PLOS ONE 10(12): e0144040. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144040
Living Conditions Among Persons with Disability Survey Report
On this platform you will find the latest figures, maps and situation reports http://data.unhcr.org/SouthSudan/regional.php
The 65-page report names more than 15 commanders and officials from both the government Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the rebel SPLA-in Opposition and their allies who have used child soldiers. The report is based on interviews with 101 child soldiers who were either forcibly recruited... or joined forces to protect themselves and their communities. They said they lived for months without enough food, far away from family, and were thrown into terrifying gun battles in which they were injured and saw friends killed. Children also expressed deep regret that they had lost time they should have spent in school.
more
Accessed 3rd of October 2015
Accessed 3rd of October 2015
This film is the Luganda version of 'Food for Life: What Pregnant Women Need to Eat.' The film was dubbed locally in Uganda, thanks to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
This film is the Luganda version of 'Food for Life: What and When to Feed Your Child' - this was dubbed locally in Uganda, thanks to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
This film is the Luganda version of 'How to care for a newborn' - this was locally dubbed in Uganda, thanks to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
This film is the Luganda version of 'How to plan a pregnancy' - this film was dubbed locally in Uganda, thanks to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Accessed 3rd of October 2015
Accessed 15th of October 2015
The document covers: introduction on contact tracing in the Ebola response; general considerations for contact tracing; case definition; planning and preparation; personnel; implementation, and tools for contact tracing.
This special issue on Newborn Health in Global Health Action is being launched to share the experience of how to scale up a cost-effective package of newborn care that involves families, community health workers and health facilities. The results of this community randomized trial, the Uganda Newbor...n Study (UNEST), show that home visits in pregnancy and soon after delivery resulted in improved breastfeeding practices, skin-to-skin care immediately after birth, delaying a baby’s first bath, and hygienic care of the baby’s umbilical cord among the poorest households with lowest access to care.
more
AJOL, Vol.92 No.2; There is a low bed capacity in ICUs compounded by a universal deficit in human resource capacity and support infrastructure for the critical care services. Regionalisation, increased funding and more training opportunities for critical are
services by the regional and central go...vernments will go a long way in alleviating these challenges
more