W.H.O Guidelines

            Communicable diseases correspond to a significant amount of challenge to the health care providers in the severe food shortage situations. The increasing economic crisis in the underdeveloped countries has attributed to more cases of malnourishment due to high incidences of poverty. The WHO guidelines need to be regularly updated within 18 months up to two years. However, these guidelines have not been updated for the past six years and hence the recommendations may not be considered as current and viable. There has been a new evolution of epidemiological information as well as new guidance and thus the document requires to be updated so as to be viable in dealing with these undernourished related diseases (World Health Organization 2010).

            Some of these recommendations are not entirely practical. This is because they are way too general for their effectiveness to occur. They have no set timeline as to how frequent these systematic and routinely vaccinations ought to be undertaken. Also carrying out of an indoor spraying may not be practical in these underdeveloped countries since they have inadequate health officers and inadequate finances to cater for these sprays that can cater for all the malaria infested environment settings (World Health Organization 2010). Follow up recommendation should be integrated in these programs as well as education on health education should be offered to all people across all age groups so as to create awareness to these people on how they can ensure that they take care of themselves s as to ensure that they are not malnourished and on how to ensure that they do not spread the diseases. Nurses have a role in administering health education and in supporting the improvement of safe and adequate food, water, vaccinations, and immunizations as well as promoting infant feeding practices that are appropriate.

 

References

World Health Organization (2010). Communicable Diseases and Severe Food Shortage. Retrived from:http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/70485/1/WHO_HSE_GAR_DCE_2010_6_eng.pdf