This guideline is intended to provide requirements to applicants wishing to submit
applications for registration of medicines in Botswana.
This is an abridged version of the 2019 Standards containing the evidence-based recommendations most pertinent to primary care. The tables and figures have been renum-bered ...from the original document to match this version. The complete 2019 Standards of Care document, including all supporting references, is available at professional.diabetes.org/standards.
This is an abridged version of the American Diabetes Association’s Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019. Diabetes Care2018;42(Suppl. 1):S1–S194. The complete 2019 Standards supplement, including all supporting references, is available at professional.diabetes.org/standards.
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This checklist covers five areas of competence needed by health care providers to provide quality of ca...re in contraceptive information and services including: respecting users’ privacy and guaranteeing contfidentiality, choice, accessible and acceptable services, involvement of users in improving services and fostering continuity of care and follow-up.
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WHO-SEARO in partnership with WHOCC AIIMS, UNICEF, UNFPA and USAID has prepared a training package for building capacity of healthcare teams in health facilities for continous quality improvement of... maternal and newborn healthcare. The focus is on the care of mothers and newborns at the time of child birth since a large proportion of maternal deaths, newborn deaths and stillbirths happen around that time.
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Original Article
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This s a systematic review of English language literature from 2000 to 2010 covering spiritual care in end of life ...ight medbox">care settings which includes spiritual assessment tools and ongoing intervention models.
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Information and Approaches for developing Country Settings
Decontamination of medical devices plays an important role in the prevention of health care-associated infections. It includes cleaning, disinfecti...on and/or sterilization. The processes involved in decontamination are complex, require specific infrastructure and equipment, and involve several sequential steps that need to be performed correctly – from device collection and receipt by the decontamination unit to processing, storage and distribution throughout the facility. Quality control procedures (such as validation) at each step of the decontamination process are of the utmost importance to ensure the correct functioning of the equipment and processes. This aide-memoire presents a concise overview of important advice and key elements at a glance.
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Essential Drug list on page 36!!
DHS Analytical Studies No. 55.
This guide presents new knowledge and guidelines on the provision of care to persons living with HIV/AIDS, in accordance with the last guidelines of...> the World Health Organization (WHO) published in 2006 and adapted to the Rwandan national context. It thus responds to the need by the Ministry of Health to improve the skills of the actors in the health sector as well as the quality of care and antiretroviral treatment offered in both public and private health facilities countrywide.
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Primary care can play a significant role in the COVID-19 response by differentiating patients with respiratory symptoms from those with COVID-19, making an early diagnosis, helping vulnerable people cope with their anxiety about the virus, and reduc...ing the demand for hospital services. This document provides national and subnational health managers, as well as staff at primary care facilities, with interim guidance on timely, effective and safe supportive management of patients with suspected and confirmed COVID-19 at the primary care level; and delivery of essential health services at the primary care level during the COVID-19 outbreak
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Legislative and Policy analysis and recommendations for reform
Testing men for HIV during their partner’s pregnancy can guide couples-based HIV prevention and treatment, but testing rates remain low. We investigated a combination approach, using... evidence-based strategies, to increase HIV testing in male partners of HIV-positive and HIV-negative pregnant women.
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Position Statement
Diabetes Care2018;42(Suppl. 1):S1–S194.
Overview
Rev Panam Salud Publica 40(6), 2016
2nd edition.
The practical aspects of TB patient care from the onset of symptoms to the completion of<.../span> treatment are covered in this guide
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