Source: Country statistics and global health estimates by WHO and UN partners. For more information visit the Global Health Observatory: https://www.who.int/gho/en
QualityRights is WHO’s global initiative to improve the quality of care provided by mental health services and promote the human rights of people with psychosocial, intellectual and cognitive disabilities1. It offers a new approach to mental health care which is rights-based and recovery-oriented.
Arbeitsblätter zum Globalen Klimawandel. Mit den vorliegenden Materialien können die SchülerInnen die Verknüpfung der Themenkomplexe Ernährungssicherheit und globaler Klimawandel erarbeiten. Diese in einer sich zunehmend globalisierenden und ständig wandelnden Welt verstärke...nden Zusammenhänge werden regional differenziert und vertiefend betrachtet
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In view of the global concern overthe outbreak of the Zika virus, both Elsevier and The Lancet have created a Zika Virus Resource Center on Elsevier Connect with the latest updates, research, reviews, editorials, correspondence and comentary to help healthcare professionals, medical researchers
and... the public understand the outbreak. Both info centers are advised by clinicians and professional editors and will be updated with the most current research and evidence-based information available
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Country statistics and global health estimates by WHO and UN partners | For more information visit the Global Health Observatory (http://www.who.int/gho/en/)
UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-water (GLAAS)
The Lancet Global Health 2016 Published Online August 30, 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30175-9
CBM and the Global Campaign for Education 2014
This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on daily iron supplementation in infants and children, as a public-health intervention for the prevention of anaemia and iron deficiency. It includes recommendations for iron supplementation in countries where malaria is prevalent.
The Lancet Global Health: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30098-5
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Ghana is attracting global attention for efforts to provide health insurance to all citizens through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). With the program’s strong emphasis on maternal and child health, an expectation of the program is that members will have increased use of relevant servi...ces. The NHIS does appear to enable pregnant women to access services and allow caregivers to seek care early for sick children, but both the quantitative and qualitative assessments also indicated that the poor and least educated were less likely to have insurance than their wealthier and more educated counterparts.
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The achievable imperative for global progress
UNICEF's global work on statistics and monitoring the situation of children & women
The Lancet Global Health, Vol.1 (2013) Issue 4 pp e180-181
Country statistics and global health estimates by WHO and UN partners | For more information visit the Global Health Observatory (http://www.who.int/gho/en/)
The handbook Global edition
The integrated Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD)
A all for global Action. The Oral Health Atlas. Second edition
Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat as it is present in all parts of the world and it means that there is a shortage of effective antibiotics to treat simple infections and diseases, also statistics reveal that because of antimicrobial resistance patients’ morbidity and mortality is increa...sed, as well as healthcare related expenditures. Theoretical frameworks chosen for this study are Mark Salmon White’s construct for public health nursing and Tannahill’s model for health promotion. Both models focus on promoting and contributing to the health and well-being of the public. In this thesis the nurse’s role is explored and steps that can be taken towards contributing to minimizing antimicrobial resistance are listed
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Burns are a global public health problem, accounting for close to 200,000 deaths annually. The majority of these occur in low- and middle-income countries, where a number of constraints complicate the public health task of addressing burns. While the primary prevention of burns in low- and middle-in...come countries is a pressing need, the World Health Organization (WHO) also actively encourages further development of burn-care systems, including the training of health-care providers in the appropriate triage and management of people with burns.
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