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Bookmark or Share- The burden of health care-associated infection worldwideA comprehensive WHO Report on the burden of endemic health care-associated infection worldwide issued on 5 May 2011 which highlights the importance of HAI in different settings and related risk factors, describes advantages and challenges of HAI surveillance, reports available data on HAI endemic burden in high-, middle- and low-income ...
- Patient safety - World Health Organization (WHO)Health care-associated infections. With a global rate of 0.14% (increasing by 0.06% each year), health care-associated infections result in extended duration of hospital stays, long-standing disability, increased antimicrobial resistance, additional financial burden on patients, families and health systems, and avoidable deaths (8). Sepsis.
- Universal health coverage - World Health Organization (WHO)Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. It covers the full continuum of essential health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.
- Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)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.
- World Health Statistics - World Health Organization (WHO)The World Health Statistics 2020 summarizes recent trends in life expectancy and reports on progress towards the main health and health-related Sustainable... Download Read More
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