World Health Organisation - Prevention of Deafness Programme

The website of the World Health Organisation's prevention of deafness programme, contains a number useful resources for organisations aiming to include prevention of deafness activities in their work. If you are interested to find out more, why not have a look at:

• Facts and figures The WHO is the source of many useful statistics on deafness worldwide. There is also information on  national surveys deafness conducted in selected countries.
  
  
• Guidelines The WHO has produced guidelines on reducing deafness caused by ototoxic drugs, chronic otitis media, chronic suppurative otitis media, and excessive community and occupational noise. Guidelines on hearing aids and associated services have also been produced in association with Christoffel-Blindenmission.
  
  
• National Programmes. The WHO has information about the establishment of national programmes for the prevention of deafness. In particular, the South-East Asian Region, a regional forum for prevention and control of deafness has been established to work under a new regional initiative, Sound Hearing 2030.
  
  
• Community Ear and Hearing Health: An international journal focusing for ear and hearing care. The journal focuses on the situation and needs in developing countries and deals with prevention, management and rehabilitation of ear and hearing disorders. If you you are a health worker in a developing country, you can subscribe to this journal free of charge. Alternatively download copies from the website as they come out. 
  
  
• Training resources aimed at managing ear diseases and reducing hearing problems in developing countries.