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This collection contains 30+ WHO publications dealing with newborn and maternal health, pregnancy, contraceptives, human semen and reproductive health indicators. This collection will be useful to health professionals, midwives and district health personnel.
Electronic access to these books is available for one year and for single institution access only.
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This collection contains 30 + WHO publications dealing with newborn and maternal health, pregnancy, contraceptives, human semen and reproductive health indicators. This collection will be useful to health professionals, midwives and district health personnel.
Electronic access to these books is available for one year and for single institution access only. .../...
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19300272
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Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) is commonly defined as a blood loss of 500 ml or
more within 24 hours after birth. PPH is the leading cause of maternal mortality
in low-income countries and the primary cause of nearly one quarter of all maternal
deaths globally. .../...
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2010
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The main aim of this practical Handbook is to strengthen counselling and communication skills of skilled attendants (SAs) and other health providers, helping them to effectively discuss with women, families and communities the key issues surrounding pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, postnatal and post-abortion care. .../...
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2007
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Every year, more than 529 000 women and more than 5.7 million babies die before, during, or after childbirth, the majority in developing countries. The WHO is determined to respond to these tragedies and has developed seven Midwifery Education Modules to complement clinical tools and tools for management, planning and training. .../...
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This manual is written for midwives and doctors at the district hospital who are responsible for the care of women with complications of pregnancy, childbirth or the immediate postpartum period including immediate problems of the newborn. The emphasis of the manual is on rapid assessment and decision making. .../...
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This guide provides a full range of updated, evidence-based norms and standards that will enable health care providers to give high quality care during pregnancy, delivery and in the postpartum period, considering the needs of the mother and her newborn baby. .../...
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***This book is a winner of the British Medical Association's 2007 annual Medical Book Competition. Highly commended in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology category***
This manual is intended to be a practical guide to be read and used at many different levels by many different people, especially health-care professionals and planners, policy-makers and community leaders. .../...
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All over the world, major changes are taking
place in the area of maternal and child health
to achieve the goals set out in international
declarations and country commitments. The
need for evaluation and information has,
therefore, become increasingly apparent.
This report provides neonatal and perinatal
mortality estimates by country, regional
groupings and globally. .../...
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WHO's Western Pacific Regional Office is currently supporting second generation HIV surveillance, which concentrates resources where they will yield information that is most useful in reducing the spread of HIV and providing care for those affected. .../...
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This publication is the companion guideline to WHO's Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use. It aims to improve access to quality care in family planning by providing guidance on the safe and effective use of contraceptive methods once they are deemed to be medically appropriate. .../...
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Every year some eight million women suffer pregnancy-related complications and over half a million die. Most of these deaths can be averted even where resources are limited but, in order to do so, the right kind of information is needed upon which to base actions. .../...
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Some 20 million low-birth-weight babies are born each year, because of either preterm birth or impaired prenatal growth, mostly in less developed countries. For many small preterm infants, receiving prolonged medical care is important. However, kangaroo mother care is an effective way to meet baby's needs for warmth, breastfeeding, protection from infection, stimulation, safety and love. .../...
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1998
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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 to common risks. Addressed to midwives, nurses, and other primary health care workers, the manual responds to the unacceptably high death rates of pregnant women and young children in Western Pacific countries. .../...
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The manual is aimed at providing community health workers who have undergone comprehensive midwifery training with guidelines and pointers in maternal and child health care. It presents step by step guides that health workers should take in a specific situation. The most frequent obstetric complications are reviewed, and basic information on action to be taken in an emergency is provided.
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An illustrated guide to a series of simple measures, taken at birth and during the first days of life, that can help ensure that newborn babies do not become either too cold or too hot. Though emphasis is placed on the severe risks posed by hypothermia, the guide also includes information about the causes of hyperthermia and measures for prevention. .../...
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A set of five spiral-bound training manuals developed to help equip midwives with essential life-saving skills.The manuals, which were widely field tested in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific prior to finalization, respond to the need for midwives to understand the conditions that lead to maternal death and know how to treat or prevent them. .../...
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1995
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Reports the methodology and findings of a meta-analysis designed to determine the usefulness of commonly employed indicators for monitoring the outcome of pregnancy and predicting risks. The study assessed some 25 data sets on maternal anthropometry and pregnancy outcome from 20 countries, providing information on more than 111,000 births. .../...
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1995
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19300070
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CHF 15,00
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Explains how the new WHO Mother-Baby Package can be used as a powerful tool for improving the health of mothers and infants - immediately and dramatically. Designed for use in national programmes in the developing world, the package consists of 18 simple interventions that have proven their capacity to reduce maternal and infant mortality in resource-poor settings. .../...
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1989
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11500311
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 30,00
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Perera, T., Khing Maung Lwin
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1984
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15800003
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CHF 8,00
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CHF 5,60
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1981
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11500094
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CHF 6,00
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CHF 4,20
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Presents a code, developed jointly by WHO and UNICEF, for the marketing of breast-milk substitutes. The code applies to the marketing of breast-milk substitutes, including infant formula, and other milk products, foods, and beverages, including bottle-fed complementary foods, when marketed or otherwise represented to be suitable for use as a partial or total replacement of breast milk. .../...
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