DHS Comparative Reports No. 42
Training of Health-care Providers and Training manual Supporting material
Miscellaneous
Child and adolescent psychiatric emergencies
Chapter J.1
Hepatitis B (HBV) infection is a major public health problem and cause of chronic liver disease.
The 2024 HBV guidelines provide updated evidence-informed recommendations on key priority topics.
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These include expanded and simplified treatment criteria for adults but now also for adolescents; expanded eligibility for antiviral prophylaxis for pregnant women to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HBV; improving HBV diagnostics through use of point-of-care HBV DNA viral load and reflex approaches to HBV DNA testing; who to test and how to test for HDV infection; and approaches to promote delivery of high-quality HBV services, including strategies to promote adherence to long-term antiviral therapy and retention in care.
The 2024 guidelines include 11 updated chapters with new recommendations and also update existing chapters without new recommendations, such as those on treatment monitoring and surveillance for liver cancer.
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The guidelines begin with an overview of the determinants of mental health among children and adolescents before reviewing related South African policies
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and legislation. The document then discusses strategies to build skills among caregivers, teachers and other frontline providers of mental health interventions as well as those for counselling professionals. The guidelines conclude by identifying priority areas for mental health services among children and adolescents, including the prevention of child and substance abuse as well as services for those living with intellectual disabilities
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Updated May 2017
This document is meant to respond to the questions:
■ What health interventions should the child receive and wh
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en should s/he receive it?
■ What health behaviours should a mother/caregiver practise (or not practise)?
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AIDS Behav (2017) 21:S23–S33 DOI 10.1007/s10461-016-1670-9
DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 109 - This report documents trends in key child nutrition indicators in Rwanda. Data from the Demographic and Health
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Surveys (DHS) in 2005, 2010, and 2014-15 were analyzed, disaggregated by selected equity-related variables, and tested for trends. Over the survey period, Rwanda had high rates of exclusive breastfeeding, with regional variation. Rates of continued breastfeeding were also high but generally decreased as mother’s education and household wealth increased in all survey years. Complementary feeding practices varied by region, mother’s education, household wealth, urban-rural residence, and sex of the child.
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Sexual and Reproductive Health
The Practical Approach to Emergencies in the Pregnant Mother, Newborn infant and Child. Provder Manual
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karykram (RBSK). Operational Guidelines