Total of resources: 27151

Regulation of vaccines: building on existing drug regulatory authorities

It presents information on the principles and procedures applying to the regulation, control, and standardization of vaccines, drug regulatory authority functions, features of a regulatory system for ...
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Resource added in: 16/05/2001
Available languages: English
Vaccines/standards, Quality Control, Health Surveillance, Reference Books, Vacinas e imunização, ]cação]cação]cação]cação], Produtos biológicos, hemoterápicos

United Nations [UN] prequalified vaccines

It presents summary list by vaccine producer (BCG, DT, DTP, DTP - HepB combined, Hepatitis B, Hib, Inactivated Oral cholera, Measles, Meningococcal, MMR, MR, OPV, Rabies, TT, Yellow Fever, DTP-Hib com...
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Resource added in: 16/05/2001
Available languages: English
Vaccines/supply & distribution, BCG Vaccine, Tetanus Toxin, Rabies, Yellow Fever Vaccine, Whooping Cough, Whooping Cough, Whooping Cough, vacinas e imunização, Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine, measles mumps rubella vaccine

Health Care in Canada 2001

What factors affect the health of Canadians? Are they living longer? How long can they expect to live without an illness or disability? What's happening in their health care system? How do services co...
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Resource added in: 15/05/2001
Available languages: English, French
16081, Health Policies, Advocacy

Globalization and inequality: Historical trends

This paper surveys trends in both international economic integration and inequality over the past 150 years, as well as the links between them. In doing so, it distinguishes between (a) the different ...
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Resource added in: 15/05/2001
Available languages: English
50334, Globalization, Economy/TD, Advocacy

The International Journal of Public Health - Special Theme: Polio Eradication

It presents several articles on polio eradication, related to surveillance of patients, immunization, outbreaks, poliovirus vaccination, and research. Documents in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required.
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Resource added in: 14/05/2001
Available languages: English
Poliomyelitis/prevention & control, Poliomyelitis/epidemiology, 28441, Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral, Immunization, çãoinação, Vacinas e imunização

Project L. O. V. E.: let older volunteers educate

Apresenta uma descrição do programa no qual idosos voluntários ajudam crianças em idade escolar durante a realização de tarefas escolares. Apresenta os responsáveis pelo programa, as escolas en...
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Resource added in: 14/05/2001
Available languages: English
Aged, Volunteers, Education

List of diseases

It presents directory for World Health Organization information related to vaccine preventable diseases
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Resource added in: 14/05/2001
Available languages: English
Vaccines, Cholera, Diphtheria, Dengue, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Hepatitis B, Encephalitis, Japanese, Measles, Mumps, Tetanus, Whooping Cough, Poliomyelitis, Rotavirus, Pneumococcal Infections, Shigella, Typhoid Fever, Chickenpox, Vitamin A Deficiency, Yellow Fever

The overlap in the clinical presentation and treatment of malaria and pneumonia in children: report of a meeting

It presents information on the overlap in the clinical presentation between malaria and pneumonia, cotrimoxazole as an antimalarial in children less 5 years old with signs suggesting pneumonia, Cotrim...
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Resource added in: 11/05/2001
Available languages: English
Malaria/therapy, Malaria/drug therapy, Pneumonia/therapy, Antimalarials/therapeutic use, Malaria, Respiratory Tract Infections, Child Welfare, Health Surveillance, 24967, Host-Parasite Interactions, snimaisnimaisnimaisnimaisnimais

Oxygen therapy for acute respiratory infections in young children in developing countries

It reviews the use of oxygen therapy, presents information on the oxygen delivery system, and guidelines for oxygen administration.
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Resource added in: 11/05/2001
Available languages: English, French
Respiratory Tract Infections/therapy, Oxygen/therapeutic use, Pneumonia, Reference Books, Guia [tipo de publicação]

Bronchodilators and other medications for the treatment of wheeze - associated illness in young children

It presents information on the common causes of wheeze, with the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of asthma and bronchiolitis and the drugs that are available for the treatment of wheeze.
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Resource added in: 11/05/2001
Available languages: English
Respiration Disorders/drug therapy, Respiration Disorders/therapy, Bronchiolitis, Asthma/drug therapy, Anti-Asthmatic Agents, Bronchodilator Agents/therapeutic use, Administration, Inhalation