Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is aware of the media releases of the preliminary results of a large randomized clinical trial conducted in the United Kingdom, which included dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, as one of the drugs used for the treatment of COVID-19 patien...ts. The investigators reported that administration of oral or injectable dexamethasone resulted in about one-third reduction in mortality among COVID-19 patientsi that required mechanical ventilation and about one-fifth for patients requiring oxygen.
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“Wearing masks is important. We want to recommend widespread use of masks. We are recommending that people can use cloth masks, just make sure there’s a three layer kind of thing.”Dr Zweli Mkhize, Minister of Health
available in: Xitsonga, Ts...hivenda, Siswati, Setswana, Sesotho, Sepedi, isiZulu, isiXhosa, isi Ndebele, Afrikaans
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This joint ECDC-European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) document aims to support Member States in determining a coordinated approach to reduce the risks related to the movement of people by air within and between the EU/EEA countries and the UK in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting th...at the impact of quarantine and testing is likely to vary according to levels of ongoing community transmission, and in the context of ECDC’s current advice that non-essential travel should be avoided during the end-of year festive period
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ISN Public Affairs Kidney International Supplements (2020) 10, e19–e23
Indian J Palliat Care. 2011 Jan; 17(Suppl): S39–S41.
doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.76241
Please read online the lastest updated versions http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/qa.html
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Suppl. Vol.63/3
Report of Meeting: 4 November 2014, Roma
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:196
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/196
A ‘checklist’, intended for Christian church leaders in West Africa, with relevant bible passages and advice regarding church practices and the education and support of communities.
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 review, the authors address what we know and what ...we do not know about Ebola virus transmission. They also hypothesize that Ebola viruses have the potential to be respiratory pathogens with primary respiratory spread.
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