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PLoS Pathogens | www.plospathogens.org 1 February 2012 | Volume 8 | Issue 2 | e100246
A systematic review of randomized controlled efficacy trials | REPORT - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
PLOS ONE | www.plosone.org May 2013 | Volume 8 | Issue 5 | e63476

Advancing combination HIV prevention - An advocacy brief for community-led organisations

A. Sharma; L.Davies International HIVAIDS Alliance; UNAIDS; AVAC (Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention) (2016) C2
Kit de ferramentas de avaliação e melhoria da qualidade e dos direitos humanos em serviços de saúde mental e de assistência social.
Kit de ferramentas de avaliação e melhoria da qualidade e dos direitos humanos em serviços de saúde mental e de assistência social
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a well-known neglected parasitic disease. However, evidence supporting the four current treatment modalities is inadequate, and treatment options remain controversial. The aim of this work is to analyse the available da ... more
Intensive Care Med (2009) 35:9–29DOI 10.1007/s00134-008-1336-9 Although thousands of papers have been devoted tohospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), many controversiesremain, and management of HAP is probably often sub-optimal. Several reviews or guidelines have been pub-lished rec ... more
In the light of the transmissibility of coronaviruses, and the global experience with MERS-CoV (ongoing) and SARS in 2003 which were also caused by coronaviruses, South African authorities have compiled this guideline document to support surveillance, case finding, diagnosis, management and public h ... more
The importance of growing up in a nurturing and supportive family environment cannot be underestimated. Raising children in a warm, loving environment sets them on ... more
European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol.3 (2016) 1, 192-206 This review shows that if all sub areas of pharmaceutical waste management can efficiently work back to back environmental pollution and dangers to human health can reduce significantly.

Potential for solar thermal heating in South African hospitals

Buckley, A.; D. Fitzgerald, U. Terblanche and K. Kritzinger Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES) at Stellenbosch University (2018) CC
Las infecciones del sitio quirúrgico (ISQ) constituyen una de las Infecciones Asociadas al Cuidado de la Salud (IACS) más frecuentes que ponen en riesgo a los pacientes llevando muchas veces al fracaso del procedimiento quirúrgico. Con una incide ... more
Many features of the environment have been found to exert an important influence on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, progression, and severity. Changes in the environment due to migration to different geographic locations, modifications in lifestyle choices, and shifts in social policies and cultu ... more
Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease (CD), considered one of the most important parasitic infections in Latin America. Between 25 and 90 million humans are at infection risk via at least one of multiple infection mechanisms. Under natural conditions, the principal transmissio ... more
The country profiles incorporate facts indicating the national status of medical devices in areas such as: medical device policies, regulations, incorporation, lists, inventories, nomenclature, health technology assessment, management, and biomedical engineering resources. This publication is int ... more
Rev Panam Salud Publica 45, 2021 |
Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children worldwide. It affects daytime activities, sleep and school attendance and causes anxiety to parents, families and other carers. The quality of asthma diagnosis and management globally still needs substantial improvement. From infancy to the tee ... more
DHS Working Papers No. 120
salud pública de méxico / vol. 50, suplemento 2 de 2008, pp.167-177. In response to the emerging global concern regarding health and people with intellectual disabilities (ID), several developed countries have established national initiatives to address the unique health needs of this population ... more
Assessment of physical disability at the community level is essential for rehabilitation and supply of services. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of physical disability among adults in an urban community in Sri Lanka.
mBio, Vol. 6 Issue 2, March/April 2015 Available evidence demonstrates that direct patient contact and contact with infectious body fluids are the primary modes for Ebola virus transmission, but this is based on a limited number of studies. In this ... more
GMS Zeitschrift für MedizinischeAusbildung 2015, Vol. 32(5),ISSN 1860-3572 Internationalizing higher education is considered to be a major goal for universities in Germany and many medical students aspire to include international experiences int ... more
No se puede subestimar la importancia de crecer en un ambiente familiar nutritivo y de apoyo. Criar a niños en un ambiente cálido y amoroso los sitúa en una trayectoria de desarrollo positiva para el éxito en su vida posterior. Por el contrario, ... more
In Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Acta Med Peru. 2017;34(3):182-7; El objetivo del presente trabajo es conocer la magnitud del problema de la TB y sus principales características epidemiológicas en la población del penal de varones de penal de varones de Trujillo, que sirva de base para plantear las mejores soluciones terapéutic ... more
Policy brief
Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are undergoing an epidemiological transition. With an improvement in socioeconomic conditions and an aging population, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), like cardiac arrhythmias, are expected to increase in these countries. However, there are limited studi ... more
An essential participant in antimicrobial stewardship who has been unrecognized and underutilized is the“staff nurse.”Although the role of staff nurses has not formally been recognized in guidelines for implementing and operating antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) or defined in the medica ... more
Guidelines for Therapy and Management of Urothelial Urinary Bladder Cancer
J Epidemiol Infect Dis 1(1): 00003.n DOI: 10.15406/jeid.2017.01.00003 Published: September 14, 2017
Research Article Received: August 21, 2017; Accepted: August 29, 2017; Published: Spetember 05, 2017 This article is available in: http://www.imedpub.com/advanced-techniques-in-clinical-microbiology/
Supplement Article www.jaids.com J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr  Volume 78, Supplement 1, August 15, 2018

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in the Americas

M. Alonso González; M. B. Mello.; A. Benzaken; et al. Pan American Health Organization; World Health Organization (Americas); Unicef; et al. (2017) C_WHO
Update 2016
Rabies has an enormous impact on both agriculture and conservation biology, but its greatest burden is undeniably on public health. As such, routine methods for rapid risk assessment after human exposures to rabies as well as applications for laboratory-based surveillance, production of biologicals ... more
The global increase of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) presents a growing concern in healthcare worldwide. According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the annual number of HAI exceeds ... more

Raport mondial sur le vieillissement et la santé

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (2016) C_WHO
Catalogage à la source : Bibliothèque de l’OMS Rapport mondial sur le vieillissement et la santé. 1.Vieillissement. 2.Espérance de vie. 3.Sujet âgé. 4.Services de santé pour personnes âgées. 5.Santé mondiale. 6.Dynamique des populations ... more
As a public good, antimicrobial medicines require rational use if their effectiveness is to be preserved. However, up to 50% of antibiotic use is inappropriate, adding considerable costs to patient care, and increasing morbidity and mortality. In ad ... more
Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. This disease is highly endemic in some regions of North America, Central America, and South America and is also reported in certain countries of Asia and Africa. It often affec ... more
A new report released today documents an “invisible wall” which has blocked migrants from accessing basic services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is now preventing them from accessing vaccines.
A set of basic guidelines on how to be accountable to local people and measure program impact in emergency situations. The "good enough" approach emphasizes simple and practical solutions and encourages the user to choose tools that are safe, quick, ... more

Integrating Mental Health into Primary Care

M. Funk; G. Ivbijaro World Health Organization; WONCA (2008) C_WHO
A Global Perspective
A review of current literature and up date data from the field, April 2015. This report has been published in part in J Hosp Inf. 2015;90:1-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=ebola+nosocomial+shears
A Guidebook for Medical and Professional Schools, Second Edition. This book represents a significant step to engage health professions schools in addressing global health challenges
A role for nuclear techniques Antimicrobials play a critical role in the treatment of human and animal (aquatic and terrestrial) diseases, which has led to their widespread application and use. Ant ... more
A series of data syntheses from the RCCE Collective Service. It focuses on public perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccinations, bringing together 66 data sources from quantitative surveys across 107 countries and six regions, underpinned by ... more
Forests, trees and green spaces, hereinafter ‘forests and trees’ for short, provide multiple goods and services that contribute to human health. These include medicines, nutritious foods and other non-wood forest products (NWFPs). Globally, at least 3.5 billion people use NWFPs, including medici ... more
Benchmarking is a strategic process often used by businesses and institutes to standardize performance in relation to the best practices of their sector. The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have developed ... more
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is a premalignant lesion that may exist at any one of three stages: CIN1, CIN2, or CIN3. If left untreated, CIN2 or CIN3 (collectively referred to as CIN2+) can progress to cervical cancer. Instead of screeni ... more
Making the Case for Alcohol as a Public Health Threat in the Region. The purpose of this document is to explain the need for making alcohol a top public health priority in the region and the need fo ... more
Early Childhood Matters is a journal about early childhood. It looks at specific issues regarding the development of young children, in particular from a psychosocial perspective. It is publishe ... more
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 ac ... more
The Planetary Health Education Framework is a project of the Planetary Health Alliance (planetaryhealthalliance.org). The Planetary Health Alliance is a consortium of over 250 partners from around t ... more
his profile is part of a series of Climate Risk Country Profiles developed by the World Bank Group (WBG). The country profile synthesizes most relevant data and information on climate change, disaster risk reduction, and adaptation actions and poli ... more
The guidance document provides a set of indicators for assessing the status of development, implementation and monitoring of key policy interventions for prevention and control of NCDs and injuries. It promotes city-level evidence based decision-mak ... more

Epilepsy

World Health Organization (2004) C_WHO
Brief review of selected topics The following pages provide a focus on selected areas in relation to neurology. The specialists who contributed the reviews are listed in the Project Team and Partners Neurology Atlas (2004)

Fever Diagnostic Technology Landscape

UNITAID World Health Organisation (WHO) (2018) C_WHO
1st edition. Unitaid’s report describes a slate of new devices that can more efficiently identify dangerously ill children so that they can be treated immediately. These tools make it easier to recognize danger signs, and support integrated appr ... more
The update of the ESTC was conducted as a joint endeavour with ERS, consulting experts from international societies and organisations, national TB programmes, civil society and affected communities. The second edition of the ESTC includes 21 standar ... more
Pediatría Capítulo I.2 Editores: Laura Borredá Belda, Matías Irarrázaval & Andres Martin Traducción: Alfonso Pastor Romero, Silvia Rodriguez Portillo, Carla Andreia Carvalho Gómez, María Tatiana Stefan & Paula Cox
The semi-structured guided interviewing on ICU nurses in a medical center of southern Taiwan wasapproved by the IRB at the research department of the hospital and data collection was carried out from January toJune 2012. The investigator repeatedly ... more
This technical report presents the results of a cross-sectional survey conducted in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, between June and July 2016, as part of the FEEDcities Project – Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The aim was to describe the local street food ... more
This technical report presents the results of a cross-sectional survey conducted in Banja Luka, the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, between July and August 2017, as part of the FEEDcities Project (Food Environment Description in cities – ... more
This technical report presents the results of a cross-sectional survey conducted in Sarajevo, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, between June and August 2017, as part of the FEEDcities Project (Food Environment Descrip ... more
The ANA (American Nurses Association) is a internet platform, where you can find important resources about nursing care, work environment, advocacy, scope of practice and much more. ANA believes that every nurse should be supported to be at their be ... more
The 2021 WHO health and climate change global survey report provides a valuable snapshot of the overall progress governments have made in addressing the health risks of climate change. The findings on key health and climate change indicators aim to ... more
Curr Opin Pharmacol . 2022 Apr;63:102203.doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102203. Epub 2022 Feb 11. The COVID-19 pandemic has widespread economic and social effects on Latin America (LA) and the Caribbean (CA). This region, which has a high prevalence of ... more
The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2022 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at global, regional and country levels. This is done in the context ... more
The WHO Global tuberculosis report 2024 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at global, regional and country levels. This is done in the context ... more
La question des effets du changement climatique sur les hommes et les femmes a été définie par la Commission de la condition de la femme comme une de celles qui doivent davantage retenir l’attention. Les normes, rôles et relations relatifs au ... more
Otros desórdenes Capítulo H.6 Editor: Laura Revert Marín, Matías Irarrázaval & Andres Martin Traducción: Silvia Rodriguez Portillo, Alfonso Pastor Romero y Paula Cox
Misceláneo Capítulo J.5 Edición: Matías Irarrázaval & Andres Martin Traducción: Fernanda Prieto-Tagle, María Irene Rodríguez

Special edition: HIV in MSM

I. Steffens; K. Hagmaier; K. Wilson; et al. Eurosurveillance (Europe’s journal on infectious disease epidemiology, prevention and control); European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2015) C2
Eurosurveillance Impact Factor 5.7 June 2015 www.eurosurveillance.org Featuring a series of articles on HIV and STI epidemiology, prevention and control among MSM in Europe
4ª edição Nos próximos meses, a COVID Reference apresentará atualizações regulares e narrará os dados científicos o mais coerente possível.
This publication was developed in response to the need for a reference list of priority medical devices required for management of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), focusing on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, especially for low- and middle-inco ... more
Orientations provisoires 9 août 2021 Le présent document vise à décrire un ensemble minimal d'activités de surveillance recommandées au niveau national pour détecter et surveiller la prévalence relative des variantes du SRAS-CoV-2 et ... more
This toolkit is designed to help you plan and implement a Patient Navigation program with the best chance of reducing health disparities and improving health outcomes for your patients. It contains evidence-based and experience-based examples, case ... more
This manual has been prepared by the Group on Agriculture of the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. The purpose of this work is to spread the basic concepts of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)in order to: guide the production systems towards ... more
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15(12), 2626; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122626 Climate change is increasing risks to human health and to the health systems that seek to protect the safety and well-being of populations. Health authorities require information about current associatio ... more
Este documento está organizado en cuatro grandes momentos: en primer lugar, una breve revisión conceptual para abordar lo discursivo y, a continuación, un recorrido histórico por las principales estrategias adoptadas en la deconstrucción del l ... more
The agenda focuses on six critical changes necessary for more children suffering from SAM to access effective treatment. Building on lessons from the last decade, and the experiences of other successful health initiatives, the agenda addresses issues ranging from the creation of ... more
New criteria for classifying and diagnosing hyperglycaemia first detected during pregnancy have been accepted by a group of experts convened by WHO. These new criteria are an update of recommendations published by WHO in 1999
Este informe presenta los resultados obtenidos de la evaluación de la efectividad de las vacunas contra la COVID-19 en Chile utilizando la red de vigilancia centinela de infecciones respiratorias agudas graves (IRAG). Los resultados que se presentan en este informe provienen de los datos proporcion ... more

56o Conselho director - 70a sessão do comitê regional da OMS para as Américas

Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde; Organização Mundial da Saúde (Américas) (2018) C_WHO
Tema 8.22 da agenda provisória Washington, D.C., EUA, 23 a 27 de setembro de 2018 CD56/INF/22 31 de agosto de 2018 Original: inglês/espanhol
mhGAP Intervention Guide Mental Health Gap Action Programme Version 2.0 for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings The key updates include: content update in various sections based on new evidence; design changes for enhanced usability; ... more
The Adult Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List for Hospital Level provide a platform for transparency to enable equitable access to safe, effective, and affordable treatment options at hospital level taking into consideration t ... more
Europe and Central Asia Economic Update. The Russian Federation’s war with Ukraine has triggered a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and threatened the stability of geopolitical relations. Economic output in the Europe and Central Asia region is f ... more
To its credit, Chile has implemented a highly successful vaccine program and taken a number of other important public health measures to improve the well-being of its inhabitants. Nevertheless, t ... more
Resumen para Equipos de Salud Edición 2021-2022 Las presentes recomendaciones se encuentran dirigidas a los miembros del equipo de salud que asisten niñas, niños y adolescentes (NNyA) que viven con VIH. También se dirigen ... more
Burden of T. solium: Neurocysticercosis is a disease induced by T. solium larvae penetrating human tissues, especially the nervous system. Neurocysticercosis burdens economies, societies and individuals because of the impact of epilepsy on wages, he ... more
The following technical report outlines the rationale, process and results of a joint research study, coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), co-chaired by the Ministry of Health and Social ... more
Dérivant du grec τραῦμα signifiant « blessure », le mot « traumatisme » a été utilisé durant des siècles comme un terme médical désignant « une blessure des tissus vivants causée par un agent externe.» Ainsi, ce n’est qu’e ... more
This statement presents the 2018 definition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth (also widely known as a “skilled birth attendants” or SBAs). It results from the recent review and revision of the 2004 joint statement by W ... more
La silla de ruedas es uno de los medios de asistencia de uso más frecuente para mejorar la movilidad personal, condición previa para disfrutar de los derechos humanos y una vida digna, y ayuda a las personas con discapacidad ... more
This report aims to improve the assessment of mental health needs in the Americas by providing an updated and nuanced picture of: (a) the disability resulting from mental, substance use, and specific neurological disorders, plus self-harm, alone and ... more
This Rapid Gender Analysis provides preliminary information and observations on the different needs, capacities and coping strategies of Venezuelan migrant and refugee women, men, boys, and girls in Colombia. It seeks to understand how gender roles and relations have changed as ... more
Developed by the HHS Panel on Treatment of Pregnant Women with HIV Infection and Prevention of Perinatal Transmission— A Working Group of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC) Accessed: 12.02.2020
The guidelines are to be used to guide the management of adults with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). As will be seen in the following text, this diagnosis, and the other clinical syndromes within this grouping, can be difficult to make accurately. In the absence of agreed definitions of th ... more