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This leaflet aims at guiding health workers though the very first days of an outbreak. It addresses the following questions:
Is this the beginning of an outbreak?
Is the patient suffering from cholera or shigella?
The leaflet also ha...s sections on how to protect the community, how to treat patients and what to do if an outbreak is suspected.
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This film shows how to take a small sample of blood for lab tests from the side of the heel of a baby.
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This film shows the essential features of a referral process. It covers involving the family, arranging transport, preparing the baby for the journey, and writing the referral note. It also includes what to do if referral is not an option.
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This guide supports the low-dose, high-frequency practice of scenerios needed to maintain competency in prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage. The document is learner centered and is directly linked to service delivery standards. It is part of the Helping Mothers Survive ...tribute-to-highlight medbox">Bleeding After Birth training package.
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This film demonstrates how to feel where the baby is within the uterus and how to measure the station of the baby.
This film presents an overview of basic steps to prevent infection at birth.
This film shows how to care for both the mother and baby right after birth.
This poster set includes water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) posters to teach about good WASH practices, including household water treatment technologies.
Very good infographic included in this article: The virus can lurk in the body for more than a week before it begins a cascading meltdown of the im...mune system, blood vessels and vital organs.
Please download from the website link in the article.
Source of the infographic: CDC, New England Journal of Medicine, NIH, Science, The Lancet, Nature. By Patterson Clark, Darla Cameron and Sohail Al-Jamea, The Washington Post. Published October 3, 2014.
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This film shows how to prevent and manage excessive bleeding after the delivery of a baby, otherwise known as primary postpartum haemorrhage (PPH).
This film is for use in health worker training
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