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Mental health policy, plans and programmes - updated

Author/Editor: World Health Organization
Publisher: WHO, 2005
Call Number: WM 30 MEN
Description: This module sets out practical steps for the development of policies, plans and programmes and for their implementation. Specific examples from countries are used to illustrate the process of developing policy, plans and programmes throughout the module.

Author/Editor: World Health Organization
Publisher:  WHO, 2005
Call Number: QV 77.2 IMP
Description: This module provides practical guidance on how to improve access to psychotropic drugs and promote their effective use. Issues such as the rational selection of drugs, affordability, sustainable financing and the availability of reliable health and supply systems are discussed in order to demonstrate practical ways to promote access. A number of educational, managerial and regulatory strategies to promote the effective use of psychotropic medicines are also highlighted.

Author/Editor: World Health Organization
Publisher: WHO, 2005
Call Number: WM 30 MEN
Description: The module outlines the steps to be followed in the development and implementation of a child and adolescent mental health policy and plan. Its goal is to assist countries to promote the healthy development of children and adolescents.  The module describes how to develop a policy and plan using several sources of data: country information about the epidemiology of child and adolescent mental health problems, the existing financial and human resources available, the current service organization and the views and attitudes of health workers.  It then outlines the critical steps of formulating the vision, values, principles and the objectives of the policy, making use of an extensive consultation process with all stakeholders. In order to effectively implement the policy, a strategic plan should be developed, and guidance is provided on the key actions to be taken in this respect, including the formulation of strategies, associated activities, targets, indicators, resources and timeframes. Based on the latest evidence-based practice, the module provides a template that enables countries to address the comprehensive mental health needs of children and adolescents, across a range of sectors.

Author/Editor: World Health Organization
Publisher: WHO, 2005
Call Number: WM 34 WHO
Description: The WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation brings together important information on international human rights standards related to mental health. It provides practical guidance on key issues that countries need to consider and incorporate into their national mental health laws, as well as useful strategies to facilitate the development, adoption and implementation of the laws.
The Resource Book is illustrated throughout with examples of diverse experiences and practices, as well as extracts of laws and other law-related documents from different countries. It also contains a Checklist on mental health legislation which countries can use to review the comprehensiveness and adequacy of existing mental health legislation and to help them in the process of drafting a new law.

Author/Editor: National Epidemiology Center
Publisher: National Epidemiology Center, Department of Health
Call Number: H7.11 P53 1999
Description: Presents a summary of health statistics registered and reported in 1999. It includes statistics on births, deaths and notifiable diseases.

Author/Editor: Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Human Vitamin and Mineral Requirements  
Publisher: WHO and FAO of the United States
Call Number: QU 145 VIT  
Description: The Joint FAO/WHO group of experts reviewed the full scope of vitamin and minerals requirements, including their role in normal human physiology and metabolism and in deficiency disease conditions. The focus was on the requirements of the essential vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A, C, D, E, and K; the B vitamins; calcium; iron; magnesium; zinc; selenium; and iodine. The report provides recommended nutrient intakes for vitamins A, C, D, E, and K; the B vitamins; calcium; iron; magnesium; zinc; selenium; and iodine. The report also provides practical advice and recommendations which will constitute an authoritative source of information for all those who work in the area of nutrition, agriculture, food production and distribution, and health promotion.

Their war, our struggles : stories of children in central Mindanao

Author/Editor: Quitoriano. Eddie LL.
Publisher: Save the Children UK Philippine Progrmme
Call Number: HQ 784 Q8
Description: Presents the perspectives of internally displaced children from the municipalities of Pikit and Carmen in Cotabato and Pagalungan in Maguindanao who experienced the 2000 and 2003 war between the AFP and the MILF.  It looks into the children’s coping strategies and factors in their family and community context that affect their responses.  The book also provides an overview of services and programmes implemented by government agencies, donors and civil society organizations in response to the chronic war situation. It outlines urgent issues that should be addressed in Central Mindanao and presents a set of recommendations that can enhance existing efforts.

Author/Editor: Program On Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights
Publisher: Save the Children (UK) – Philippines and UP CIDS PST, c2003
Call Number: HV 1307 P964
Description: This publication documents the experiences of partner NGOs of Save the Children – UK under the Programme for Abused and Exploited Children. It is comprised of three working papers that look into the efforts of five NGOs working with local government units, child abuse prevention and determining best interests of the children.

Author/Editor: Quitorinao, Eddie LL., Morala, Rachel O.
Publisher: Save the Children UK  Philippines Progrmme
Call Number: HQ 789 Q8  2004
Description: This primer aims to promote the need for translating children’s right into other languages such as affirmative programs, local legislation, policies and social values.

Author/Editor: Quitorinao, Eddie LL., Morala, Rachel O.
Publisher: Save the Children UK  Philippines Programme
Call Number: HQ 789 B828 2004
Description:  Presents the summary and consolidated findings of three research studies commissioned by Save the Children – UK in three key cities in the Philippines. These studies aim to examine the trends in the statistics and the nature of problems and issues confronting children in conflict with the law (CICL) as they go through the formal justice system.

Taking control : life skills guidebook for female spouses of migrant workers

Author/Editor: Rasing, Michaela V.
Publisher: Action for Health Initiatives (ACHIEVE), Inc./CARAM-Philippines
Call Number: HD 5856 T136L
Description: This guidebook aims to enable women to recognize their own skills and abilities so that they can act on their own, positively and constructively. It is primarily meant as a guidebook that women can refer to in their day to day life or when the need arises.

Publisher: UNAIDS,
Call Number: RA 643.86 U58
Description: This primer summarizes and simplifies the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS to make it more accessible to anyone. It was developed as a guide for all key sectors and institutions, from the national to the local levels, who must be involved in the country’s response to HIV/AIDS.

Publisher: Policy 11 Project Philippines, 2003
Call Number: RA 643.86 L811 2003
Description: This publication contains experiences and insights gained the POLICY’s initiatives on HIV/AIDS at the local level in format that hopes to help replicate these experiences in other localities nationwide.

Author/Editor: Philippine National AIDS Council
Publisher: UNAIDS, [2005]
Call Number: H12.49 A288 2005
Description: This plan will serve as a blueprint for action in accelerating the country’s response to STI/HIV/AIDS during the next six-year period. It is envisioned that the national response must: 

·         Intensify prevention interventions among highly vulnerable groups identified in AMTP III – people in prostitution (PIPs); men who have sex with men (MSMs), injecting drug users (IDUs) and clients of PIPs; and scale-up prevention efforts towards other vulnerable groups

·         Expand coverage and integrate HIV/AIDS in the development priorities at the local level, giving priority to identified risk zones;

·         Improve the coverage and quality of care and support for people living with HVI/AIDS; and

·         Strengthen management support systems for the national response

Author/Editor: World Health Organization
Publisher: WHO, 2004
Call Number: QV 736 WOR 2004
Description: The publication provides an accessible source of information on the pharmaceutical situation at global and national levels. It assembles the available evidence regarding the production and consumption of medicines, and a range of issues in national medicines policies, including the level of people's access, patterns of use, the challenges of medicines regulation and promoting rational use. Numerous different sources of data are used. A 32-page annex of statistics is included.

Author/Editor: World Health Organization
Publisher: WHO, 2003
Call Number: QV 736 GUI 2003
Description: These interagency guidelines are designed to maximize the benefit of price discount arrangements. They are intended for policy-makers and technical staff in international and bilateral agencies active in international health development support, for pharmaceutical companies, and for governments and NGOs in recipient countries.

Mainstreaming indigenous health knowledge and practices

Author/Editor: Castro-Palaganas, Erlinda, Bagamaspad, Anavic …[et al]
Publisher: University of the Philippines, 2001
Call Number: GR 880 P53 M3
Description: The study focuses on indigenous notions of health and women’s life cycle with emphasis on women’s health.