Vinay P. Saldanha( UNAIDS Regional Director- Eastern Europe & Central Asia)
Session 1 Wednesday 30/01/2019
30-31 January 2019, Bucharest
Accessed: 29.09.2019
HIV epidemic and response in Latin America and the Caribbean: PPT
WHO practical guidelines. 2nd edition
A quick reference guide for health authorities and health-care workers
Revised 2015
Report of a WHO technical consultation meeting
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
A paper presented at the 10th International Congress on Infectious Disease, Singapore
Globalization and Health201612:53 DOI: 10.1186/s12992-016-0194-4
The 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic in western Africa was the longest and most deadly Ebola epidemic in history, resulting in 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The Ebol...a virus has been known since 1976, when two separate outbreaks were identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) and South Sudan (then Sudan). However, because all Ebola outbreaks prior to that in West Africa in 2014–2015 were relatively isolated and of short duration, little was known about how to best manage patients to improve survival, and there were no approved therapeutics or vaccines. When the World Heath Organization declared the 2014-2015 epidemic a public health emergency of international concern in August 2014, several teams began conducting formal clinical trials in the Ebola affected countries during the outbreak.
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Government Barriers to Condom Use by Men Who Have Sex With Men
The past two decades have witnessed changes in how humans live. Travel and trade, rapid urbanization, limited access to health care as well as environmental degradation and other trends all create the conditions for epidemics to thrive and grow. At ...the same time, the science and knowledge around infectious hazards are constantly evolving, demanding better response to health emergencies.
This introductory level online course aims to equip frontline responders with the latest know-how to manage outbreaks of known and emerging epidemic-prone diseases in the 21st century. This course focuses on 13 infectious hazards, offering the most relevant scientific, technical and operational knowledge through video presentations and self-tests.
The course will take approximately 6 hours to finish.
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