The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has been coordinating sector wide reforms that aim to improve equity and quality of maternal and child health services. As part of these efforts, the ministry is also exerting concerted efforts to improve availability and use of quality... RMNCH pharmaceuticals. Management of RMNCH pharmaceuticals has had significant challenges such as poor availability of essential pharmaceuticals and wastages of valuable resources as pharmacy professionals were not demonstrating the required knowledge, skill and attitude towards availing the pharmaceuticals and ensuring their rational medicine use.
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Published:February 02, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00234-8
This training module is meant to strengthen the capacity of CHVs to prevent the Non Communicable Diseases at the community level . The Government of Kenya is committed to supporting community health initiatives and accelerating the achievement of the KHSS&IP goals, Millennium Development G...oals (MDGs) and providing support to Vision 203
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These guidelines for the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases are a critical ingredient for streamlining care across the entire health services provision continuum. They are a strategic component in achieving universal health coverage, securing affordable heal...th care and improving the livelihood of all Kenyans which in turn will guarantee a healthy nation working towards sustainable development and prosperity.These guidelines bring to the fore the need for availability of skilled human resource, sustained adequate funding and partnership building at all levels of governance. It provides clear roles for health workers at the different levels of our devolved system which will ensure a harmonized referral system with basic cardiovascular diseases treatment services available closest to the people while decongesting the county and national referral facilities.
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A practical tool to help health workers in the clinical and operational management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with special focus on the introduction, implementation and management of the nine-month treatment regimen.
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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
May 2021
Empfehlungen für Weiterbildungscurricula für ausgewählte Mitarbeitergruppen
Empfehlungen aus dem Projekt KINDER SCHÜTZEN–STRUKTUREN STÄRKEN! Kinderschutzstandards in Unterkünften für geflüchtete Menschen
Le Bénin en registre chaque année environ 1500 décès maternels et plus de 12 000 décès de nouveau-nés. Face à cette situation, il estélaboré le plan opérationnel de réduction de la mortalité maternelle et néonatale 2018 –2022. Il s’agit du document par lequel le Minist...re de la Santé fixe les objectifs, détermine les stratégies permettant de les atteindre, ainsi que les interventions cliniques, managériales, politiques, législatives et autres requises pour infléchir les indicateurs de mortalité maternelle et néonatale. Le document comporte six (6) parties:-la méthodologie d’élaboration;-l’analyse des progrès en matière de réduction de la mortalité maternelle et néonatale; -le cadre stratégique;-le cadre de mise en œuvre;-les plans d’actions budgétisés par niveau de la pyramide sanitaire; -le cadre de coordination, et de suivi / évaluation.
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Epidemic meningitis is a major public health challenge in the African 'meningitis belt', an area that extends from Senegal to Ethiopia with an estimated total population of 500 million. Since 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with its collaborating centres for meningitis, h...as progressively supported countries in implementing a strategy of ES for meningitis. The strategy is the recommended standard for all countries of the Belt and it is now actively being implemented at different levels in all countries.
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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...er is partly outdated and does not allow optimal wound care. There is a need for standardization of wound care and it needs to be evidence based as much as possible, taking into account the realities of the field.
The scope of this document is to guide the caregiver in the wound care process. It does not intend to provide in depth information on wound healing or physiology. There is a wide range of literature and background information available for this purpose in the references and in the list of extra reading
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This first edition of our national neonatal care clinical guidelines is an initiative that aims to ensure that all the neonates in the Kingdom of Eswatini are offered standard, best quality of care and the best possible start in life. The guidelines have been formulated from various global sources a...nd tailored to the needs and health practises of the country. They are designed to serve as a guide to all healthcare providers in the country to provide standardized quality neonatal care.
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At least 2.2 million people were exposed to the earthquake, about 2,100 people have died, and more than 12,000 were injured as at 20 August. The death toll is expected to rise as the search for victims trapped under rubble continues. The Government has declared a month-long state of emergency for th...e most affected departments (LCI 19/08/2021; USAID 18/08/2021 a).
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AWMF Leitlinie, 12.7.2021