Organización Mundial de la Salud. (2022). Recomendaciones provisionales sobre el uso de la vacuna CanSinoBIO Ad5-nCoV-S [recombinante] (Convidecia™) contra la COVID-19: orientac...iones provisionales, primera publicación: 19 de mayo de 2022.
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Orientations provisoires, 4 novembre 2020
Volunteers are impacted by COVID-19 like everyone else worldwide. They worry about being stigmatized by family and community members, fear contract...ing the virus, having to be in isolation or quarantine, losing colleagues etc. Volunteers may also be affected by witnessing the death of someone they supported or be exhausted by having challenging tasks.
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módulo del conjunto de evaluaciones de la capacidad de los servicios de salud en el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19: orientaciones provisionales, 12 de mayo de 2021; La herramienta de evaluaci...n de la continuidad de los servicios sanitarios esenciales: Herramienta de evaluación de instalaciones puede ser utilizada por los países para evaluar rápidamente la capacidad de los centros de salud para mantener la prestación de servicios sanitarios esenciales durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Puede ayudar a alertar a las autoridades y a otras partes interesadas sobre los casos en que la prestación y utilización de los servicios puede requerir modificaciones y/o inversiones. Esta herramienta de evaluación abarca los siguientes aspectos de los servicios sanitarios esenciales
personal sanitario (número, ausencias, infecciones por COVID-19, gestión del personal sanitario, formación y apoyo)
gestión financiera y obstáculos;
prestación y utilización de los servicios (cierre de centros, cambios en la prestación de servicios, campañas de comunicación con la comunidad, cambios en la utilización de los servicios y estrategias de recuperación);
capacidades de CIP (protocolos, medidas de seguridad, directrices y disponibilidad de equipos de protección personal (EPP) para el personal)
la disponibilidad de terapias, diagnósticos y suministros, y la disponibilidad de vacunas; y
la prestación de servicios de atención primaria COVID-19.
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This paper is an initial compilation of the promising practices on risk communication and community engagement that have developed in Europe during the COVID pandemic, in complementarity to the UNHC...R’s Practical Recommendations and Good Practice to Address Protection Concerns in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.It seeks to document and share such practices, but also to inspire new initiatives, foster exchange, and further develop a community of practice within the region.
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The Government of Republic of Zambia reported the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 on 18th March 2020. As of April 27th, 2020, there were 89 confirmed cases, three deaths ...highlight medbox">and 42 recoveries. Confirmed cases are located in three provinces: Lusaka (83 cases), Copperbelt province (5 cases) and Central (1 case). Zambia introduced a series of measures including closure of three international airports, closure of all schools, movement restrictions and closure of non-essential services such as restaurant, bar, gym and public gatherings to curb the transmission rate.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted regular cardiovascular healthcare access and delivery. Servic...e utilisation has declined, and excess cardiovascular mortality has been reported in several countries. We aim to estimate excess cardiovascular deaths in Chile during 2020.
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Опыт предыдущих вспышек инфекционных заболеваний указывает на то, что новые риски
для защиты детей могут возникать как в результате прямого воздействия ...ibute-to-highlight medbox">COVID-19, так и
в результате мер по предотвращению и контролю его распространения. Кроме того, существующие риски для защиты детей, вероятно, будут усугублены. Некоторые группы людей более уязвимы в этих обстоятельствах, в том числе, как указано в данной Технической записке, дети, лишенные свободы, у которых зачастую возникают риски с вопросами психосоциального, физического и психического здоровья, которые живут в людных или негигиеничных условиях и больше подвержены жестокому обращению, насилию и халатному отношению.
Technical note: COVID-19 and children deprived of their liberty
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Assessment and management of prolonged symptoms of COVID-19.
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Apesar de inicialmente ter sido considerada uma infecção aguda do ...sistema respiratório,
atualmente sabe-se do comprometimento multissistêmico e protraído da COVID-19 em alguns indivíduos [1]. Segundo dados preliminares de estudos observacionais, estima-se que aproximadamente 10% dos pacientes com quadros leves a moderados de COVID-19 apresentam sintomas prolongados, que duram 3 semanas ou mais [2]. Essa condição tem sido chamada de COVID “longa”, “pós-aguda” ou
“síndrome pós-COVID-19”. Entre os pacientes que necessitam internação, especialmente em UTI, estes sintomas residuais podem ser muito mais frequentes: mais que 80% dos pacientes reportaram ao menos 1 sintoma após 60 dias do início do quadro.
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Practical Guide to Occupational Health Management for Covid-19
A Associação Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho – ANAMT e a Secretaria de Gestão... do Trabalho e da Educação em Saúde – SGETS/MS, considerando as ações governamentais das instâncias federal, estadual, distrital e municipal para o enfrentamento da pandemia da COVID -19; as atualizações de protocolos clínico-epidemiológicos da OMS, OPAS, do Ministério da Saúde e as regulamentações publicadas pelas demais autoridades sanitárias brasileiras, resolvem elaborar um Guia Prático de Gestão em Saúde no Trabalho para nortear o Plano de Contingência durante a Pandemia de Covid-19 e a retomada das atividades econômicas no país, com vistas à segurança à saúde do trabalhador e do ambiente de trabalho.
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This document facilitate the preparation of a risk communication and community engagement strategy for vaccination against COVID-19. Its goal is t...o help to strengthen the communication and planning capacities of the ministries or secretariats of health and other agencies in charge of communicating about new COVID-19 vaccines in the Americas.
Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese
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This document summarizes preparedness and response activities to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in South Sudan through the end... of 2020. The addendum includes the activities and financial requirements of the updated National COVID-19 Response Plan. Originally issued in March prior to identification of the first person confirmed with COVID-19 in South Sudan and with a focus on preparedness, the updated plan encompasses a significantly scaled-up national response.
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Neurology and COVID-19. Scientific report 29 September 2021
This note provides information and practical guidance to support gender-based violence (GBV) practitioners to integrate attention to disability into GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response effo...rts during the COVID-19 pandemic. This document complements other resources relating to GBV and COVID-19 and assumes that the user is already familiar with common GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response approaches.
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This report provides an overview of the key information gaps and limitations in interpreting existing COVID-19 data
Consensual recommendations for outpatient management and home care
and home treatment of patients with COVID-...edbox">19
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Background paper 9
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
May 2021
Aligned to the Lancet Migration Global Statementto include migrants and refugees incountries’response toCOVID-192, this brief focuses onGreece’s challenges and opportunities to build an inclusiv...e response. Asylum seekers and refugees in Greece are currently placed by the Greek governments in Reception and Identification Centres(RICs), apartments, hotels and camps across the Greek islands and the mainland, along with a proportion who are homeless. Currently there are six RICson the Greek islands: Vial on Chios island; Pyli on Kos island; Lepida on Leros island; Moria on Lesvos island; and Vathy on Samos, as well asan unofficial camp on Rhodes. Inaddition there are 18 camps in the northern mainland of Greece; 13 camps in the southern mainland of Greece and one in the southern peninsula (Peloponnese).
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Coronavirus Clinical Management Protocol (COVID-19) in Primary Health Care (Version 7)