Handbook On Training In Civil Registration And Vital Statistics Systems

Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems

This handbook is designed for use in developing training courses in civil registration and vital statistics systems. Target groups may include national officials from ongoing civil registration and vital statistics systems or university students in such programmes as statistics, demography and social sciences, medicine and public health. The main part of the handbook consists of 23 training modules that can be presented in approximately one hour each. Within each modules is: a contents summary; source readings; a list of key points; discussion points and suggested exercises; review questions.

Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems

Immunization in Practice

This practical guide contains seven modules targeted at district and health facility staff. It intends to meet the demands to improve immunization services so as to reach more infants in a sustainable way, building upon the experiences of polio eradication. It includes materials adapted from polio on planning, monitoring and use of data to improve the service, that can be used at any level. Revising the manual has been a team exercise. There are contributions from a large number of experts, organizations and institutions. This new edition has seven modules. Several new vaccines that have become more readily available and used in recent years have been added. Also the section on integration with other health interventions has been expanded as exciting opportunities and experiences have become evident in the years following the previous edition. Module 1: Target diseases and vaccines Module 2: The vaccine cold chain Module 3: Ensuring safe injections Module 4: Microplanning for reaching every community Module 5: Managing an immunization session Module 6: Monitoring and surveillance Module 7: Partnering with communities.