A Technical Brief for Breakthrough ACTION Field Teams
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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This Interim Guidance outlines how key public health and social measures needed to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread and the impact of the disease can be adapted for use in low capacity and humanitarian settings. The recommendations outlined here need to be adjusted to the scale of transmission, co...ntext and resources, in order to achieve the objective of managing COVID-19, namely to reduce transmission and facilitate the detection and management of infected and exposed individuals within the population. The Guidance is intended for humanitarian and development actors of all operational levels working with communities ocal authorities involved in COVID-19 preparedness and response operations in these settings, in support of national and local governments and plans. Additional considerations for support to residents of urban informal settlements and slums are available in Annex 1.
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Yemeni people continue to show incredible resilience after five years of conflict, recurrent flooding, constant threats of famine and cholera, extreme hardship to access basic services like education or health and dwindling livelihoods opportunities– and now, COVID-19. Nearly four million people h...ave now been displaced throughout the country and have thus lost their home.
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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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document d’information scientifique, 17 juin 2020
This fact sheet explains how COVID-19 affects you if you are pregnant, or planning to become pregnant - in 35 languages
Patienteninformation Grippe oder Coronavirus - Spanisch
An infographic providing tips on how to safely engage with communities while conducting face-to-face meetings during COVID-19.
Several countries affected by COVID-19, have seen increases in levels of violence occurring in the home, including violence against children, intimate partner violence and violence against older people. Countries also face increasing challenges in maintaining support and care for survivors of violen...ce. This brief compiles key actions that the health sector can undertake within a multisectoral response to prevent or mitigate interpersonal violence based on existing WHO guidance.
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El informe se encamina a documentar si los gobiernos:
• tienen planes de acción, políticas y leyes nacionales en consonancia con aquellos cuya eficacia se ha comprobado en el contexto de INSPIRE;
• están contando los incidentes violentos mortales y no mortales con exactitud;
• han establ...ecido valores de partida y valores a alcanzar que les permitan monitorear su progreso hacia la erradicación de la violencia contra los niños;
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Segunda edición: 10 de abril 2020
Panorama de la situación en Venezuela y esfuerzos hasta la fecha
NB: desde la primera iteración de este Plan se ha observado el aumento de retornos de personas a Venezuela, principalmente entrando por vía terrestre desde Colombia, lo que requiere un esfuerzo e...special desde el punto de vista de control epidemiológico, estableciendo condiciones de alojamiento temporal adecuadas y de protección, lo que se refleja en esta segunda edición.
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Since March, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted operations and required a different approach to communication with communities.
UNHCR communication channels have been rapidly enhanced and enlarged to ensure the continued provision of vital health and protection information.
This manual addresses all the issues. It focus on the cycle of microbes, antibiotics, vaccination, AMR,
infection prevention and control. It will support nurses on better action and also on communication towards
their patients and families.
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is the worst in the world, with over 80 per cent of the population estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance. The protracted crisis has displaced millions of Yemenis, placing pressure on host communities with limited capacity to support displaced populations....
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This revision to the Disaster Management Team’s (DMT) multi-sector response plan for COVID-19 is meant to align the multi-sector plan with the Department of Health’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan issued on 24 April 2020.
L’OMS recommande aux femmes enceintes de faire un test de dépistage du VIH, de la syphilis et de l’hépatite B (HBsAg) au moins une fois pendant la grossesse, de préférence au cours du premier trimestre. Le double test de diagnostic rapide (TDR) VIH/syphilis peut être utilisé comme premier ...test pour les femmes enceintes dans le cadre des soins prénataux. Ces tests simples peuvent être utilisés sur le lieu de soins et sont économiques par rapport aux tests standards de soins prénataux.
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