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11502761
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CHF 28,00
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In 2010, Member States at the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a Resolution proclaiming a Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011 - 2020). The extent of support for this resolution by Member States indicates a growing awareness of the scale and devastation of road traffic injuries as a global public health and development concern. .../...
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2011
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14600066
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CHF 22,50
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CHF 15,75
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WHO Pakistan commissioned a rapid assessment with the primary objective of assessing the capacity of the health sector in Pakistan to integrate the issues of gender-based violence. This rapid assessment was conducted under the WHO Gender and Health Programme as part of the One UN Gender Equality Interventions. .../...
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2010
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14600053
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CHF 25,00
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This report is part of a joint global initiative that resulted in the Global status report on road safety - the first worldwide analysis of how well countries are implementing effective road safety measures: limiting speed, reducing drink-driving, and increasing seatbelt, child restraint and motorcycle helmet use. .../...
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Sethi, D., Hughes, K., Bellis, M., Mitis, F., Racioppi, F.
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2010
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13400103
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CHF 40,00
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CHF 28,00
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Interpersonal violence is the third leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability among young people (those aged 10-29 years) in the 53 countries in the WHO European Region. .../...
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Warrel, D.A.
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2010
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15400014
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 21,00
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Snake-bites are well-known medical emergencies in many parts of the world, especially in rural areas. Agricultural workers and children are the most affected. The incidence of snake-bite mortality is particularly high in South-East Asia. Rational use of snake anti-venom can substantially reduce mortality and morbidity due to snake bites. .../...
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2010
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15400013
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CHF 10,00
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CHF 7,00
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Injury is a major cause of child and adolescent death and disability throughout the world. More than a million children aged 14 years and under die each year from unintentional injuries globally. Ninety eight per cent of these deaths occur in low-income countries, where injury is inexorably closing its gap with disease to be the leading cause of death among children. .../...
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2010
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11500784
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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Sethi, D., Mitis, F., Racioppi, F.
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2010
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13400096
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 21,00
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This is the final report of a three-year project between WHO and the European Commission on the progress made in preventing injury and promoting safety. It resulted in the development of a database of 47 country profiles compiled through a questionnaire survey and an inventory of national policies on preventing injuries and violence. .../...
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2009
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13400090
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 21,00
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This report presents the status of road safety in the WHO European Region and provides a baseline assessment of how far 49 countries have come in implementing the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention. In the Region, road crashes result annually in 120 000 deaths, 2. .../...
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2009
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15200130
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CHF 10,50
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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 expected to increase in the future.
According to this report, about half of those killed on the roads are "vulnerable" road users i.e. pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists. .../...
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2009
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15400012
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CHF 20,00
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CHF 14,00
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Road traffic injury is one of the fastest growing epidemics in the WHO South-East Asia Region. The Regional Report on Status of Road Safety provides an opportunity to depict the extent and scale of this particular problem. All member countries of the WHO SEA Region except DPR Korea participated in the survey. .../...
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2009
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11500773
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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Alcohol-attributable injuries and violence are of growing concern to the World Health
Organization. Alcohol-related injuries are especially evident in hospital emergency rooms and
trauma centers. The clinical encounters in these settings present a one-time chance for health
professionals to get access to a population often difficult to reach. .../...
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K. Graham, S. Bernards
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2009
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16100631
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 21,00
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This book is Pan American Health Oorganization's latest contribution in the effort to better understand partner violence and, in so doing, find more effective interventions to right this wrong.
The book explores the relationship between alcohol consumption and partner violence gathering information from both the aggressor's and the victim's perspective. .../...
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2009
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11500762
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CHF 10,00
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CHF 7,00
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In order to promote greater implementation of effective, affordable and sustainable trauma systems globally, the World Health Organization and the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care have worked collaboratively to produce these guidelines on trauma quality improvement. .../...
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2009
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00208705
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 15,00
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The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is an international journal of public health with a special focus on developing countries. Since it was first published in 1948, the Bulletin has become one of the world's leading public health journals. .../...
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Sethi, D., Towner, E., Vincenten, J., Segui-Gomez, M., Racioppi, Francesca
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2008
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13400085
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CHF 20,00
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CHF 14,00
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Injuries are a leading cause of death and disability in children. This report presents evidence on how they can be prevented and calls for greater commitment and action from policy-makers and practitioners to decrease the burden.
Every year, unintentional injuries kill nearly 42 000 children and young people under the age of 20 in the WHO European Region. .../...
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Peden, M., Oyegbite, K., Ozanne-Smith, J., Hyder, A.A., Branche, C., Rahman, F. AKM, Rivara, F., Bartolomeos, K.
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2008
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11500729
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CHF 20,00
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CHF 14,00
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WHO and UNICEF have developed this report to raise awareness about the magnitude, risk factors and impacts of child injuries globally, to draw attention to the preventability of the problem and present what is known about the effectiveness of intervention strategies. The report makes recommendations that can be implemented by all nations to effectively reduce child injuries. .../...
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2007
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11500723
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CHF 7,50
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CHF 5,25
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The WHO Falls Prevention for Active Ageing model provides an action plan for making progress in reducing the prevalence of falls in the older adult population. By building on the three pillars of falls prevention, the model proposes specific strategies for:
1. building awareness of the importance of falls prevention and treatment;
2. .../...
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Mohan, D., Tiwari, G., Khayesi, M., Nafukho, F.M.
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2006
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11500635
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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There is need to train more road traffic injury prevention specialists to address the growing problem of road traffic injuries at international and national levels. This manual provides guidance to professionals working on road traffic injury prevention. .../...
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2006
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15200095
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CHF 20,00
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CHF 14,00
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In 1996, the World Health Assembly declared violence "a leading worldwide public health problem" and Murray and Lopez reported that the global burden of injury from violence falls disproportionately on females of all ages. It is this nexus between violence as a key health issue and as a gender issue that is explored in this publication. .../...
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2006
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11500616
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CHF 40,00
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CHF 28,00
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This manual is aimed at road safety practitioners who want to implement a helmet use programme, in order to reduce the high number of fatalities and injuries that are associated with increasing use of two-wheelers in many countries. Although primarily intended for low-income and middle-income countries, the manual is applicable to countries that have different levels of helmet use. .../...
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2006
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13400056
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 21,00
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Injuries lead to huge human, financial and other costs to society. In the WHO European Region, road traffic injuries, drowning, poisoning, falls, fires, self-inflicted injuries and interpersonal violence are estimated to kill over 2000 people, put 60 000 others in hospital and necessitate outpatient emergency treatment for 600 000 more every day. .../...
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Ellsberg, M., Heise, L.
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2005
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11500589
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CHF 50,00
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CHF 35,00
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This practical manual has been developed in response to the growing need to improve the quality, quantity, and comparability of international data on physical and sexual abuse. It outlines some of the methodological and ethical challenges of conducting research on violence against women and describes a range of innovative techniques that have been used to address these challenges. .../...
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2005
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15200076
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CHF 10,00
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CHF 7,00
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This module is one in the complete set entitled Integrating Poverty and Gender into Health Programmes: A Sourcebook for Health Professionals. It is designed to improve the awareness, knowledge and skills of health professionals on gender-based violence.
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Sethi, D., Habibula,S., McGee,K., Peden,M., Bennett,S., Hyder,A.A., Klevens,J.
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2004
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11500594
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CHF 40,00
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CHF 20,00
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Despite the large magnitude of the injury problem, limited attention has been paid to it, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This manual contributes to overcoming the shortfall in reliable and valid injury information, by providing a methodology for collecting injury data in the community that is robust, reproducible and relatively easy. .../...
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2004
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11500570
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CHF 12,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 8,40
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Injury has become a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Organized approaches to its prevention and treatment are needed. These guidelines seek to set achievable standards for trauma treatment services which could realistically be made available to almost every injured person in the world. They then seek to define the resources that would be necessary to assure such care. .../...
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Peden, M., Scurfield, R., Sleet, D., Mohan, D., Hyder, A. A., Jarawan, E., Mathers, C.
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2004
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11500572
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CHF 15,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 10,50
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***THIS BOOK WAS GRANTED THE 2004 PREMIER AWARD OF THE PRINCE MICHAEL INTERNATIONAL ROAD SAFETY AWARD***
Every day thousands of people are killed and injured on our roads. Men, women or children walking, biking or riding to school or work, playing in the streets or setting out on long trips, will never return home, leaving behind shattered families and communities. .../...
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2003
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Order Number
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11500533
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CHF 18,00
/ US$ 21,60
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Developing countries
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CHF 12,60
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The malicious contamination of food for terrorist purposes is a real and current threat, and deliberate contamination of food at one location could have global public health implications. .../...
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2003
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11500528
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 21,00
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This publication seeks to provide a global overview of the nature and extent of injury mortality and morbidity in the form of user-friendly tables and charts. .../...
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2002
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11500536
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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In 1999, WHO published the first volume of this document to inform policy-makers, health officials, researchers and the general public about the magnitude and ranking of injuries to facilitate informed decision-making and increase attention to this significant public health problem. .../...
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