La Guía de intervención humanitaria mhGAP es una herramienta sencilla y práctica destinada a ayudar a los servicios de salud generales en contextos de
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emergencias humanitarias, a detectar y tratar los trastornos mentales, neurológicos y por uso de sustancias psicoactivas. Se trata de una adaptación para uso en emergencias humanitarias de la Guía de intervención mhGAP (2010) de la OMS, manual ampliamente utilizado y basado en criterios científicos para el manejo de dichos trastornos en los servicios de salud de tipo general.
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Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 2 y 3 de marzo, 2010
Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil y Paraguay
Disposiciones provisionales en el marco de la Pandemia por COVID-19 en Honduras
Los presentes Lineamientos tecnicos del ministerio de salud de El Salvador establece las disposiciones para la prevención y control de la tubercul
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osis, para su aplicación por el personal del Sistema Nacional Integrado de Salud para incidir en la reducción de la morbimortalidad causada por la enfermedad. Este documento tiene como enfoqe especial el tuberculosis y la diabetes. Incluye propositos de promocion de salud con la participación comunitaria para el control de la tuberculosis. Ademas propone una educacion de salud con enfasis en tuberculosis.
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SARS-CoV-2 infection and pulmonary tuberculosis: analysis of the situation in Peru
Technical Guidelines for Palliative Care Management
during the COVID-19 pandemic
La Ceiba, Honduras – 18 y 19 de febrero de 2013
Thousands of HIV-positive Venezuelans have been forced to leave the country, after facing discrimination and zero treatment options, according to UNAIDS.
Patients once received free ARV treatment under Venezuela’s National AIDS Program. In 2017, the country essentially ran out of ARVs—about 9 p
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eople a day died from HIV-related illnesses that year.
“Today, HIV patients in Venezuela have three options: go untreated, buy the medication abroad or on the black market for large sums, or leave the country,” writes Gabriela Mesones Rojo.
The exodus of untreated Venezuelans could shift the course of the epidemic throughout the region.
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Un análisis desde la perspectiva del sector de la salud en América Latina y el Caribe
Washington, D.C., 2017
Recognizing the extent to which the COVID-19 outbreaks affects women and men differently is hugely important. Some preliminary data suggested that more men than women are dying, potentially due to sex-based immunological differences, higher rates of cardiovascular disease for men and lifestyle choic
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es, such as smoking. However, the experiences and lessons learned from the Zika and Ebola outbreaks and the HIV pandemic demonstrate that robust gender analysis and informed, gender-integrated response are vital to strengthen the access and acceptability of the humanitarian services needed to meet the distinct needs of women and girls, as well as men and boy and LGBTI people.
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