Working with limited resources in armed conflict and other situations of violence. Vol.1
This handbook summarizes the experience of leading practitioners in the field of war surgery and is intended to help military and civilian surgical teams treat people wounded in armed conflicts. It covers first aid, admission of urgent cases and triage, skin grafts, treatment of infections, wounds a...nd burns, plastic surgery and anaesthesiology
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WSTP-I is the second part of the WHO wheelchair service training package series and focusses more on addressing the needs of people who have severe difficulties in walking and moving around and also having poor postural control .
Please read online the lastest updated versions http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/qa.html
CDC course for volunteers going to Africa. Please find out mor infos on the CDC website
The New England Journal of Medicine has a perspective on Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — Clinical Manifestations and Management, written by authors who have cared for more than 700 patients with EVD between August 23 and October 4, 2014, in the largest Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberi...a (Free Access) NEJm, November 5, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1413084
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BMC Medicine 2014, 12:196
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/196
Results from a High Frequency Cell Phone Survey Round 1
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) January 16, 2015 / 64(01);20-27
BMC Medicine (2015) 13:42 DOI 10.1186/s12916-014-0263-6
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report December 19, 2014 / 63(50);1205-1206
The Guide has been developed to enhance the knowledge capabilities of NDMAs and their local partners. This is accomplished by exposing them to the existing tools and services developed by the international community to facilitate effective disaster ...response to any scale of disaster (small, medium and large) and assist in comprehensive response preparedness
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Early Release Vol. 64 ; 1 May 2015