The standards define 10 key competencies for health and care workers to support self-care in their clinical practice as well as the specific, measurable behaviours that demonstrate those competencies, focusing on people-...hlight medbox">centredness; decision-making; effective communication; collaboration; evidence-informed practice, and personal conduct.
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This guideline provides health policy-makers and decision-makers in health professional training institutions with advice on the rationale for health...n>-care providers’ use of counselling skills to address sexual health concerns in a primary health care setting
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Comprehensive public health action on population ageing is urgently needed. This will require fundamental shifts, not just in the things we do, but in how we think about ageing itself. The World report on ageing and ...ht medbox">health outlines a framework for action to foster Healthy Ageing built around the new concept of functional ability. Making these investments will have valuable social and economic returns, both in terms of health and wellbeing of older people and in enabling their on-going participation in society
Executive summaries : Arabic; Chinese; English; French; German; Japanese; Portuguese; Russian; Spanish
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Thir brochure provides information and advices about the german health system (health insurance, treatment, counseling, offers for sanspapiers) and sexual ...>health (prevention of sexual transmitted diseases including HIV, counseling, treatment, contraception). Attached are adresses from different organizations for more information.
Diese Broschüre bietet Informationen und Tipps zu den Themen Gesundheitssystem in Deutschland (Krankenversicherung, Behandlung, Beratung, Angebote für Menschen ohne Papiere) und sexülle Gesundheit (Schutz vor sexüll übertragbaren Krankheiten einschließlich HIV, Untersuchung, Behandlung, Schwangerschaftsverhütung). - Im Anhang: Adressen von Organisationen für weitere Informationen und Beratung.
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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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To understand the patterns of Rwanda’s achievements in health development, it is important to explore how Rwanda addresses the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) particularly those related to rou...tine conditions in which people are born, live and work. It is in this particular context that a case study on Rwanda’s Performance in Addressing Social Determinants of Health was conducted by the Rwanda Ministry of Health, with technical and financial support from the World Health Organization (WHO). The overall goal of the exercise was to document Rwanda's recent initiatives that contribute to the advancements of the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health.
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Mugisha et al. Int J Ment Health Syst (2017) 11:7 DOI 10.1186/s13033-016-0114-2
A Guidebook for Medical and Professional Schools, Second Edition.
This book represents a significant step to engage health professions schools in addressing global health challenges