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Documents on hospitals

Key documents

• Pocket book of hospital care for children: Guidelines for the management of common illnesses with limited resources
  This is for use by doctors, senior nurses and other senior health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first referral level in developing countries.

• Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) course
  The Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) course is designed to familiarize health workers with the ETAT guidelines and to provide them with the necessary knowledge and skills for applying the guidelines.

2012

• An equity-focused strategy to improve access to essential treatment services for children
• Recommendations for management of common childhood conditions
  Evidence for technical update of pocket book recommendations

2011

• Manual on paediatric HIV care and treatment for district hospitals

2010

• Adolescent job aid
  A handy desk reference tool for primary level health workers
• Packages of interventions
  Family planning, safe abortion care, maternal, newborn and child health

2009

• Quality assessment guidebook
  A guide to assessing health services for adolescent clients

2007

• Improving paediatric referral care in the context of child survival activities and IMCI
  Review of processes to improve paediatric care in small hospitals in developing countries

• Pocket book of hospital care for children
  Guidelines for the management of common illnesses with limited resources

2004

• Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) course

2003

• Health facility survey
  Tool to evaluate the quality of care delivered to sick children attending outpatient facilities
• Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth
  A guide for midwives and doctors
• Managing newborn problems
  A guide for doctors, nurses and midwives
• Surgical care at the district hospital

2002

• Global action for skilled attendants for pregnant women

1990-1999

• IMCI in-service training
  Set of training modules, facilitator's guides and course director's guide