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We have taken every care to ensure that drug dosages and related medical advice in this book are accurate. However, drug and disinfectant dosages can change and are updated often, so always double-check dosages and procedures against a reliable, up-to-date formulary and the given drug’s documentation before administering it.

Child and Adolescent Care for Community Health Workers

First published in 2018 by Bettercare. This version produced on 26 February 2025.

Text © David Woods 2018

ISBN (print edition): 978-0-620-82050-9

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      1. Acknowledgements
      2. Introduction
        1. About Bettercare
        2. Why decentralised learning?
        3. Free Bettercare Online Learning Platform
        4. Learning programmes
        5. Format of the courses
        6. Updating the course material
        7. Contact information
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      3. About this book
      4. 1 Growth and nutrition
        1. Objectives
        2. Growth
        3. Good Nutrition
        4. Malnutrition
        5. Overweight
        6. Managing a child with malnutrition
        7. Case studies
      5. 2 Childhood HIV
        1. Objectives
        2. HIV and Aids
        3. Diagnosing HIV infection
        4. Managing a child with HIV infection
        5. Case studies
      6. 3 Tuberculosis in children
        1. Objectives
        2. Cause of TB
        3. Diagnosing TB
        4. Treating TB
        5. Case studies
      7. 4 Adolescent Care
        1. Objectives
        2. Adolescence and puberty
        3. Challenges of adolescence
        4. Adolescent sexuality
        5. Adolescent friendly care
        6. Case studies
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