O resultado de várias análises levadas a cabo por uma missão internacional de consultoria e pelo ministério da saúde de Moçambique serviu de base para a elanboração do plano estratégico de Moçambique 2006-2009, cuja produção consistiu na revisão e ...box">actualização do Plano Estratégico 2003 a 2006.
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The scope includes the assessment of activities to improve the response to affected populations, stakeholders, partners and donors, building on lessons learnt so far in this outbreak.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat that requires urgent collaborative action within and among countries. AMR makes standard treatments ineffective and facilitates the spread of antimicrobial resistant infections rendering communities ...vulnerable. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries & Blue Economy (MALF) recognized antimicrobial resistance as a priority following findings from status reports and studies from Ministries, Departments, Agencies and Stakeholders.
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Despite the significant role of vector control in national leishmaniasis control programmes, the programmatic community perceives vector ...s="attribute-to-highlight medbox">control as the weakest component of leishmaniasis control strategies in terms of resources, scientific evidence of the usefulness of interventions and capacity for quality-assured implementation. Therefore, the main objective of this manual is to provide practical tools, techniques and procedures to strengthen sand fly control and surveillance in order to improve implementation of leishmaniasis control programmes. The manual provides a rationale for programme managers in different geographical regions on the types of vector control interventions to be used in different epidemiological and environmental settings and also how to measure their impact.
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4th Edition 2018
National Malaria Elimination & Aedes Transmitted Disease Control Program
Disease Control Unit Directorate General of Health S...ervices
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This guidance is intended for use in developing standalone TB strategic plans, or TB interventions as part of multidisease or health sector plans. It describes key considerations and steps for strategic planning for TB in line with the World Health Organization’s End TB strategy, and the proposed ...structure of the NSP. The target audience of this publication are all stakeholders involved in national strategic planning for TB (e.g., ministry of health, other government ministries, private sector, civil society, affected communities, academic and research institutions, and technical and funding partners).
The current document is an update to the 2015 Toolkit to develop a national strategic plan for TB prevention, care and control.
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Suicide is largely preventable. Unlike for many other health issues, the tools to significantly reduce the most tragic loss of life by suicide are available. With collective action to acknowledge and address this serious problem, as well as commitme...nt to effective interventions, supported by political will and resources, preventing suicide globally is within reach. Importantly, it is a
national suicide prevention strategy that allows communities to come together, and begin to tackle suicide and the issues specific to their needs without stigmatization.
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Methodology for evaluating national national arboviral disease prevention and and control of arboviral diseases in the Americas
El siguiente manual se continuará actualizando, de ser necesario, a medida que se disponga de nueva información.
Myanmar is one of the world’s 22 high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, and supporting TB control in Myanmar is a global priority. This report reflects the findings, discussions, conclusions and recommendations of the fourth international review... mission of the Myanmar National TB Programme (NTP), which brought together international and national partners to review progress in TB control and to offer guidance on future TB control directions and efforts.
A high-quality national disease prevalence survey completed in 2010 demonstrated a TB disease burden two to three times higher than anticipated on the basis of previous surveys. In 2011 about 200 000 adults and children will have developed TB, including 20 000 HIV infected and 9000 suffering from MDR-TB, both of which will require additional care and costly treatment. TB remains among the top killers of adults, and more women die of TB than from maternal causes.
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FAO and WHO jointly developed a comprehensive tool to assist Member states in assessing the effectiveness of national food control system. The FAO/WHO Food ...">Control System Assessment Tool comprises 162 assessment criteria under 25 system competencies over 4 Dimensions. This introductory booklet is developed to facilitate application of the assessment tool.
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An Act to provide for the efficient and comprehensive regulation and control of food, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, herbal drugs and poisons and to repeal the Food
(...ighlight medbox">Control of Quality) Act, 1978, the Pharmaceuticals and Poisons Act, 1978 and to provide for related matters.
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This guide presents new knowledge and guidelines on the provision of care to persons living with HIV/AIDS, in accordance with the last guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) published in 2006 and adapted to the Rwandan national context. I...t thus responds to the need by the Ministry of Health to improve the skills of the actors in the health sector as well as the quality of care and antiretroviral treatment offered in both public and private health facilities countrywide.
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The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act
Confidentiality: providing and protecting information
• Health care practitioners hold information about patients that is private and sensitive.
• The ...x">National Health Act (Act No. 61 of 2003) provides that this information must not be given to others, unless the patient consents or the health care practitioner can justify the disclosure.
• Practitioners are responsible for ensuring that clerks, receptionists and other staff respect confidentiality in their performance of their duties.
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These are integrated National Guidelines 2013 for Prevention and Management of HIV, STIs & Other Blood Borne Infections in accordance with the last guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) published in June 2013 and adapted to the Rwandan <...span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">national context. It thus responds to the need by the Ministry of Health to improve skills of actors in the health sector as well as the quality of care and treatment offered in both public and private health facilities countrywide.
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These guidelines for the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases are a critical ingredient for streamlining care across the entire health services provision continuum. They are a strategic component in achieving universal health coverage, securing affordable heal...th care and improving the livelihood of all Kenyans which in turn will guarantee a healthy nation working towards sustainable development and prosperity.These guidelines bring to the fore the need for availability of skilled human resource, sustained adequate funding and partnership building at all levels of governance. It provides clear roles for health workers at the different levels of our devolved system which will ensure a harmonized referral system with basic cardiovascular diseases treatment services available closest to the people while decongesting the county and national referral facilities.
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Las Infecciones Asociadas a la Atención en Salud (IAAS) son reconocidas en la
actualidad como un problema de salud pública y existen lineamientos guber-
namentales en la mayoría de los países para constituir sistemas de vigilancia y
Program...as de Prevención y Control de Infecciones para contener este fenóme-
no a nivel hospitalario.
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The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Legal Framework comes before the Specialized Technical Committee on Health and Drug Control for adoption and endorsement. The IPC Legal Framework is design...ed to guide Member States in the review and strengthening of laws and policies that support IPC at both the national level and in healthcare facilities. In developing this IPC Legal Framework, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
is furthering its mandates to harmonize disease control and prevention policies and promote the prevention and control of diseases by building capacity of public health institutions in Members States.
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La implementación de la presente Norma Nacional y Manual de Procedimientos Técnicos de la Leishmaniasis en el país, permitirá al personal de salud del sistema público y privado fortalecer sus capacidades técnicas y operativas a través de la e...standarización y unificación de estrategias y acciones para mejorar la prevención, atención, control, vigilancia entomológica y epidemiológica de esta enfermedad de manera oportuna y eficiente. Así mismo promoverá el cumplimiento de la Gestión Participativa y de Atención en Salud a través de la participación e involucramiento de la sociedad civil en la adopción de conductas prevenibles y de atención oportuna, así como demandar mayor acceso a la salud a través de la abogacía ante las Autoridades Locales y Municipales para el fortalecimiento en la otorgación de recursos humanos, insumos, infraestructura y medicamentos para este fin.
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Este documento muestra las acciones que son requeridas para la prevención, control, vigilancia y coordinación multisectorial para una adecuada y efectiva acción frente al riesgo sanitario que implica la introducción del CHIKV en nuestro país