Roberto Cauda eBooks

Consolata Hospital Ikonda’s project on infectious diseases control: Università Cattolica and Conferenza Episcopale Italiana in support of a Tanzanian hospital. E-book. Formato PDF Roberto Cauda   -  Vita E Pensiero, 2022  - 

This book presents and describes the project promoted by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Consolata Hospital Ikonda and financed by the Committee for Charitable Interventions in favour of the Third World of Conferenza Episcopale Italiana. The project, started in June 2015 and concluded at the end of March 2017, has worked in favor of prevention and reduction of nosocomial infections and its mortality rate and for promotion of a correct treatment of patients affected by tuberculosis. These objectives have been pursued through two different instruments: training pathways of the local staff provided by Italian volunteers doctors and new machineries acquired for the microbiology laboratory. Both levels of intervention have made it possible to improve local staff’s awareness of the importance of prevention and their competences in diagnosing infections. After an overview on the Tanzanian context and the implementation phases of the project made by Prof. Roberto Cauda, director of CeSI, and by Antonella Cassano, Francesca Zambito and Laura Elisabetta Bossini, the book describes in detail the content of trainings provided at Consolata Hospital Ikonda, directly through the voices of Università Cattolica doctors who worked there for periods of up to six months. Paola Del Giacomo stresses the importance of hand hygiene in order to reduce the spread of infections inside the hospital; Katleen De Gaetano Donati puts her attention on the role of respiratory and contact isolation offering a detailed overview on the tuberculosis therapeutic approaches; Claudia Palazzolo describes risks connected to an excessive use of antibiotics; Gianmaria Baldin explains the therapeutic protocols for the treatment of infectious diseases and Gian Paolo Zara focuses on the prevention of surgical infections.

Testimonianze dalle periferie del mondo: Sei anni di Charity Work Program. E-book. Formato PDF Roberto Cauda   -  Vita E Pensiero, 2022  - 

Il Charity Work Program, promosso dal Centro di Ateneo per la Solidarietà internazionale in collaborazione con UCSC International e grazie al supporto dell’Istituto Giuseppe Toniolo di Studi Superiori, ha offerto a 127 studenti la possibilità di vivere un’esperienza di volontariato internazionale di tre settimane in un paese del sud del mondo. Questo libro riporta le esperienze di alcuni di loro.

Handbook on Selected Topics in Tropical Diseaes. E-book. Formato PDF Roberto Cauda   -  Vita E Pensiero, 2020  - 

The book collects a selection of topics of tropical diseases of wide diffusion and great impact in terms of Public Health. In fact, the selection of diseases has been made according to criteria of epidemiological importance, in terms of diffusion in different geographical areas, and clinical impact. In particular, the following topics were addressed: HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, haemorrhagic fever, sepsis, meningitis, diarrhoea and foodborne diseases, viral hepatitis, pregnancy infections, bone infections, vaccinations, antibiotic therapy and the use of ultrasound in tropical diseases. Finally, a chapter on Covid-19 has been added. The chapters have been written by experts in the field from Italian and foreign universities and public institutions. Here we remember the important contribution of professors from the Universities of Brescia, Magna Graecia, Université de Paris, St. Mary Lacor Gulu-Uganda, St. Elizabeth University Bratislava-Slovakia, ASL Roma 1, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. The volume also contains a Preface by Prof. Marco Caselli, Director of CeSi and an Introduction by Prof. Giampiero Carosi, President of Medicus Mundi Italy. The aim of this initiative, in line with the objectives of the University Centre for International Solidarity, is to provide an agile consultation tool for doctors, but not only, operating in difficult health contexts, such as in countries with limited resources.