Case Study on Improving HIV Testing and Services for Children Orphaned or made Vulnerable by HIV (OVC)
Minimum standards of home care for older people in Red Cross Red Crescent volunteer-based programming in the Europe Zone
This quality standard covers prevention of falls and assessment after a fall in older people (aged 65 and over) who are living in the community or staying in hospital. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
The report discusses the epidemiological and social aspects of ageing, health and functional changes experienced with ageing, the impact of physical activity, assessment of the nutritional status of older persons, and nutritional guidelines for healthy ageing.
Journal of Infection and Public Health 12 (2019) 213–223
A policy brief on the organization of prison health
Best Practices Guidelines
Accessed: 06.11.2019
Consolidated Guidelines
Geneva, 2016
The End TB Strategy
UNAIDS/10.03E / JC1767E (English original, March 2010) ISBN 978 92 9 173849 6
Examen du rôle de la société civile dans le plaidoyer et le lobbying en faveur de l'application de la politique de santé au Kenya
African Population Studies Vol 25, 1 (Supplement) 2011
http://aps.journals.ac.za
Policy
July 2012
Working Paper No. 3
Overwhelming evidence shows that a range of health concerns—mental illness, substance dependence, HIV/AIDS, and noncommunicable diseases—affect prisoners disproportionately. But, while incarceration poses risks to health—including inadequate nutrition and exposure to violence—prisons also pr...esent important opportunities to promote health and risk reduction that need to be tapped.
Some recommended remedies:
Health ministries, not ministries of justice, should manage health care responsibilities
Ensure that testing is available, but not mandatory, for infectious diseases
Make prison health part of the broader public health agenda
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Training for Health Care Providers
Facilitators’ Manual
Recommendations, resources and references
A publication of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society