This content provides concise, pragmatic guidance to front-line healthcare workers. The guidance is written by PCI’s Clinical Associates, who are themselves primary healthcare workers. It draws on up-to-date guidance from key sources including the WHO, UNHCR
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and PCI’s own sister organisation Red Whale (a leading provider of medical education in the UK). The modules include: A guide to public health measures; The definition of a case of COVID-19 virus, Preparing the primary health care centre; Prevent the spread of COVID-19; Triage and management in primary care; Managing patients with NCDs; Mental health -patients and healthcare workers; and Case studies.
How to access the course:
Go to the ‘PCI Academy’ website homepage https://covid19.pci-academy.org/
Register for an account, Go to the ‘COVID-19’ course
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The document is a visual guide created by the IPCRG for managing COPD, focusing on self-management, treatment options (such as inhaler use, pulmonary rehabilitation, and medications), and addressing
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comorbidities. It highlights the importance of personalized care plans, patient education, risk reduction, vaccinations, and the correct use of therapies to improve quality of life and manage COPD effectively.
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AMCC, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) association governed by the law of 1901, the French branch of the INCTR (International Network for Treatment and Research on Cancer) mainly oriented towards women's
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and children's cancers, aims to strengthen the fight against cancer in low- and middle-income countries through training, education, teaching, research with support for therapeutic care.
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Horizon Medical Education produce cpd courses for primary care health workers, mainly aimed at LMI's. They have users in Zambia and other countries
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in the region. The courses are downloadable audio modules supported by written resources and online testing.
In response to the pandemic they are producing free modules about coronavirus, these include what we currently know, how to treat, some public health messages and myth-busting.
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Diabetes mellitus has become a serious and chronic metabolic disorder that results from a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors, principally characterized by hyperglycemia, polyur
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ia, and polyphagia. Uncontrolled high blood sugar can result in a host of diabetic complications. Prolonged diabetes leads to serious complications some of which are life-threatening. The prevalence of diabetes patients is rising at epidemic proportions throughout the world. Every year, a major portion of the annual health budget is spent on diabetes and related illnesses. Multiple risk factors are involved in the etiopathogenesis of the disease and turning the disease into an epidemic. Diabetes, for which there is no cure, apparently can be kept under control by maintaining self-care in daily living, effective diabetes education, with comprehensive improvements in knowledge, attitudes, skills, and management. In this review, we focused on the biochemical aspects of diabetes, risk factors including both environmental and genetic, disease complications, diagnosis, management, and currently available medications for the treatment of diabetes.
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The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) is a clinically-led charitable organisation. The scope is research and education to improv
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e prevention, diagnosis and care of respiratory diseases in global community and primary care settings.
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Managing normal and high-risk infants in the newborn nursery
The website "Learning About Diabetes" provides easy-to-understand educational materials for people with diabetes and their families. It focuses on improving diabetes self-management through visually engaging resources, such as illustrated guides, vi
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deos, and tools. The content covers topics like blood sugar monitoring, healthy eating, medication management, and lifestyle changes, making diabetes education accessible for all literacy levels. - Chinese documents
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The website "Learning About Diabetes" provides easy-to-understand educational materials for people with diabetes and their families. It focuses on improving diabetes self-management through visually engaging resources, such as illustrated guides, vi
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deos, and tools. The content covers topics like blood sugar monitoring, healthy eating, medication management, and lifestyle changes, making diabetes education accessible for all literacy levels. - Documents in hindi
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The website "Learning About Diabetes" provides easy-to-understand educational materials for people with diabetes and their families. It focuses on improving diabetes self-management through visually engaging resources, such as illustrated guides, vi
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deos, and tools. The content covers topics like blood sugar monitoring, healthy eating, medication management, and lifestyle changes, making diabetes education accessible for all literacy levels.
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An advanced-midwife's guide to labour and delivery. An online learning course
This video explains what antibiotics and the microbiome are, how they work, and side effects that patients may experience. It also provides helpful questions for patients
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and their families to ask their health care providers when they have been prescribed antibiotics.
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This film explains what antenatal care is and why it is important for the mother and baby. It explains the importance of attending 4 antenatal sess
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ions before the baby is born and what should happen at each session.
This film is for use in community health education.
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This film explains what antenatal care is and why it is important for the mother and baby. It explains the importance of attending 4 antenatal sess
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ions before the baby is born and what should happen at each session.
This film is for use in community health education.
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For full publication see: https://drtbnetwork.org/mdr-tb-patient-education-flipchart
This tool can be used to educate new patients about TB and MDR-TB. The healthcare provider should review the
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material together with the patient. A treatment supporter can also use this flipchart at community level to reinforce the concepts covered.
Major concepts covered in the flipchart:
TB is a contagious disease, which means it can be spread from person to person.
TB generally lives in the lungs, but it can also infect other parts of the body.
If TB is left untreated, it can kill the patient.
TB can be cured with the right medicine.
The flipchart can be adapted and modified as needed. The Mongolian Anti-Tuberculosis Association has adapted the flipchart for use in physician counseling training and in training of community health workers providing home-based care.
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As part of efforts to celebrate World Asthma Day (WAD), May 2, 2023, and reduce the burden of asthma in Nigeria, the Nigerian Thoracic Society (NTS) has advocated education of asthma patients
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and carers as an integral part of asthma care to achieve optimal control of symptoms and exacerbation.
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CHWs are trained public health workers who serve as a bridge between communities, health care systems, and state health departments.
Resources on this page include:
Online courses, lessons learne
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d, and best practices to help state health departments train and further build capacity for CHWs in their communities.
Training and education materials for CHWs to use within their communities.
accessed 23.07.2021
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A health professional's guide to pregnancy and childbirth. Online learning programme
Research globally has shown that metered dose inhaler (MDI) technique is poor, with patient education and regular demonstration critical in maintaining correct use of inhalers. Patient information c
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ontaining pictorial aids improves understanding of medicine usage; however, manufacturer leaflets illustrating MDI use may not be easily understood by low-literacy asthma patients.
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A new e-learning course has just been released, aimed at healthcare professionals working with patients in India exploring HPV screening and vaccination, assessment and diagnosis of cervical cancer,
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and palliative care for patients with advanced cervical cancer. The course was developed by ecancer in collaboration with Indian experts specialising in gynaecological cancers and supported by the National Cancer Grid, India - all the modules are completely open access and free to take.
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