En esta nueva edición de la guía Evaluación de daños y análisis de necesidades de salud en situaciones de desastre (EDAN) se hace énfasis en la organización del sector salud, desde la conformación del comité operativo de emergencia hasta la sala de situación de salud, estructura que debe r...eproducirse en el nivel nacional, regional y local. Se analizan las características de la EDAN y se presentan modelos de formatos para la recolección y análisis de la información de salud. El propósito es que la toma de decisiones se fundamente en información técnica de calidad, que permita diagnosticar, priorizar, planificarla intervención y solicitar recursos para la respuesta a emergencias de forma eficaz.
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La responsabilidad de elaborar planes de respuesta a deasastres y de contingencia incumbe a todos los niveles de la organización. La Federación Internacional recomienda que las Sociedades Nacionales y las oficinas de la Federació Internacional elaboren ya sea un plan de respuesta a desastres ocas...ionados por múltiples peligros, con anexos específicos para ciertos peligros, ya sea planes de contingencia específicos para hacer frente a situaciones para las que existe un alto riesgo. Muchos procedimientos de gestión de emergencias son comunes a todos los desastres, independientemente de los peligros que éstos conllevan.
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Essential obstetric and newborn care is designed as a tool to help protect mothers and their children in adverse environments. It is intended for midwives, doctors with obstetrics training, and health care personnel who deal with obstetric emergencies.
A key purpose of the Recovery Toolkit is to support countries in the reactivation of health services which may have suffered as a result of the emergency. These services include ongoing programmes such as immunization and vaccinations, maternal and child health services, and noncommunicable diseases....
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Health care waste management (HCWM) and infection prevention and control (IPC) represent serious concerns for HIV programs. Improperly handled infectious health care waste poses risks to health workers, their clients, the community, and the environment. Improper injection practices can lead to new H...IV and other infections for health workers and clients. Beginning in 2015, AIDSFree continued the work started by the Government of Nigeria and USAID in 2004 to strengthen activities in IPC and HCWM. This report describes AIDSFree's results over 15 months of implementation of HCWM and IPC activities in seven Nigerian states prioritized by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
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Technical Series on Safer Primary Care
Good primary care may lead to fewer avoidable hospitalizations, but unsafe primary care can cause avoidable illness and injury, leading to unnecessary hospitalizations, and in some cases, disability and even death.Implementing system changes and practices are crucial to improve safety at all levels ...of health care. Recognizing the paucity of accessible information on primary care, World Health Organization (WHO) set up a Safer Primary Care Expert Working Group. The Working Group reviewed the literature, prioritized areas in need of further research and compiled a set of nine monographs which cover selected priority technical topics. WHO is publishing this technical series to make the work of these distinguished experts available to everyone with an interest in Safer Primary Care.The aim of this technical series is to provide a compendium of information on key issues that can impact safety in the provision of primary health care.
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