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Assessment of COVID-19 Detection Laboratories, 31 March 2022

Government of Libya, World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

By end of March 2022: 42 COVID-19 detection laboratories were assessed in the 1st Quarter 2022. 23 (55%) Labs are reported fully functional, while 19 (45%) requires assistance to fully operate (i.e., medical supplies, equipment, maintenance, and staffing). 34 (89%) labs have RT-... more

Follow-up care delivery in community-based hypertension and type 2 diabetes management: a multi-centre, survey study among rural primary care physicians in China

Wang, y.; Hu, X.; Wang, H.H.X.; et al. BMC Primary Care (2021) CC2

Follow-up care is crucial but challenging for disease management particularly in rural areas with limited healthcare resources and clinical capacity, yet few studies have been conducted from the perspective of rural primary care physicians (PCPs). We assessed the frequency of follow-up care delivere... more

Emergence of diabetes education and capacity-building programs for primary care physicians in India

Mehra, R.; Vats, S.; Kumar, R.; et al. (2022) CC2

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death globally. India is home to the second-largest population suffering from diabetes. This underscores the need to build capacity of primary care physicians (PCPs) for better disease management. This narrative review article aims to describe the emergence o... more

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Disease Outbreak News Marburg virus disease - Rwanda

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

On 27 September 2024, the Rwanda Ministry of Health announced the confirmation of Marburg virus disease (MVD). Blood samples taken from people showing symptoms were tested by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) at the National Reference Laboratory of the Rwanda Biomedi... more

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Marburg and Ebola Virus Infections

MSD Manual (2023) CC2

Marburg and Ebola are filoviruses that cause hemorrhage, multiple organ failure, and high mortality rates. Diagnosis is with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or electron microscopy. Treatment is supportive. Strict isolation and quarantine measures are necessary to ... more

Mpox Testing Strategy - November 2024

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

Mpox is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the mpox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus closely related to the variola virus that causes smallpox. Mpox was first discovered in 1958 when outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research. The first human case was recorde...d in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox and since then the infection has been reported in a number of African countries. Mpox can spread in humans through close contact, usually skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, with an infected person or animal, as well as with materials contaminated with the virus such as clothing, beddings and towels, and respiratory droplets in prolonged face to face contact. People remain infectious from the onset of symptoms until all the lesions have scabbed and healed. The virus may spread from infected animals through handling infected meat or through bites or scratches. Diagnosis is confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of material from a lesion for the virus’s DNA. Two separate clades of the mpox virus are currently circulating in Africa: Clade I, which includes subclades Ia and Ib, and Clade II, comprising subclades IIa and IIb. Clade Ia and Clade Ib have been associated with ongoing human-to-human transmission and are presently responsible for outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while Clade Ib is also contributing to outbreaks in Burundi and other countries. In 2022‒2023 mpox caused a global outbreak in over 110 countries, most of which had no previous history of the disease, primarily driven by human-to-human transmission of clade II through sexual contact. In just over a year, over 90,000 cases and 150 deaths were reported to the WHO. For the second time since 2022, mpox has been declared a global health emergency as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent. On 13 Aug 2024, Africa CDC declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017.7 This declaration empowered the Africa CDC to lead and coordinate responses to the mpox outbreak across affected African countries. On August 14, 2024, the WHO declared the resurgence of mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) emphasizing the need for coordinated international response. As of August 2024, Mpox has expanded beyond its traditional endemic regions, with new cases reported in countries including Sweden, Thailand, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Sweden has confirmed its first case of Clade 1 variant, which has been rapidly spreading in Africa, particularly in DRC. The emergence of this new variant raises concerns about its potential for higher lethality and transmission rates outside Africa. more

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Willkommen in Deutschland - Ein Wegbegleiter für unbegleitete Minderjährige

Bundesfachverband unbegleitete minderjährige Flüchtlinge BumF Jugendliche ohne Grenzen (2019) C1

Wenn Du neu nach Deutschland kommst, dann hast Du bestimmt viele Fragen: Mit welchen Behörden, Ämtern und Organisationen habe ich es zu tun? Was passiert alles in der ersten Zeit? Wer kümmert sich um mich? Welche Rechte habe ich? Unter kommgutan.info findest Du Antworten auf diese und viele an... more

Pandemic influenza preparedness framework: progress report

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework is a World Health Assembly resolution adopted unanimously by all Member States in 2011. It brings together Member States, industry, other stakeholders and WHO to implement a global approach to pandemic influenza preparedness and response. The Frame... more

Baseline Mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa: The Accelerated WHO/AFRO Mapping Project

Rebollo M.P., Onyeze A.N., Tiendrebeogo A. et al The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021) C2

ajtmh.20-1538 Volume 104, 6. Mapping is a prerequisite for effective implementation of interventions against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Before the accelerated World Health Organization (WHO)/Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) NTD Mapping Project was initiated in 2014, mapping efforts in man... more

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Estimating the population at risk with soil transmitted helminthiasis and annual drug requirements for preventive chemotherapy in Ogun State, Nigeria

Mogaji H.O., Johnson O.O. , Adigun A.B. et al Nature (2022) C2

Soil transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most common human infections worldwide with over 1 billion people affected. Many estimates of STH infection are often based on school-aged children (SAC). This study produced predictive risk-maps of STH on a more finite scale, estimated the nu... more

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Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework: 18-month progress report, 1 January 2022–30 June 2023

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

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Comparison of sensitivity and specificity of three diagnostic tests to detect Schistosoma mansoni infections in school children in Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Fuss, A.; H.D. Mazigo; D. Tappe, C.Kasang, A. Mueller (2018) CC

PLoS ONE 13(8): e0202499. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202499 This was a school-based cross-sectional study conducted in 2015 among 305 school children aged 7–16 years from two primary schools located in Ilemela and Magu Districts, north-western Tanzania. Single stool and urine samples w... more

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Directives Nationales pour la Promotion de la Santé au niveau communautaire

Ministère de la Santé; Direction Nationale de la Protection Sanitaire, République du Benin (2010) C2

Dans le but d’améliorer la santé des populations, à l’instar d’autres pays de la région, le Bénin a adopté plusieurs stratégies et programmes tels que le Programme Elargi de Vaccination et des Soins de Santé Primaires (PEV/SSP), le Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme (PNLP)... more

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Polio Endgame Strategy 2019-2023: Eradication, Integration, Containment and Certification

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (2019) CC

Roadmap to secure lasting world free of all polioviruses The GPEI Polio Endgame Strategy 2019-2023 lays out the roadmap to achieving and sustaining a world free of all polioviruses. It focuses on three key pillars: Eradication, Integration, and Containment + Certification, as well as critical ena... more

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Orientações sobre o uso de máscaras na comunidade, durante o atendimento domiciliar e em estabelecimentos de saúde no contexto do novo surto de coronavírus (2019-nCoV)

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), OPS (2020) C1

19 de março de 2020. Introdução Este documento fornece orientações rápidas sobre o uso de máscaras médicas em comunidades, em domicílios e em unidades de saúde em áreas que relataram surtos causados pelo novo coronavírus de 2019 (2019-nCoV). Destina-se a profissionais de saúde pública ... more

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SARS-CoV-2 molecular assay evaluation: results
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Foundation for Innovative and New Diagnostics (2020) C2

FIND conducted independent evaluations at the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), to verify the limit of detection (LOD) and the clinical performance (as reported by the manufacturers) of the following molecular test kits. The LOD analysis was performed using cultured viral stocks from a clinical ... more

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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

Utilisation de l’imagerie thoracique en cas de COVID-19
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Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO

Guide de recommandations rapides 11 juin 2020 Depuis son identification en Chine en décembre 2019, le nouveau coronavirus responsable de la COVID‐19 s’est rapidement propagé pour causer une pandémie. Cette maladie se manifeste par des symptômes respiratoires non spécifiques de gravité var... more

Операционные аспекты ускорения геномного секвенирования как компонента эпиднадзора за SARS-CoV-2 через систему ГСЭГО

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Representative, quality, timely and continuous genetic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is critical to the COVID-19 outbreak response. This document provides practical guidance to Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) laboratories and other relevant national laboratories to move beyond... more

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Uso de máscaras cirúrgicas e não cirúrgicas/de tecido nas atividades assistenciais à comunidade durante a pandemia de COVID-19, de acordo com as orientações atuais da OMS, 31 de maio de
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Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

Aide Memoire. O foco desta nota são as implicações da orientação atual da OMS sobre o uso máscaras cirúrgicas e não cirúrgicas/ de tecido durante a pandemia de COVID-19 para trabalhadores da saúde e trabalhadores que não são da área da saúde, mas que estão envolvidos em atividades ass... more

SARS-CoV-2 molecular assay evaluation: results recommended

Manual de orientación rápida para la utilización de estudios radiológicos de tórax en el diagnóstico de la COVID-19 recommended

Utilisation de l’imagerie thoracique en cas de COVID-19 recommended

Uso de máscaras cirúrgicas e não cirúrgicas/de tecido nas atividades assistenciais à comunidade durante a pandemia de COVID-19, de acordo com as orientações atuais da OMS, 31 de maio de recommended

SARS-CoV-2 molecular assay evaluation: results
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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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Utilisation de l’imagerie thoracique en cas de COVID-19
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Uso de máscaras cirúrgicas e não cirúrgicas/de tecido nas atividades assistenciais à comunidade durante a pandemia de COVID-19, de acordo com as orientações atuais da OMS, 31 de maio de
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