South African Sexually Transmitted Infections Management
... Once positive, specific treponemal tests generally remain positive for life. The RPR can be used: ▪▪ To determine if the patient’s syphilis disease is active or not, ▪▪ To measure a successful response to therapy (at least a fourfold reduction in titre, e.g. 1:256 improving to 1:64), or ▪▪ To determ ...
... Once positive, specific treponemal tests generally remain positive for life. The RPR can be used: ▪▪ To determine if the patient’s syphilis disease is active or not, ▪▪ To measure a successful response to therapy (at least a fourfold reduction in titre, e.g. 1:256 improving to 1:64), or ▪▪ To determ ...
Introduction
... using water that is too hot, soap that is too harsh, or aggressive drying can dry out and damage your skin, as well as removing the antibacterial layer of sebum. Moderation is the key. ...
... using water that is too hot, soap that is too harsh, or aggressive drying can dry out and damage your skin, as well as removing the antibacterial layer of sebum. Moderation is the key. ...
Preventing Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Reinfection through
... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported more than 1.5 million chlamydia and 400,000 gonorrhea cases in 2015, mostly in adolescents and young adults.1,2 A relatively simple treatment can cure most patients of chlamydia and gonorrhea, but treating an infected patient is not alway ...
... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported more than 1.5 million chlamydia and 400,000 gonorrhea cases in 2015, mostly in adolescents and young adults.1,2 A relatively simple treatment can cure most patients of chlamydia and gonorrhea, but treating an infected patient is not alway ...
Healthiest Weight: A Life Course Approach Page 1 FLORIDA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
... organizations, faith-based groups, and communities to help Florida’s children, adults, and families make more informed choices about healthy eating and active living. Our twin goals, by 2017, are to bend the weight curve in Florida by 5 percent and to become the Healthiest Weight State in the nation ...
... organizations, faith-based groups, and communities to help Florida’s children, adults, and families make more informed choices about healthy eating and active living. Our twin goals, by 2017, are to bend the weight curve in Florida by 5 percent and to become the Healthiest Weight State in the nation ...
National Women-Held Pregnancy Record
... You should bring this Record with you when you visit any health care professional and when you go into labour. It is best to carry the Record with you at all times. (If you don’t want to carry your Record, tell your midwife or doctor). The Record will be stored by the hospital or your lead maternity ...
... You should bring this Record with you when you visit any health care professional and when you go into labour. It is best to carry the Record with you at all times. (If you don’t want to carry your Record, tell your midwife or doctor). The Record will be stored by the hospital or your lead maternity ...
Tobacco Free Environments
... Improve medical home management by providing education, office management tools, and utilization data to providers. ...
... Improve medical home management by providing education, office management tools, and utilization data to providers. ...
Primary and Community Care in BC - Health
... Primary care services are predominantly provided by approximately 3,500 GPs out of the 5,220 GPs across the province. GPs operate as autonomous medical professionals in either solo practices, or more commonly, small group, owner-operated practices. In addition, there are a range of other health prof ...
... Primary care services are predominantly provided by approximately 3,500 GPs out of the 5,220 GPs across the province. GPs operate as autonomous medical professionals in either solo practices, or more commonly, small group, owner-operated practices. In addition, there are a range of other health prof ...
Strategies to Reduce Pregnancy-Related Deaths From Identification and Review to Action ™
... in collaboration with the official vital registration groups from the member countries, periodically develops and publishes a revision of the International Classification of Diseases,6 which is used throughout the world to classify causes of death. The term traditionally used, including in the Unite ...
... in collaboration with the official vital registration groups from the member countries, periodically develops and publishes a revision of the International Classification of Diseases,6 which is used throughout the world to classify causes of death. The term traditionally used, including in the Unite ...
Volume 2: Primary Health Care: Service Delivery
... Continuing Medical Education (CME) – an ethical and moral obligation to maintain and upgrade knowledge and skill after postgraduate training and during one’s entire career. In some European countries (such as Belgium and Italy) it has become a legal obligation. Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) ...
... Continuing Medical Education (CME) – an ethical and moral obligation to maintain and upgrade knowledge and skill after postgraduate training and during one’s entire career. In some European countries (such as Belgium and Italy) it has become a legal obligation. Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) ...
Treatment of hypertension during pregnancy
... of fetal surveillance. A Cochrane review of 46 trials, including 4 282 women, concluded that it remains unclear whether antihypertensive drug therapy for mild/moderate hypertension in pregnancy is worthwhile.(25) While therapy for moderate hypertension or pre-eclampsia is controversial, it is well a ...
... of fetal surveillance. A Cochrane review of 46 trials, including 4 282 women, concluded that it remains unclear whether antihypertensive drug therapy for mild/moderate hypertension in pregnancy is worthwhile.(25) While therapy for moderate hypertension or pre-eclampsia is controversial, it is well a ...
here - International Pharmaceutical Federation
... child and maternal mortality. Global life expectancy at birth, taking survival in poorer and richer populations together, increased from under 40 years in the first decade of the twentieth century to some 65 years today. In the economically most advanced countries average life expectancy for men and ...
... child and maternal mortality. Global life expectancy at birth, taking survival in poorer and richer populations together, increased from under 40 years in the first decade of the twentieth century to some 65 years today. In the economically most advanced countries average life expectancy for men and ...
Healthy Coping in Diabetes
... (e.g., by adding a module on techniques for coping with stress and negative emotions), and/or providing ongoing follow-up and support (e.g., through the use of community health workers or support groups) may result in further improvements in emotional status. Although all of these approaches are oft ...
... (e.g., by adding a module on techniques for coping with stress and negative emotions), and/or providing ongoing follow-up and support (e.g., through the use of community health workers or support groups) may result in further improvements in emotional status. Although all of these approaches are oft ...
The Law in Seven Transitional Countries
... Legal, ethical, and human rights norms are an increasingly important but stilloften-neglected component of the delivery of quality medical care. This is so even though respect for human rights in patient care is increasingly understood as an issue that has implications for public health, as well as ...
... Legal, ethical, and human rights norms are an increasingly important but stilloften-neglected component of the delivery of quality medical care. This is so even though respect for human rights in patient care is increasingly understood as an issue that has implications for public health, as well as ...
2017 Healthy Living Catalog
... ask if a video visit is right for your symptoms or condition. kp.org/mydoctor/videovisits ...
... ask if a video visit is right for your symptoms or condition. kp.org/mydoctor/videovisits ...
Kenya - CDDEP
... and third-‐generation antibiotics are losing effectiveness against infectious diseases common in low-‐ and middle-‐income countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has an ongoing initiative to develop inter-‐ ven ...
... and third-‐generation antibiotics are losing effectiveness against infectious diseases common in low-‐ and middle-‐income countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has an ongoing initiative to develop inter-‐ ven ...
IMPLEMENTING HOSPITAL REFORM IN CENTRAL AND
... that hospitals dominated their health care systems. Eastern European countries at the beginning of the 1990s had over 50 per cent more hospital beds for their populations than the European Union (EU) countries (although many facilities were extremely basic). Hospitals accounted for over 70 per cent ...
... that hospitals dominated their health care systems. Eastern European countries at the beginning of the 1990s had over 50 per cent more hospital beds for their populations than the European Union (EU) countries (although many facilities were extremely basic). Hospitals accounted for over 70 per cent ...
P RISM Readability Toolkit P R I S M
... information is most important to them? How should you order the information items to help it make the most sense? Are there concepts that may not be clear to someone who doesn’t know what you know? At times, our writing may be based on assumptions or lack context that will limit how meaningful the m ...
... information is most important to them? How should you order the information items to help it make the most sense? Are there concepts that may not be clear to someone who doesn’t know what you know? At times, our writing may be based on assumptions or lack context that will limit how meaningful the m ...
National Data involving All District Health Boards
... 9. Rights in respect of teaching or research. 10. The right to complain. ...
... 9. Rights in respect of teaching or research. 10. The right to complain. ...
Field manual for capacity assessment of health facilities in
... The term health facility refers to a hospital, clinic, outpost or institution that provides comprehensive medical care to a significant number of people in a given area. Health facilities play a pivotal role in the everyday life of communities. In most instances, the services they render are the pr ...
... The term health facility refers to a hospital, clinic, outpost or institution that provides comprehensive medical care to a significant number of people in a given area. Health facilities play a pivotal role in the everyday life of communities. In most instances, the services they render are the pr ...
integrated prevention of mother-to
... If a woman or her partner tested HIV negative, she should receive post- test counselling on how to maintain the HIV negative status, with a focus on her health, safer sexual practices, and the high risk of transmission to her baby should she become infected during pregnancy or breastfeeding. The win ...
... If a woman or her partner tested HIV negative, she should receive post- test counselling on how to maintain the HIV negative status, with a focus on her health, safer sexual practices, and the high risk of transmission to her baby should she become infected during pregnancy or breastfeeding. The win ...
... When assessing the student, take into account sources of evidence that encompass knowledge, skills, attitudes and the views of those receiving care. Comments should acknowledge those exceptional students who are exceeding expectations for their stage in practice or who have particularly commendable ...
Men’s Health Issues
... There are many reasons to be concerned about health issues that are unique or more common in men. In 1900, women outlived men by an average of 2 years; that gap widened to 7 years in 1990 [1]. Advances in diagnosis and treatment, as well as heightened awareness of disparities in men’s and women’s he ...
... There are many reasons to be concerned about health issues that are unique or more common in men. In 1900, women outlived men by an average of 2 years; that gap widened to 7 years in 1990 [1]. Advances in diagnosis and treatment, as well as heightened awareness of disparities in men’s and women’s he ...
adolescent alcohol and substance use and abuse
... drinking and driving, or riding with an intoxicated driver. ...
... drinking and driving, or riding with an intoxicated driver. ...
Tools_Resource_IIHI_NF.1156_Ebola_Virus_Disease_Re
... failure, and central nervous system involvement, leading to shock and death. The fatality rate can vary from ...
... failure, and central nervous system involvement, leading to shock and death. The fatality rate can vary from ...
Asthma and Pregnancy - Family Medicine Resident Presentations
... Markers for uncontrolled or severe asthma were associated with PIH and pre-eclampsia Use of oral corticosteroids during pregnancy had an increased risk of 57% for PIH In the year before conception: Patients who visited an emergency department or were admitted for asthma were, respectively, 5 ...
... Markers for uncontrolled or severe asthma were associated with PIH and pre-eclampsia Use of oral corticosteroids during pregnancy had an increased risk of 57% for PIH In the year before conception: Patients who visited an emergency department or were admitted for asthma were, respectively, 5 ...