен перечень наиболее актуальных сведений о новой коронавирусной инфекции COVID-19. Он разработан рабочей группой, созда...нной при губернаторе Санкт-Петербурга, в состав которой вошли эксперты — акушеры-гинекологи, анестезиологи-реаниматологи, клинические фармакологи, кардиологи, организаторы здравоохранения, в качестве информационного ресурса для специалистов, работающих в сфере охраны материнства и детства.
Краткие клинические рекомендации предназначены врачам — акушерам-гинекологам, анестезиологам-реаниматологам, врачам скорой медицинской помощи и другим специалистам, работающим в области оказания медицинской помощи беременным, роженицам и родильницам в Санкт-Петербурге и Северо-Западном федеральном округе, а также клиническим ординаторам.
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PlosOne Published: July 14, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254339