Cognizant of the need for standardization of the response for COVID-19, the Federal Ministry of Health prepared this national guideline in an effort to contain the epidemic before it overwhelms the  health  care  facilities.  This  national  guideline  is  expected  to  guide  policy  makers  and  h
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                                        ealth professionals  at  all  level.  A  standardized  approaches  to  will  assist  effective  and  efficient utilization  of  the  limited  resource  of  the  country,  minimizes  dilemma  and  confusion  on  case management. To this effect, the FMOH has established National COVID-19 advisory committee. The  committee  members  are  from  different  specialties  with  very  good  experiences  in  disaster management  and  prevention  and  treatment  of  infectious  disease  epidemics.  The  input  from  the committee  is used to make decisions at the national  level about theepidemics  in the weeks and months  to  come.  The  FMOH  would  like  to  acknowledge  the  members  of  the  national  advisory committee  for  their  commitment  and  unreserved  effort  in  finalizing  the  task  in  a  very  short period of time and advising the Ministry on various issues related to the epidemics at this critical time.
                                    
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                                This Key Indicators report presents selected findings of the 2019 EMDHS. A comprehensive analysis of the data will be publishedin a final report in 2019.T he primary objective of the 2019 EMDHS project is to provide up-to-date estimates of key demographic and health indicators.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                The community-BFCI (c-BFCI) manual has been developed to facilitate training of CHVs and stakeholders providing nutrition sensitive services at community level. The manual covers a wide range of topics: basic nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, Breast Milk Substitutes Act, gro
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                                        wth monitoring and promotion, early childhood development and stimulation, household food and nutrition security and establishment of baby friendly communities.
                                    
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                                Interim Framework for the South-East Asia Region 28 October 2020
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Sudan has a long history of hosting refugees and asylum seekers with 991,787 individuals, 51 per cent female and 53 per cent children, expected to live in Sudan by the end of 2020.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Community-based strategies play a significant role in many health systems in low- and middle-income countries, especially in light of critical shortages in the health workforce. The term community health worker has been used to refer to volunteers and salaried, professional or lay health workers wit
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                                        h a wide range of training, experience, scope of practice and integration in health systems. In the context of this study, we use the term community-based practitioner (CBPs) to reflect the diverse nature of these cadres of health workers.
CBPs provide preventive, promotive, curative and palliative services across a range of areas, including reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, control of other endemic diseases, and noncommunicable diseases. Significant evidence has emerged over the past two decades on their effectiveness, which has triggered interest in the potential to use their services to expand access to care, in particular in rural and underserved areas where deployment and retention of more qualified health workers is problematic. Calls have been made to integrate CBP programmes in human resources and health strategies, and to scale up rapidly the extent and coverage of CBP initiatives.
                                    
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                                Operating Department Practice - Clinical  Pocket Reference - for nurses, students and other healthcare professionals - third edition,
supplemantary material Available from
www.clinicalpocketreference.com
ISBN: 978 1 908725 10 3
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                The Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008, presents evidence-
based recommendations on the preferred methods for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of patient-
care medical devices and for cleaning and disinfecting the healthcare environment. This docume
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supercedes the relevant sections contained in the 1985 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Guideline for 
Handwashing and Environmental Control. 1 Because maximum effectiveness from disinfection and 
sterilization results from first cleaning and removing organic and inorganic materials, this document also 
reviews cleaning methods. The chemical disinfectants discussed for patient-care equipment include 
alcohols, glutaraldehyde, formaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide, iodophors, ortho-phthalaldehyde, peracetic 
acid, phenolics, quaternary ammonium compounds, and chlorine. The choice of disinfectant, 
concentration, and exposure time is based on the risk for infection associated with use of the equipment 
and other factors discussed in this guideline. The sterilization methods discussed include steam 
sterilization, ethylene oxide (ETO), hydrogen peroxide gas plasma, and liquid peracetic acid. When 
properly used, these cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization processes can reduce the risk for infection 
associated with use of invasive and noninvasive medical and surgical devices. However, for these 
processes to be effective, health-care workers should adhere strictly to the cleaning, disinfection, and 
sterilization recommendations in this document and to instructions on product labels.
LAST UPDATE 2019
                                    
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                                The figures and findings reflected in the 2020 PMR represent the independent analysis of the United Nations (UN) and its humanitarian partners based on information available to them. Many of the figures provided throughout the document are estimates based on sometimes incomplete and partial data set
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                                        s using the methodologies for collection that were available at the time. The Government of Syria has expressed its reservations over the data sources and methodology of assessments used to inform the 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) as well as on a number of HNO findings reflected in the 2020 HRP. This applies throughout the document.
                                    
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                                This document aims to describe a minimum set of surveillance activities recommended at the national level to detect and monitor the relative prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and outline a set of activities for the characterization and assessment of risk posed by these variants. A set of indicators 
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                                        is also provided to standardize monitoring and public reporting of variant circulation.
The document is primarily intended for national and sub-national public health authorities and partners who support implementation of surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 variants
                                    
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                                A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Haiti at 8:30am local time at a depth of around 10km. The epicentre was recorded around 12km northeast of SaintLouis-du-Sud, about 125km west of the capital Port-au-Prince.
● In the aftermath of the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Hai
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                                        ti on 14 August, authorities report more than 2,200 people dead, at least 344 missing, over 12,000 injured and upwards of 130,000 homes damaged or destroyed.
                                    
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                                On 25 August, UN agencies and partners launched a US$187.3 million Flash Appeal to reach 500,000 of the most vulnerable people affected by the 14 August earthquake.
Around 650,000 people are in need of emergency humanitarian assistance in the three most affected departments – Grand’Anse, Nipp
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                                        es and Sud – where 634,000 were already in need of multisectoral assistance before the quake.
Based on lessons learned from past emergencies, humanitarian actors are aiming to capitalize on local and national level expertise, capacities and knowledge to promote a rapid and effective response tailored to the expressed needs of affected people.
                                    
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                                Since the start of the pandemic, the region has been hit by multiple natural and biological disasters. At the same time, climate change has continued to warm the world, exacerbating the impacts of many of these disasters. The *Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2021, *also launched today, shows that the p
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                                        andemic, combined with the persistent reality of climate change, has reshaped and expanded the disaster “riskscape” in Asia and the Pacific.
                                    
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                                Issue Brief no. 16. 20 Sept 2021.
Many studies have shown the effectiveness of vaccination against COVID-19 and that it protects against severe
illness. A high vaccination rate is needed to combat the pandemic worldwide. Due to misinformation and myths,
there is still a great hesitancy to vaccina
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                                        te . With this Issue Brief, we would like to present various myths and provide
you with educational materials on the respective topics for communication in the MEDBOX
                                    
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                                Cette ressource a été élaborée pour faciliter le développement de plans d’action nationaux stratégiques et bien coordonnés afin de contrer rapidement la désinformation sur les vaccins et d’encourager la demande de vaccination éclairée par l’écoute sociale.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Healthy people, healthy animals and a healthy environment worldwide with the One Health approach.
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically demonstrated just how close the link is between humans, animals, and the environment, and has highlighted and aggravated existing challenges. The destruction of na
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                                        tural habitats and displacement of species, trade in wild animals, resource-intensive lifestyles and conditions, non-sustainable food systems and, in particular, industrial agriculture and intensive livestock farming are the causes of the emergence of zoonoses as well as numerous other communicable and non-communicable, chronic diseases.
The One Health approach focuses precisely on such interaction between humans, animals, and the environment.
                                    
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