Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are of increasing concern for society and national governments, as well as globally due to their high mortality rate. The main risk factors of NCDs can be classified into the categories of self-management, genetic factors, environmental factors, factors of medical co...nditions, and socio-demographic factors.
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Shortages of healthcare workers is detrimental to the health of communities, especially children. This paper describes the process of capacity building Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) to deliver integrated preventive and curative package of care of services to manage common childhood illness in h...ard-to-reach communities in Bondo Subcounty, Kenya
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Research
Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 12, No. 5, May 2006
Pathak et al. (2016), PeerJ, DOI 10.7717/peerj.1738; 1-14
This training guide applies a participatory approach, reflecting the considerable evidence that adults learn best by practicing and reflecting on their experiences. It thus emphasizes exercises to improve skills in counseling that support clients to adopt optimal nutrition practices. Women’s nutri...tion and infant feeding in the context of HIV are also addressed. Guidelines to link the prevention of malnutrition with treatment via the Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition are also included. It can also be conducted with nutrition managers to equip them to provide supportive supervision to health and community workers.
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Marco Schäferhoff and colleagues critique funding estimates for the maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals, and make recommendations for improving the tracking of financing flows and estimating the costs of scaling up interventions for mothers and children.
MMWR. Recommendations and Reports:
December 16, 2005 / 54(RR15);49-55
TROUBLES DU DÉVELOPPEMENT
Chapitre C.3
Edition en français Traduction : Alice Guédon Sous la direction de : David Cohen Avec le soutien de la SFPEADA
Autres troubles
Chapitre H.6
Edition en français Traduction : Basile Gonzales Sous la direction de : Priscille Gérardin Avec le soutien de la SFPEADA
Issues in Educational Research, 26(1), 2016
Mapping actions of nongovernmental organizations and other international development organizations
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 8(11): e3229 (20 November 2014)