A rapid situation analysis in three districts
Echoes from Syria Issue 5
IPC Training Package Day 1
Health Facility Committees : The Governance Issue
The number of new Ebola infections in Sierra Leone is declining, despite the outbreak continuing to claim lives. New cases have dropped to around 9-12 per week, according to recent WHO figures. There were over 500 cases per week at the height of the crisis around late November 2014.
The impact on t...he lives of the thousands of people directly affected by the disease has been devastating. It has caused substantial suffering to many others, leaving the population very vulnerable.
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WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health, April 2017, 6(1) 8 pp. 211 kB
With hundreds of illustrations and clear instructions, A Community Guide to Environmental Health helps health promoters, development workers, environmental activists, and community leaders take char...ge of their environmental health in villages and cities alike. Also available in Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Turkish, Dari, Malayan, Mongolian and Russian.
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Results and Lessons Learned from CapacityPlus 2009-2015
This manual provides practical guidelines for the management of children with severe malnutrition. It seeks to promote the best available therapy so as to reduce the risk of death, shorten the length of time spent in hospital, and facilitate rehabilitation and full recovery. Emphasis is given to the... management of severely malnourished children in hospital and health centres; the management of severely malnourished children in disaster situations and refugee camps and of severely malnourished adolescents and adults is also considered briefly.
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