“…For instance, the average mortality rate at QECH in 2014-2015 was at 20.8% which is two times higher compared to the World Health Organization (WHO) cut off point of less than 10%. …”
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“…In recent years, preceding 2014, the most severe form of the disease, cerebral malaria, was recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) to be treated with quinine, but due to its increased side effects over the recently discovered drug, artemisinin derivatives, WHO substituted quinine as first line treatment with artemisinin derivatives in combination with a long-acting drug such as lumefantrine, piperaquine, amodiaquine, mefloquine, pyronaridine or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine. …”
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“…In recent years, preceding 2014, the most severe form of the disease, cerebral malaria, was recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) to be treated with quinine, but due to its increased side effects over the recently discovered drug, artemisinin derivatives, WHO substituted quinine as first line treatment with artemisinin derivatives in combination with a long-acting drug such as lumefantrine, piperaquine, amodiaquine, mefloquine, pyronaridine or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine. …”
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“…The initial antenatal care visit is the entry point for antenatal care and is the most significant visit since this is the visit where women are categorised into standard care or special care in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. This study aimed at assessing the quality of antenatal care that pregnant women receive during the initial antenatal visit at Kawale Health Centre in Lilongwe District. …”
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“…World Health Organization recommended the partograph in management of women during labor to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. …”
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“…Overall, the nurses’ scored poorly, with a median score of 40.7%, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) expected pass mark is 80%. …”
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“…In 2006, the Regional Committee of South-East Asia Region endorsed a resolution on patient safety. The World Health Organization has developed guidelines, checklists and programmes to ensure quality and safety of health care and minimize health care-acquired infections, antimicrobial resistance and medical mismanagement as well as reduce hazards from clinical and biological waste. …”
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“…The transmission of HIV from a mother to her child is one of the most tragic aspects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. World Health Organization advocates for early cessation of breastfeeding by HIV infected mothers, followed by replacement feeds in order to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV. …”
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“…A birth interval is the length of time between two successive live births. World Health Organization is recommended that individuals and couples should wait for at least 2–3 years between births to reduce the risk of adverse maternal and child health outcomes. …”
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“…According to the World Health Organization report of the year 2003 the major cause of stroke worldwide is old age whilst in Africa and many developing nations, lower life expectancy and rapidly changing lifestyles, mostly caused by differences in public health and access to health care, medicine, nutritional diet, exercise, tobacco smoking, and excessive drug and alcohol use are among the major cause of stroke. …”
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“…Using the adapted World Health Organization Quality of Care Assessment tool, the quality of care offered to women was found to be below standard and this was corroborated by reports from midwives who stated that some patients were not checked blood pressure, emergency care was not performed within 30 minutes of diagnosis, no handovers were made when transferring patients from theatre to postnatal ward. …”
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