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PACK Global Adult - Practical Aproach to Care Kit

BMJ PACK (2018) CC

The Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) is a health systems improvement programme designed to support the work of primary care health workers in underserved communities (like doctors, nurses, midwives, health officers, community health practitioners), strengthen the health services in which they w... more

Standard Operation Procedure - for facility and equipment maintenance management in primary health care clinics in Iraq

UNAIDS et al. (2013) CC

USAID funded/ Primary Health Care Project in Iraq (PHCPI) in cooperation with Iraqi Ministry of Health (MOH) aims to promote Primary Health Care (PHC) services provided by Primary Health Care Clinics (PHCCs) in Iraq in order to achieve the development goal in enhancing the PHC provision system throu... more

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Health Care Waste Management Manual, Fourth Edition

Department of Health Philippines (2020) CC

This document shall serve as the most comprehensive set of guidelines on the safe management of waste generated from heath care activities in the country. It incorporates the requirements of all Philippine laws and regulations governing HCWM and is designed for the use of individuals, public and pri... more

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Principles of Clinical Ethics and Their Application to Practice

Varkey, B. Medical Principles and Practice (2021) CC

Med Princ Pract 2021;30:17–28 An overview of ethics and clinical ethics is presented in this review. The 4 main ethical principles, that is beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, are defined and explained. Informed consent, truth-telling, and confidentiality spring from the ... more

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Guidelines for Management of Healthcare Waste as per Biomedical Waste Management Rules

Directorate General of Health Services Ministry of Health & Family Welfare ,India (2016) CC

Health Care Facilities (HCFs) are primarily responsible for management of the healthcare waste generated within the facilities, including activities undertaken by them in the community. The health care facilities, while generating the waste are responsible for segregation, collection, in-house trans... more

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Wound Care Protocol

Medicins Sans Frontieres MSF (2018) C2

Wound care is a regular component of the package of care we offer in the majority of our health care facilities and represents a high volume of activities. The current practices in MSF projects are often based on the habits of each individual supervisor, the wound care material we off... more

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Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment Plus (ETAT+) - National Training Manual

Reproductive and Child Health Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone (2017) CC

The purpose of this reference manual to support learning of ETAT + principles and to complement your clinical training and practice. The manual is for use before, during, and after an ETAT + course. This manual contains the necessary information to help you to: • Triage all sick children when th... more

Standards for improving the quality of care for small and sick newborns in health facilities

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2019) C_WHO

The standards for the care of small and sick newborns in health facilities define, standardize and mainstream inpatient care of small and sick newborns, building on essential newborn care and ensuring consistency with the WHO quality of care framework. The standards will guide countries in caring fo... more

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A step-by-step Guide to develop National Action Plans for Noma Prevention and Control in Priority Countries

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2020) C_WHO

Noma (cancrum oris) is a severe gangrenous disease of the mouth and face. It mostly affects children between the ages of 2 and 6 years living in extreme poverty. In addition to the known factors such as malnutrition, lack of vaccination in children and poor oral hygiene, several social and environme... more

Managment of sick and small newborns in South Africa

Robertson A., Malan A., Greenfield D. (2015) CC

The training is based on ensuring that the competencies to care for newborn are acquired. A range of adult learning methods are used, these include reading and self-study, discussion, and case based learning in written exercises and group discussions, visual presentations and extensive clinical pr... more

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Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report No. 1, As of 11:00 AM EST 22 August 2021

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2021) CC

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Haiti at 8:30am local time at a depth of around 10km. The epicentre was recorded around 12km northeast of SaintLouis-du-Sud, about 125km west of the capital Port-au-Prince. ● In the aftermath of the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Hai... more

Safety in administering medicines for neglected tropical diseases

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This manual summarizes key issues related to the safety of NTD medicines and their administration, with a focus on essential medicines used in mass drug administration (MDA), also called preventive chemotherapy. It can be used as a standalone reference manual, but is intended to be used in conjuncti... more