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- Health system at breaking point as hostilities further intensify in . . .
Israel’s intensified military operations continue to threaten an already weakened health system, amidst worsening mass population displacement and acute shortages of food, water, medical supplies, fuel and shelter Four major hospitals in Gaza (Kamal Adwan Hospital, Indonesia Hospital, Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, and European Gaza Hospital) have had to suspend medical
- Global report on infection prevention and control 2024
But HAIs are a daily threat in every hospital and clinic, not only during epidemics and pandemics Lack of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care settings not only affects the application of infection prevention and control (IPC) best practices but also equity and dignity among both those providing and receiving care
- Hospital emergency response checklist - World Health Organization (WHO)
hospital-based emergency management principles and best practices and integrates priority action required for rapid, effective response to a critical event based on an all-hazards approach The tool is structured according to nine key components, each with a list of priority action to support hospital managers and emergency planners in achieving:
- Hospitals in Viet Nam - World Health Organization (WHO)
Hospital autonomy reforms in Viet Nam were initiated in the 1990s, with a new policy allowing hospitals to charge user fees It is well recognized that public hospitals in Viet Nam need to strengthen its finance and management and be effectively governed at the system level to drive improvement in quality and efficiency
- COMPREHENSIVE SAFE - World Health Organization (WHO)
1 The scale of damage to health facilities ranges from a single critical hospital to many health facilities In September 2009, floods caused the evacuation of patients and shut-down of critical services in Burkina Faso’s main hospital in the capital Ouagadougou National and local health systems that provide health services for millions of
- Prehospital Toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Basic Emergency Care: Basic Ambulance Provider (BAP) course is a pre-service training program that aims to equip basic prehospital providers with an understanding of the key components of prehospital systems and the key competencies to provide quality care
- Improving hospital planning and management: Regional action framework . . .
document, a hospital is a health-care facility that provides inpatient health services, with continuous supervision and care of patients, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (American Hospital Association, 2014) Hospitals should also link to and support primary health services and health promotion in the community
- Safe management of wastes from health-care activities, 2nd ed.
This handbook – the result of extensive international consultation and collaboration – provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes in normal situations and emergencies Future issues such as climate change and the changing patterns of diseases and their impacts on health-care waste management are
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