Imsear.searo.who.int

Prevention of healthcare-associated infections: protecting patients

WebHealthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) are those infections which the patients acquire during the course of receiving treatment and are not present or incubating at the time of …

Actived: 1 days ago

URL: https://imsear.searo.who.int/items/0af45b67-9efd-44e7-9bb7-573c2fda762c

Monitoring equity in health and healthcare: a conceptual framework.

WebThis paper aims at articulating a conceptual framework for monitoring equity in health and healthcare. The focus is on four main questions: What is health equity? What is …

Category: Health Go Health

National Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Iron Deficiency

WebAnaemia is a serious public health challenge in India with more than 50% prevalence across vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, infants, young children and adolescents. It …

Category: Health Go Health

Benefits of Telemedicine and Barriers to its Effective …

WebIntroduction: Telemedicine has become an accepted concept in health care worldwide. The practice of health care using interactive audio, visual and data communications is the …

Category: Medicine Go Health

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health

WebBackground: The objective was to study the treatment outcomes in tuberculosis patients on DOTS therapy in five centres in Goa in terms of cure rates, treatment completion rates, …

Category: Health Go Health

Health and wellness centers: a paradigm shift in health care …

WebAn ambitious attempt to achieve the goal of universal ‘comprehensive’ primary care through health and wellness centres under the Ayushmann Bharat Scheme (ABS) has been …

Category: Health Go Health

Eating disorders among medical students of a rural teaching …

WebBackground: Eating disorders are complex psychiatric syndromes in that can lead to significant and potentially life threatening medical and nutrition complications. Literature …

Category: Nutrition, Medical Go Health

Etiology of Chronic Kidney Disease in Nigeria and Management …

WebThe prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing globally and is one of the noncommunicable diseases associated with increase mortality globally in the last two …

Category: Health Go Health

Perceived Self Efficacy and Mental Health among Elderly.

WebObjectives: Perceived self-efficacy is a belief centers on appraisal vs. misappraisal of capabilities within the individual to produce designated level of performance. It mediates …

Category: Health Go Health

Healthcare financing: Approaches and trends in India.

WebDespite the importance of healthcare for the well-being of society, there is little public debate in India on issues relating to it. The ‘human capital approach’ to finance healthcare …

Category: Health Go Health

A study on needle stick injuries among health care workers in a

WebBackground: Needle stick injury among health workers is regarded as an occupational hazard. Health care workers are at risk of having blood-borne diseases in case they are …

Category: Health Go Health

A Prospective Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Maternal …

WebThe objective of the study was to assess the knowledge regarding maternal & child health services available to antenatal mothers and to fi nd out association between knowledge …

Category: Health Go Health

Effectiveness of school dental health education on the oral health

WebObjective: To evaluate the effectiveness of school dental health education on the oral health status, oral health-related knowledge, and practice behavior of 6–12-year-old …

Category: Health Go Health

An epidemiological study on quality of life among rural elderly

WebBackground: Population ageing is a recognized international reality, both in developed and developing countries. The number of elderly in the developing world is increasing due to …

Category: Health Go Health

Health-Seeking Behavior of Rural Dwellers in Southern Nigeria

WebThe Nigerian rural people demonstrate undesirable health-seeking behavior because of their cosmological and nosological notions which ascribe etiology of diseases and ill …

Category: Health Go Health

Health Status of Elderly Persons in Rural Area of India.

WebElderly are vulnerable to long term diseases of insidiousonset such as cardiovascular illness, CVA, cancers, diabetes,musculoskeletal and mental illnesses. Hence the study …

Category: Cancer Go Health

Evaluation of circulatory and salivary levels of heat shock protein …

WebBackground: Self‑antigens such as heat shock protein 60 (HSP 60) have recently been implicated in the periodontal disease pathogenesis. There is scant evidence regarding …

Category: Health Go Health