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The WHO developed and hasrecommended EmONC training to address the concern with the life-threatening complications during pregnancy, delivery, or postpartum period. Indeed, several countries have implemented the training in sub-Saharan Africa but with unique challenges and barriers. However, very limited evaluations have been carried out to inform improvements or implementation strategies.

Educational programs raise individuals' awareness for a better and more enjoyable life. Among types of education, the education in service stands out, being applied continuously and proficiently in various professional fields. Nurses take this responsibility for the continuing education. Taking the high level of complexity of the ICU, nursing team is responsible for promoting care in a complex manner, requiring skill and technological knowledge.

Cancer therapy is broadly based upon the use of chemotherapeutic drugs with strong anti-cancer cytotoxic effects. In order to minimize occupational exposure to chemotherapeutic cytotoxic drugs, special department design and equipment are necessary as well as personal protective measures and safety practices during all procedures involving the use of these agents, such as transportation ,storage, preparation, reconstitution, administration and care of patients and finally disposal.

The temporomandimular disorder (TMD) is considered a set of muscle and joint disorders affecting the orofacialregion. Even with the current development of preventive dentistry you can still find individuals who need rehabilitation with conventional dentures regardless of the cause of tooth loss, TMD can affect edentulous patients, people with uni or bimaxillary dentures.

Pain is a sensory and personal experience, and when the symptomatology is chronic it brings a disorder of people's daily lives. The elderly population is the most affected by these events, needing a holistic look at this problem. The present work aims to evaluate the type of pain, its intensity, and which sites it most affects using an Android application prototype with elderly people attending a group of Hiperdia, in the city of Recife, Pernambuco. It is a study that is characterized as methodological and technological prototype type.

Hymenoptera venom allergy is an IgE-mediated cause of anaphylaxis even life-threatening. Venom Immunotherapy (VIT) is described as a highly effective treatment if administered at least for 3 years and therefore considered as life-saving. We retrospectively evaluated Venom Immunotherapy influence on total and specific IgE (sIgE) in a population of 21 Hymenoptera allergic patients referring to the Allergy Unit of Messina University Hospital, who had been screened for Hymenoptera allergy and resulted polysensitized to different Hymenoptera venoms, Apis, Vespula and Polistes venoms.

Introdução: Os acidentes de trabalho são entendidos como um prejuízo funcional para o corpo e/ou a mente durante o exercício de trabalho que causa incapacidade temporária, invalidez ou morte. Objetivo: Analisar os fatores associados aos acidentes de trabalho com material biológico entre os profissionais de saúde de um Hospital público. Metodologia: Estudo descritivo e retrospectivo.

Considering the growth of demand in the air sector it is important to verify factors that can be determinant from the point of view of the customer in the choice of the air operator. The method adopted in this research was bibliographic research and literature review on the themes and criteria established with the application of the AHP method. The research consisted of a study of 5 (five) criteria that can influence the customer when choosing an air operator.

The study aimed to identify the factors associated with caries development in foreign individuals recently admitted to a Brazilian university. This is a cross-sectional, analytical and quantitative study conducted between 2017 and 2018 at the University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony. A questionnaire was applied, addressing the themes: socioeconomic and demographic aspects; self-perception and oral hygiene habits; behaviors in oral health and cariogenic diet. Carious, lost and obturated teeth (DMFT index) and salivary pH were quantified.

Educators are keystones to the development of critical and skilled citizens, contributing to the maintenance and quality of life of the students and the community. In this sense was created in school Health program which aims at integrating education and health through trained professionals about the actions of health education.