UID:
edoccha_9958140096902883
Format:
1 online resource (320 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-14136-0
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9786610141364
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1-4175-7775-4
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92-4-068014-4
Series Statement:
Tools for advancing tobacco control in the 21st century
Content:
This publication aims to provide practical guidance to all those involved in the management of blood programmes. Following an introduction to the blood cold chain management process, seven chapters provide a detailed description of blood bank refrigerators, plasma freezers, platelet agitators, plasma thawing equipment, blood transport boxes and coolants, temperature monitoring devices, as well as other blood cold chain accessories. Each chapter provides WHO minimum performance specifications for the equipment, and selected product information on equipment evaluated by WHO. A specific chapter i
Note:
Editors and primary contributors: Vera Luiza daCosta e Silva, Annette David--P. ix.
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Preliminaries; Contents; 1. Tobacco as a risk factor health social and economic costs; 2. The tobacco industry; 3. Tobacco control interventions: the scientific evidence; 4. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; 5. Developing a national plan of action; 6. Establishing effective infrastructure for national tobacco control programme; 7. Training and education; 8. Communication and public awareness to build critical mass; 9. Working with the media; 10. Programming selected tobacco control activities; 11. Legislative and regulatory measures
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12. Exploring economic measures and funding initiatives13. Countering the tobacco industry; 14. Forming effective partnerships; 15. Monitoring, surveillance, evaluation and reporting; 16. Research and exchange of information
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 92-4-154658-1
Language:
English
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