WHO Guideline. Since 2010, countries in the meningitis belt have started to introduce a new serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine conferring individual protection and herd immunity. Following the successful roll-out of this vaccine, epidemics due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA) are... disappearing, but other serogroups (e.g. NmW, NmX and NmC) still cause epidemics, albeit at a lower frequency and of a smaller size. Due to these changes, WHO organized the review of the evidence to provide recommendations for epidemic control, related to operational thresholds for investigation and response to outbreaks, the use of rapid diagnostic tests, antibiotic regimens in epidemics, and prophylaxis for household contacts of cases
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Draft Working Discussion Paper
An Easy-Reference Guidebook for Healthcare Providers In Developed and Developing Countries
В этой главе мы попытаемся представить современные взгляды на классификацию, эпидемиологию, этиологию, клиническую картину, оценку, прогноз и лечение РАС. Мы надее...мся, что данные материалы
окажутся полезными врачам, активно настроенным на изменение в глобальном масштабе отношения к этой группе пациентов и их семьям.
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Received: 16/11/2013 - Accepted: 23/03/2014 - Published: 27/07/2014
Families and Societies Working Paper Series Changing families and sustainable societies: Policy contexts and diversity over the life course and across generations
The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the domestic care environment on the prevalence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among orphaned and separated children in Uasin Gishu County, western Kenya.
PLos One March 2014 | Volume 9 | Issue 3 |... e89937
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