Control and prevention of AIDS: nurses responsibility

A call for nurses to incorporate education on the control and prevention of AIDS in primary health care activities and other programmes

The role of the nurse/midwife in primary health care

The emphasis on PHC has created potentiality for new roles for nursing/midwifery personnel and these extended roles in community health demonstrate the need for restructuring the educational system and to encourage continuing education

Importance of rest and sleep in hospital

Sleep and rest are vital to good health and it is necessary for nurses to take into consideration all factors that influence them in all age groups

The role of the nurse/midwife in primary health care

The extended roles of the nurse/midwife in PHC demonstrates a need for restructuring of the educational system and encouraging continuing education in the areas of hospital and clinic administration; drug supply and management; identification of appropriate traditional birth attendants [TBAs]; among others

Epidemiology training manual for health personnel

This manual is intended to assist health centre personnel to appreciate the use of information in order to improve health services at their level. To improve the health of the community it is essential to understand why diseases arise and to do this it is necessary to study the distribution and determinants of disease in the population. The manual is designed into seven modules which can be used independently as need arises