Information for the General Public
The CBDRR Manual is a practical ‘how-to’ guide on community-based disaster risk reduction for government and non-government agencies in Lao PDR. It is a commonly agreed document to be referred to by agencies working on CBDRR in Lao PDR. It provides guidance and support for systematic implementat...ion of CBDRR programs by explaining each of the steps as well as tools used.
The manual will also support the Government of Lao PDR (GoL) to monitor CBDRR activities, oversee progress of activities implemented by different actors and locations, provide necessary support on CBDRR technical knowledge as well as provide a reference point for replication of initiatives for local government and implementing agencies.
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Community TB care handbook for community health workers
Thaninthari Nature Reserve (TNR) Project
Die Smartphone-App „Anerkennung in Deutschland“ bietet Geflüchteten Informationen über die Anerkennung von beruflichen Abschlüssen in Deutschland. Die App für Android-, iOS- und Windows-Phone-Geräte ist in den fünf wichtigsten Herkunftssprachen von Geflüchteten (Arabisch, Dari, Farsi, Tig...rinya und Paschtu) sowie auf Deutsch und Englisch verfügbar. Eine besondere Hilfe ist die Beratungsstellensuche, die die nächstgelegene Beratungsstelle des Förderprogramms „Integration durch Qualifizierung (IQ)“ samt Kontaktdaten anzeigt.
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Also available in English, Bulgarian, German, French, Greek, Italian, Croatian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (kyrillic or latin), Spanish, Turkish, Hungarian on http://www.lgl.bayern.de/gesundheit/infektionsschutz/asylbewerber_gesundheit/index.htm under the section "Asylbewerber und Gesundhei...t".
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It is estimated that 422 million people in the world live with diabetes. WHO forecasts that this number will reach 622 million by 2040. The majority of people with diabetes live in developing countries. The number of people with diabetes is increasing, notably in Africa, from 3 adults among 100 peop...le in 1980 to 7 adults among 100 people in 2014.
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PLoS ONE 11(1): e0144662. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144662
Save the Children in collaboration with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the state National Health Mission (NHM) undertook this study in the urban slums of Bhubaneswar city to generate learnings for designing a city-specific public health approach to improve MNH services for the urban... poor.
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