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Avian influenza: are you prepared?

17 October 2006

Nursing Standard

Learning zone

This article aims to assist healthcare workers to prepare, both in their professional and personal life, for a possible influenza pandemic. It identifies the medical...

Responding to international disasters

02 February 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Large-scale disasters attract broad coverage by the media and images of death and destruction circulate worldwide in minutes. This prompts the authorities in...

Avian influenza: are you prepared?

11 October 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article aims to assist healthcare workers to prepare, both in their professional and personal life, for a possible influenza pandemic. It identifies the medical...

Supporting mandatory first aid training in primary schools

10 October 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

In the UK, voluntary organisations such as the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance have been advocating the compulsory inclusion of first aid education in the...

Avian influenza – are you prepared?

01 September 2006

Primary Health Care

Continuing professional development

This article aims to assist healthcare workers to prepare both in their professional and personal life for a possible influenza pandemic. It identifies both medical...

Increasing immunisation coverage in developing countries

01 February 2006

Primary Health Care

Clinical

While the impact of immunisation on childhood mortality and morbidity has been great, its full potential has yet to be reached (United States Agency for...

Insect-borne diseases and their prevention

24 July 2008

Primary Health Care

Clinical

Insects are capable of spreading diseases which can be fatal, particularly in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Many of these insect-borne diseases are rare, but...

Understanding rabies: avoidance and treatment

01 September 2012

Primary Health Care

A&S Science

A zoonotic disease, rabies is an encephalitis caused by the rabies virus. It is estimated that there are about 55,000 cases of rabies each year worldwide, almost all...

Nursing the planet

01 April 2008

Primary Health Care

CPD

There is mounting evidence that the earth is warming and that the actions of humans are responsible. This article examines what can be done by health professionals...

Global challenges in protecting and promoting breastfeeding

01 February 2008

Primary Health Care

CPD

Breastmilk is the ideal food for healthy growth and development of infants and young children but there are challenges in protecting, promoting and supporting...

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