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Silica-associated lung disease: An old-world exposure in modern industries

Barnes, H.; Goh, N. S. L.; Leong, T. L.; Hoy, R. Official Journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (2019) CC2

Silicosis is not a new disease; the impact of silica dust on respiratory function was observed by Hippocrates in 430 B.C. and in the 16th century by Agricol. In 1713, Rammazini described silicotic nodules in post-mortems of stone cutters presenting with respiratory symptoms. In the mid-late 1800s,... more

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Infection prevention and control measures in health-care settings for Ebola or Marburg disease outbreaks

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

All health and care workers require the knowledge and skills to prevent the transmission of Ebola virus or Marburg virus when providing care for patients. This course provides an overview of the mode of transmission of these viruses, the personal protective equipment required by health and care work... more

UNICEF’s HIV Programming in the Context of COVID-19: Building back better for children, adolescents and women

Unicef (2021) CC2

The coronavirus outbreak that began in 2019 (COVID-19) threatens to reverse years of hard-won gains in preventing and treating HIV. Fragile health systems are further stressed as health workers navigate an increased client load and demands at work while also being concerned for their own health and ... more

Mpox Testing Strategy - November 2024

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

Mpox is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the mpox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus closely related to the variola virus that causes smallpox. Mpox was first discovered in 1958 when outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research. The first human case was recorde...d in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox and since then the infection has been reported in a number of African countries. Mpox can spread in humans through close contact, usually skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, with an infected person or animal, as well as with materials contaminated with the virus such as clothing, beddings and towels, and respiratory droplets in prolonged face to face contact. People remain infectious from the onset of symptoms until all the lesions have scabbed and healed. The virus may spread from infected animals through handling infected meat or through bites or scratches. Diagnosis is confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of material from a lesion for the virus’s DNA. Two separate clades of the mpox virus are currently circulating in Africa: Clade I, which includes subclades Ia and Ib, and Clade II, comprising subclades IIa and IIb. Clade Ia and Clade Ib have been associated with ongoing human-to-human transmission and are presently responsible for outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while Clade Ib is also contributing to outbreaks in Burundi and other countries. In 2022‒2023 mpox caused a global outbreak in over 110 countries, most of which had no previous history of the disease, primarily driven by human-to-human transmission of clade II through sexual contact. In just over a year, over 90,000 cases and 150 deaths were reported to the WHO. For the second time since 2022, mpox has been declared a global health emergency as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent. On 13 Aug 2024, Africa CDC declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017.7 This declaration empowered the Africa CDC to lead and coordinate responses to the mpox outbreak across affected African countries. On August 14, 2024, the WHO declared the resurgence of mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) emphasizing the need for coordinated international response. As of August 2024, Mpox has expanded beyond its traditional endemic regions, with new cases reported in countries including Sweden, Thailand, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Sweden has confirmed its first case of Clade 1 variant, which has been rapidly spreading in Africa, particularly in DRC. The emergence of this new variant raises concerns about its potential for higher lethality and transmission rates outside Africa. more

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Ebola, epidemics, and ethics - what we have learned

Donovan GK. (2014)

Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2014 Oct 24;9(1):15. The current Ebola epidemic has presented challenges both medical and ethical. Although we have known epidemics of untreatable diseases in the past, this particular one may be unique in the intensity and rapid...ity of its spread, as well as ethical challenges that it has created, exacerbated by its geographic location. We will look at the infectious agent and the epidemic it is causing, in order to understand the ethical problems that have arisen. Free Full Text, please got he website http://www.peh-med.com/content/9/1/15/abstract more

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TB Treatment for Children – Drugs, dosages & FDCs

TBFacts.org (2017) C2

TB treatment for children is fundamentally the same as for adults, with a combination of TB drugs needing to be taken for a number of months. TB treatment for children consists of an intensive phase followed by a continuation phase. The purpose of the intensive phase is to ...ly eliminate the majority of the TB bacteria, and this phase uses a greater number of TB drugs than the continuation phase whose aim is to eradicate any remaining dormant bacteria. Accessed Nov. 07. 2017 more

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Directives de sécurité pour les personnes atteintes d’albinisme - Mesures de sécurité concrètes et spécifiques pour prévenir et traiter les attaques subies par les personnes atteintes d’albinisme

van Herwijnen, T., Ritchie, S. & Eaton, J. Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2017)

L’objectif de ces Directives de sécurité pour les personnes atteintes d’albinisme est de fournir des conseils concrets et spécifiques aux personnes atteintes d’albinisme ainsi qu’à celles qui travaillent avec elles, pour leur permettre de rester en sécurité là où elles vivent. Ce doc... more

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Plan de gestion de la sécurité sanitaire de l’eau: Guide pratique pour l’amélioration de la sécurité sanitaire de l’eau potable dans les petites communautés

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) (2017) C_WHO

Le présent guide pratique explique ce qu’est un plan de gestion de la sécurité sanitaire de l’eau (PGSSE) et de quelle manière celui-ci peut vous aider à renforcer la sécurité sanitaire de votre alimentation en eau potable, notamment par une amélioration progressive, étape par étape et... more

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Addressing childhood trauma in a developmental context

Gregorowski, C. & Seedat, S. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (2013) CC

Traditionally, understanding of the psychiatric and psychological effects of trauma have been developed from studies with adults and then applied to trauma-exposed children with some modifications. While this is an important step to understanding the sequelae of trauma in children and adolescents, t... more

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Bulletin humanitaire République centrafricaine: Numéro 44 Mai 2019

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2019) CC

Entre le 19 et le 21 mai 2019, 34 personnes ont perdu la vie dans des attaques simultanées attribuées au 3R (Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation) et perpétrées dans les villages de Koundjili et Lemouna, (situés respectivement à 42 et 52 km à l’Ouest de Paoua) mais aussi à Bohong et ... more

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Soins de supports optimisés pour la maladie à virus Ebola
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Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2019) C_WHO

Procédures de gestion clinique standard. La maladie à virus Ebola (MVE) est une maladie multisystémique potentiellement mortelle qui entraîne souvent une hypovolémie, une acidose métabolique, une hypoglycémie et une défaillance multi-viscérale. L'épidémie prolongée de MVE en Afrique de... more

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Bénin / Appui à la mise en conformité des procédures d’achat de la CAME

Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, France (2014) C2

La Centrale d’Achats des Médicaments Essentiels et Consommables Médicaux (CAME) du Benin est chargée d’assurer la disponibilité et l’accessibilité des produits de santé dans le secteur publique et privé à but non lucratif. Lors de la mise en oeuvre des subventions du Fonds Mondial, l... more

Prise en charge globale du VIH dans les pays à ressources limitées - Guide de formation à l’usage des paramédicaux

Anne Beugny, Pr Olivier Bouchaud, Dr. Charles Kouanfack et. al. ESTHER Ensemble pour une Solidarité Thérapeutique Hospitalière En Réseaux (2011) C2

Le présent guide de formation sur la prise en charge globale des personnes vivant avec le VIH est désormais à la disposition des personnels paramédicaux, des écoles et structures de formation de ces personnels dans la région africaine francophone. Il a été conçu par des experts africains et... more

COVID-19 Orientaciones para comunicar sobre la enfermedad por el coronavirus 2019 - guía para líderes

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS OPS (2020) C1

Introducción El brote diseminado de enfermedad por el coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) en la provincia de Hubei, en China, y la introducción del virus en la Región de las Américas ponen de relieve la urgente necesidad de una comunicación clara, honesta, concisa y coherente. La comunicación de rie... more

Prise en charge globale du VIH dans les pays à ressources limitées

Bouchaud O., C. T. Ndour et al. Formation VIH (2011) C2

Guide de formation à l’usage des paramédicaux Le présent guide de formation sur la prise en charge globale des personnes vivant avec le VIH est désormais à la disposition des personnels paramédicaux, des écoles et structures de formation de ces personnels dans la région africaine franco... more

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Sénégal: La gouvernance contre la résistance aux antimicrobiens en Afrique

COLL-SECK, A. M. ; I. SECK; A. IYANE SOW ; et al. (2016) C2

La résistance à un antimicrobien survient quand un micro-organisme (bactérie, virus, champignon ou parasite), devient résistant à un médicament antimicrobien vis-à-vis duquel il était auparavant sensible . Cette résistance aux antimicrobiens (RAM), concerne un large �... more

My hero is you - How kids can fight COVID-19 (Arabic Version)
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC; World Health Organization (WHO); UNICEF; et al. (2020) C_WHO

A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced With the help of a fantasy creature, Ario, “My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!” explains how children can protect themselves, their families and friends from coronavirus and how to... more

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Staff, Volunteers and Communities in an Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus

Psychosocial Centre International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2020) C1

Introduction The novel Coronavirus (nCoV) epidemic in 2019 -2020 has recently emerged. The route of transmission is not totally known, although it is known that it can spread from person to person, and local health care systems may be ill-equipped to handle a large-scale outbreak. Furthermore, misco... more

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Recomendaciones para la prevención y control de la COVID-19 en lugares de detención

Reliefweb; OCHA Services; International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2020) CC

Accessed: 25.04.2020 El presente documento tiene por objeto brindar a las autoridades competentes algunas recomendaciones prácticas para reducir el impacto de la pandemia del virus responsable de la COVID-19 (“la pandemia”) en lugares de detención. El Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (... more

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Protocolo de estudo soroepidemiológico de base populacional e estratificado por faixa etária para infecção pelo vírus COVID-19

Pan American Health Organization PAHO, World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

O protocolo a seguir foi desenvolvido para investigar o alcance da infecção, conforme determinado pela soropositividade da população geral, em qualquer país com casos confirmados de infecção pelo COVID-19. Os países talvez tenham que adaptar alguns aspectos deste protocolo para os respectivo... more

Soins de supports optimisés pour la maladie à virus Ebola recommended

My hero is you - How kids can fight COVID-19 (Arabic Version) recommended

Soins de supports optimisés pour la maladie à virus Ebola
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My hero is you - How kids can fight COVID-19 (Arabic Version)
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