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ECDC rapid assessment of laboratory practices and needs related to COVID-19

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2021) C1

18 Janaury 2021 EU/EEA Member States and the UK have increased their laboratory capacity tremendously over the past 11 months as the majority of the Member States reported sufficient testing capacity until March 2021. Many countries are adding rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) to their ... more

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SARS-COV-2 Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test Training
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African Society for Laboratory Medicine ASLM (2021) C1

SARS-COV-2 antigen rapid diagnostic tests are an alternative option for diagnosing active SARS-CoV-2 infection through detection of viral proteins. Rapid antigen tests revolutionize the response to COVID-19 by providing accurate test results in 10 to 20 minutes instead of days, allowing tests to be ... more

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Профилактика инфекций и инфекционный контроль в медицинских учреждениях, обеспечивающих реагирование на COVID-19: модуль из комплекса инструментов для оценки способности служб здравоохранения к реагир
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

A module from the suite of health service capacity assessments in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Interim Guidance 20 October 2020. This self-assessment tool is designed for acute health-care facilities (i.e. tertiary and secondary) but can be modified for the use in long-term care facilities... more

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Unterstützung in der Corona-Krise

Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen (IQWiG) (2021) CC

Derzeit können auf viele Fragen zum Coronavirus noch keine zuverlässigen Antworten gegeben werden. Informationen zum Coronavirus, zu einer Ansteckung und zum aktuellen Geschehen in Deutschland finden Sie bei den zuständigen Behörden und wissenschaftlichen Institutionen. Allerdings gibt es auch ... more

Geschlechtsspezifische Rechte im Asylverfahren – LSBTI*-Personen

A. Träbert; Dörr P. Asylmagazin (2019) CC

Lesbische, schwule, bisexuelle, trans- und intergeschlecht-liche (LSBTI*) Personen erfahren in besonders hohem Maße Gewalt. Bei LSBTI*-Geflüchteten trifft dies nicht nur auf die Erfahrungen im jeweiligen Herkunftsland und auf dem Fluchtweg zu, sondern auch auf die Zeit nach ih-rer An... more

Операционные аспекты ускорения геномного секвенирования как компонента эпиднадзора за SARS-CoV-2 через систему ГСЭГО

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Representative, quality, timely and continuous genetic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is critical to the COVID-19 outbreak response. This document provides practical guidance to Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) laboratories and other relevant national laboratories to move beyond... more

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Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) Module

National Newborn Health Program (NNHP), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Bangladesh (2019) CC

Over a period of two decades, under-5 mortality rate in Bangladesh has declined by 66% from 133 per 1000 live births in 1993-94 to 45 per 1000 live births in 2017-18. The country reached the MDG-4 goal in the reduction of child mortality on time. However, the comparison of neonatal and under-5 morta... more

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Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the COVID-19 context interim guidance

WHO (2021) CC

Countries around the world are facing the challenge of increased demand for care of people with COVID-19, compounded by fear, misinformation and limitations on movement that disrupt the delivery of health care for all conditions. Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the CO... more

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Guidelines for Care of Critically Ill Adult Patients with COVID-19 in the Americas. Summary, version 3

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

This publication provides recommendations for the management of critically ill adult patients with COVID-19 being treated in intensive care units (ICUs) in the Americas. These clinical practice guidelines provide evidence-informed recommendations for identifying markers and mortality risk factors in... more

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Diagnostic target product profile for monitoring and evaluation of soil-transmitted helminth control programmes

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Soil-transmitted helminths are a group of intestinal worms that include Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), and Ancylostoma spp. (A. duodenale, A. ceylanicum) and Necator americanus (hookworms). Despite the clear biological differences among the different species,... more

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Exploration of Community Health Workers’ views about in their role and support in Primary Health Care in Northern Cape, South Africa

Ramukumba, M.M. Journal of Community Health (2019) CC

Community health workers (CHWs) play a significant role in Primary health Care due to their proximity to households, communities and the health care system. Many studies focus on CHWs and the work they do. However, few have examined their experiences and identity and how that might influence how the... more

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A Mini Autogenic Training Relaxation for Stress Relief and Anxiety

Joanne D'Amico (2015) CC

Here is a mini relaxation exercise that includes a short deep breathing exercise followed by an autogenic visualization that will help elicit a feeling of warmth, heaviness and deep relaxation. Autogenic relaxation is a form of self-hypnosis that involves giving yourself verbal cues to relax. It ... more

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Resilience Building: A guide to flood, cyclone, earthquake, drought and safe schools programming

Action Aid (2016) CC

This guidance document is meant to support practitioners working in disaster prone contexts to develop and implement more effective integrated resilience programming. It promotes programming that cuts across different fields of work like rights awareness, food security, emergency preparedness, livel... more

UNHCR Global Strategy for Public Health 2021-2025

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2021) C1

UNHCR’s Public Health Strategy 2021-2025 is based on the lessons learnt, and builds on the achievements, of the Global Strategy for Public Health 2014-2018. Progress was made on policies favouring inclusion and integration into national systems3 with 92% of 48 operations surveyed reporting refuge... more

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Expanding the Single-Visit Approach for Cervical Cancer Prevention: Successes and Lessons From Burkina Faso

Ouedraogo Y., Furlane G., Fruhauf T. et al. Global Health: Science and Practice (2018) CC

Background: Cervical cancer accounts for 23% of cancer incidence and 22% of cancer mortality among women in Burkina Faso. These proportions are more than 2 and 5 times higher than those of developed countries, respectively. Before 2010, cervical cancer prevention (CECAP) services in Burkina Faso wer...e limited to temporary screening campaigns. Program Description: Between September 2010 and August 2014, program implementers collaborated with the Ministry of Health and professional associations to implement a CECAP program focused on coupling visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) for screening with same-day cryotherapy treatment for eligible women in 14 facilities. Women with larger lesions or lesions suspect for cancer were referred for loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP). The program trained providers, raised awareness through demand generation activities, and strengthened monitoring capacity. Methods: Data on program activities, service provision, and programmatic lessons were analyzed. Three data collection tools, an individual client form, a client registry, and a monthly summary sheet, were used to track 3 key CECAP service indicators: number of women screened using VIA, proportion of women who screened VIA positive, and proportion of women screening VIA positive who received same-day cryotherapy. Results: Over 4 years, the program screened 13,999 women for cervical cancer using VIA; 8.9% screened positive; and 65.9% received cryotherapy in a single visit. The proportion receiving cryotherapy on the same day started at a high of 82% to 93% when services were provided free of charge, but dropped to 51% when a user fee of $10 was applied to cover the cost of supplies. After reducing the fee to $4 in November 2012, the proportion increased again to 78%. Implementation challenges included difficulties tracking referred patients, stock-outs of key supplies, difficulties with machine maintenance, and prohibitive user fees. Providers were trained to independently monitor services, identify gaps, and take corrective actions. Conclusions: Following dissemination of the results that demonstrated the acceptability and feasibility of the CECAP program, the Burkina Faso Ministry of Health included CECAP services in its minimum service delivery package in 2016. Essential components for such programs include provider training on VIA, cryotherapy, and LEEP; provider and patient demand generation; local equipment maintenance; consistent supply stocks; referral system for LEEP; non-prohibitive fees; and a monitoring data collection system. more

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The Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: Always Recycle! - Crash Course Ecology #8

CrashCourse (2012) C2

Hank introduces us to biogeochemical cycles by describing his two favorites: carbon and water. The hydrologic cycle describes how water moves on, above, and below the surface of the Earth, driven by energy supplied by the sun and wind. The carbon cycle does the ...e... for carbon! Like Crash Course: http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashC... Follow Crash Course: http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Table of Contents 1) Hydrologic Cycle - 1:15 A) Clouds - 2:13 B) Runoff - 3:06 C) Oceans - 3:41 D) Evapotranspiration - 4:25 2) Carbon Cycle - 5:12 A) Plants - 5:48 B) Fossil Fuels - 6:40 C) Oceans - 7:12 D) Global Warming - 7:35 more

Infant and young child feeding counselling: an integrated course: director's guide
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World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF (2021) C_WHO

The Director’s guide contains all the information that the course director needs in order to plan and prepare for the course, to decide which modules and sessions will be included in the training, and to select trainers and participants, starting several months before the actual training. It conta... more

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Unterbringung von geflüchteten Menschen und die Corona-Pandemie

AWO AWO (2021) CC

Seit über einem Jahr hat die Corona-Pandemie große Veränderungen für alle Menschen in nahezu jedem Lebensbereich herbeigeführt. Geflüchtete in (Erst-) Aufnahmeeinrichtungen und Gemeinschaftsunterkünften sind in besonderem Maße von der Pandemie betroffen, da die vorgefundenen Wohnbedingungen ... more

Climate change and health: vulnerability and adaptation assessment

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

Climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessment In 2013 the World Health Organization (WHO) published the report Protecting health from climate change: vulnerability and adaptation assessment. The aim was to provide basic and flexible guidance on conducting national or subnati... more

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Covid-19 pandemic impact on maternal and child health services access in Nampula, Mozambique: a mixed methods research

das Neves Martins Pires P.H. , Macaringue C. , Abdirazak A. et al. BMC Health Services (2021) CC

The Covid-19 pandemic has so far infected more than 30 million people in the world, having major impact on global health with collateral damage. In Mozambique, a public state of emergency was declared at the end of March 2020. This has limited people's movements and reduced public services, leading ...to a decrease in the number of people accessing health care facilities. An implementation research project, The Alert Community for a Prepared Hospital, has been promoting access to maternal and child health care, in Natikiri, Nampula, for the last four years. Nampula has the second highest incidence of Covid-19. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of Covid-19 pandemic Government restrictions on access to maternal and child healthcare services. We compared health centres in Nampula city with healthcare centres in our research catchment area. We wanted to see if our previous research interventions have led to a more resilient response from the community. METHODS: Mixed-methods research, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective, using a review of patient visit documentation. We compared maternal and child health care unit statistical indicators from March-May 2019 to the same time-period in 2020. We tested for significant changes in access to maternal and child health services, using KrushKall Wallis, One-way Anova and mean and standard deviation tests. We compared interviews with health professionals, traditional birth attendants and patients in the two areas. We gathered data from a comparable city health centre and the main city referral hospital. The Marrere health centre and Marrere General Hospital were the two Alert Community for a Prepared Hospital intervention sites. RESULTS: Comparing 2019 quantitative maternal health services access indicators with those from 2020, showed decreases in most important indicators: family planning visits and elective C-sections dropped 28%; first antenatal visit occurring in the first trimester dropped 26%; hospital deliveries dropped a statistically significant 4% (p = 0.046), while home deliveries rose 74%; children vaccinated down 20%. CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrated the negative collateral effects of Covid-19 pandemic Government restrictions, on access to maternal and child healthcare services, and highlighted the need to improve the health information system in Mozambique. more

SARS-COV-2 Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test Training recommended

Infant and young child feeding counselling: an integrated course: director's guide recommended

SARS-COV-2 Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test Training
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Infant and young child feeding counselling: an integrated course: director's guide
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