Exploring patient participation in reducing health-care-related safety risks

Exploring patient participation in reducing health-care-related safety risks-1

World Health Organization 2013 At the start of the 21st century, the Institute of Medicine report Crossing the quality chasm portrayed health care systems as being motivated by payers and providers. The lack of focus on the patient was considered unacceptable and a call was made for greater patientcentred care and engagement. We must accept that the roles of health […]

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European status report on preventing child maltreatment

European status report on preventing child maltreatment-1

By: Dinesh Sethi, Yongjie Yon, Nikesh Parekh, Thomas Anderson, Jasmine Huber, Ivo Rakovac & Franziska Meinck 2018 Child maltreatment is a societal problem that exists in all countries. Children’s development is fundamentally disrupted by maltreatment, conferring risk to physical, psychological and reproductive health throughout the lifecourse. Fifty-five million children in the WHO European Region experience abuse and/or neglect.

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Environment and health for European cities in the 21st century: making a difference

Environment and health for European cities in the 21st century making a difference -1

By: Laurence Carmichael, Francesca Racioppi, Thomas Calvert, Danielle Sinnett 2017 The history, values, culture, politics and economy of Europe are deeply rooted in and shaped by those of its cities. For millennia, European cities have played a major role in providing shelter, economic opportunities, education and services and in delivering innovation and adaptation to changes.

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Enterovirus surveillance guidelines

Enterovirus surveillance guidelines

World Health Organization 2015 The Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) has made great progress since the World Health Assembly resolution to eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) was passed in 1988. Three WHO regions, the Americas (1994), the Western Pacific (2000) and Europe (2002), have been declared free of indigenous wild poliovirus (WPV), and by 2005 the number of polio-endemic countries in […]

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