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Serious childhood problems in countries with limited resources

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO). Department of Child and Adolescent Health
2004

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This book is aimed at medical, nursing and other health-care students, and presents a summary of the technical background and the evidence-base underlying the clinical guidelines presented in the companion manual "Management of the Child with a Serious Infection or Severe Malnutrition: Guidelines for Care at the First-Referral Level in Developing Countries" (WHO/FCH/CAH/00.1, ISBN 92 4 154531 3), which should be consulted for treatment recommendations. The book should also be useful for teachers of undergraduates in paediatrics and child health, and for workers in child health as part of their initial training or continuing professional development. It focuses on the major causes of childhood mortality dealing with disease definition, burden of disease, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, and management. In addition, it summarizes the evidence linking these factors to a good/poor outcome and the evidence that intervention can control the factor and/or improve the outcome. This book will be a useful companion study guide to complement undergraduate education in paediatrics in medical and nursing schools

HIV and infant feeding : guidelines for decision-makers

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF)
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)
2003

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Contents: 1. Overview 2. Protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate feeding practices for infants and young children in the context of HIV 3. Supporting HIV-positive women in their infant-feeding decisions 4. Monitoring and evaluation

Model chapter for textbooks : IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

WORLD HEALTH ORGNIZATION (WHO). Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CAH)
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF)
2001

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A model chapter on Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) for textbooks covering the basics of IMCI and the management of infants and children up to five years old. It was created to help authors and editors incorporate the content of IMCI into local and international textbooks and reference books. Before incorporating the chapter into local textbooks, writers should first make the content of the model chapter consistent with the nationally adapted IMCI clinical guidelines. In addition to assisting the revision of textbooks, the model chapter may be used to orient key persons to the IMCI strategy and clinical guidelines

Management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition : guidelines for care at the first-referral level in developing countries

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO). Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development
2000

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A manual for use by doctors, senior nurses and other senior health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first referral level in developing countries. It presents up-to-date clinical guidelines, prepared by experts, for both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals where basic laboratory facilities and essential drugs and inexpensive medicines are available. The manual focuses on the inpatient management of the major causes of childhood mortality, such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, severe malnutrition, malaria, meningitis, measles, and related conditions. It is part of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)

Management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition : guidelines for care at the first-referral level in developing countries

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CAH)
2000

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A manual for use by doctors, senior nurses and other senior health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first referral level in developing countries. It presents up-to-date clinical guidelines, prepared by experts, for both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals where basic laboratory facilities and essential drugs and inexpensive medicines are available. The manual focuses on the inpatient management of the major causes of childhood mortality, such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, severe malnutrition, malaria, meningitis, measles, and related conditions. It is part of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)

Integrated management of childhood illness. Course director's guide

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
1999

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A series of workbooks forming the basis of a modular training course for health workers.
Two video tapes (see records 0343 and 0344 in audiovisuals database) and a set of algorithm wall charts (in health education materials drawers) accompany the training manuals

Complementary feeding of young children in developing countries : a review of current scientific knowledge

BROWN, Kenneth
DEWEY, Kathryn
ALLEN, Lindsay
1998

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This review is intended primarily for health professionals and others concerned with the nutrition, health and well-being of children. The objective is to provide the background information that is necessary for the development of scientifically sound feeding recommendations and appropriate intervention programmes to enhance children's dietary intake and nutritional status. The document discusses the intricate links between maternal nutrition and appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices

Integrated management of childhood illness. Introduction

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
1997

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A series of workbooks forming the basis of a modular training course for health workers. Two audio visual tapes accompany the training manuals. See record numbers 0343 and 0344 on the Audiovisuals database

Integrated management of childhood illness. Treat the child

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
1997

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A series of workbooks forming the basis of a modular training course for health workers. Two audio visual tapes accompany the training manuals. See record numbers 0343 and 0344 on the Audiovisuals database

Integrated management of childhood illness. Counsel the mother

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
1997

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A series of workbooks forming the basis of an 11 day modular training course for health workers. Two audio visual tapes accompany the training manuals. See record numbers 0343 and 0344 on the Audiovisuals database

Integrated management of childhood illness. Follow-up

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
1997

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A series of workbooks forming the basis of a modular training course for health workers.
Two video tapes (see records 0343 and 0344 in audiovisuals database) and a set of algorithm wall charts (in health education materials drawers) accompany the training manuals

Persistent diarrhoea and breastfeeding

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
Division of Child Health and Development (CHD)
1997

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This is a review that includes the definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and risk factors of persistent diarrhoea. It also addresses the protective properties of breastmilk, the effect of breastfeeding and breastmilk on diarrhoea and the nutritional treatment of persistent diarrhoea

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