The purposes of this template are to support PAHO Country Offices and national/subnational emergency management mechanisms to develop or update their risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) plans related to COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic is a rapidly evolving situation and takes on diffe
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rent patterns in countries and communities. It is therefore imperative that RCCE plans are adapted to the local context, reviewed frequently, and updated as needed.
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Caribbean Sub-regional Training Workshop. Introducing the new guidelines: Preparedness and Response for Chikungunya Virus Introduction in the Americas in the context of Dengue
Este folheto informativo contém informações importantes que você deve saber sobre o consumo de álcool e a COVID-19. Aborda, entre outras coisas, a desinformação que está sendo difundida por meio das redes sociais e outros meios de comunicação sobre o álcool e a COVID-19.
O mais important
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e a ser lembrado é: o consumo de álcool não protege de forma alguma contra a COVID-19 nem previne que você seja infectado pelo vírus
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Esta hoja informativa contiene información importante sobre el consumo de bebidas alcohólicas y la COVID-19. Entre otros aspectos, se aborda la información errónea que está circulando por las redes sociales y otros canales de comunicación acerca del alcohol y la COVID 19.
Lo más importante e
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s que el consumo de bebidas alcohólicas no protege en absoluto frente a la COVID-19 ni evitará que usted contraiga el virus.
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A nota informativa é dirigida à órgãos gestores e reguladores, e prestadores de serviços de água e saneamento básico. Fornece informações sobre as primeiras ações básicas a serem tomadas em caso de emergência para garantir a segurança dos serviços de água e saneamento, priorizando a
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atenção às populações vulneráveis nos países.
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10 Consejos para protegerte y proteger a otros no arriesguetes tu vida
10 Dicas para se proteger e proteger outras pessoas
Si tienes tos, puedes tener una enfermedad respiratoria:
Puede ser COVID-19, si es de aparición rápida, acompañada de tos seca, malestar general, fiebre y dificultad para respirar.
Puede ser TB, si se presenta como una tos de dos o más semanas de duración, y está acompañada de expectora
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ción.
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Infografía COVID-19: Formas de se preparar e se proteger indivíduos com 60 anos ou mais e/ou pessoas que apresentam doenças pré-existentes
Epidemiology, Control, and Financing
Every November 14, World Diabetes Day is commemorated. This is an opportunity to raise awareness about the impact of diabetes on the health of people and to highlight the opportunities to strengthen
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the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes.
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This summary covers the preventive approach to breast cancer control and includes prophylactic medications, prophylactic surgery and lifestyle modifications for breast cancer prevention. Health professional training and individual risk assessments a
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nd counseling are also discussed.
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Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition which generally has no symptoms and if left untreated, can lead to heart attacks, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure and blindness. Risk factors include older age, overweight or obesity, lack of physical activity, high salt/sodium intake, and h
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igh alcohol intake.
Hypertension affects around 1 in 6 adults in the Americas and is the main risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, which are the leading cause of death in the region, responsible for around 2 million lives lost each year.
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Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease with epidemic potential, especially after a heavy rainfall,
caused by a bacterium called Leptospira. Leptospira interrogans is pathogenic to humans and
animals, with more than 200 serologic variants or serovars. Humans usually acquire
leptospirosis through dire
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ct contact with the urine of infected animals or a urine-contaminated
environment. Human-to-human transmission occurs only very rarely. Leptospirosis may present
with a wide variety of clinical manifestations, from a mild illness that may progress to a serious
and sometimes fatal disease. Its symptoms may mimic many diseases, such as influenza,
dengue and other viral haemorrhagic diseases; making the correct diagnosis (clinical and
laboratory) at the onset of symptoms is important to prevent severe cases and save lives,
primarily in outbreak situations.
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