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Prevención y control de infecciones en los centros de atención de larga estancia en el contexto de la COVID-19: orientaciones provisionales 8 de enero de 2021

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO
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Secuenciación del genoma del SARS-CoV-2 con fines de salud pública: orientaciones provisionales, 8 de enero de 2021

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO
The growing understanding of how sequence information can contribute to improved public health is driving global investments in sequencing facilities and programmes. The falling cost and complexity of generating GSD provides opportunities for expanding sequencing capacity; however, challenges to wid ... more
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Recomendaciones provisionales para utilizar la vacuna contra la COVID-19 elaborada por Pfizer y BioNTech, BNT162b2, en el marco de la lista de uso en emergencias: orientaciones provisionales, 8 de ene
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Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO
Interim Guidance 8 January 2021
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Aplicativo medPPE “Equipo Médico de Protección Personal”
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Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
medPPE es una aplicación para dispositivos iOS y Android donde el personal de salud encontrará la información necesaria sobre los equipos de protección personal (EPP) sugeridos por la OPS/OMS, que deben ser utilizados de acuerdo con la función y la actividad que desempeña en el proceso de aten ... more
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Communication in Crises Related to Vaccine Safety: Technical Guidance

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
3 February 2021 Vaccine- and vaccination-related crises require a communication response that is different from the communication strategies used to promote the benefits and importance of vaccines in general. This document presents the technical guidance needed to develop a communication plan that ... more
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Comunicación de crisis relacionada con la seguridad de las vacunas y de la vacunación: orientaciones técnicas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
3 February 2021 Las crisis relacionadas con las vacunas y la vacunación requieren una respuesta de comunicación diferente a las estrategias comunicacionales para promover los beneficios y la importancia de las vacunas en general. Este documento presenta las orientaciones técnicas necesarias para ... more
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Ahora está disponible una vacuna segura y eficaz contra el COVID-19

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2021) C_CDC
Fotonovela to promote COVID-19 vaccination. This comic-book style graphic tells the story of a daycare worker’s decision to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Protocolo para el fortalecimiento de la vigilancia de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos basada en aislamientos en las Américas. Primera fase: hemocultivos

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
La vigilancia de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM) desempeña un papel importante en la detección temprana de cepas resistentes que revisten gran importancia para la salud pública, así como en la respuesta rápida a los brotes en los hospitales y en la comunidad. Los resultados de la vig ... more
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Orientaciones sobre la bioseguridad en el laboratorio relacionada con la COVID-19
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Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO
The latest update (28 January 2021) includes the following addition and revision: biosafety aspects for working with antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic test; handling new variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the laboratory; updated assay decontamination before disposal; personal protectiv ... more
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El Manuel Esfera
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Sphere (2018) C1
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Manual de orientación rápida para la utilización de estudios radiológicos de tórax en el diagnóstico de la COVID-19
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Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2020) C_WHO
A partir de que el SARS-CoV-2 se detectó en China en diciembre de 2019, la COVID-19 se ha convertido rápidamente en una pandemia. Los pacientes con COVID-19 presentan síntomas respiratorios inespecíficos de intensidad variable y en ocasiones se les debe prestar ventilación asistida avanzada. ... more
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Prevención y control de infecciones para la gestión segura de cadáveres en el contexto de la COVID-19

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2020) C_WHO
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Global AIDS Monitoring 2021 — Regional indicators to measure progress towards zero discrimination — Additional guidance for Latin American and Caribbean countries

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
All countries in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region are expected to report on these indicators for the year 2020.
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Acciones para heroínas
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC; World Health Organization (WHO); UNICEF; et al. (2021) C_WHO
Guía de charlas serias con los niños para acompañar en la lectura de Mi heroína eres tú, ¿Cómo pueden los niños luchar contra la COVID-19?
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Guide for the preparation of a risk communication strategy for COVID-19 vaccines: A Resource for the countries of the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
This document facilitate the preparation of a risk communication and community engagement strategy for vaccination against COVID-19. Its goal is to help to strengthen the communication and planning capacities of the ministries or secretariats of health and other agencies in charge of communicating ... more
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Guía para elaborar una estrategia de comunicación de riesgos sobre las vacunas contra la COVID-19

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
La OPS, dentro de su empeño constante por apoyar a los países de las Américas, publica el presente documento con ánimo de facilitar la elaboración de una estrategia de comunicación de riesgos y participación comunitaria para la vacunación contra la COVID-19. Su finalidad es contribuir a fort ... more
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Suicide Mortality in the Americas. Regional Report 2010–2014

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
Suicide is a serious public health problem surrounded by stigma, myths, and taboos. With an annual average of 81,746 suicide deaths in the period 2010–2014 and an age-adjusted suicide rate of 9.3 per 100,000 population (age-unadjusted rate of 9.6), suicide continues to be a public health problem o ... more
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Comunicación de riesgos y participación comunitaria para la localización de contactos en el contexto de la COVID-19. Orientaciones provisionales

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO, OPS (2021) C_WHO
En este documento se ofrecen orientaciones a las autoridades de salud en todos los niveles para que mejoren la tasa de éxito de la localización de contactos al asegurarse de que las actividades correspondientes se sustenten en los principios, la evidencia y las actividades de CRPC, y se suministra ... more
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Lineamientos para la prevención y el control de la tuberculosis en los pueblos indígenas de la Región de las Américas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO, OPS (2021) C_WHO
Esta publicación integra la experiencia acumulada de la OPS y las buenas prácticas desarrolladas por sus Estados Miembros en los últimos años, incluidas las discusiones y experiencias compartidas en las reuniones regionales celebradas sobre el tema, y pone el acento en la innovación y la inclus ... more
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COVID-19 Vaccination in the Americas
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Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
On March 1, 2021, the countries of the Americas began receiving vaccines through the COVAX Mechanism, an unprecedented global effort between CEPI, Gavi, Unicef, PAHO, and WHO to ensure equitable access to immunization throughout the world. The PAHO Revolving Fund is the mechanism designated by COVA ... more
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Achievements of EMTCT of HIV and syphilis in the Latin American and the Caribbean. 2019 Update

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
Estimated number of pregnant women, number with access to at least four antenatal care visits, and those delivering in hospital settings in the Americas, 2019...
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Factsheet: The End TB Strategy - Main Indicators in the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
12 countries have a high TB estimated burden with an incidence rate more than 45 per 100 000 population They represent 88 of the cases in the Region In 2019 the TB case detection gap in the Region was 52 500 cases
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Factsheet: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
12 countries have a high TB estimated burden with an incidence rate more than 45 per 100 000 population They represent 88 of the cases in the Region In 2019 the TB case detection gap in the Region was 52 500 cases
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The Essential Public Health Functions in the Americas: A Renewal for the 21st Century. Conceptual Framework and Description

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
The document is structured into five sections. The first presents the key experiences and challenges that justify a renewal of the EPHFs. The second section updates the groundwork for the exercise of public health and provides a framework to inform the exercise of the new essential functions. The th ... more
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Las funciones esenciales de la salud pública en las Américas. Una renovación para el siglo XXI. Marco conceptual y descripción

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
The document is structured into five sections. The first presents the key experiences and challenges that justify a renewal of the EPHFs. The second section updates the groundwork for the exercise of public health and provides a framework to inform the exercise of the new essential functions. The th ... more
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Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Follow-Up of At-Risk Neonates

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
Abridged version. In this abridged version of the Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Follow-Up of at-risk neonates, we provide recommendations for the care of newborns up to 2 years of age, corresponding to the first phase of their follow-up. The recommendations are intended for all ... more
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Continuidad de los servicios de salud esenciales: herramienta de evaluación de los centros
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Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO
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 evaluación de la continuidad de los servicios sanitarios esenciales: Herramienta de evaluación de instalacion ... more
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Guidelines for Care of Critically Ill Adult Patients with COVID-19 in the Americas. Summary, version 3

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
This publication provides recommendations for the management of critically ill adult patients with COVID-19 being treated in intensive care units (ICUs) in the Americas. These clinical practice guidelines provide evidence-informed recommendations for identifying markers and mortality risk factors in ... more
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Guía para el cuidado de pacientes adultos críticos con COVID-19 en las Américas. Resumen, versión 3

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
Esta tercera versión resumida de la Guía para el cuidado de pacientes adultos críticos con COVID-19 en las Américas se elaboró con el objetivo de facilitar la consulta de las recomendaciones para el manejo de pacientes adultos críticos con COVID-19 atendidos en las unidades de cuidados intensi ... more
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Plan estratégico de preparación y respuesta frente a la COVID-19. Orientación para la planificación operativa

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
En el Plan estratégico de preparación y respuesta frente a la COVID-19, del 2021, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud invita a las autoridades nacionales a actualizar los planes nacionales para la COVID-19 a fin de incorporar las enseñanzas extraídas a lo largo del 2020, de prever los reto ... more
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COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) CC
Sequencing SARS-CoV-2 in the Americas The COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network was created in 2020 not only to strengthen the sequencing capacity in the participating laboratories, but also for them to establish a routine SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing, as a strategy to increase the amoun ... more
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Pharmacovigilance for COVID-19 vaccines
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Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
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Covid-19 Vaccinations in the Americas
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Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO
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Orientaciones para la protección de la salud de las personas migrantes

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO, OPS (2021) C_WHO
Con esta publicación se procura orientar a las autoridades nacionales y subnacionales de salud, así como a las organizaciones nacionales e internacionales, para que incorporen la perspectiva de las personas migrantes (en tránsito, refugiadas, en situación irregular y en proceso de retorno a su p ... more
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Flowchart for the management of suspected COVID-19 patients at the first level of care and in remote areas in the Region of the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO
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The End TB strategy : main indicators in the Americas

WHO ( World Health Organization) PAHO (2021) CC
Factsheet. Source: WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2020
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Factsheet: TB/HIV Co-infection in the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) CC
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Interactive Atlas of Leishmaniasis in the Americas: Clinical Aspects and Differential Diagnosis

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
In the Region of the Americas, the leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by various species of Leishmania, which cause a set of clinical syndromes in infected humans that can involve the skin, mucosa, and visceral organs. The spectrum of clinical disease is varied and depends on the interacti ... more
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Cuidando la salud mental del personal sanitario durante la pandemia de COVID-19

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) CC
Sentirse bajo presión es una experiencia que usted y muchos de sus colegas probablemente están viviendo. El estrés y los sentimientos que lo acompañan no son reflejo, de ninguna manera, de que usted no puede hacer el trabajo o es débil. Atender su salud mental y su bienestar psicosocial en esto ... more
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Suicide Mortality in the Americas. Regional Report 2015-2019

PAHO WHO PAHO (2021) C_WHO
This report provides updated data on suicide in the Region of the Americas and is issued every five years, this being the fourth edition. In addition to including analysis similar to previous reports (suicide according to age, sex, as well as methods used), this report includes an expanded set of an ... more
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Recomendaciones actualizadas para conocer el número de personas con VIH en tratamiento antirretroviral. Septiembre de 2021

Organización Panamericana de la Salud OPS (2021) C_WHO
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Metodología para evaluar las estrategias nacionales de prevención y control de enfermedades arbovirales en las Américas

Organización Panamericana de la Salud PAHO (2021) C_WHO
Methodology for evaluating national national arboviral disease prevention and and control of arboviral diseases in the Americas
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Gendered Health Analysis: COVID-19 in the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
This document focus on the direct consequences of the virus (morbidity and mortality) in specific populations and on the results of measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus, with indirect impacts on socio-economic conditions. In this complex scenario, the gender approach has not received ... more
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Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021–2030

Pan American Health Organization (2021) C_WHO
This publication presents the Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021–2030 (the Agenda). The Agenda is a call to action to the health sector to lead the charge to address environmental determinants of health in the Americas. The Pan American Health Organization (PAH ... more
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Programme pour les Amériques sur la santé, l’environnement et les changements climatiques 2021-2030

Pan American Health Organization (2021) C2
Cette publication présente le Programme sur la santé, l’environnement et les changements climatiques pour les Amériques 2021-2030. Le Programme est un appel à l’action au secteur de la santé pour qu’il prenne l’initiative d’agir sur les déterminants environnementaux de la santé dans ... more
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Manual de seguridad en el laboratorio. Edición mundial
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Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS; GLI OPS (2022) C_WHO
Laboratory Safety Handbook. Global edition Las pruebas de cultivo y sensibilidad a fármacos son necesarias especialmente para los pacientes con riesgo de tuberculosis resistente a los medicamentos y para vigilar su respuesta al tratamiento. Si bien el cultivo y las pruebas de sensibilidad son ca ... more
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Preguntas frecuentes sobre la vacunación contra la COVID-19. Versión 6, 12 de febrero del 2022

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS OPS (2022) C_WHO
Frequently asked questions on COVID-19 vaccination. Version 6, 12 February 2022
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Mortalidad por suicidio en la Región de las Américas. Informe regional 2015-2019

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS OPS (2022) C_WHO
Suicide mortality in the Region of the Americas. Regional Report 2015-2019 Este informe, que se publica cada cinco años. brinda datos actualizados sobre el suicidio en la Región de las Américas. Esta cuarta edición, además de incluir análisis similares a los realizados previamente (suicidio p ... more
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Lista de medicamentos esenciales para el manejo de pacientes que ingresan a unidades de cuidados intensivos con sospecha o diagnóstico confirmado de COVID 19. Tercera versión, 1 de febrero del 2022
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Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS OPS (2022) C_WHO
List of essential medicines for the management of patients admitted in intensive care units with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID 19. Third version, 1 February 2022
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Buenas prácticas en el uso racional y efectivo del oxígeno. Versión preliminar 3.1, diciembre del 2021

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO OPS (2021) C_WHO
El oxígeno está incluido dentro de la lista de medicamentos esenciales de la OMS y es utilizado para atender pacientes en todos los niveles de las redes integradas de servicios de salud. Dado que la eficacia del uso de oxígeno ya está probada en el tratamiento de pacientes con afecciones respira ... more
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Prevención de la transmisión maternoinfantil del virus de la hepatitis B. Directrices sobre la profilaxis con antivirales en el embarazo
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Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS; UNICEF OPS (2020) C_WHO
En estas directrices se actualiza la sección de recomendaciones sobre la prevención de la transmisión maternoinfantil de las Directrices para la prevención, la atención y el tratamiento de la infección crónica por el virus de la hepatitis B, publicadas por la OMS en el 2015, y se centra la at ... more
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Atlas de Cuidados Paliativos en Latinoamérica

International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (2021) C1
2a edicion. El objetivo principal del Atlas es dar seguimiento y reportar el grado de avance y desarrollo de los cuidados paliativos en Latinoamérica. El Atlas de Cuidados Paliativos en Latinoamérica, y en especial esta segunda edición, demuestra diferencias importantes en el desarrollo de pr ... more
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Recommendations for Adapting Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) at Temporary COVID-19 Vaccination Sites. Preliminary Document, Version 2.3 - November 2021

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO WHO (2021) C_WHO
Emergency medical teams (EMTs) play an important role in strengthening health service networks in terms of their strategies and tactics for planning mass vaccination programs, especially in remote or under-resourced areas or those overwhelmed by COVID-19. EMTs experience deploying in remote areas an ... more
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Guideline for Preventive Chemotherapy for the Control of Taenia solium Taeniasis

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
The larval stage of the parasite Taenia solium can encyst in the central nervous system causing neurocysticercosis, which is the main cause of acquired epilepsy in the countries in which the parasite is endemic. Endemic areas are those with the presence (or likely presence) of the full life cycle of ... more
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Guía rápida de TAP. Manual práctico para la adaptación de intervenciones a medida contra la resistencia a los antimicrobianos

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS OPS (2021) C_WHO
Esta guía rápida sobre la adaptación de los programas de resistencia a los antimicrobianos (TAP, por su sigla en inglés) se ha elaborado para ayudar los países a iniciar y ejecutar proyectos para enfrentar la propagación de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos en sus territorios. La resistenci ... more
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Conjunto de Herramientas de TAP. Ejercicios, herramientas y plantillas para facilitar su plan de intervenciones a medida contra la resistencia a los antimicrobianos

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS OPS (2021) C_WHO
La resistencia a los antimicrobianos es un problema complejo que requiere soluciones únicas adaptadas a cada país. Este conjunto de herramientas de adaptación de los programas de resistencia a los antimicrobianos (TAP, por su sigla en inglés) los ayudará a iniciar y ejecutar proyectos para enfr ... more
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List of Priority Medical Devices for the First Level of Care for the Countries of the Americas. Third version, November 2021

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO PAHO (2021) C_WHO
n the countries of the Region of the Americas, there are different forms of organization of health services at the first level of care. Some countries include certain laboratory, dental and diagnostic imaging practices in the first level of care, while other countries centralize these practices in t ... more
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Lista de dispositivos médicos prioritarios para el primer nivel de atención en los países de la Región de las Américas. Tercera versión, noviembre del 2021

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS OPS (2021) C_WHO
La Organización Panamericana de la Salud publica la tercera versión de la lista de dispositivos médicos prioritarios (LDMP) para el primer nivel de atención, elaborada de acuerdo con la realidad epidemiológica de los países de la Región de las Américas y adaptada al contexto de la pandemia d ... more
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The prolongation of the health crisis and its impact on health, the economy and social development

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
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Extreme heat can impact our health in many ways

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2021) C_CDC
Climate change also affects human health by increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events. Increases in the overall temperature of the atmosphere and oceans associated with climate change cause changes in wind, moisture, and heat circulation patterns. These changes contribute to shi ... more
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As funções essenciais de saúde pública nas Américas - uma renovação para o século 21. Marco conceitual e descrição

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
Este documento apresenta um marco conceitual renovado das funções essenciais de saúde pública (FESP) para a Região das Américas, com o qual se pretende dar maior clareza conceitual e operacionalidade ao novo campo de atuação da saúde pública e preencher uma lacuna nas propostas conceituais ... more
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Working Together to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO; FAO and OIE (2022) C_WHO
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a major global threat across human, animal, plant food and environmental sectors, threatening the effective treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi, resulting in prolonged illness and increased mor ... more
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El programa regional de capacitación y certificación de profesionales en bioseguridad y bioprotección

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1
Biosafety involves the implementation of containment principles, technologies and practices to prevent unintentional exposure to biological agents. Biosecurity involves the protection, control and accountability of biological materials and information related to these materials and dualuse research, ... more
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Investment in Nursing Professionals in the Region of the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO
Nurses are key players in health promotion and disease prevention and the backbone of health care systems worldwide. Nurses work on the front lines of disease prevention, health promotion, and health management and are often the unsung heroes in health care facilities and emergency response. Despite ... more
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Invertir en el personal de enfermería en la Región de las Américas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO
El personal de enfermería desempeña un papel fundamental en la promoción de la salud y la prevención de enfermedades, y es uno de los grandes pilares del sistema de atención de salud. No obstante, la escasez de recursos humanos que afecta al sector en todo el mundo repercute en la calidad de lo ... more
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Antimicrobial Resistance, Fueled by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
Policy Brief November 2021 Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled the ongoing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) global crisis due to the increase in the use of antibiotics to treat COVID-19 patients, disruptions to infection prevention and control practices in o ... more
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Guía para el cuidado de pacientes adultos críticos con COVID-19 en las Américas. Versión 3

Organización Panamericana de la Salud OPAS (2021) C_WHO
Este documento incluye los resultados de un proceso de elaboración rápida de guías. La información incluida en esta guía refleja la evidencia a la fecha publicada en el documento. Las recomendaciones se basaron en la evidencia disponible y su calidad (metodología GRADE) en el momento en que s ... more
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Practical guide to inclusive and rights-based responses to Covid-19 in the Americas

OAS (2020) CC
WHY THIS GUIDE? Because, in the face of crises and emergencies, it is vital to include a human rights perspective in responses. Vulnerable groups face major obstacles to accessing and benefiting from prevention, mitigation, and health care policies due to structural barriers of inequality. To offer ... more
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Communication focused on children with cancer and their families

Blanco D.B. PAHO; Cure Americas (2022) C_WHO
Understanding and practicing health care that consciously adopts the point of view of individuals, caregivers, families and communities as participants and beneficiaries of health systems that inspire confidence, are organized not so much according to specific diseases, but rather according to the ... more
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Costo-efectividad en Cancer Pediatrico

Fuentes-Alabi S. PAHO; Cure Americas (2022) C_WHO
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Cuidados Paliativos Pediátricos: Colaboración Regional

Quintero X.G. PAHO; Cure Americas (2022) C_WHO
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Strengthening mental health responses to COVID-19 in the Americas: A health policy analysis and recommendations

A. Tausch; Oliveira e Souza, R.; Martinez Viciana, C.; et al. Pan American Health Organization (2021) CC
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on the mental health of populations in the Americas. Studies show high rates of depression and anxiety, among other psychological symptoms, particularly among women, young people, those with pre-existing mental health conditions, health workers, and p ... more
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Tuberculosis in the Americas. Regional Report 2020

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
This regional report on the situation of tuberculosis (TB) in the Americas contains information from 2019, provided by the countries of the Region through the World Health Organization TB data collection system. These data have been consolidated and analyzed at the regional level. In addition to pre ... more
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Especificacoes technicas para selecao de testes diagnosticos in vitro essenciais para SARS-COV-2

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS OPAS (2021) C_WHO
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR TEST SELECTION ESSENTIAL IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR SARS-COV-2
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A Guidance for Tuberculosis Prevention and Control in Indigenous Populations in the Region of the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
Tuberculosis continues to represent a severe public health problem in the Region of the Americas, even more so in the case of indigenous peoples, whose TB incidence is much higher than that of the general population. To achieve tuberculosis control in these communities, it is necessary to respond t ... more
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Opciones terapéuticas y COVID-19: orientaciones evolutivas, 3 de marzo de 2022
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Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2022) C_WHO
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Directory of official sites on COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean countries

UN United Nations (2022) CC
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The COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErs Study (HEROES): Regional Report from the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO
The COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErs Study (HEROES): Regional Report from the Americas is a multicenter prospective cohort study to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of health care workers in 26 countries on four continents and how it is affected by several factors at diffe ... more
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Puntos clave sobre la COVID-19 en los servicios de urgencias: propuestas de mejora para su atención en Latinoamérica

Julián-Jiménez, A.; et al. (2021) CC
Emergencias 2021: 33: 42-58
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Status Report - WHO Collaborating Centres in the Americas, 2022

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO
Updated 2 June 2022.# This entry contains the Status Report of WHO Collaborating Centres in the Americas by Country and a new document with information of Collaborating Centres by Outcome of the Strategic Plan of the Pan American Health Organization 2020‑2025.
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Country Snapshot of Diabetes Prevention and Control in the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO
Diabetes is a major public health problem in the Americas and worldwide, demanding special attention and integrated response. It is estimated that more than 62 million adults are living with diabetes in the Americas. The projections show that diabetes prevalence will continue to increase to at least ... more
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Strategic guidelines to promote the adoption of hand hygiene in schools

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO
Concepte Note, June 2022
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Guideline for the Treatment of Leishmaniasis in the Americas
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
2nd edition. These guidelines include several notable changes from the first edition. For cutaneous leishmaniasis, ketoconazole has been removed from the list of treatment options; the number of Leishmania species for which there is strong evidence for the efficacy of miltefosine has increased from ... more
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Programas de optimización de los antimicrobianos

World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) C_WHO
Desde hace muchas décadas, los microbios, en particular las bacterias, se han vuelto cada vez más resistentes a diversos antimicrobianos. El aval de la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud al Plan de Acción Mundial sobre la resistencia a los antimicrobianos, en mayo de 2015, y la Declaración política d ... more
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The impact of cOVID-19 on the lives of indigenous women and their strategies to deal with the pandemic

Zapeta, T.; Fenly Mejia, N. International Indigenous Women (2020) C1
The International Forum of Indigenous Women (IIWF) has prepared this report in order to have a document for analysis and systematization of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of Indigenous Women, and to identify the strategies promoted by them. This document is expected to serve as ... more
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Core Indicators 2019: Health Trends in the Americas

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); Organización Panamericana de la Salud (2019) C_WHO
Core Indicators 2019: Health Trends in the Americas starts with a demographic overview of the Americas to demonstrate how the Region has changed over 25 years. These key demographic indicators provide valuable context to better understand the population’s characteristics and their impact on health ... more
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Core Indicators Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO
PAHO Core Indicators provide the latest data on health indicators for the Region of the Americas, a few of which may be explored in the visualization below. This dataset is composed of about 200 health and health related indicators from 1995 to 2021 for 49 countries and territories in the Region of ... more
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Portal de indicatores básicos Américas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) CC
Los indicadores básicos de la OPS proporcionan los datos más recientes sobre indicadores de salud para la Región de las Américas, tales como los ejemplos que se muestran abajo. Este conjunto de datos se compone de cerca de 200 indicadores de salud y relacionados con la salud de 1995 a 2021 para ... more
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Alcohol and COVID-19 in the Americas

Pan American Health Organization (2021) C_WHO
This fact sheet highlights the relationship between alcohol consumption and COVID-19. Heavy episodic drinking is considered a health risk for COVID-19, and alcohol is used by some to cope with difficult emotions that increased during the pandemic.
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El alcohol y la COVID-19 en la Región de las Américas

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2021) C_WHO
Esta hoja informativa destaca la relación entre el consumo de alcohol y la COVID-19. El alcohol se utiliza a menudo para la socialización y por algunas personas para hacer frente a las emociones difíciles como la ansiedad, el miedo, la depresión, el aburrimiento y la incertidumbre, todo lo cual ... more
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Health in the Americas 2022: Overview of the Region of the Americas in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO
The objective of Health in the Americas: Overview of the Region of the Americas in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic is to respond to the need to address important public health issues in an increasingly timely manner, while serving as a platform with a close focus on specific issues of regional ... more
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Inclusión de las personas mayores en la planificación para emergencias: Perspectivas durante y después de la pandemia de COVID-19

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
En la Región de las Américas, las poblaciones están envejeciendo y se está experimentando una rápida transición demográfica. El índice de envejecimiento, que refleja el tamaño de los grupos de mayor edad por 100 en comparación con los menores de 15 años, demuestra claramente el aumento de ... more
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Análisis de género y salud: COVID-19 en las Américas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO OCHA Services reliefweb (2021) C_WHO
This document focus on the direct consequences of the virus (morbidity and mortality) in specific populations and on the results of measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus, with indirect impacts on socio-economic conditions. In this complex scenario, the gender approach has not received ... more
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Providing information, education and communication for key people involved in Chagas disease control

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC
The Information, education and communication (IEC) activities, with the development of contextualized activities for various actors and scenarios about preventative measures and surveillance tools, are essential to increase awareness, reduce biomedical and psychosocial barriers to accessing diagnosi ... more
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Chagas Disease: From Discovery to a Worldwide Health Problem Infectious Diseases

Freitas Lidani, K.; Antunes Andrade, F.; Bavia, L.; et. al. Frontiers Public Health (2019) CC
Front. Public Health, 02 July 2019 Sec. Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention Volume 7 - 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00166 Chagas disease (CD) is an anthropozoonosis caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, that affects about 6–8 million people worldwide (1) a ... more
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XV Reunión de la Comisión Regional de Certificación de la Erradicación de la Polio en la Región de las Américas, Atlanta, 2022

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2023) C_WHO
La XV Reunión de la Comisión Regional de Certificación de la Erradicación de la Polio en la Región de las Américas se llevó a cabo del 25 al 27 de octubre del 2022 en Atlanta, Estados Unidos. Durante la reunión, La Comisión Regional de Certificación (RCC, por su sigla en inglés) analizó ... more
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Worldwide Control and Management of Chagas Disease in a New Era of Globalization: a Close Look at Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi Infection.

Abras A., Ballart C., Fernández-Arévalo A., et al. Clinical Microbiology Reviews (2022) CC
April 2022 Volume 35 Issue 2 e00152-21 Population movements have turned Chagas disease (CD) into a global public health problem. Despite the successful implementation of subregional initiatives to control vectorial and transfusional Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in Latin American settings where t ... more
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What is Chagas disease?

Medical News Today (2020) C1
Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is a condition that causes gradual organ damage. Without treatment, it can be fatal. This article explains where the T. cruzi parasite is most common and how it can spread. It also outlines the symptoms of Chagas disease and the treatment options avail ... more
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Documento operativo de aplicación del manejo integrado de vectores adaptado al contexto de las Américas

Pan American Health Organization PAHO ; World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
El presente documento reúne un conjunto de recomendaciones formuladas por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) para ayudar, a los profesionales encargados de los programas de control de vectores de Latinoamérica y el Caribe a nivel nacional, ... more
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Manuel de gestion intégrée des vecteurs dans les Amériques

Pan American Health Organization PAHO ; World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
Le présent document rassemble une série de recommandations émises par l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) et l’Organisation panaméricaine de la Santé (OPS) pour aider les professionnels chargés des programmes de lutte antivectorielle en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes aux niv ... more