Guidance for health care workers.
How do they work in an ICC to prevent or mitigate nosocomial infections?
Are you clear that we can all do something to avoid them?
A simple hand wash can make a difference.
Inés Lavega has a degree in nursing and ...ght medbox">worked for more than 8 years at the CTI of Hospital Maciel, the first public hospital in Uruguay.
She tells us about the intense work of nursing, to control infections.
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This document outlines the working structure and guiding principles for collaboration of COVAX, the Vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A). The working structure of COVA...X continues to adapt to emerging needs and the changing trajectory of the pandemic. Some components of the pandemic response capabilities united under COVAX may eventually be integrated into regional, national and sub national health systems, routine immunization programmes and future global pandemic preparedness and response (PPR) structures. Therefore, the working structures outlined in this document continue to evolve and the document provides a snapshot of the COVAX ways of working in the first half of 2022.
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NFPA continues to work with partners to respond to the Ukraine emergency. Highlights from the month of January include:
- The #TrainOfHope launched between Kyiv and Chisinau is a lifeline, providing refugees, including many women with children, bot...h a route to safety and a way back home.
- When the Government of Ukraine lost control of Kherson city, social workers at a shelter for survivors of domestic violence continued to work so that women and girls could receive essential assistance.
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From February 22-23, 2023, the Wellcome Trust and the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) brought together researchers, decision makers, and public health implementers to participate in a virtual workshop focused on cholera and climate. Day... 1 involved a technical workshop to identify key research themes as well as the challenges, gaps, and opportunities in using climate information for cholera decision making. Day 2 was an open forum focused on information-sharing and updates from countries and partners, including a call for stronger research and data on the connection between climate and cholera.
The overarching discussion outlined the complex relationship between climate and cholera. Materials from the event – including a recording of the Day 2 open forum, key findings/messages, and a final event report – can be accessed below
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This report highlights the work of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Zimbabwe towards contributing to the triple billion targets in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs
The purpose of this workbook is to assist ministries of health, health managers and practitioners in engaging with the private sector on delivery of quality maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) services in lower- and middle-income countries. Pr...ivate health care is one of the fastest growing segments of the health-care system in lower- and middle-income countries, and private providers are an important source of health care. To accelerate progress to reach the Sustainable Development Goals for ending preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths, it is critical that whole health system organizations invest not only in increasing coverage of interventions, but also in quality. The audience for the workbook is those who are involved with organizing and implementing processes for engaging the private sector in delivery of quality MNCH services.
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This briefing note summarizes work undertaken by UN Women and WHO to inform the development of a module on violence against women 60 years and older that can be included in dedicated surveys on violence against women. It provides an overview of the ...challenges in the availability, measurement, and collection of data on violence against older women. It also makes recommendations to address some of the issues identified, with the aim of strengthening ongoing and future data collection efforts on violence against older women and increasing its availability.
Developed as part of the UN Women–WHO Global Joint Programme on Violence Against Women Data, this methodological briefing note is one in a series that aims to strengthen the measurement and data collection of violence against particular groups of women or specific aspects of violence against women. These briefing notes are meant for researchers, national statistics offices, and others involved in data collection on violence against women. They seek to contribute to strengthening the quality and availability of data on violence against women and enhance global, regional, and national level monitoring of progress towards its elimination.
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In spite of the work carried out by the EU institutions, the Member States, many cities and grassroot movements in Europe, the general public is still not engaging enough in air quality policy initiatives and the level of awareness and knowledge of ...the effects of poor air quality on health is often low.
HEAL, within its work with the EU urban air quality partnership has put together a toolkit on ‘Communicating on air quality and health – Inspiring practices, challenges and tips’, providing hands-on examples of how communication on air quality, the health links and (policy and behavioural) changes takes place, as an inspiration particularly for urban authorities wanting to communicate on clean air.
The Partnership on Air Quality was founded in 2016 with the main objective of improving air quality in cities and bringing the ‘healthy city’ higher on the local, national and EU agendas as part of the urban agenda.
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This report presents the work provided by the WHO South Sudan Office in 2023, covering the work of the country
and field offices. It summarizes the major achievements under four categories of the c...ountry’s priorities: Universal HealthCoverage, EmergencyPreparedness andResponse, Enhancing health and well-being, and a more effective and efficient WHO that better supports the country
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These guidelines provide health workers with information needed to educate families of children with polio to help them to understand the disease, prevent deformities and assist the children's growth and development in the best way possible
How to achieve ALARA: working tips and guidelines
Information for health Workers in West Africa
Caribbean Sub-regional Training Workshop. Introducing the new guidelines: Preparedness and Response for Chikungunya Virus Introduction in the Americas in the context of Dengue
Abduction of aid workers has risen sharply in particular contexts in the past decade. Abduction is a “unique form of critical incident”, characterised by its ongoing, “live” nature, often extended duration, the pressure of decision-making a...nd uncertainty. This EISF Briefing Paper explores the dimensions of effective, proactive abduction and kidnapping response mechanisms. It complements the EISF Briefing Paper Crisis Management of Critical Incidents, released April 2010, that looks at crisis response plans as a whole.
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Manuale zur Durchführung von Workshops für Geflüchtete. Zur Unterstützung der Durchführung der Workshops und als Hilfe für die Ausbildung wurden Manuale erstellt, die das didaktische und metho...dische Vorgehen erklären und als Leitfaden für die Durchführung von Workshops dienen. Diese Manuale stehen jetzt zum kostenlosen Download zu den folgen Themen und Sprachen zur Verfügung:
Bewegung; Ernährung; Hygiene; Mundgesundheit; Psychische Gesundheit
Die Manuale stehen in den Sprachen: Albanisch, Arabisch, Bulgarisch, Deutsch, Englisch, Farsi, Russisch und Türkisch zur Verfügung.
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Manuale zur Durchführung von Workshops für Geflüchtete.
Zur Unterstützung der Durchführung der Workshops und als Hilfe für die Ausbildung wurden Manuale erstellt, die das didaktische und met...hodische Vorgehen erklären und als Leitfaden für die Durchführung von Workshops dienen. Die Manuale stehen in den Sprachen: Albanisch, Arabisch, Bulgarisch, Deutsch, Englisch, Farsi, Russisch und Türkisch zur Verfügung
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Manuale zur Durchführung von Workshops für Geflüchtete. Zur Unterstützung der Durchführung der Workshops und als Hilfe für die Ausbildung wurden Manuale erstellt, die das didaktische und metho...dische Vorgehen erklären und als Leitfaden für die Durchführung von Workshops dienen. Die Manuale stehen in den Sprachen: Albanisch, Arabisch, Bulgarisch, Deutsch, Englisch, Farsi, Russisch und Türkisch zur Verfügung auf:
http://refugium.budrich.de/manuale-bewegung/
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Manuale zur Durchführung von Workshops für Geflüchtete. Zur Unterstützung der Durchführung der Workshops und als Hilfe für die Ausbildung wurden Manuale erstellt, die das didaktische und metho...dische Vorgehen erklären und als Leitfaden für die Durchführung von Workshops dienen. Die Manuale stehen in den Sprachen: Albanisch, Arabisch, Bulgarisch, Deutsch, Englisch, Farsi, Russisch und Türkisch zur Verfügung
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Manuale zur Durchführung von Workshops für Geflüchtete. Zur Unterstützung der Durchführung der Workshops und als Hilfe für die Ausbildung wurden Manuale erstellt, die das didaktische und metho...dische Vorgehen erklären und als Leitfaden für die Durchführung von Workshops dienen. Die Manuale stehen in den Sprachen: Albanisch, Arabisch, Bulgarisch, Deutsch, Englisch, Farsi, Russisch und Türkisch zur Verfügung
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