These guidelines focus on the inpatient management of the major causes of childhood mortality such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, severe malnutrition, meningitis, HIV, neonatal and related conditions. The basis of these guidelines is the WHO IMCI Manual, “The Management of the Child with a Serious Illness or Severe Malnutrition.” This booklet is a result of a workshop in Machakos in February 2004 drawing together experienced paediatricians from the Ministry of Health, Kenyatta National Hospital, KEMRI and the University of Nairobi. It deals with the management of seriously ill children in the first 48 hours.
Useful Resources
Kenya: Basic Paediatric Protocols
Government of Kenya, Ministry of Health
Launch of 'Sound Choices: Enhancing Capacity for Evidence-Informed Health Policy'
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, 30 Ocotber 2007
While health systems constraints are increasingly recognized as primary barriers to the scaling up of health services and achievement of health goals, knowledge regarding how to improve health systems is often weak and frequently not well-utilized in policy-making. 'Sound Choices' seeks to better understand and address the capacity constraints in the field of health policy and systems research.
SALC Establishes HIV and Aids Programme
Southern Africa Litigation Centre: 16 October 2007
SALC announces the establishment of an HIV/Aids Programme under the direction of Project Lawyer, Priti Patel. The effect of HIV/Aids in the southern Africa region has been catastrophic. As of 2006, more than 30% of all people living with HIV resided in Southern Africa. The promotion and protection of fundamental human rights is critical to stemming the spread and impact of HIV/Aids on individuals and communities. The failure to comply with human rights standards aids in the spreading of HIV and magnifies the negative impact of the disease on communities.
Announcing SEMCA Community of Practice: Sustainability, Education and the Management of Change in Africa
SEMCA, September 2007
This is to announce: Sustainability, Education and the Management of Change in Africa SEMCA; a Community of Practice linking those involved in capacity development SEMCA is dedicated to the transformation of Higher Education in Africa for a new generation of graduates working closely with rural communities to research and produce innovative, sustainable development options and implement changes. This Community of Practice is supported by UNDP. SEMCA is a new community of practice that has been established to assist in linking higher education networks, universities, faculties, graduates, students as well as research, policy, development and other agencies all with an interest in capacity development - making research and education more relevant to both smallholders and to the modern, gobalised, knowledge economy.
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Key district health indicators
Health Systems Trust, 24 August 2007
There are currently a large number of indicators being collected and used in the health system, however there are certain problems associated with facility-based indicators. In an attempt to demystify the indicators and to make them more accessible to managers of facilities and to those at higher levels of the system who support facility managers, this booklet has taken the top ten key indicators based on routine facility information and has unpacked them. It is hoped that this publication will make these indicators more easily understandable, will promote greater use of these indicators and will therefore ultimately play a role in improving their quality.
The reporting skills and professional writing handbook: A self study
Kendrick N: Education, Language and Development Training Programmes (UK), 2007
Field workers, managers and consultants working with development projects of all sectors will benefit from this new resource launched by Education, Language and Development Training Programmes (ELD). A UK charity working since 2000 conducting hundreds of training courses for NGOs in Asia, ELD brings a wealth of experience and guidance on what really works in his step-by-step, practical and clearly explained handbook. Reports are an essential project management tool. Effective reporting helps to compare the reality in the field with the plan, aids management thinking and increases transparency. This is not a ‘book about reporting skills’. The Handbook looks at the entire reporting process from setting objectives, through data gathering and analysis tools, to planning, drafting, editing and designing the report. The programme is full of clear explanations and examples, frequent practical exercises, and an extended case study to fully apply all the tools presented.
Key district health indicators
Barron P: Health Systems Trust, 30 June 2007
There are currently a large number of indicators being collected and used in the health system. Currently there are a number of problems associated with facility-based indicators. In an attempt to demystify the indicators and to make them more accessible to managers of facilities and to those at higher levels of the system who support facility managers, this booklet has taken the top ten key indicators based on routine facility information and has unpacked them. It is hoped that this publication will make these indicators more easily understandable, will promote greater use of these indicators and will therefore ultimately play a role in improving their quality.
Healthcare in South Africa 2007
Still L, Profile Media
This publication is presented as a valuable tool for all health care professionals and anyone who needs to evaluate health care options either for their own families or on behalf of their staff, clients or patients. The first part of the book deals with the size and shape of private and public healthcare services, unfolding health care regulations and a description of how all the participants in the industry fit together. It also offers readers a guide to checking on the health of different medical schemes, as well as understanding the details of benefits and options.
Food Security Information Systems and Networks
Resources for Trainers, Food Security Information for Action: 2007
This course introduces and provides guidance in assessing different kinds of information systems related to food security analysis.
Guide on incorporating Health System Strengthening in Global Fund Round 7 Proposals
Physicians for Human Rights
Physicians for Human Rights has released a Guide to Using Round 7 of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to Support Health Systems Strengthening. This is an extensively revised update to a health systems strengthening guide for Round 6. The Guide points out that successful proposals in earlier rounds have included a wide variety of systems investments cri tical to the fight against the three diseases, such as supporting salaries and expanded training capacity as part of an emergency human resources program, increasing access for the poor to health services, and strengthening primary level health infrastructure. The Guide also provides information on several technical partners who may be able to assist in developing health systems strengthening-related proposals.