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1998)In the Communicable Diseases section you will find:
H - 5 Control of Epidemic Meningococcal Disease: WHO Practical Guidelines (WHO, 1998)
H - 6 Guidelines for Cholera Control (WHO, 1993)
H - 7 Guidelines for the Control of Epidemics due to Shigella Dysenteriae Type 1 (WHO, 1995)
H - 8 Tuberculosis Control in Refugee Situations: An Inter-Agency Field Manual (WHO, 1997)
H - 9 TB/HIV: A Clinical Manual (WHO, 1996)
H - 10 The Management and Prevention of Diarrhoea: Practical Guidelines (WHO, 1993)
H - 29 Management of the Patient with Cholera, (WHO, 1991)
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- 5 Control of Epidemic Meningococcal Disease: WHO Practical Guidelines (WHO,
1998)
Primary Audience: Physicians, laboratory workers and health care administrators. Provides comprehensive information on epidemiology and standard techniques for diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of Meningococcal disease both in its epidemic and endemic forms.
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- 6 Guidelines for Cholera Control (WHO, 1993)
Primary Audience: Diarrhoeal disease control programme manager. Sets out the facts and advice needed to guide public health actions in response to an outbreak of cholera in order to make most effective decisions, whether concerning the selection of medical supplies or the emergency response to an epidemic.
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- 7 Guidelines for the Control of Epidemics due to Shigella Dysenteriae Type
1 (WHO, 1995)
Primary Audience: National health authorities, public health officers, and health care providers. Assists the efforts to prevent and/or treat Sd1 disease. Describes the epidemiology, clinical features and management of disease caused by Sd1, and interventions that can reduce both the incidence of Sd1 infections and mortality due to Sd1 disease.
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- 8 Tuberculosis Control in Refugee Situations: An Inter-Agency Field Manual
(WHO, 1997)
Primary Audience: Operational agencies, donor agencies and field managers of the issues related to TB control in refugee situations. Serves as a tool in the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of TB programmes in refugee situations. The principles of a TB control programme presented are: integration into the primary healthcare services; and consistency with the overall goals of relief activities.
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- 9 TB/HIV: A Clinical Manual (WHO, 1996)
Primary Audience: Busy clinicians. A guide to the clinical management of TB, particularly in patients suffering from co-infection with HIV. Aims to promote the best possible diagnosis and treatment in low-income countries where the prevalence of TB and HIV infections is high, case loads are heavy, and laboratory support may be limited. Combines the latest scientific knowledge on these diseases with authoritative advice based on extensive field experience in several of the hardest hit countries.
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- 10 The Management and Prevention of Diarrhoea: Practical Guidelines (WHO,
1993)
Primary Audience: Health workers. Teaches how to assess diarrhoea and dehydration, treat cases effectively, and convince community members to adopt preventive practices. Uses didactic approach and simple language supported by charts, tables, checklists, and illustrations to help readers absorb information and acquire the full range of essential skills. (Unavailable on this site. Contact WHO directly).
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- 11 The Management of Acute Respiratory Infections in Children (WHO, 1995)
Primary Audience: Staff in first-level health facilities. A guide to the management of respiratory infections in infants/young children. Explains how to assess, recognise symptoms, classify the illness, and provide treatment, whether involving immediate referral to hospital treatment with antibiotics at home, or simple home care. Helps staff distinguish the few, very sick children from those whose infections can be safely treated at home. Offers advice on the recognition and urgent management of danger signs.
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- 12 The Treatment of Diarrhoea: A manual for physicians and other senior health
workers (WHO, 1995)
Primary Audience: Physicians and other senior health workers. Describes the principles and practices of treating infectious diarrhoea, especially in young children. Reflects clinical experience and research findings in diarrhoea case management. Provides details on management of bloody diarrhoea (dysentery) and cholera, and includes guidelines on the management of children with persistent diarrhoea and diarrhoea with severe malnutrition. (Unavailable on this site. Contact WHO directly).
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- 28 Infection Control for Viral Haemorrhagic
Fevers in the African Health Care Setting (WHO/CDC, 1998)
Primary Audience: UNHCR health staff. The manual describes a system for using VHF Isolation Precautions to reduce the risk of transmission of VHF in the health care setting. Although the information and recommendations are intended for health facilities in rural areas in the developing world, they are appropriate for any health facility with limited resources.
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- 29 Management of the Patient with Cholera, (WHO, 1991)
Primary Audience: UNHCR health staff. This manual describes the methods and procedures to be followed when providing care to patients showing symptoms of and having being diagnosed with cholera.