An advance chapter on newborn babies and breastfeeding from the New Where There Is No Doctor in the HealthWiki:
Reproductive Health, Vol. 10, Supplement 1, 15 November 2012.
Reproductive Health Journal has published a supplement entitled “Born Too Soon” which addresses factors in the preconception and pregnancy period which may increase the risk of prete...rm birth and also outlines potential interventions which may reduce preterm birth rates and improve survival of preterm babies by as much as 84% annually. This is critical in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG 4) for child survival by 2015 and beyond.
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The handbook Global edition
Meeting the rehabilitation needs of people affected by leprosy and promoting quality of life.
This manual is intended for mid-level rehabilitation workers and primary health care personnel as an educational and instructional tool to use for their work with persons who have sustained traumatic brain injury, their families and members of their... communities. The manual contains common medical, physical, cognitive and behavioral consequences of brain injury, and basic information for helping caregivers and community members, including teachers and potential employers.
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This manual has been designed to be used in conjunction with two earlier WHO publications, "Basic tests for pharmaceutical substances" (1986) and "...Basic tests for pharmaceutical dosage forms" (1991). Most of the pharmaceutical substances and dosage forms covered are included in the WHO Model List of Essential Drugs. The present volume describes procedures for testing a further 23 pharmaceutical substances and 58 pharmaceutical dosage forms and also for testing 4 medicinal plant materials.
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How to achieve ALARA: working tips and guidelines
In the context of the Support to National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP), demand creation is the strategic combination of advocacy, communication and mobilisation approaches that seek to achieve increased community awareness of, and demand for, effective malaria prevention and treatment services.... For malaria treatment, demand creation focuses on promoting improved testing, prompt and proper use of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) treatment for individual cases of malaria, and effective home management of fever, together with referrals of severe cases to a higher-level health facility.
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The Story of Cholera was produced in collaboration with award-winning animator Yoni Goodman.
This animation covers cholera transmission, prevention, signs, and care in a simple and accessible way. The film follows evidence-based guidelines, has ...an class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">been field-tested, and reviewed for accuracy and content. Download flashcards and mobil phone versions from the website
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Handout presentations in PDF for illustrating lectures
Accessed May 2014
Countries with free access to BNF and BNF for Children on MedicinesComplete via HINARI
Registered users of the BNF website are allowed free access... to the core content of the latest edition of the BNF and BNF for Children on the MedicinesComplete website if they reside in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any of the countries in the HINARI list of countries managed by the World Health Organisation WHO (see www.who.int/hinari for details).
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Please download the inforgraphic from the website link!