Vertreter besorgniserregender Virusvarianten (variants of concern, kurz VOC) wurden weltweit aber auch in Europa, identifiziert. Molekularbiologische Details zu den Varianten sind unter SARS-CoV-2: Virologische Basisdaten und Virusvarianten abrufbar.
In the past ten years, the number of forcibly displaced people has nearly doubled. In 2019, the number of people forced to flee (inside and beyond the borders) grew to 79.5 million – the highest ever recorded. Refugee situations continue to increase in scope, scale and complexity, whereas durable ...solutions provided to refugees are at levels that fall well below needs.
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Die STIKO@rki-App wurde für die impfende Ärzteschaft und Fachpersonal im Gesundheitswesen entwickelt, um sie bei Fragen zum Impfen im Praxisalltag zu unterstützen. Mit wenigen Klicks bekommen NutzerInnen die für die Beratung der einzelnen PatientInnen relevanten Informationen.
Abrufbar in der... App sind auch die Fachinformationen aller Impfstoffe, Antworten auf häufig gestellte Fragen zu Impfungen sowie die RKI-Ratgeber zu impfpräventablen Erkrankungen.
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Here you can find the various e-learning courses
The new Global AIDS Strategy 2021–2026, End Inequalities, End AIDS, is a bold approach that uses an inequalities lens to close the gaps preventing progress to end AIDS
A new brief published by the IFRC and Climate Centre today details the adverse impacts of climate change on human health and provides more detail on the second of four pillars of action in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement ambitions on climate.
The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Health, has the
constitutional obligation to provide the highest level of health care for its
citizens. The Ministry of Health’s review of the 2015 Policy document
on infection prevention and control (IPC) is in line with that goal.
n the countries of the Region of the Americas, there are different forms of organization of health services at the first level of care. Some countries include certain laboratory, dental and diagnostic imaging practices in the first level of care, while other countries centralize these practices in t...he second and third levels of care. Consequently, so that the List of Priority Medical Devices (LPMD) could be adapted to these different forms of organization of health systems in the region of the Americas, modular lists were developed that complement the main list. In this way, to use the LPMD, only those modules that are planned to be offered in a first-level care center are selected, and it is those lists that are analyzed.
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Lancet Planet Health 2021; 5: e542–52
The roadmap highlights and advocates for the existing and potential key role of national public health institutes (NPHIs) in climate adaptation and mitigation, and how they contribute to climate policies, research and action.
Today, WFP has the capabilities and know-how to tap into mobile technology and artificial intelligence to monitor food security; use satellite technology to locate and track communities in need; and offer digital finance via blockchain technology to put consumer choices in the hands of our beneficia...ries.
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This brief summarizes the lessons learned across Europe on the redevelopment of contaminated sites as a part of urban planning and renewal. Specifically, it aims to provide information on the health and environmental impacts to be considered during site redevelopment projects, and to identify good p...ractice and relevant local experiences to support effective, healthy and sustainable redevelopment of contaminated sites. As such, this brief offers key messages to support the work of local decision-makers, planners, practitioners, researchers and civil society organizations.
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Joule 5, 2687–2714 October 20, 2021 Cell Press
Front. Public Health, 04 June 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.618234
In emergency or humanitarian settings, mobile clinics are used to bring essential lifesaving health care to communities affected by crises. Though there are standard emergency benefit packages for health services during emergencies, there are however no agreed or standard way of running mobile clini...cs in such settings. Drawing on the experiences of running mobile clinics in the NWSW and relevant literature, this manual provides a practical example of how to set up and run a mobile clinic in an African humanitarian setting in hard to reach communities with limited resources.
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