This study looks at commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) under the Grand Bargain and provides an overview of good practices on localisation approaches, provides a number of case studies from the regional response and makes recommendations on how to further strengthen leadership an
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d participation of national and local actors within the response to the Syria crisis.
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Fact Sheet, May 2018.
Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic virus (it is transmitted from animals to humans) and can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people. In infected people, it causes a range of illnesses from asymptomatic (subclinical) infection to acute respiratory
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illness and fatal encephalitis. The virus can also cause severe disease in animals such as pigs, resulting in significant economic losses for farmers
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Q1: Are brief psychosocial interventions for people using cannabis or psychostimulants effective in reducing drug use, dependence and harm from drug use?
Update of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme
(mhGAP) Guideline for Mental, Neurological and Substance use Disorders May 2015
Mental health issues are usually given very low priority in health service policies. Although this is changing, African countries are still confronted with so many problems caused by communicable diseases and malnutrition that they have not woken up to the impact of mental disorders. Every country m
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ust formulate a mental health policy based on its own social and cultural realities. Such policies must take into account the scope of mental health problems, provide proven and affordable interventions, safeguard patients’ rights, and ensure equity.
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This study primarily aims to understand how children living in areas of civil strife are denied their basic rights, especially the right to education and protection. For this study, eight districts affected by civil strife across the three states (Chhattisgarh: Dantewada, Bijapur, Bastar and Narayan
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pur, Odisha: Gajapati and Kandhamal and Jharkhand: Khunti and Lohardagga) were chosen to understand the landscape of violence and the state of basic services such as education and protection. This study has attempts to explore the impact of long-term violence on children’s lives and learning.
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Listening to what children in crisis have to say is not only a moral and ethical responsibility for donor and humanitarian actors, it is also a humanitarian obligation. Children’s right to participation is recognised in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
Child (UNCRC), which provi
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des rights for children to express their views and ‘be heard and taken seriously’.
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Afr J Psychiatry 2011;14:200-207
This study provides information about vulnerabilities within the targeted population and contributes to reflection within UNHCR on how to interpret their multisectorial Home Visit assessments. By exploring relationships between vulnerability indicators and other data collected, the report outlines k
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ey trends and relationships. The report details predefined VAF indicators and then provides an in-depth descriptive analysis for each sector
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Q 4: Is behavioural activation better (more effective than/as safe as) than treatment as usual in adults with depressive episode/disorder?brief, structured psychological treatment in non-specialist health care settings better (more effective than/as safe as) than treatment as usual in people with de
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pressive episode/disorder?
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When trying to stop engaging in non-suicidal self-injury, it can take time to find new ways to cope
Q1: In individuals with psychotic disorders (including schizophrenia), are antipsychotic drugs safe and effective?
Q3: In individuals with a first psychotic episode with full remission, how long should antipsychotic drug treatment be continued after remission in order to allow for the best outcomes?
Session Outline
•General Principles
•Essentials of mental health care and clinical practice: Assessments
•Essentials of mental health care and clinical practice: Management
•Essentials of mental health care and clinical practice: Follow-up
•Reviews
В пособии представлены организационно-методические аспекты проекта «Скажем изоляции – нет!»: психосоциальная реабилитация в условиях психиатрического стациона
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а», целью которого является улучшение качества психиатрической помощи путем повышения квалификации работников психиат-
рических служб по вопросам психосоциальной реабилитации, клинической и социальной психиатрии, а также посредством проведения психосоциальной работы с пациентами и членами их семей.
В пособии также представлены структура лекционной программы, краткое содержание информации, полученной слушателями на семинарах и мастерклассах. Пособие предназначено для специалистов психиатрических учреждений психиатров, психологов, психотерапевтов, специалистов по социальной работе, среднего медицинского персонала.
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Методические рекомендации посвящены принципам, методи-ке и организации психотерапии пострадавших при чрезвычайных ситуациях в учреждениях, оказывающих психиатр
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ическую и психотерапевтическую помощь в условиях амбулаторно-поликлинических (диспансеры, диспансерные отделения) и ста-ционарных (психиатрические стационары) учреждений и подразделений психиатрической службы.
Разработан метод психотерапевтических воздействий в лече-нии стрессовых расстройств пострадавших при чрезвычайных ситуациях на основе современных моделей психотерапии. Методические рекомендации предназначены для врачей-психотерапевтов, врачей-психиатров, клинических (медицинских) психологов и специалистов по социальной работе, участвующих в оказании лечебно-реабилитационной помощи при чрезвычайных ситуациях.
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The attainment of Zambia’s goal of being a prosperous and middle-income country by 2030 as stipulated in its Vision 2030 is dependent on among others, a healthy and productive population. Therefore, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has prioritized health as a key socio-economic inves
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tment in the Seventh National Development Plan 2017-2021. The government is also committed to achieving the targets under the health goal number three and other health related targets under other goals of the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda. Despite progress which has been made in improving the health of Zambians, the country still faces a high burden of communicable diseases and a growing burden of non-communicable diseases. Structural and social deprivation including poverty, inequalities and marginalisation also remain major threats to health. In order to effectively address all the social determinants of health, all sectors should take into account health and well-being as a key element of policy development.
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This is an update of a seven-year TB and Leprosy national strategic plan (TBL-NSP), which extends from 2013 to 2020. The update focuses on the plan covering from 2017-20 and is based on the 2017 external mid-term programme review key findings and recommendations; the global and national End TB strat
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e-gies and targets; stakeholders consultation and recent revision of the national TB guidelines.
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Purpose of these Guidelines
These guidelines are designed to help members of the public to provide first aid to someone who is at risk of suicide. The role of the first aider is to assist the person until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
Development of these Guidel
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The following guidelines are based on the expert opinions of a panel of mental health professionals from Japan about how to help someone who may be at risk of suicide.
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How to use these Guidelines
These guidelines are a general set of recommendations about how you can help someone who may be at risk of suicide.
Each individual is unique and it is important to tailor your support to that person’s needs. These recommendations therefore
may not be appropriate for
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every person who may be at risk of suicide.
Also, the guidelines are designed to be suitable for providing first aid in India. They may not be suitable for other cultural
groups or for countries with different health systems.
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