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                                Facilitator's Guide 
Refresher Training Module for Health Care Providers implementing the MISP
Inter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises Training Partnership
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Prevention and Recognition of Obstetric Fistula Training Package
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                                Poor  sanitary  conditions  in  disaster-stricken  areas  result  in  higher  risk  for  diarrheal  illness  in  vulnerable  populations,  especially  children.  This  disease  negatively impacts the nutritional status of affected children and causes significant morbidity  and  mortality.  Early  di
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                                        agnosis  and  treatment  are  thus  essential  to  reduce  the  impact  of  diarrheal  diseases  on  people  affected  by  disasters.  Early  identification of cases allows the implementation of measures needed to prevent or lessen outbreaks that can occur in displaced populations in this context. The use  of  primary  care  management  tools,  such  as  the  Integrated  Management  of  Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy is highly important.This  module  will  first  discuss  diarrheal  diseases  and  their  management,  and  dehydration and its treatments.
                                    
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                                This Course for Service Providers on how to give Vitamin A Supplementation and Deworming (VAS+D) uses both a Learner’sGuide and a Facilitator’s Guide. The Learner’s Guide is designed for participants in the course who are healthcare workers or trainers learning to deliver vitamin A and Albenda
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                                        zole(for deworming) as part of regular activities associated with community or facility-based health care services, while the Facilitator’s Guide is designed for course facilitators who are planning and conducting courses .
                                    
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                                The community-BFCI (c-BFCI) manual has been developed to facilitate training of CHVs and stakeholders providing nutrition sensitive services at community level. The manual covers a wide range of topics: basic nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, Breast Milk Substitutes Act, gro
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                                        wth monitoring and promotion, early childhood development and stimulation, household food and nutrition security and establishment of baby friendly communities.
                                    
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                                This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on the use of indicators for assessing a population’s
iron status and application of the use of ferritin concentrations for monitoring and evaluating iron interventions.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                The training is based on ensuring that the competencies to care for newborn are acquired.
A range of adult learning methods are used, these include reading and self-study,
discussion, and case based learning in written exercises and group discussions, visual presentations and extensive clinical pr
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                                        actice.
                                    
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                                This film explains the importance of antenatal care and in particular, the principles of ‘focused antenatal care’ (FANC). It describes what is involved in the four visits that make up FANC, including taking a patient’s history, examinations, checks and giving information.
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                                        se in health worker training
                                    
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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 sessions before the baby is born and what should happen at each session.
This film is for use in community health education.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                WHO is launching a “Revised edition, 2021” for the Caring for women subjected to violence: A WHO training curriculum for health-care providers today. The revised edition includes 4 new modules three of which are for health managers to assess and strengthen health facility readiness and one modul
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                                        e, which is for managers and providers to support prevention of violence against women. The earlier content published in 2019 remains unchanged. The 2021 edition is aimed at creating an enabling health systems environment for health workers to provide quality care to women subjected to violence.
                                    
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                                The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia (FMOH), the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) and other government actors together with UN agencies (UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO and WFP) and nutrition development partners call for all parties involved in the response to emergencies in Ethiopia t
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                                        o provide appropriate, prompt support for the feeding and care of infants, young children and their mothers. This is a critical for supporting child survival, growth and development and preventing malnutrition, illness and death. This joint statement has been issued to help secure immediate, coordinated, multi- sectoral action on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in emergencies.
                                    
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                                The community-BFCI (c-BFCI) manual has been developed to facilitate training of CHVs and stakeholders providing nutrition sensitive services at community level. The manual covers a wide range of topics: basic nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, Breast Milk Substitutes Act, gro
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                                        wth monitoring and promotion, early childhood development and stimulation, household food and nutrition security and establishment of baby friendly communities.
                                    
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                                Integrated management of childhood illness. The last update was in the IMCI chart booklet in 2014, but since then there have been significant updates on the management of sick young infant (SYI) aged up to 2 months. This 2019 update of the sick young infant section Management of the sick young infan
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                                        t age up to 2 months: IMCI chart booklet. supersedes the 2014 IMCI chart booklet. The new updates reflect the recent guidelines on Managing possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) in young infants when referral is not feasible published in 2015. It includes assessment, classification and referral of SYI with PSBI; and outpatient treatment of SYI with local infection or fast breathing (pneumonia) in infants 7-59 days old. Other updates include: a new section on how to reassess, classify and treat SYI with PSBI when referral is not feasible in outpatient health facilities by IMNCI trained health workers; changes in assessment and management of young infants for HIV infection; and identification of infants less than 7 days of who need Kangaroo Care.
                                    
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                                Integrated management of childhood illness. The last update was in the IMCI chart booklet in 2014, but since then there have been significant updates on the management of sick young infant (SYI) aged up to 2 months. This 2019 update of the sick young infant section Management of the sick young infan
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                                        t age up to 2 months: IMCI chart booklet. supersedes the 2014 IMCI chart booklet. The new updates reflect the recent guidelines on Managing possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) in young infants when referral is not feasible published in 2015. It includes assessment, classification and referral of SYI with PSBI; and outpatient treatment of SYI with local infection or fast breathing (pneumonia) in infants 7-59 days old. Other updates include: a new section on how to reassess, classify and treat SYI with PSBI when referral is not feasible in outpatient health facilities by IMNCI trained health workers; changes in assessment and management of young infants for HIV infection; and identification of infants less than 7 days of who need Kangaroo Care.
                                    
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                                This guide is intended to promote a global health sector response to FGM for the provision of high-quality prevention and care services to women and girls at risk of FGM or living with the consequences of FGM. It also aims to support the systematic development of pre-service and in-service FGM conte
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                                        nt for midwifery and nursing education curricula which are relevant to context and need. This document could also be used for training materials of other cadres of health-care providers.
                                    
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                                Evidence shows that FGM can cause several physical, mental and sexual health complications in girls and women, and in newborns. Health-care providers play an important role in supporting girls and women living with FGM, and improving their health and well-being. They are in a unique position to infl
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                                        uence and change the attitudes of their patients about FGM.
WHO is committed to scaling up the health-sector response to address FGM prevention and care. One aspect is to strengthen the quality of FGM prevention and care services by building the capacity of health-care providers. Several guidance materials have been produced to target health-care providers. These include FGM content for training curricula, clinical guidelines and a clinical handbook. 
This training manual complements previous publications by building person-centred communication skills specifically for FGM prevention.
                                    
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                                The Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) is an online community dedicated to addressing critical knowledge gaps in newborn health.