WHO, 2007

Somalia standard treatment guidelines and training manual on rational management and use of medicines at the primary health care level has been written primarily for health professionals working in maternal and child health and outpatient facilities. However, the book will be of major help to any one working with medicines, particularly doctors, nurses and pharmacists working in hospitals as well as those in private clinics and pharmacies.

It describes the treatment aspects of diseases commonly encountered in Somalia. The treatment guidelines concern bacterial infections, dental and oral diseases, emergencies and trauma, eye conditions, gastrointestinal diseases, nutritional disorders, obstetrics and gynecology, parasitic diseases,respiratory infections, Syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections, skin conditions, viral infections.

It can be used as training manual on rational management and use of medicines at the primary health care level.