Publication Date
2008
106 p
These guidelines are to assist in the care of children in emergencies. They are designed to serve as a reference manual for the evaluation and management of children in emergencies, and as the basis for the training of health care workers. The target audience is first level health workers who provide care to children under the age of 5 years. Physicians and health care workers with more advanced training are referred to the WHO Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children: Guidelines for the Management of Common Illnesses with Limited Resources (2005)
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Keywords
Development/ Humanitarian; disability and emergency; Disability and social diversity; children with disabilities; Global picture; disability indicators and data; Health; systems: health information systems; systems: health workforce; systems: service delivery; treatment and prevention; Rehabilitation; diagnosis and assessment
