Author: Department of Reproductive Health and Research World Health OrganizationPublisher:
ISBN: 9789241563475
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
Global strategy for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections: 2006-2015 : breaking the chain of transmission
Author: Department of Reproductive Health and Research World Health OrganizationPublisher:
ISBN: 9789241563475
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections 2006-2015
Author: Implementation of the Global Strategy for Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections: 2006-2015
Author: World Health OrganizationPublisher:
ISBN: 9789241508841
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
"Nine years ago, in May 2006, the World Health Assembly unanimously approved and endorsed the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2006-2015 (resolution WHA59.19). The Global Strategy was developed to provide a framework to guide the response for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and to support advocacy efforts for programmes providing STI prevention and control services. As the period covered by that Global STI Strategy draws to a close, the World Health Organization (WHO) has compiled a comprehensive report on the implementation of the strategy for the World Health Assembly."--Page 1.
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 6)
Author: King K. HolmesPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464805253
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1027
Book Description
Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death globally, particularly among children and young adults. The spread of new pathogens and the threat of antimicrobial resistance pose particular challenges in combating these diseases. Major Infectious Diseases identifies feasible, cost-effective packages of interventions and strategies across delivery platforms to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, malaria, adult febrile illness, viral hepatitis, and neglected tropical diseases. The volume emphasizes the need to effectively address emerging antimicrobial resistance, strengthen health systems, and increase access to care. The attainable goals are to reduce incidence, develop innovative approaches, and optimize existing tools in resource-constrained settings.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher:
ISBN: 9780309683951
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
One in five people in the United States had a sexually transmitted infection (STI) on any given day in 2018, totaling nearly 68 million estimated infections. STIs are often asymptomatic (especially in women) and are therefore often undiagnosed and unreported. Untreated STIs can have severe health consequences, including chronic pelvic pain, infertility, miscarriage or newborn death, and increased risk of HIV infection, genital and oral cancers, neurological and rheumatological effects. In light of this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, through the National Association of County and City Health Officials, commissioned the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to examine the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections in the United States and provide recommendations for action. In 1997, the Institute of Medicine released a report, The Hidden Epidemic: Confronting Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Although significant scientific advances have been made since that time, many of the problems and barriers described in that report persist today; STIs remain an underfunded and comparatively neglected field of public health practice and research. The committee reviewed the current state of STIs in the United States, and the resulting report, Sexually Transmitted Infections: Advancing a Sexual Health Paradigm, provides advice on future public health programs, policy, and research.
Regional Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2007-2015
Author: Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries
Author: Dean T. JamisonPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821361805
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1449
Book Description
Based on careful analysis of burden of disease and the costs ofinterventions, this second edition of 'Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd edition' highlights achievable priorities; measures progresstoward providing efficient, equitable care; promotes cost-effectiveinterventions to targeted populations; and encourages integrated effortsto optimize health. Nearly 500 experts - scientists, epidemiologists, health economists,academicians, and public health practitioners - from around the worldcontributed to the data sources and methodologies, and identifiedchallenges and priorities, resulting in this integrated, comprehensivereference volume on the state of health in developing countries.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Author: National Center for Prevention Services (U.S.). Division of STD/HIV PreventionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : HIV infections
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Developing a National Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Author: Laboratory Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Author: E. van DyckPublisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9241545011
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
This manual provides an authoritative guide to standard laboratory procedures for detecting and diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases. Addressed to clinical microbiologists and medical technologists, the manual is designed to serve as a practical bench aid, tuned to the needs and capacities of laboratories at different levels in the health system. Although the standard procedures described have universal relevance, particular attention is given to conditions in developing countries, where rapid transport of specimens may not be possible and cost factors may be decisive. Recommended procedures, tests, and techniques are supported by close to 150 references. Noting the constraints on staff and resources faced by most laboratories throughout the world, the manual concentrates on tests known to yield essential diagnostic information. Standard antimicrobial susceptibility tests are described for those diseases where drug resistance is a problem. Although the major emphasis is on procedures for diagnosis, case-finding, and test-of-cure, some procedures useful in epidemiological research are also included. The manual has nine chapter covering the full range of sexually transmitted diseases: gonorrhoea "Chlamydia trachomatis "infection, syphilis, genital herpes, chancroid granuloma inguinale, vaginitis in adults, human papillomavirus infection, and human immunodeficiency virus. Each chapter opens with a brief description of the disease and the principal laboratory approaches to diagnosis, followed by detailed advice on the collection and transport of specimens. Against this background, all relevant laboratory methods, from microscopy, culture and non-culture techniques to serology and the use of commercial test kits, are described in detail, with colour plates used to illustrate selected procedures and results. Apart from providing detailed step-by-step instructions for each procedure, the manual offers abundant practical advice on the selection of tests, their comparative sensitivity, and specificity, the degree of skill required, the correct interpretation of results, and common errors and how to avoid them. The chapter on HIV infection reproduces the latest joint UNAIDS and WHO recommendations for the selection and use of HIV antibody tests. Further practical guidance for each of these diseases is provided in three annexes, which summarize appropriate diagnostic tests at different levels of the laboratory system, describe the media, reagents, and stains required for the tests, and list all the basic products needed to prepare essential reagents and media.