The New Emergency Health Kit 98: Drugs and Medical Supplies for 10,000 People for Approximately 3 Months: Organizations which have collaborated in the preparation of the New Emergency Health Kit 98

The New Emergency Health Kit 98: Drugs and Medical Supplies for 10,000 People for Approximately 3 Months
(1998; 82 pages) [French] [Spanish]

Índice de contenido

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	Chapter 1: Essential drugs and supplies in emergency situations
		What is an emergency?
		Quantification of drug requirements
		Contents of the kit
		Referral system
		Drug and supply management control
		Procurement of the kit
		Immunization in emergency
		Reproductive health
		Post emergency needs
	Chapter 2: Comments on the selection of drugs, medical supplies and equipment included in the kit
		Selection of the drugs
		Selection of renewable supplies
		Selection of equipment
		Major drug, equipment and supply changes since the 1990 edition
	Chapter 3: Composition of the New Emergency Health Kit 98
		Basic unit (for 1,000 persons, 3 months)
		Supplementary unit (for 10,000 persons for 3 months)
	Annex 1: Basic unit: treatment guidelines
	Annex 2: Assessment and treatment of diarrhoea
		Annex 2a: Assessment of diarrhoeal patients for dehydration
		Annex 2b: Treatment Plan A to treat diarrhoea at home
		Annex 2c: Treatment Plan B to treat dehydration
		Annex 2d: Treatment Plan C to treat severe dehydration quickly
	Annex 3: Management of the child with cough or difficult breathing
		Annex 3a: Child less than two months old
		Annex 3b: Child two months to five years old
		Annex 3c: Treatment instructions
	Annex 4: Sample data collection forms
	Annex 5: Sample health card
	Annex 6: Guidelines for suppliers
		Specifications for drugs and materials
		Packaging
		Packing list
		Information slips
	Annex 7: Other kits for emergency situations
		Immunization
		Nutritional support - feeding kits
		Reproductive health kits for emergencies
	Annex 8: Guidelines for Drug Donations⁴⁸
		Selection of drugs
		Quality assurance and shelf-life
		Presentation, packing and labelling
		Information and management
	Annex 9: Model Guidelines for the International Provision of Controlled Medicines for Emergency Medical Care⁵²
		Introduction
		Definitions
		Purpose and principle
		Scope of application
		Selection of suppliers
		Outline of standard agreement between suppliers⁵³ and control authorities of exporting countries
		Summary of the request procedure
		Model shipment request/notification form for emergency supplies of controlled substances
	Annex 10: References
		Drugs and drug management
		Gastrointestinal disease
		General public health
		HIV and STDs
		Immunization
		Laboratory support
		Malaria
		Materials
		Mental health
		Nutrition
		Reproductive health
		Respiratory tract infections
		Tuberculosis
	Annex 11: Useful addresses
	Organizations which have collaborated in the preparation of the New Emergency Health Kit 98
	Back Cover

Organizations which have collaborated in the preparation of the New Emergency Health Kit 98

World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland

Christian Medical Commission,
Churches’ Action for Health,
World Council of Churches
150 rte. de Ferney
PO Box 2100
1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland

International Committee of the Red Cross
19 Avenue de la Paix
1202 Geneva
Switzerland

International Dispensary Association
PO Box 37098
1030 AB Amsterdam
Netherlands

International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies
17 ch. des Crêts
Petit Saconnex
PO Box 372
1211 Geneva
Switzerland

Médecins sans Frontières
39 rue de la Tourelle
1040 Brussels
Belgium

Oxfam
274 Banbury Road
Oxford 0X2 7DZ
United Kingdom

United Nations Children’s Fund
Supply Division
Freeport, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark

United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees
Case Postale 2500
1211 Geneva 2 Dépot
Switzerland

United Nations Population Fund
UNFPA/ERO
9 Chemin des Anémones
1219 Geneva
Switzerland