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      Guidelines for Scaling-Up 100% Condom Use Programme: Experience from Cambodia

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      In early 1998 the Ministry of Health of Cambodia and WHO’s Regional Office for the Western Pacific conducted a preliminary assessment on the HIV/AIDS situation in Cambodia and the possibility…

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      Regional strategy to stop tuberculosis in the Western Pacific Region 2011-2015: reaching out to all

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      Significant progress has been made in TB control in the Western Pacific Region in the past decade with a decline in the number of prevalent TB patients and the diagnosis…

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      Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea: Information on 126 Commonly Used Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea

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      Traditional medicine, including the knowledge, skills and practices of holistic health care, exists in all cultures. It is based on indigenous theories, beliefs and experiences, and is widely accepted for…

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      Developing the Nursing Component in a National AIDS Prevention and Control Programme

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      Gives nurse managers and nurse educators practical advice on how to assess nursing needs for the care of HIV- and AIDS-infected patients and to organize the inclusion of these needs…

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      Integrating HIV-Related Content into a Competency-Based Curriculum

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      Explains how curricula in schools of nursing can be modified to produce graduates who are competent in the performance of a wide range of tasks related to HIV infection and…

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      Enhancing Health Policy Development: A Practical Guide to Understanding the Legislative Process

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      This publication is intended as a guide to ministries of health to enhance their understanding of their country’s legislative structure and process. Concise descriptions are provided of the difference between…

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      Guidance on Testing and Counselling for HIV in Settings Attended by People Who Inject Drugs: Improving Access to Treatment Care and Prevention

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      This publication offers basic operational guidance on HIV testing and counseling in settings attended by people who inject drugs (PWID). It is intended for a wide audience, including policy-makers, HIV/AIDS…

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      Investing in Our Future: A Framework for Accelerating Action for the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young People

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      It is crucially important to increase awareness of gender equality to provide analytical and practical tools for health programme managers and others to address gender and reproductive rights. Moreover it…

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      A Revised Framework to Address TB-HIV Co-infection in the Western Pacific Region

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      This revised framework provides guidance to countries in the Western Pacific Region to step up implementation of TB-HIV collaborative activities. It recommends that all people living with HIV-AIDS should be…

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      Malaria Microscopy Quality Assurance Manual: Version 1

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      Early diagnosis and prompt, effective treatment is the basis for the management of malaria and key to reducing malaria mortality and morbidity. An acceptable microscopy service is one that is…

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      HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific Region

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      The HIV/AIDS epidemic poses a very serious health and developmental problem in many countries of the Asia Pacific region. Given the presence of risk behaviours and a population size representing…

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      Guidelines for the Development of Health Management Information Systems

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      Provides guidelines based on practical experience in Western Pacific countries for the development of information systems as an aid to the more effective management of health services. Emphasizing the complexities…

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      Quality Assurance of Sputum Microscopy in Dots Programmes: Regional Guidelines for Countries in the Western Pacific

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      These Regional Guidelines have been prepared to guide both laboratory and national TB programme staff in strengthening quality assurance of sputum smear microscopy. The aim is to improve the quality…

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      Regional Framework for Community IMCI

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      Recognizing the complexity of factors that influence child health outcomes the Regional Framework for Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) has been developed as a practical tool for getting…

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      Polio Eradication in the Western Pacific Region

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      This publication tells the story of how the polio virus was hunted down, cornered in smaller and smaller areas and then eliminated by an organized, determined effort. It was done…

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      Emergency Exercise Development

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      This book was prepared by the World Health Organization. It was originally designed, produced and distributed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Emergency Management Institute of the United…

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      Tuberculosis Control in the WHO Western Pacific Region: Report

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      This 2003 report is an update on the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in the Western Pacific Region and shows the progress of Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) programmes. National Tuberculosis…

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      Health Workers’ Manual on Family Planning Options

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      A spiral-bound manual accompanied by a quick reference booklet for use in the day-to-day counselling of women and couples interested in planning their families. Addressed to health workers in family…

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      The Regional Agenda for Capacity Building in Health Promotion 2002-2005

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      This document is a guide for health promotion programme managers policy-makers strategic partners and advocates. This document summarizes the results of recommendations made by participants and observers at the Workshop…

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      Health Worker’s Manual on Counselling for Maternal and Child Health

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      A spiral-bound reference manual for use whenever health workers have an opportunity to give pregnant women and the mothers of young children advice about ways to stay healthy and respond…

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      Manual on Monitoring Cardiovascular Diseases

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      Aims to introduce standardized methods for data collection, analysis and quality control in epidemiological assessment and monitoring for cardiovascular diseases and to develop indicators for measuring the efficiency and impact…

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      Reaching the Poor: Challenges for Child Health in the Western Pacific Region

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      The WHO Western Pacific Region has achieved impressive gains in child survival but reaching poor or underserved communities with existing life-saving interventions remains one of the biggest challenges in reducing…

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      Health Promotion Financing Opportunities in the Western Pacific Region

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      Broadening health promotion financing arrangements contributes to the goal of health improvement shared by the countries of the Western Pacific Region. Health promotion that is sustainable underpin stable and effective…

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      Strategic Plan to Stop TB in the Western Pacific 2006-2010

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      This plan has been developed within the context of the new global Stop TB strategy. It provides a road map with strategies clearly laid out for achieving the 2010 goal…

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      Health Policy Development: A Handbook for Pacific Islands Practitioners

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      This handbook has been prepared for the guidance of practitioners involved in the policy-making or policy analysis process in the health agencies of Pacific island countries. WHO commissioned this work…

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      WHO Guidelines for Quality Assurance of Traditional Medicine Education in the Western Pacific Region

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      These guidelines focus on good practices in traditional medicine ™ education and quality assurance. They are organized in two parts. Part A provides recommendations for good educational practices that would…

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      Regional Strategy for Traditional Medicine in the Western Pacific

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      Presents a strategy prepared to guide national governments in the Western Pacific Region, WHO and other partners in the efforts to ensure the proper use of traditional medicine and its…

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      Ministerial Round Table on Diet, Physical Activity and Health: Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, Fifty-Third Session

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      At the fifty-third session of the Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in Kyoto Japan health policy-makers from 30 countries and areas of the Western Pacific participated in a round…

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      Road Safety in the Western Pacific Region: Call for Action

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      More than 90% of road traffic deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. As most countries in the Western Pacific Region experience economic growth and motorization, road traffic injuries are…

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      Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Herbal Medicines

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      A report of the findings and recommendations of a working group convened to prepare guidelines for the use of herbal medicines in Western Pacific countries. It sets out a framework…

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      Teaching Modules for Basic Education in Human Sexuality

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      A series of five teaching modules designed to help nurses and other health workers improve their communication and counselling skills when dealing with questions of human sexuality. Noting that these…

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      Field Manual for Capacity Assessment of Health Facilities in Responding to Emergencies

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      This manual serves as an updated second edition to the publication Protocol for assessment of health facilities in responding to emergencies published by WHO in 1999. This updated second edition…

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      Contracting for Health Services: Lessons from New Zealand

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      Contracting is a tool that is playing an increasing role in many health systems. Although contracting has the potential to add benefits to health systems it also adds further complexity…

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      The Kingdom of Cambodia Health System Review

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      The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development…

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      District Health Facilities: Guidelines for Development and Operations

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      Presents detailed richly illustrated guidelines for the planning and design of district hospitals including extensive information on the selection and maintenance of medical and laboratory equipment. The aim is to…

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      Essential Public Health Functions: A Three-Country Study in the Western Pacific Region

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      Public health is a core element of governments’ attempts to improve and promote the health and welfare of their citizens. Unfortunately, there is evidence that current public health systems and…

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      Medicinal Plants in Vietnam

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      Catalogues the 200 species of medicinal plants most commonly used in traditional Vietnamese medicine. The book has three main parts - the first describes research in Viet Nam conducted on…

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      The Migration of Skilled Health Personnel in the Pacific Region: A Summary Report

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      This report reviews the available literature and the surveys of health worker (and other skilled health personnel) migration in the Pacific region. The migration of skilled health workers poses a…

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      Health Financing: A Basic Guide

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      This guide focuses on health economics and financing with the objectives of providing readers with a basic vocabulary and understanding of the most important issues.

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      STI/ HIV Laboratory Tests for the Detection of Reproductive Tract Infections

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      Discusses methods to detect 11 Reproductive Tract Infections (RTI). The types of assay presented fall into several categories and include detection of the organism by direct microscopy, detection of metabolic…

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      Integrating Poverty and Gender into Health Programmes, a Sourcebook for Health Professionals, Module on Curricular Integration

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      The set of modules that comprise this Sourcebook are intended for use in pre-service and in-service training of health professionals. This module on curricular integration aims to strengthen the capacity…

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      STI/ HIV Training Course for One Hundred Percent Condom Use Programme

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      This training package, consisting of a manual and a CD-ROM, is aimed at helping programme managers and technical staff to implement the 100 Per Cent Condom use Programme.

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      Updated Country Profiles on Ageing and Health 1998-2002, a Closer Look at Health Resources for Older Persons in the Western Pacific Region

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      Includes information compiled in 1998 on the policies and programmes for the elderly in each member state of the Western Pacific Region. This report includes profiles which contain: demographic data…

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      Guidelines for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Female Sex Workers

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      This publication provides guidance to public health officials on how to develop or improve sexually transmitted infections (STI) programmes for female sex workers. One of the objectives is to support…

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      STI/ HIV One Hundred Percent Condom Use Programme in Entertainment Establishments

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      When male customers of female sex workers do not use condoms, this often leads to HIV infections and to AIDS. This guide sets out the rationale for the 100 Per…

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      Guidelines for Dengue Surveillance and Mosquito Control

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      The main objective of these guidelines is to provide practical information on the steps for preventing and controlling outbreaks of dengue haemorrhagic fever. The main emphasis is on vector surveillance…

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      WHO Guidelines for Quality Assurance of Basic Medical Education in the Western Pacific Region

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      This publication provides guidelines on educational standards as well as a framework for establishing a quality assurance system. It is organized in two parts: Part A provides recommendations for good…

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      Developing Health Management Information Systems: A Practical Guide for Developing Countries

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      This book is designed to be a quick-and-easy and user-friendly reference for HMIS development with focus on application. It provides a general overview of the principle steps and issues involved…

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