These guidelines are informed by evidence of ‘what works’ and lessons learned in the field. They are designed to accelerate UNICEF regional and country offices’ programming on social service workforce strengthening, and support work to better plan, develop and support the social services workf...orce with national and regional partners.
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Esta orientação provisória é para todos, inclusive os administradores de instituições de saúde e necrotérios, autoridades religiosas e de saúde pública, e familiares que tenham que cuidar do corpo de pessoas que morreram com suspeita ouconfirmação de COVID-19.Estas recomendações estão... sujeitas à revisão conforme novas evidências forem disponibilizadas.
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These communication tools are available to share and print in helping prevent the spread of COVID‑19. Feel free to display and/or distribute on social media to communicate key information to the public about COVID‑19. On Twitter please tag @Amref_Worldwide when posting graphics from our COVID‑...19 social media toolkit.
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Guía para hablar sobre el Coronavirus de manera sencilla, clara y tranquilizadora
Este documento tiene el propósito de ser ampliamente difundido entre las comunidades, familias, trabajadores del ámbito de la salud y la educación, así como todos los adultos responsables de niños y niñas pequ...eños.
Pretende servir como una guía para hablar sobre el Coronavirus, COVID-19, de manera sencilla, clara y tranquilizadora, a la vez que permite abordar las emociones que puedan estar sintiendo los niños y niñas en la primera infancia.
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Updated version – September 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting everyone. Globally, millions of people have been infected with the virus, while hundreds of thousands have lost their lives. In Moldova, the pandemic is placing an ever-increasing pressure on the health care and social protectio...n systems, causing major disruptions to economic processes and limitations to social life, deepening inequalities and proving how vulnerable we are.
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Talking about COVID-19 to young children
A guide to talking about Coronavirus in a simple, clear and reassuring way.
Front. Vet. Sci., 01 December 2021
Un documento realizado para ser ampliamente difundido entre las comunidades, familias, trabajadores del ámbito de la salud y la educación, así como todos los adultos responsables de niños y niñas pequeños.
Pretende servir como una guía para hablar sobre el Coronavirus de manera sencilla, cla...ra y tranquilizadora, a la vez que permite abordar las emociones que puedan estar sintiendo los niños y niñas en la primera infancia.
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A guide for effective aid
Annex of Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disaster; page 245 - 252
Information in Tables 1–4 summarizes the actions of the World Health Organization,
the International Atomic Energy Authority, other international organizations, and local
health authorities in response to a nuclear acci...dent, in compliance with the Convention
on Early Notification and the Assistance Convention.
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Communities affected by a disaster often lack basic water
and sanitation facilities. They are likely to be traumatized and
vulnerable to disease. Disruption of familiar practices or the
relocation to new environments can result in a deterioration
in existing hygiene behaviours. This, in turn, wi...ll contribute to
an increased risk of disease transmission and epidemics. This
technical note explains why hygiene promotion is important in
emergencies and describes how to carry it out.
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Including new recommendations for the use of ORS and zinc Supplementation for Clinic-Based Healthcare Workers
This booklet is recommended for all health workers who diagnose and treat leprosy, especially those at the first referral level such as a health centre. It contains more detail than the WHO Guide to Eliminate Leprosy as a Public Health Problem. The Guide gives practical advice on how to diagnose lep...rosy and how to give the correct treatment, and basic information on how to recognise and manage leprosy reactions.e
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What Children Should Know About Bilharzia; Educational Comic. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This document was made possible through a financial grant from Merck, Germany. In 2007, Merck entered into a partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) to combat schistosomiasis in school children on the African... continent. In the medium term, Merck will donate 250 million tablets of Cesol 600 containing the active ingredient praziquantel. Merck will maintain its efforts until the disease has been eliminated in Africa.
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The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth. Presentation
Since December 2010, Malaria Consortium has been implementing an innovative approach to community management of severe acute malnutrition, together with an existing integrated community case management (ICCM) programme in South Sudan. This learning paper considers Malaria Consortiums experience of t...his combined approach in a highly complex context and shows whether the management of severe acute malnutrition is an effective, acceptable and feasible component of ICCM programming
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