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Type II Diabetes Poster

Wallace, L. SlideShare (2016) CC2

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic condition characterized by insulin resistance and an inability to properly regulate blood sugar levels. The two most important risk factors for T2DM are a family history of diabetes and obesity, though age, race, diet, and exercise level also impact risk.... more

Learning about Diabetes - Diabetes care Handouts

Learning about Diabetes, Inc. (2024) CC2

What is Diabetes? Diabetes means you have too much sugar in your blood. High blood sugar problems starts when your body no longer makes enough of chemical, or hormone, called insulin.

Learning about Diabetes - Diabetes care Handouts - Arabic

Learning about Diabetes, Inc. (2024) CC2

What is Diabetes? Diabetes means you have too much sugar in your blood. High blood sugar problems starts when your body no longer makes enough of chemical, or hormone, called insulin.

Learning about Diabetes - Diabetes care Handouts - Bengali

Learning about Diabetes, Inc. (2019) CC2

What is Diabetes? Diabetes means you have too much sugar in your blood. High blood sugar problems starts when your body no longer makes enough of chemical, or hormone, called insulin.

Learning about Diabetes - Diabetes care Handouts - Portuguese

Learning about Diabetes, Inc. (2024) CC2

What is Diabetes? Diabetes means you have too much sugar in your blood. High blood sugar problems starts when your body no longer makes enough of chemical, or hormone, called insulin.

Learning about Diabetes - Diabetes care Handouts - Russian

Learning about Diabetes, Inc. (2024) CC2

What is Diabetes? Diabetes means you have too much sugar in your blood. High blood sugar problems starts when your body no longer makes enough of chemical, or hormone, called insulin.

Prevention and management of diabetic foot problems

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

People with diabetes mellitus are at an increased risk for foot ulcerations as a result of poorly controlled blood glucose which may lead to gangrene. These patients are at a high risk for lower limb amputations, higher healthcare costs, and lower quality of life. This course aims to cover the preve... more

2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines: A Report from the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee Expert Panel Working Group

Cloutier, M. M.; Baptist, A.P.; Teach, S.J.; et al. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2020) CC2

The2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines: A Report from the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee Expert Panel Working Group was coordinated and supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Healt... more

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Manual for the Health Care of Children in Humanitarian Emergencies

World Health Organization WHO (2008) C_WHO

This manual was developed based on the recommendations of a global technical consultation on child health in humanitarian emergencies co-organized by WHO and UNICEF at the end of 2003. WHO in collaboration with the Centre for Refugee and Disaster Response, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Ho... more

Ebola’s catastrophic effect on the body

Patterson, Clark; Darla Cameron and Sohail Al-Jamea (2014)

Very good infographic included in this article: The virus can lurk in the body for more than a week before it begins a cascading meltdown of the immune system, blood vessels and vital organs. Please download from the website link in the article. Source of the infographic: CDC, New England Journa... more

Surveillance of HIV drug resistance in children newly diagnosed with HIV by early infant diagnosis. Concepte Note

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

This concept note describes the methods used to assess the prevalence of any HIVDR and HIVDR by PMTCT exposure among children less than 18 months of age using remnant dried blood spot specimens from early infant diagnosis over a 12-month period

Myanmar National Strategic Plan on Viral Hepatitis 2016-2020. National Hepatitis Control Program

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports, Department of Health (2017) C1

The five hepatitis viruses have different epidemiological profiles, and their impact, duration, and transmission route also vary. The most common transmission routes contributing to the spread of hepatitis are exposure to infected blood via blood transfusion or unsafe injection practices, consumptio... more

A Toolkit for integrating menstrual hygiene management (MHM) into humanitarian response

r2hc Reserach for Health in Humanitarian Crisis; Elrha; et al. (2017) C1

In many humanitarian emergencies, there is a serious lack of access to even the most basic materials needed for managing the blood in addition to a lack of appropriate sanitation facilities (including water), which are critical for addressing menstrual hygiene. Privacy in emergencies is often scarc... more

Zambia STEPS Survey 2017. Fact Sheet

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2017) C_WHO

The STEPS survey of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors in Zambia was carried out from July to September 2017. Zambia carried out Step 1, Step 2 and Step 3. Socio demographic and behavioural information was collected in Step 1. Physical measurements such as height, weight and blood pressure w... more

HEARTS. Technical package for cardiovascular disease management in primary health care. Evidence-based treatment protocols

World Health Organization WHO, et al. (2018) C_WHO

In many low- and middle-income countries, there is a wide gap between evidencebased recommendations and current practice. Treatment of major CVD risk factors remains suboptimal, and only a minority of patients who are treated reach their target levels for blood pressure, blood sugar and blood choles... more

Q&A: Older people and COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC

Older people, and people of all ages with pre-existing medical conditions (such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, lung disease, or cancer) appear to develop serious illness more often than others. Here's how you can protect yourself.

Pulse Oximeter Pocket Guide
recommended

German Institute for Medical Mission (DIFAEM) (2020) CC

A pulse oximeter is a small device that can typically be clipped on a finger (toe or earlobe is also possible) to measure oxygen levels in the blood. This works completely painless and will give you a reading within a few seconds.

COVID-19 vaccine side effects (Video)

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Vaccines are designed to give you immunity without the dangers of getting the disease. It’s common to experience some mild to moderate side effects when receiving vaccinations. This is because your immune system instructs your body to increase blood flow so more immune cells can circulate, and it ... more

The Use of Pulse Oximeter by Public & Healthcare Providers in the Community for Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
recommended

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC

27 May 2021 This is a document to support the use of pulse oximeter for assessment of suspected and confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the community. It is a well-known fact that Covid-19 can present as “happy hypoxia” with minimum symptoms of severe respiratory distress despite significant low ox... more

WHO guideline: the use of safety-engineered syringes for intramuscular, intradermal and subcutaneous injections in health care settings

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Injection practices worldwide and especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) include multiple, avoidable unsafe practices that ultimately lead to the large-scale transmission of bloodborne viruses among patients, health care providers and the community at large.