The document introduces a simple classification, minimums standards and a registration form for Foreign Medical Teams (FMTs) that may provide surgical and trauma care arriving within the aftermath o...f a sudden onset disaster. These can serve as tools to improve the coordination of the foreign medical team response, and be the reference for registration on arrival as well as a possible global registration mechanism similar to what exists for urban search and rescue teams
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Skin and mucosal conditions are extremely common in all children and adults in particular in HIV-infected adults and children ...e-to-highlight medbox">and are one of the commonest daily management problems faced by health care workers caring for patients with HIV infection
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Testing and diagnosis of hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infection is the gateway for access to both prevention and treatment services, ...attribute-to-highlight medbox">and is a crucial component of an effective response to the hepatitis epidemic. Early identification of persons with chronic HBV or HCV infection enables them to receive the necessary care and treatment to prevent or delay progression of liver disease. Testing also provides an opportunity to link people to interventions to reduce transmission, through counselling on risk behaviours and provision of prevention commodities (such as sterile needles and syringes) and hepatitis B vaccination.
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An integrated approach to health and human rights lies at the heart of ensuring the dignity and well-being of women living with HIV.
20-22 July 2015, Monrovia, Liberia
PLoS ONE 12(7): e0180996. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180996
54th directing council; 67th session of the regional Committee of WHO for the Americas
CD54/11, Rev. 1, 2 October 2015, Original: Spanish
DHS WORKING PAPERS 2016 No. 126 | DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS
DHS Analytical Studies No. 57
SITUATION ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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Guidance | Preparedness - Response and early recovery - Recovery and reconstruction