Jul 17, 2015 · 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.

Dec 28, 2024 · WHO is appalled by this morning’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital, which has put the last major health facility in North Gaza out of service. The systematic dismantling of the health system and a siege for over 80 days on North Gaza puts the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk. Initial reports indicate that some areas of the hospital were burnt …

In 2015, WHO and UNICEF began a process to re-evaluate and reinvigorate the BFHI programme. A WHO guideline Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services was published in 2017, based on a careful examination of evidence for each of the Ten Steps. An updated implementation guidance for countries …

Oct 24, 2024 · Health-care waste contains potentially harmful microorganisms that can infect hospital patients, health workers and the public. Other potential hazards may include drug-resistant microorganisms which spread from health facilities into the environment. Adverse health outcomes associated with health care waste and by-products also include:

Health care-associated infection (HAI), also referred to as "nosocomial" or "hospital" infection, is an infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or other health care facility which was not present or incubating at the time of admission.

Jan 1, 2013 · Guidelines for the management of common childhood illnesses. This is the second edition of the Pocket book of hospital care for children. It is for use by doctors, nurses and other health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first level referral hospitals. The Pocket Book is one of a series of documents and tools that support the …

May 29, 2024 · Pre-hospital and facility-based emergency care is a high impact and cost-effective form of secondary prevention. Ongoing critical care ensures adequate monitoring, reassessment and continuing comprehensive treatment to maximize patient outcomes.

Sep 11, 2023 · 19. De Rezende HA, Melleiro MM, Shimoda GT. Interventions to reduce patient identification errors in the hospital setting: a systematic review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis. 2019;17(1):37–42. 20. Pèpin J, Chakra CN, Pèpin E, Nault V, Valiquette L. Evolution of the global burden of viral infections from unsafe medical injections, 2000–2010.

Mar 9, 2019 · Hospital infections affect 14 out of every 100 patients admitted. Of every 100 hospitalized patients at any given time, 7 in high-income countries and 10 in low- and middle-income countries, will acquire health care-associated infections (HAIs), affecting hundreds of millions of patients worldwide each year.

WHO and UNICEF launched the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to help motivate facilities providing maternity and newborn services worldwide to implement the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. The Ten Steps summarize a package of policies and procedures that facilities providing maternity and newborn services should implement to support breastfeeding. WHO …