This paper showed a large positive correlation coefficient between psychosocial health problems and dysfunctional abilities among rural community members
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Containment strategies for Ebola rupture fundamental features of social, political and religious life. Control efforts that involve local people and appreciate their perspectives, social structures and institutions are therefore vital
The only way to prevent future Ebola epidemics of this magnitude is to address the fundamental social and political vulnerabilities that have allowed the virus to flourish, such as weak health systems and local services, poor governance, chronic poverty, and a legacy of conflict and social divisions
The growing problem of child marriage among Syrian girls in Jordan
A call for national and regional containment, recovery and prevention
As slight hints of recovery begin to surface in West Africa, UNICEF is looking at the impact of Ebola on children and the response and work of the affected communities in the report, Ebola: Getting to zero – for communities, for children for the future. The document traces some of the outbreak’s... history along with the stories of survivors, health care workers and those working to make things better on the ground. The report also helps map out the actions that urgently must continue to help build resiliency and resuscitate basic services and systems decimated by Ebola.
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MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report December 19, 2014 / 63(50);1205-1206
Interim emergency guidelines
Towards the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and keeping mothers Alive. 2012-2015
National Tuberclosis and
Leprosy Programme (NTLP)