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Guidelines for the prevention of deformities in Polio

World Health Organization (1991)

These guidelines provide health workers with information needed to educate families of children with polio to help them to understand the disease, prevent deformities and assist the children's growt... more

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ORB mPowering

mPowering Health (2016) CC

Connecting Frontline Health Workers to resources and each other to expand their knowledge, organize content into courses, and share their learning with the community. ORB offers frontline ... workers and trainers access to quality assured openly licensed content that can be used on mobile devices and shared virally amongst communities.ORB has three unique features: Brings into one space quality-assured, multimedia materials from multiple content developers, with a focus on maternal and child health. Adaptation of existing content: ORB aims to reduce the practice of new content being developed unnecessarily. A global collaborative network of organizations to share and review content, integrate content into programs and share user-experience. By improving access to health content and mobile learning, ORB helps health workers access the vital content they need to do their work effectively and confidently. more

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Tools for training and education of hand hygiene

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

All health-care workers require clear and comprehensive training and education on the importance of hand hygiene, the "My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene" approach and the correct procedures for handrubb... more

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Breastfeeding and COVID-19. FAQ

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Mothers and healthcare workers who support them have many questions and concerns about whether it is safe for mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 to be close to and breastfeed their babies during the pandemic. To address their questions, W... more

Oxygen Cylinder Safety

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This poster is intended for health workers and other personnel on the safety and mitigation measures that need to be adhered to when dealing with medical oxygen. Medical oxygen, either in liquid or ... more

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National Manual for the Management of HIV-related Opportunistic Infections and Conditions

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2008) C2

A healthcare worker manual. 2nd edition The development of this National Manual for the Management of HIV-related Opportunistic Infections and Conditions for use by health care ... at the frontline of our fight against HIV/AIDS is intended to improve their understanding of the causes, prevention and appropriate management of opportunistic infections and conditions in adults and adolescents (OIs in children is covered effectively in the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses – IMCI – materials). It is also intended to be a practical guide at the clinic level, so as to improve quality of life, treatment outcomes and survival of PLHA. Crucially, this manual uses a “symptom-based” approach to support health care workers at the most basic primary level to be able to effectively initiate the care of PLHA with OIs and refer patients as appropriate (effective triage of patients at the primary care level). The result of this will be to move the management of OIs closer to the patient while ensuring that referral links with higher-level facilities and care is cultivated. more