Mentoring Guidelines For Midwives 2020
The International Confederation of Midwives
Mentoring is a powerful leadership skill that ICM believes can support and encourage reflective practice, quality improvement, life-long learning and teamwork amongst midwives.
Essential Care for Every Baby
Dr. Sikandar Hayat
The American Academy of Pediatircs has developed evidence-based educational training programs to reduce neonatal mortality in resource-limited environments. Complement WHO-UNICEF essential newborn care curriculum Finalized with input from WHO. Three Modules: Helping babies breathe (HBB) Essential Care for Every Baby (ECEB)....
How Do We Improve Newborn Care?
Tyler Hartman, Neonatologist
The American Academy of Pediatrics This presentation is a project funded by UNICEF to the American Academy of Pediatrics to provide techincal expertise in the form of newborn care telementoring.
Newborn Danger Signs
Amna Ahmad, FCPS PAEDS, MRCPCH
This presentation is a project funded by UNICEF to the American Academy of Pediatrics to provide techincal expertise in the form of newborn care telementoring.
Basic Life Support
Francine Uzamuhoza, RN and Priscille Musabirema, RME
Rwanda Nurses and Midwives Union In this course we will discuss about: - The chain of survival - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) overview - Structure approach used in CPR - Foreign body airway obstruction - Airway management and ventilation
RNMU Psychiatric emergencies
Gilbert Banamwana, RMHN, BScN and Dr Madeleine Mukeshimana
Rwanda Nurses and Midwives Union https://rnmu.rw/ This course is aimed at providing basic knowledge and skills about psychiatric emergencies for empowering practising nurses in preventing and managing unpredictable behaviours and related assaults inflicted while receiving and caring for patients with psychiatric emergencies i....
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Impact of malaria on haematological parameters of urban, peri-urban and rural residents in the Ashanti region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Abdul-Hakim Mutala,Kingsley Badu,Christian Owusu,Samuel Kekeli Agordzo,Austine Tweneboah,Dawood Ackom Abbas,Matthew Glover Addo
Malaria remains the most important protozoan infection of humans and continues to have an immense impact on the health and quality of life of people across the world. Despite the decrease in incidence of mortality due to malaria in the last decade, the most recent World Malaria Report revealed that 228 million clinical cases of....
HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B coinfections in Mkushi, Zambia: a cross-sectional study
Cibangu Katamba,Theresa Chungu,Chisali Lusale
Hepatitis B virus, together with syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are important public health challenges worldwide. It is estimated that about a million sexually transmitted infections are acquired daily throughout the world. HIV is associated with a higher prevalence of both HBV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Su....
Knowledge and attitude of secondary school students in Nakaseke, Uganda towards HIV transmission and treatment
Patricia Nabisubi,Stephen Kanyerezi,Grace Kebirungi,Gerald Mboowa
The vast majority of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are located in low- and middle- income countries, with an estimated 68% living in sub-Saharan Africa. Community-based interventions (CBIs) for the prevention and control of HIV allow increased access and ease availability of medical care to populations at....
Prevalence of chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from three areas in Ghana
James Abugri,Felix Ansah,Kwaku P. Asante,Comfort N. Opoku,Lucas A. Amenga-Etego,Gordon A. Awandare
Malaria remains a major global health concern especially in sub Saharan Africa.. The use of antimalarial drugs for malaria treatment and prevention has played an integral role in the control of the disease over the decades (. Point mutations in specific genes in the parasite genome are implicated in resistance to specific antima....
Funding and COVID-19 research priorities - are the research needs for Africa being met?
Emilia Antonio,Moses Alobo,Marta Tufet Bayona,Kevin Marsh,Alice Norton
: Emerging data from Africa indicates remarkably low numbers of reported COVID-19 deaths despite high levels of disease transmission. However, evolution of these trends as the pandemic progresses remains unknown. More certain are the devastating long-term impacts of the pandemic on health and development evident globally. Resear....
The wearing of face masks in African countries under the COVID-19 crisis: luxury or necessity?
Zohra Aloui-Zarrouk,Lahcen El Youssfi,Kingsley Badu,Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe,Damaris Matoke-Muhia,Caroline Ngugi,Natisha Dukhi,Grace Mwaura
The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s). Publication in AAS Open Research does not imply endorsement by the AAS.
The nexus between improved water supply and water-borne diseases in urban areas in Africa: a scoping review protocol
Nyamai Mutono,James Wright,Henry Mutembei,Josphat Muema,Mair Thomas,Mumbua Mutunga,Samuel Mwangi Thumbi
Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is growing at 4% annually, with the population living in urban areas projected to double by 2050. Currently, an estimated 40% of the global population is water insufficient. Residents of urban areas in Africa depend on both improved and unimproved water sources including piped water, bore....
Conception, Planning and Implementation of Public-Private Partnership in the Nigerian Health Sector
Prof. Titus Ibekwe
Public-private partnership (PPP) in health is an approach to addressing public health problems through the combined efforts of public, private and development organizations complementing each other by contributing or sharing their core competency.
COVID-19 Primary Care Response in Low Resource Settings
The PCI Academy
Primary Care International This is a rapidly-evolving area and this information is a guide only, to help you think and plan ahead. If you have contact with a patient with, or concerned about, COVID-19, you must check the relevant national advice to ensure you are following the latest guidance and protocols.
COVID-19 Primary Care Response in Low Resource Settings
The PCI Academy
Primary Care International This is a rapidly-evolving area and this information is a guide only, to help you think and plan ahead. If you have contact with a patient with, or concerned about, COVID-19, you must check the relevant national advice to ensure you are following the latest guidance and protocols.
Hand Hygiene
USAID
MIP 111, Microbiology and Infection Prevention and Control (RM Programme) Infection prevention Purpose of infection prevention Risks associated with working in health care facilities Standard precautions Hand hygiene Protective clothing Medical/surgical asepsis Processing of instruments/linen Housekeeping Waste dispos....
Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI)
Jhpiego
Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) Physiology and management of the high risk neonate
Leadership: Coaching for leaders
Gail Johnson
The Royal College of Midwives This brief module is based on the Midwifery Leaders Competency Framework which was developed for senior midwives in the 1990s. More recently there has been a greater realisation that leadership is the role of everyone and not something which should simply be the preserve of managers. The framewo....
Beyond dialysis- telehealth initiatives - Journal Club - July 2020
Renal Society of Australasia
The use of telehealth home dialysis and other clinical areas in Australia
Evidence-based Malaria SBCC 2: Formative Research for SBCC: Do You Know Your Audience?
Michelle R. Kaufman, PhD
John Hopkins University This eLearning series consists of 5 modules. This is module 2, entitled 'Formative Research for SBCC: Do You Know Your Audience?'. The module is presented by Dr. Michelle R. Kaufman and will introduce participants to the basics of formative research for informing SBCC programs, using examples specific t....
Provider Behavior Change Implementation Kit (PART 2): Assessing Provider Needs
Heather Hancock
John Hopkins University This section of the I-Kit provides an approach to assessing health providers’ needs, barriers and facilitators to quality service provision at the organizational, regional or national level. The approach includes a needs analysis framework and implementation tools that engage health service delivery stak....
Provider Behavior Change Implementation Kit (PART 4)
Heather Hancock
John Hopkins University Now that you have learned about provider behavior change, assessed barriers to quality Facility-based provider (FBP) service provision, and determined that SBCC has a role to play in addressing those barriers, you are ready to design an SBCC intervention for Facility-based provider (FBP) behavior change.
Management of tongue-tie
Val Finigan
The Royal College of Midwives This module will provide a basic knowledge of tongue-tie, its impact on the mother and baby relationship and feeding, and its management and treatment.