Programmatic update
April 2012
Executive Summary
This handbook summarizes the experience of leading practitioners in the field of war surgery and is intended to help military and civilian surgical teams treat people wounded in armed conflicts. It covers first aid, admission of urgent cases and triage, skin grafts, treatment of infections, wounds a...nd burns, plastic surgery and anaesthesiology
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Content has been developed based on the WHO Wheelchair Guidelines and the Wheelchair Service Training Package—Basic Level. Adult Education
Building communication and counseling skills
The achievable imperative for global progress
Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan in West Africa Annex 3
The World Health Organization is issuing a "roadmap" to guide and coordinate the international response to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa.
The aim is to stop ongoing Ebola transmission worldwide within 6–9 months, while rapidly managing the consequences of any further interna...tional spread. It also recognizes the need to address, in parallel, the outbreak’s broader socioeconomic impact.
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of highly contagious viruses (of the Ebola or Marburg type) in the context of an epidemic outbreak in West Africa