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Failure
of a Chloroquine Chemoprophylaxis
Program to Adequately Prevent
Malaria during Pregnancy
in Koupe´la District, Burkina Faso
In West Africa,
administration of chloroquine chemoprophylaxis during
pregnancy is common, but little is known
about its impact on Plasmodium falciparum infection
during pregnancy. Therefore, cross-sectional studies
in antenatal care clinics (ANCs) and delivery units (DUs) were
conducted in Koupe´la District, Burkina Faso.
This article, published in the June 2003 issue of Clinical
Infectious Diseases, discusses the results of the studies.
Emergency
Obstetric Care Learning Packages
Although most pregnancies and births are uneventful, approximately 15% of all pregnant women develop a potentially life-threatening complication that calls for skilled care and some will require a major obstetrical intervention to survive.
Two courses have been designed to train doctors, midwives and/or nurses with midwifery skills
to provide anesthesia and emergency obstetric care services at district
hospitals.
Self-Paced
Course: Meeting the FP/RH Needs of Clients with HIV/AIDS in
Low-Resource Settings
In many countries, the HIV/AIDS epidemic as well as strained budgets have stretched healthcare professionals to the limit. They cannot be away from their jobs to attend lengthy group-based courses.
This course enables them to update their knowledge on their
own time. It includes a pre- and post-test and lessons that
include lectures, quizzes and learning exercises.
Training
Works!...
 What you need to know about
managing, designing, delivering, and evaluating, group-based
training
What makes one training experience better than another? Effective training can help providers of family
planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) services to improve their performance. This handbook summarizes
the tasks that should be completed at each stage of training to ensure an effective training course.
Infection Prevention Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities with Limited
Resources
Healthcare workers are at risk of exposure to serious, potentially life-threatening
infections unless precautions are taken to prevent infection. The
purpose of this manual is to assist healthcare workers and hospital
and clinic supervisors, managers and administrators understand the
basic principles of infection prevention and recommended processes and
practices.
ReproLearn Multimedia Tutorials
Update your knowledge by viewing one of the
numerous ReproLearn multimedia tutorials available such as Transfer
of Learning, Provider Perspectives, Standard Days
Method (fertility-based FP method), and HIV/AIDS.
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