World Health Organization

Immunization in Practice

A Practical Guide for Health Staff

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This practical guide contains seven modules targeted at district and health facility staff. It intends to meet the demands to improve immunization services so as to reach more infants in a sustainable way, building upon the experiences of polio eradication. It includes materials adapted from polio on planning, monitoring and use of data to improve the service, that can be used at any level. Revising the manual has been a team exercise. There are contributions from a large number of experts, organizations and institutions. This new edition has seven modules. Several new vaccines that have become more readily available and used in recent years have been added. Also the section on integration with other health interventions has been expanded as exciting opportunities and experiences have become evident in the years following the previous edition. Module 1: Target diseases and vaccines Module 2: The vaccine cold chain Module 3: Ensuring safe injections Module 4: Microplanning for reaching every community Module 5: Managing an immunization session Module 6: Monitoring and surveillance Module 7: Partnering with communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: World Health Organization
• 2015 Update edition
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 295mm x 224mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 1179g
• ISBN-13: 9789241549097
• ISBN-10: 9241549092
• Artikelnr.: 44188403

Autorenporträt

World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.