The 5 years plan to scale up HIV Testing and Counselling Services in Malawi 2006-2010
The arrival of COVID-19 in Afghanistan has brought heartache to millions of people who are now battling a deadly pandemic while simultaneously fighting for their survival amid poverty, disaster and war. Over my three years as Humanitarian Coordinator, I have marvelled at the resilience of the people... of this country to cope with the hardships of life in the world’s deadliest conflict – but even this remarkable strength is now being tested by the health, social and economic consequences of COVID-19. The virus is spreading across the country with frightening speed. Every province is now impacted, and people are understandably frightened.
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The health of the people and health services are in crisis, and together as partners this plan commits us to strategies aimed at achieving our goal of:
Strengthened primary health care for all, and improved service delivery for the rural majority and the urban disadvantaged.
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The National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS and STIs 2017-2024 spells out the objectives and targets that we have jointly committed to achieve. The plan describes the strategies and activities that will need to be implemented on the ground across India's 36 States and Union Territories with the help of... AIDS Control Societies, District AIDS Prevention and Control Units, Regional Institutes, communities, development partners and the private sector. We must urgently scale up our efforts to avert new HIV infections and provide care and treatment to people living with HIV to materialise our commitment of ending AIDS in India by 2030.
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The plan aims to practice the preparedness measures and response functions which need to be coordinated among relevant departments and organizations to reduce the risk of earthquakes. The plan has two main parts: preparedness and response. The first part includes the preparedness measures which can ...be practically implemented in collaboration with relevant government departments and communities. The latter part includes the response functions by the National Disaster Management Committee and it’s Work Committees if a damaging earthquake were to occur.
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This Eye health strategic plan presents the Ministry of Health’s five
year proposed strategies for eye care in Kenya. It sets the strategic
direction for the National Eye Health Care System and presents
information on the priorities, objectives and indicators that the
Ministry has adopted espe...cially with regard to the main eye diseases
and conditions in the country and health system strengthening.
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Globally, over two million women live with obstetric fistula with the majority of the cases
being from Africa. In low-resource settings such as Zambia, obstetric fistula (OF) is a visible indicator of
gaps in maternal health care resulting in failure to provide adequate, accessible and quality m...aternal health
care, including family planning, skilled birth attendance, basic and emergency obstetric and neonatal care,
and affordable treatment of fistula. OF is preventable and treatable, and no woman in Zambia should continue to endure the condition. It is therefore necessary that Zambia intensifies national scale up of OF management centers including
community based interventions, train more surgeons and other health workers to provide quality and
affordable care closer to the women who are silently suffering from obstetric fistula.
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Près de deux ans après la signature de l’Accord Politique pour la Paix et la Réconciliation (APPR), la population centrafricaine est toujours l’otage d’un environnement sécuritaire instable et imprévisible. La poursuite des conflits dans plusieurs zones du pays, les faiblesses structurell...es conjuguées aux effets socio-économiques de la pandémie de COVID-19 et aux effets dévastateurs des catastrophes naturelles ont plongé 2,8 millions de personnes dans une grande vulnérabilité. Sur ce total, 1,9 million connaissent des besoins humanitaires sévères, un chiffre inégalé depuis 5 ans qui traduit une détérioration du bien-être physique et mental et des conditions de vie des populations dans l’ensemble du pays.
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Segunda edición: 10 de abril 2020
Panorama de la situación en Venezuela y esfuerzos hasta la fecha
NB: desde la primera iteración de este Plan se ha observado el aumento de retornos de personas a Venezuela, principalmente entrando por vía terrestre desde Colombia, lo que requiere un esfuerzo e...special desde el punto de vista de control epidemiológico, estableciendo condiciones de alojamiento temporal adecuadas y de protección, lo que se refleja en esta segunda edición.
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Effective antibiotics are essential for childrens’ survival
El Plan de Respuesta Humanitaria tiene como objetivo llegar a 2,6 millones de personas vulnerables hasta finales del año, que representa un número limitado de las personas en necesidad, e incluye 1,2 millones de niñas, niños y adolescentes. Para alcanzar estos objetivos, las Naciones Unidas y su...s socios requieren $223 millones de dólares. El Plan tiene sus fundamentos en la estrategia de escalamiento que se inició en octubre de 2018 por Naciones Unidas para responder a las necesidades humanitarias y de otras iniciativas de respuestas implementadas por otros actores humanitarios. Este Plan permitirá fortalecer las capacidades operacionales de los actores humanitarios y poner las bases para alcanzar una población meta más amplia en 2020. El Plan será actualizado de acuerdo a información disponible, incluyendo nuevas evaluaciones.
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