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- Prehospital Toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO)
Timely care and rapid transport save lives, reduce disability and improve long term outcomes Prehospital emergency care is a key component of the health care system Strengthening prehospital care can help address a wide range of conditions across the life course, including injury, complications of pregnancy, exacerbations of non-communicable diseases, acute infections and sepsis The prompt
- Emergency care - World Health Organization (WHO)
Emergency care is an integrated platform for delivering accessible, quality and time-sensitive health care services for acute illness and injury across the life course
- Primary health care
Primary health care (PHC) addresses the majority of a person’s health needs throughout their lifetime This includes physical, mental and social well-being and it is people-centred rather than disease-centred PHC is a whole-of-society approach that includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care
- Urgent action needed as global diabetes cases increase four-fold over . . .
The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide has surpassed 800 million, more than quadrupling since 1990, according to new data released in The Lancet on World Diabetes Day
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Home care for families and caregivers
Accurate measurements and readings from a pulse oximeter are important signs in determining if and when a COVID-19 patient at home may need urgent care at a healthcare facility As a general rule, a decline below 90%, or a progressive downwards trend, can be an early warning of need for further medical assessment
- Health system at breaking point as hostilities further intensify in . . .
Continued hostilities and military presence inhibit patients from accessing care, obstruct staff from providing care, and prevent WHO and partners from resupplying hospitals With each hospital forced out of service, patients lose access to health care, and WHO and partners’ efforts, to sustain Gaza’s health system are undone
- Meningitis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Meningitis is a medical emergency and requires urgent medical attention in an appropriate health-care facility Antibiotic treatment should be started as soon as possible when bacterial meningitis is suspected
- Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN . . .
This highlights the importance of ensuring such care during pandemics and other emergencies, noting that pregnant women need reliable access to routine services and checks as well as round-the-clock urgent care “When a mother dies in pregnancy or childbirth, her baby’s life is also at risk
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