Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children
Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 9241548371

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The Pocket Book is for use by doctors nurses and other health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first level referral hospitals. This second edition is based on evidence from several WHO updated and published clinical guidelines. It is for use in both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals with basic laboratory facilities and essential medicines. In some settings these guidelines can be used in any facilities where sick children are admitted for inpatient care. The Pocket Book is one of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Managem.

Contemporary Issues in Childhood Diarrhoea and Malnutrition
Contemporary Issues in Childhood Diarrhoea and Malnutrition

Author: Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13:

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This is the most recent and up-to-date compilation of articles exploring the scientific and public health aspects of childhood diarrhoea and malnutrition. Written jointly by authors from developed and developing countries, it is essential reading for health workers and postgraduate students.

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 2)
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 2)

Author: Robert Black

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2016-04-11

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1464803684

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The evaluation of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) by the Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (DCP3) focuses on maternal conditions, childhood illness, and malnutrition. Specifically, the chapters address acute illness and undernutrition in children, principally under age 5. It also covers maternal mortality, morbidity, stillbirth, and influences to pregnancy and pre-pregnancy. Volume 3 focuses on developments since the publication of DCP2 and will also include the transition to older childhood, in particular, the overlap and commonality with the child development volume. The DCP3 evaluation of these conditions produced three key findings: 1. There is significant difficulty in measuring the burden of key conditions such as unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, nonsexually transmitted infections, infertility, and violence against women. 2. Investments in the continuum of care can have significant returns for improved and equitable access, health, poverty, and health systems. 3. There is a large difference in how RMNCH conditions affect different income groups; investments in RMNCH can lessen the disparity in terms of both health and financial risk.

Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries
Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries

Author: Dean T. Jamison

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2006-04-02

Total Pages: 1449

ISBN-13: 0821361805

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Based on careful analysis of burden of disease and the costs ofinterventions, this second edition of 'Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd edition' highlights achievable priorities; measures progresstoward providing efficient, equitable care; promotes cost-effectiveinterventions to targeted populations; and encourages integrated effortsto optimize health. Nearly 500 experts - scientists, epidemiologists, health economists,academicians, and public health practitioners - from around the worldcontributed to the data sources and methodologies, and identifiedchallenges and priorities, resulting in this integrated, comprehensivereference volume on the state of health in developing countries.

Core Questions on Drinking-water and Sanitation for Household Surveys
Core Questions on Drinking-water and Sanitation for Household Surveys

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher:

Published: 2006-05-24

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9789241563260

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Safe water and adequate sanitation are basic to the health of every person on the planet yet many people throughout the world do not have access to these fundamental needs. An important step towards resolving this global crisis is to understand its magnitude: how many people lack access to drinking water and sanitation? To help answer this question household surveys and censuses are conducted every year throughout the world to assess drinking water sanitation and hygiene-related practices at the household level. Because of variations in survey tools attempts to compare the results of one survey with those of another have been fraught with diffi culties. Solving survey comparability problems is crucial if we are to establish accurate trends over time within a country and compare data between countries. For this reason the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation developed a set of harmonized survey questions that resolves the comparability problems of the past. Including the harmonized questions in national surveys and censuses will help countries gain more systematic information on the drinking water and sanitation needs of thei population. With popular use these harmonized questions will make data across international and national survey programmes more comparable which in turn will result in more accurate country regional and global estimates of unmet drinking water and sanitation needs. The core harmonized questions presented in this guide have been adopted by the Demographic and Health Surveys the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey and the World Health Survey. The purpose of this guide is to encourage even more widespread use of these harmonized questions because accurate information is a valuable tool that can be used to assess progress towards international and national goals and targets. It also allows decision-makers and stakeholders to make evidence-based choices and direct efforts to where they are needed as well as promotes increased investment in the sector.

Manson's Tropical Diseases
Manson's Tropical Diseases

Author: Gordon C. Cook

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2008-12-16

Total Pages: 1851

ISBN-13: 070204332X

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From the difficult to diagnose to the difficult to treat, be prepared for whatever your patients bring back. The revised and updated 22nd edition of Manson’s Tropical Diseases provides you with the latest coverage on emerging and re-emerging diseases from around the world, such as multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis and malaria, the avian flu, and more. Boxes and tables highlight key information on current therapies. Covers every aspect of Tropical Medicine in detail, not just infections. Takes both a system-based and a disease approach, with extensive cross-referencing to minimize duplication. Includes a strong clinical focus, emphasized by clinical management diagrams. Features leading experts in the field, with contributions from clinicians who are based full-time in the tropics. Features up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS, with an emphasis on Africa; malaria; tropical gastroenterological problems; dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever; tuberculosis; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; SARS; avian flu; bartonellosis, cat-scratch disease, trench fever, human erlichiosis; and more. Describes the latest therapies, such as recently approved drugs and new treatment options, so you can incorporate them into to your practice. Presents global perspectives from the world’s leaders in this specialty to put the latest expert knowledge to work for you and your patients. Highlights key information with more boxes and tables so you can find what you need easily and apply it quickly.

Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Dean T. Jamison

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 0821363980

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Current data and trends in morbidity and mortality for the sub-Saharan Region as presented in this new edition reflect the heavy toll that HIV/AIDS has had on health indicators, leading to either a stalling or reversal of the gains made, not just for communicable disorders, but for cancers, as well as mental and neurological disorders.

Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Author: Stefano Guandalini

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2004-08-09

Total Pages: 817

ISBN-13: 0203640454

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Taking a global approach to the subject, this book offers, in a comprehensive, cohesive package, information that is reflective of the different realities of gastroenterological and nutritional problems in different parts of the world. Designed to provide clinical knowledge in a convenient format, the chapters highlight the most common clinical concerns seen on a daily basis by the practicing pediatric gastroenterologist. Covering issues relevant for the diagnosis and treatment of a full range of problematic conditions, including nutritional disorders, the book is an up-to-date, reliable clinical primer on the disorders and diseases that may affect the gastrointestinal tract in neonates and children.

Readings on Diarrhoea
Readings on Diarrhoea

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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A collection of eight teaching units conveying essential information about the pathophysiology clinical features diagnosis epidemiology treatment and prevention of diarrhoea in children. Addressed to medical students undergoing clinical training in paediatrics the manual aims to equip students with all the knowledge needed to assess patients plan treatment and prevent deaths through proper case management. Information which is specific to conditions in developing countries ranges from an explanation of the clinical features seen in different forms of dehydration through advice on how to communicate with mothers to a discussion of the role of feeding in the management of diarrhoea. Recommended lines of action draw their authority from published research and extensive WHO experience in programmes for the treatment and prevention of diarrhoea. The first two teaching units provide fundamental information about the epidemiology clinical types of diarrhoea causative agents modes of transmission pathophysiology and implications for treatment. Subsequent units explain how the clinical assessment of patients should be performed and interpreted discuss ways of teaching mothers to treat diarrhoea at home describe clinical measures for the treatment of dehydrated patients and discuss the special procedures to be followed during the treatment of dysentery persistent diarrhoea and diarrhoea associated with other illnesses. The remaining units cover the nutritional management of diarrhoea in children including those suffering from severe malnutrition and explain how physicians can promote prevention particularly through the education of mothers and other family members. Each unit concludes with a list of exercises. Further practical information is presented in a series of annexes which include illustrated step-by-step instructions for intravenous rehydration and nasogastric rehydration.