This interim guidance has been updated with advice on safe and appropriate home care for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and on the public health measures related ...ibute-to-highlight medbox">to the management of their contacts.
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This document aims to help EU/EEA public health authorities in the tracing and management of per...sons, including healthcare workers, who had contact with COVID-19 cases. It outlines the key steps of contact tracing, including contact identification, listing and follow-up, in the context of the COVID-19 response.
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Dans ce rapport, le Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC), un consortium d’organisations mondiales de santé publique et d’entreprises privées, fait la synthèse des résultats d’une enquête conduite du 29 mars au 17 avr...il 2020 dans 28 villes des États Membres de l’UA. Ce rapport présente également les mesures épidémiologiques en matière de transmission de la maladie ainsi que les indicateurs relatives aux déplacements des populations et aux troubles civils. Dans l’ensemble, ces données donnent un aperçu unique des conditions initiales en Afrique pendant cette pandémie en évolution rapide.
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Erfahrungen im Umgang mit COVID-19-Erkrankten–Hinweise von Klinikern für Kliniker –
The first update of the ECDC ventilation guidance document contains:
key new findings that emphasise four bundles of NPIs ...te-to-highlight medbox">to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in closed spaces;
updated references on the evidence of transmission in closed spaces;
recommendations based on the new evidence and on national and international guidance; and
an overview of national guidance ventilation documents in the context of COVID-19 based on an inquiry sent to ECDC’s National Focal Points (NFPs) for Preparedness and Response and NFPs for Influenza and other respiratory diseases.
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Этот документ представляет собой обновление
рекомендаций «Уход на дому за пациентами с легкой
формой заболевания COVID‑19 и тактика ведения
контактных лиц», опубл...кованных 17 марта 2020 г. Он
дополнен рекомендациями касательно организации ухода
на дому безопасным и надлежащим образом за
пациентами с заболеванием, вызванным новым
коронавирусом 2019 г. (COVID-19), а также
санитарно-эпидемиологических мер в отношении
контактных лиц. Home care for patients with COVID-19 presenting with mild symptoms and management of their contacts
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A series of data syntheses from the RCCE Collective Service. It focuses on public perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccinations, bringing together 66 da...ta sources from quantitative surveys across 107 countries and six regions, underpinned by a rapid review of additional studies and community feedback data from Africa.
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These WHO interim recommendations for use of the COVID-19 vaccine BIBP produced by Sinopharm were developed on the basis of advice issued by ...class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) and the evidence summary included in the background document and annexes referenced below.
This document has been updated: version 15 March 2022.
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Rapport spécial du GIEC sur le changement climatique,
la désertification, la dégradation des sols, la gestion durable
des terres, la sécurité alimentaire et les flux de gaz à effet de
serre dans les écosystèmes ...o-highlight medbox">terrestres
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Le nombre de cas de COVID-19 augmente à nouveau, l’Afrique du Sud comptant pour près de la moitié de tous les cas confirmés de la Région africaine de l’OMS. La menace de nouveaux variants plane, et la faible couverture vaccinale soulève de...s questions concernant les mesures qui devront être prises pour lutter contre la COVID-19. Dans la plupart des pays d’Afrique subsaharienne, la prévention reste la stratégie clé. Dans ce document, cinq centres nationaux de la plateforme de l’Observatoire africain de la santé sur les systèmes et politiques de santé (AHOP), basés en Éthiopie, au Kenya, au Nigéria, au Rwanda et au Sénégal analysent les leçons à tirer de leurs mesures d’endiguement respectives lors despremières phases de la pandémie.
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his guidance provides interim guidance for the integration of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virologic and genomic surveillance, from sentinel site case enrolment and sampling to ...-highlight medbox">the eventual sharing of the virus sequence data, a process known as end-to-end surveillance. This guidance builds on experiences and lessons learned as countries adapted their influenza surveillance systems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and reviews new evidence to provide guidance on end-to-end surveillance. The guidance includes new algorithms and strategies to adapt sentinel systems to make them resilient and agile for addressing global and national surveillance needs for influenza and COVID-19.covid-
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Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experience a high disease burden for epilepsy, a chronic neurological condition.The authors evaluate the cost-effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs...) to improve adherence to medication for epilepsy in South Africa. They found that utilizing CHWs to improve medication adherence was cost-effective.
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Despite the continuing war in Ukraine, the Government is preparing for the country’s recovery and reconstruction. Given ...-highlight medbox">the magnitude of the attacks on the health infrastructure and consequent disruption to health system functioning, reconstruction of the health system is integral to the country’s recovery. The immediate priorities are to restore essential services, respond to new physical and mental health needs, protect public health, and provide a secure and attractive environment for the return of both health professionals and the general population. This policy note identifies strategic directions for post-war health system recovery in the short and longer terms, while sustaining essential health services during the ongoing invasion
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Lymphatic filariasis is a neglected tropical disease that can cause permanent disability through disruption of ...medbox">the lymphatic system. This disease is caused by parasitic filarial worms that are transmitted by mosquitos. Mass drug administration (MDA) of antihelmintics is recommended by WHO to eliminate lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. This study aims to produce the first geospatial estimates of the global prevalence of lymphatic filariasis infection over time, to quantify progress towards elimination, and to identify geographical variation in distribution of infection.
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The message contained in this publication is clear: countries need a
public health system that can respond ...box">to the deliberate release of
chemical and biological agents. Regrettable though this message may
be, the use of poison gas in the war between Iraq and the Islamic
Republic of Iran in the 1980s, the recent anthrax incidents in the United
States, and the attack with sarin nerve agent, six years earlier, on the
Tokyo underground, illustrate why it is necessary to prepare.
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