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Video: Your Board and Fundraising

Learn how to engage your board in fundraising. This class helps you think through the process of getting your board involved with fundraising. What we will cover:

• The role of your board
• Why board members may be reluctant to fundraise and how to overcome these concerns
• Ways the board can participate in fundraising activities
• Tips for strengthening your fundraising board

Sierra Leone Mental Health Policy

This Mental Health Policy (2010-2015) is statement of the commitment by the government of Sierra Leone to set clear directions for the development of mental health services and the promotion of mental health in the country. Based on an all-inclusive consultative process and current situation analysis, this policy facilitates the integration of mental health services into the public health agenda and encourages an intersectoral approach to mental health, as well as reduce the burden of mental disorders in the population.

Sierra Leone National Water and Sanitation Policy

Inadequate water supply, lack or insufficient sanitation facilities, such as poor facilities for safe disposal of water and other domestic waste and lacking or poor toilet facilities together with unhygienic practices represent the sanitation challenges in Sierra Leone. The National Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Policy provides a comprehensive framework for promoting optimal, sustainable, and equitable development and use of water resources in Sierra Leone.

WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care

The WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to improve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and HCWs. The present guidelines are intended to be implemented in any situation in which health care is delivered either to a patient or to a specific group in a population. Therefore, this concept applies to all settings where health care is permanently or occasionally performed.