Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is aware of the media releases of the preliminary results of a large randomized clinical trial conducted in the United Kingdom, which included dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, as one of the drugs used for the treatment of COVID-19 patien...ts. The investigators reported that administration of oral or injectable dexamethasone resulted in about one-third reduction in mortality among COVID-19 patientsi that required mechanical ventilation and about one-fifth for patients requiring oxygen.
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Over the past weeks, there has been wide media attention on the risk of transmission of the novel coronavirus [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)] by asymptomatic individuals. This situation has also been extensively discussed on various platforms globally. The purpose of t...his position statement is for the Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to clarify the situation of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by pre-asymptomatic and asymptomatic Individuals.
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This statement aims to provide guidance and recommendation to African Union Member States in responding to the following questions:
What should countries do when announcing identification of a herbal remedy or medicine?
What are the implications for the rest of the continent?
CHAI Academy is an initiative of CHAI in collaboration with Tech Care for All (TC4A). In the context of the COVID 19 crisis, CHAI Academy is rolling out 4 online courses:
1. Hospital Directors, Administrators and management team (7 Hrs)
2. Nurses and allied healthcare providers (6 Hrs)
3. Doct...ors (8 Hrs)
4. Community health providers (6 Hrs)
These are self-paced courses that could be done at your convenience and are divided into chapters and various units. We request to you use this opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to manage covid-19 crisis. For joining the course, please visit the link.
Certificate will be provided to the participant on the successful completion of the course.
If you have a difficulty in registration, please contact:
Ms. Sarita: 9885595954 email: sarita-jesse@chai-india.org
Ms. Mayuri:9326389241 email: mayuri.keskar@tc4a.com
Please share this information and enroll as many people as possible.
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The Department of Basic Education recognises the need to help parents and guardians get through this lockdown period as effectively as possible. This simple set of guidelines is designed to provide advice and strategies to help parents support their children at this time
Иммунизация является важной медицинской услугой, которая защищает человечество от болезней, предупреждаемых вакцинацией (БПВ)2. Благодаря своевременной имму...низации люди и сообщества обретают защиту, и вероятность вспышки БПВ уменьшается.Предотвращение вспышки БПВ не только спасает жизни, но и требует меньше ресурсовпо сравнению среагированиемна вспышку и помогает снизить нагрузку на систему здравоохранения, и без того перегруженную в результате пандемии COVID-19.
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May 2020 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 96 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.003
The Lancet DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31053-9
As of 29 June 2020, there have been 299 confirmed cases, including six fatalities and 218 recoveries across the country. The rate of local transmission has been low so far with cases confirmed mainly among people returning from abroad.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on health care systems that, in many instances, worsened the already existing assistance gaps. When it comes to Latin America and Central America, this challenge adds to the consequences mass mobilizations have had in recent years, which have exc...eeded the national capacities to provide prompt assistance and social protection, particularly in the health care field. This pandemic has a direct impact on people on the move since the movement restriction policies and the lockdown and social distancing measures have reduced their ability to insert themselves into economic activities that were already precarious in many cases. Consequently, they have less access to food, housing, medicines and other essential consumer goods, and fewer possibilities of getting to their countries of destinati
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