Disaster Management Reference Handbook Series Overview.
Floods, storms, and wind account for large proportions of displacement compared to other disasters. Floods are the most frequent type of disaster whereas wind-related disasters constitute the biggest losses in terms of economic damage, displac...ement, and number of affected people. ASEAN has succeeded in developing institutions not only for addressing the threat posed by natural hazards but also for building resilience into communities at risk
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A process for improving community awareness and preparedness for technological hazards and environmental emergencies
Supplement to the Healthcare Waste Management Toolkit for Global Fund
Practitioners and Policy Makers
Die hohe Bedeutung der Alterseinschätzung und deren weitreichenden Konseqünzen verlangen, dass dieses Verfahren klaren Standards genügt.
Diese Broschüre vermittelt notwendige Verfahrensgarantien und -maßnahmen für die Alterseinschätzung bei unbegleiteten Minderjährigen. Ausgehend von sozial...pädagogischen und rechtlichen Anforderungen an den Umgang mit Minderjährigen werden notwendige Maßnahmen des Kinderschutzes im Rahmen der Alterseinschätzung vorgestellt, die bei jeder Alterseinschätzung berücksichtigt werden sollten.
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This document is part of the process for improving the quality of care in family planning. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC), the first edition of which was published in 1996, prsents current World Health Organization (WHO) guidance on the safety of various contraceptive e-
m...ethods for use in the context of specific health conditions and characteristics. This is the fifth edtion of the MEC –the latest in the series of periodic updates
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The new Global Strategy aims to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for all women, children and adolescents, transform the future and ensure that every newborn, mother and child not only survives, but thrives.
The new WHO guidelines recommend that people living with HIV be started on antiretrovirals (ARVs) as soon as possible after being diagnosed. Currently, many people living with the virus globally must wait until their CD4 counts fall to 500 to start treatment. According to the WHO, the move to early ...treatment –or what some have dubbed the “test and treat” model –is backed by the latest research.
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The report focuses on antibacterial resistance (ABR) in common bacterial pathogens. There is a major gap in knowledge about the magnitude of this problem. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the effective revention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, para...sites, viruses and fungi. This WHO report, produced in collaboration with Member States and other partners, provides for the first time, as accurate a picture as is presently possible of the magnitude of AMR and the current state of surveillance globally. It examines the information on AMR, in particular antibacterial resistance (ABR), at country level worldwide.
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