Welcome To iDOC Africa
Work has shown that those with severe illness or needing inpatient care do not always receive good quality care in African hospitals.
Although poor resources play a part in this, lack of knowledge and lack of simple tools to help health workers provide better care also contribute.
We would like to help improve health care in African hospitals.
UPDATE: WHO National TB guidelines
The World Health Organization has updated the National Tuberculosis programmes guidelines. The document includes the guideline recommendations and the best available evidence that supports the recommendations.
Click here to download the National TB programmes guidelines.
NEW: Launch of ETAT+ Distance Learning Module
The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Kenya Paediatric Association (KPA) and Partnership for Advanced Clinical Education (PACE) would like to invite you to a breakfast launch of the ETAT+ Distance learning course.ETAT+ is Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment which the ministry and partners have been implementing as part of the (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy whose goal is to reduce child mortality.
The launch will be at The New Stanley Hotel on 13th Nov is a culmination of events
NEW: The Global TB Report 2014
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest communicable diseases. In 2013, an estimated 9.0 million people developed TB and 1.5 million died from the disease, 360 000 of whom were HIV-positive. TB is slowly declining each year and it is estimated that 37 million lives were saved between 2000 and 2013 through effective diagnosis and treatment.
TB is present in all regions of the world and the Global Tuberculosis Report 2014 includes data compiled from 202 countries and territories. This year’s report shows higher global totals for new TB cases and deaths in 2013 than previously, reflecting use of increased and improved national data.