A treatment literacy guide for pregnant women and mothers living with HIV
Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention for Women and their Babies is intended for use by networks of women living with HIV, women’s groups, peer educators and o...thers wishing to help guide women living with HIV through the decisions they will need to take before, during and after their pregnancy. It is not intended as a substitute for going to a health facility and seeking information from a healthcare worker.
The facilitator’s manual and flipchart are intended to be used by leaders of support groups, peer educators or lay counsellors to facilitate small groups or community sessions with women living with HIV. Together, they provide accurate and comprehensive information to enable pregnant women and mothers living with HIV to know their rights and make informed decisions about their health, and the health of their baby.
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Health Care Organisational Management. Volume 1: Improving Quality & Safety of Health Services.
National Health Quality Standards. Standards and G...uidelines for Hospital Standards. Volume 1
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Diagnostic, Care and Treatment Support Services. Volume 2: Improving Quality & Safety of Health Services.
National Health Quality Standards. Standards and Guidelines for Hospital Standards. Volume ...2
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Ancillary and Occupational Services. Volume 3: Improving Quality & Safety of Health Services. National Health Quality Standards. Standards and Guidelines for Hospital Standards. Volume 3
These guidelines are designed for ICRC and other health professionals – nurses, midwifes, doctors – who either lack experience in antenatal care or are not used to working in countries where medical infrastructure is underdeveloped or non-existe...nt
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Preventing Impairment & Disability
This guidance note aims to provide practical support to service providers operating Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) on how to adapt programming in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The world is becoming increasingly urbanized. Since 2007, more than half the world’s population has been living in cities, and that share is projected to rise to 60 per cent by 2030.
Key concern areas of various water supply technologies and users’ water handling practice responsible for water contamination and measures required to avoid such contamination are depicted in this manual using simple language and real life photographs. Water users will be able to easily perceive ...whether water from their supply options are getting contaminated or not by comparing with the pictures and learn about proper water safety measures. Concepts and practice of urban and rural users towards water safety plan will be improved by using this manual.
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The messages should be used to inform, educate and engage different audience groups depending on their level of risk, vulnerability, presence in contact areas, care of patients with Ebola, or engagement or attendance of burials.
The objective of this guideline is to present the complete set of all WHO recommendations and best practice statements relating to abortion. While legal, regulatory, policy and service-delivery contexts may vary from country to country, the recommendations and best practices described in this docume...nt aim to enable evidence-based decision-making with respect to quality abortion care.
This guideline updates and replaces the recommendations in all previous WHO guidelines on abortion care
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This flipbook, released in Nov. 2011, contains key messages that pregnant women and their families need in order to plan care of an infant at home right after birth. It focuses on essential actions families can take both to prevent newborn death and illness and to promote ...ighlight medbox">healthy newborn development.
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Accessed June 2014
dapted by PATH from: World Health Organization (WHO)/Department of Reproductive Health and Research.
Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth: a Guide for Midwives a...nd Doctors.
Geneva: WHO; 2007. Available at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2007/9241545879_eng.pdf.
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Summary chart of recommendations on medical management of abortion