Promotion of safety measures and national accident prevention policies; prevention of road traffic injuries and injuries due to accidents in the home; promotion of safety in the community as part of socioeconomic development directly affecting health
Sub boxes:

• Injuries; Children injuries
• Biological weapons; Road traffic injuries
• Violence and injuries; Violence against women; Violence against children
• Emergency; Humanity; Health crises
• Disaster preparedness
• SARS; Influenza

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Promotion of adolescent health; identification of the health needs of young people; adolescent behaviour; adolescent medicine; substance abuse in adolescence; sex behaviour in adolescence

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Human immunodeficiency syndrome ? HIV; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ? AIDS; health education; health promotion; HIV testing; legislation; treatment

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Abuse; overuse and misuse of substances which can produce addiction and dependence: alcohol, drugs such as psychotropic drugs, narcotics, barbiturates, hypnotics and sedatives; addiction therapy; prevention and control

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Blindness prevention and implementation of primary eye care; prevention and control of communicable eye diseases such as trachoma; diagnosis and surgery for cataract; glaucoma; ophthalmology

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Cancer aetiology; environmental risk factors; cancer detection and diagnosis; epidemiology; therapeutic aspects

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Prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases; identification and reduction of risk factors; promotion of cardiovascular community-control; hypertension control; relation of blood pressure and dietary factors; rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
Sub boxes:

• Cardiovascular diseases in generally
• CINDI; MONICA

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Chemical and natural occurring substances which have adverse, poisonous and toxic effects on man and on the environment; identification, analysis and testing of chemicals; cooperation as to the limitation of their use

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Prevention and control of diabetes; rheumatic diseases and their complications; methodology for diagnosis and control of hereditary diseases

Sub boxes:

• Diabetes
• Chronic Diseases; Chronic respiratory diseases; Hereditary diseases

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Epidemiology; diagnosis; therapy; all aspects of prevention and control of bacterial and viral infections; research priorities to develop new forms of treatment and case management; identification and classification of viruses; drug resistant bacteria; vaccination requirements for international travel; immunization to reduce morbidity and mortality from diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, poliomyelitis and tuberculosis; immunization coverage; supply and distribution of vaccines

Sub boxes:

• Communicable diseases in generally
• Pneumonia, TBC and other respiratory diseases
• Poliomyelitis
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Hepatitis
• Travel and health
• Immunity and immunization

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Provision of essential health care to individuals and their families in their community or their district

Sub boxes:

• Hospitals; district; Community health services
• General practice; Family medicine; Home-based care
• Primary health care

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Health services and research relevant to the prevention and control of diarrhoeal diseases; establishing national control programmes; training managers and directors of control programmes; production and development of oral rehydration salts

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Education to support the goal of Health for All; promotion of positive health, involvement of youth in health development, promotion of health education in schools; use of the mass media for public awareness of health goals and support national programmes for the various themes related to health promotion and a positive life style

Sub boxes:

• Health promotion
• Health promoting schools
• Human rights; Patient rights
• Healthy cities

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Training of all fields of health personnel; trends in medical education; training of nurse practitioners and nurse leaders; continuing education of health workers; training and supervision of community health workers; learning and promotion materials; relevant and effective learning processes

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Control of environmental health hazards; prevention of environmental pollution, monitoring and control of pollution; surveillance and assessments of environmental pollutants in air and water; waterborne diseases; health principles of housing and environmental health aspects of rural and urban development

Sub boxes:

• General information
• Air and radiation
• Water supply and sanitation
• Waste; Noise; Housing
• Climate change

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Information support to health services; data collection and analysis; health targets and health status indicators; epidemiological methods; health surveys; international classification of diseases; training in epidemiology.

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Family planning policy; specific contraceptive methods; reproductive health; prevention and management of infertility

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Prevention of handicap and disability; behavioural, social, psychological and economic factors to disability; promotion of community-based rehabilitation; technology and delivery of artificial limbs; classification of impairments; disabilities and handicaps; training of community health workers to carry out rehabilitation programmes

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Economics and financing as a basis for decision making in the health sector; resource allocation; financial management and planning

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Social and public health consequences of the changing age structure of the publication; maintenance of people?s well-being as they age, provision of health services for aged; provision of long-term care; prevention of accidents and falls; health promotion in old age; nutrition and aging; osteoporosis

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Legal and policy aspects of all branches of public health, legal issues; ethics; human and patient rights

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Strategies and plans of action to meet health priorities; management, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health development programmes; health policies for effective use of national and regional resources

Sub box:

• Health care systems in transition ?HiT

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Information management; library; information services and documentation centres; health literature services

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Maternal and newborn infant care; child health; growth and development; risk approach to determine priority health needs of mothers and children; maternal health and safe motherhood; maternal mortality; abortion;

Sub boxes:

• Family health
• Maternal/Women health
• Child/Infant health

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Laboratories to support primary health care; chemical and haematological tests; guidelines for laboratory services at the primary health care level; blood transfusions services; basic radiological systems; nuclear medicine; radiology

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Diagnosis and classification of mental and neurological disorders; mental health services; psychosocial factors in the promotion of health and human development; child and adolescent psychiatry; mental health problems of elderly; epilepsy; schizophrenia; bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE); Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD)

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Nursing care as a key to primary health care; nursing/midwifery personnel engaged in direct care and curative activities; enhancement of the role ad functions of nursing/midwifery personnel

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Prevention and control of malnutrition; deficiency diseases and dietary excesses; food and nutritional surveillance; standards for food handlers and food industry; analysis and evaluation of food additives; preservatives and contaminants

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Protect and promote health of people at work; primary health care in the world place; prevention of work related diseases and accidents; occupational accidents; occupational diseases; occupational medicine

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Planning of oral health services; preventive dentistry to improve oral hygiene and periodontal health; fluorides and fluoridation

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Prevention and control of tropical and parasitic diseases; tropical diseases research; identification of parasites; control strategies

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Promotion of tobacco control programmes; public information on the adverse effects of smoking and tobacco use; promotion of healthy life-style free from tobacco use

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Surgery and anaesthesia; necessary basic surgical instruments; equipment and material

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Traditional medicine; acupuncture; alternative medicine; chinese traditional medicine; Ayurvedic medicine

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Control of vector-borne diseases; vector resistance to insecticides community based vector control particularly mosquito control; pesticides; insecticides

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Publications on various topics

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These pamphlets, written by the best experts, and supported by linguistic and communication specialists, will help to rapidly assess particular aspects of and define strategies for environmental health. As such, they constitute valuable decision-making tools. Pamphlets are available in English language, Russian language, Slovak language, Czech language.

Quality of urban air; continual provision of safe drinking water; optimised waste management; urban planning

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