This leaflet aims at guiding health workers though the very first days of an outbreak. It addresses the following questions:
Is this the beginning of an outbreak?
Is the patient suffering from cholera or shigella?
The leaflet also has sections on how to protect the community, how to ...treat patients and what to do if an outbreak is suspected.
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Proyecto VIH/SIDA/ITS en 6 Regiones Sanitarias del Paraguay
Un análisis desde la perspectiva del sector de la salud en América Latina y el Caribe
Washington, D.C., 2017
Manual for Early Implementation
Manuel de mise en œuvre initiale
Molecular methods for antimicrobial resistance (AMR)diagnostics to enhance the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance plays an important role in the early detection of resistant strains of public health importance and prompt response to outbreaks in hospitals and the community. Surveillance findings are needed to inform medical practice, antibiotic stewardship, and policy... and interventions to combat AMR. Appropriate use of antimicrobials, informed by surveillance, improves patients’ treatment outcomes and reduces the emergence and spread of AMR. This protocol describes the steps and procedures to establish/enhance AMR surveillance in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Technical guidelines for the comprehensive care of patients with COVID-19 ; second version
Norma técnica para el control y la eliminación de la tuberculosis programa nacional de control y eliminación de la tuberculosis - Actualización 2021 Resolución Exenta N°60 del Ministerio de Salud, con fecha 14 de enero de 2022