La guía se basa en las buenas prácticas existentes y se ha elaborado con la colaboración de enfermeras que trabajan en una amplia variedad de ámbitos, pero se enfoca principalmente en las áreas con recursos limitados. Representa el punto de vista del personal técnico ... de La Unión y de la red de Enfermeras y Profesionales Sanitarios entre los miembros de La Unión. Las mejores prácticas se presentan como una serie de pautas que se pueden adaptar a los servicios locales en países de ingresos bajos y medios y que fomentan la evaluación a través del uso de resultados cuantificables. Cada pauta corresponde a un punto importante en el diagnóstico o tratamiento de un paciente con TB, tomando como referencia las estrategias recomendadas por La Unión2, 3 y los regímenes de tratamiento recomendados por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para TB susceptible a fármacos y TB resistente a fármacos.4, 5 A lo largo de esta guía, se remitirá a los lectores, a través de notas al pie, a la información relevante publicada en dos guías distintas de La Unión: Manejo de la Tuberculosis: Una guía esencial de buenas prácticas, 6ta edición, 2010 (denominada Guía Naranja)2y Lineamientos para el Manejo Clínico y Operativo de la Tuberculosis Drogorresistente, 2013 (denominada Guía de DR-TB).3 Otros materiales de referencia importantes se indican al final del documento y todos coinciden con las estrategias recomendadas a nivel internacional.
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In Baden-Württemberg haben sich einige Behandlungszentren auf die ärztliche und psychologische dolmetschergestützte Psychotherapie von traumatisierten MigrantInnen spezialisiert. Die Arbeit dieser Zentren, die in einem Gesprächskreis um die Menschenrechtsbeauftragte der Landesärztekammer Baden-...Württemberg regelmäßig ihre Erfahrungen austauschen, wird hier vorgestellt.
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An Action Framework and annexe to Immunization Agenda 2030 (Draft version)
27 January 2021
These WHO interim recommendations on the use of the Astra Zeneca – Oxford University AZD1222 vaccine against Covid-19 were developed on the basis of advice issued by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) and the evidence summary included in the background document referenc...ed below.
This document has been updated: Version 15 March 2022.
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A Global Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance and Its Drivers.
Since the first State of the World’s Antibiotics report in 2015, antimicrobial resistance has leveled off in some high-income countries but continues to rise in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where access to antibiotic...s has risen with increases in gross domestic product per capita. Per capita antibiotic consumption in LMICs is lower than in high-income countries, despite a higher infectious disease burden; however, consumption rates are rapidly converging. These trends reflect both better access to antibiotics for those who need them and increases in inappropriate antibiotic use.
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A module from the suite of health service capacity assessments in the context of the COVID-19 pandemicINTERIM GUIDANCE5 February2021
The Community needs, perceptions and demand: community assessment toolcan be used by countries to conduct a rapid pulse survey of community health needs and perceptio...ns around effective use of essential health services during the COVID-19 outbreak. The assessment helps to establish an early warning system on the need to implement coping strategies to continue to respond to communities’ health needs throughout the course of the pandemic. This assessment tool is informed by WHO and partner tools and guidance on community health needs, continuity of essential health services and readiness planning for COVID-19
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A guide to support implementation of health service Quality Improvement activities in Ethiopian health facilities
A practitioner’s guide to the principles of COVID-19 vaccine communications.
The factors that lead people to make choices to take vaccines are nuanced and affected by how they see the world, their perceptions of the choices people like them will make, who they trust, their perceptions of risk,... consistency of message and convenience of actually getting the vaccine.
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Interim guidance 2 march 2021
Current use of drugs to prevent COVID-19 is variable, reflecting large-scale uncertainty. Numerous randomized trials of many different drugs are underway to inform practice. This first version of the Drugs to prevent COVID-19: A WHO living guideline contains new inform...ation and a recommendation on hydroxychloroquine. It follows the publication of six trials synthesized in a living network meta-analysis (NMA).
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2 March 2021
Protracted displacement, socio-economic crises aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, dire humanitarian needs and protection threats continue to affect the Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
In Syria, the protracted conflict has left 91 per cent of the 438,000 Palestine re...fugees1 estimated to remain in the country in absolute poverty2 and 40 per cent displaced.
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Health Evidence Network synthesis report 72
Lücken schließen – Angebote ergänzen
Der Kooperationsverbund Gesundheitliche Chancengleichheit hat eine Handreichung zur Gesundheitsförderung mit Geflüchteten veröffentlicht. Die Broschüre führt in das Thema ein und formuliert grundlegende Handlungsoptionen. Ergänzt wird die Veröffentli...chung durch eine Zusammenstellung rechtlicher Grundlagen
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A new report released today documents an “invisible wall” which has blocked migrants from accessing basic services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is now preventing them from accessing vaccines.
N Engl J Med 2019;380:2429-39.DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1901113
Initial public health responses to control the pandemic focused on promoting protective behaviors among the general population, including frequent hand washing, physical distancing and the use of face masks in public spaces However, many saw these only as interim measures to reduce the spread of the... virus and hopes for a return to a sense of ‘ rested on the development of a safe and effective vaccine.
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