WHO normative function at the country level
WHO normative function at the country level

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2024-07-10

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9240091793

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The WHO Evaluation Office presents a comprehensive evaluation of the organization’s normative function at the country level. The evaluation sheds light on the impact and effectiveness of WHO's normative products within individual countries and offers valuable insights and recommendations. WHO's normative function is at the core of its mandate and constitution. To ensure its relevance and effectiveness, periodic assessments are crucial. Building upon a previous global evaluation conducted in 2017, this evaluation aims to understand and strengthen WHO's normative role at the country level. It aligns with WHO's commitment to prioritize countries in its work.

Healthcare in the Arabian Gulf and Greater Middle East: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals - E-Book
Healthcare in the Arabian Gulf and Greater Middle East: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals - E-Book

Author: May McCreaddie

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2023-11-02

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 0323833578

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Healthcare in the Arabian Gulf and Greater Middle East is the first evidence-based, English-language textbook to provide a comprehensive overview of healthcare in this region, where health systems are rapidly evolving and feature large numbers of expatriate health professionals serving a population with diverse ethnic, social, cultural and environmental needs.This unique book covers relevant research, conditions and appropriate interventions and treatment. Readers will gain an insight into the key health challenges of the region and how to approach them, as well as local healthcare structures and cultural considerations such as Islam and healthcare, culturally competent communication and the role of the family.Written by experienced international and local academics and professionals, this book will be invaluable for students, healthcare professionals and anyone interested in working in this fascinating region. - Based on the latest evidence – provides a comprehensive overview of key healthcare challenges in region - Features numerous Arabic contributors as well as non-Arabic contributors with experience and expertise in the region - Key strategic, local and individual healthcare approaches – including a generic adaptable toolkit - Short case studies and thinking grids for appropriate care - Discussion of social, cultural and environmental perspectives specific to the region - Easy to read and follow - Highly practical – covers key topics including: - Islam and healthcare - pain management - palliative and end of life care - culturally competent communication - consumer-driven healthcare - the family in healthcare in the Arabian gulf - communicable and non-communicable diseases

Occupational noise-induced hearing loss
Occupational noise-induced hearing loss

Author: Katijah Khoza-Shangase

Publisher: AOSIS

Published: 2023-03-01

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1779952260

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Within the well-documented understanding of occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL) being a complex occupational health condition requiring the adoption of the complex interventions approach to management, challenges confronting hearing conservation programmes (HCPs) within the African context need clear characterisation and insightful deliberation. Guided by the systems theory, to be realistic about the implementation, monitoring, as well as evaluation of outcomes of HCPs within the African mining context, this book is a call for a paradigm shift in the assessment and management of ONIHL and HCPs in African mines. This book, Occupational Noise Induced Hearing Loss: An African Perspective, equips researchers involved in the management of ONIHL and implementation of HCPs with evidence that allows for contextually relevant best practices in mine settings, particularly those located in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). This best practice is multidisciplinary in nature and engages all stakeholders in all relevant sectors, with the goal of adopting a preventive audiology approach to ONIHL rather than the compensation-oriented approach that is currently prevailing. This book is a research-driven contribution to the occupational health and safety (OHS) space, with ONIHL as a focus case study, and it provides contemporary, contextually relevant, and responsive evidence related to ONIHL and HCPs in LMICs with a very specific focus on the South African context. This book expansively addresses all aspects of ONIHL and HCPs in one volume, with careful considerations of complexities and challenges to HCPs implementation, applicable specifically to LMICs, although useful globally. The book offers potential solutions and recommendations for all challenges identified, having carefully and deliberately engaged with local evidence, local context, and local policies and regulations to ensure an Afrocentric contribution to the world of evidence.

India’s Relations with Neighboring South and South East Asian Countries
India’s Relations with Neighboring South and South East Asian Countries

Author: Lipi Ghosh

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-12-23

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9819946107

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This book presents a holistic perspective across various facets of culture, history, politics, economics and strategy in India’s relations with neighbouring South and Southeast Asian countries. This book not only analyses various issues of India’s foreign policy diplomacy but also explores the perspectives of neighbouring countries towards India. It engages experts from India and its South and Southeast Asian neighbours to discuss topics, such as overland linkages, people-to-people interactions, opportunities and implications of India’s Act East policy on its neighbours in changing geopolitical backdrop. The book emphasises on the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and suggests a greater scope of regional cooperation on emergencies such as health crises in the Bay region. This rich collection of essays has strategic and scholarly relevance for researchers working on a wide range of topics related to development studies, cultural studies, Asian studies as well as policy makers and general readers.