World J Meta-Anal. Aug 26, 2017; 5(4): 103-123
Published online Aug 26, 2017. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v5.i4.103
Un análisis desde la perspectiva del sector de la salud en América Latina y el Caribe
Washington, D.C., 2017
orientaciones provisionales, 23 de diciembre de 2020
En este documento se resumen las recomendaciones de la OMS para utilizar de forma racional los equipos de protección personal (EPP) tanto en los centros sanitarioscomo en los domicilios, así como durante la manipulación... de mercancías. Además, se analizan las interrupciones actuales que sufre la cadena mundial de suministro y se tratan aspectos que cabe tener en cuenta para tomar decisiones durante periodos de escasez grave de estos equipos.
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Applying the evidence of what works from HIV-related stigma and discrimination in six settings to the COVID-19 response
This brief provide evidence-informed guidance to countries on the intersection of stigma related to HIV and COVID-19 in national responses.
Recommendations for the management of oncology patients during the SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 pandemic
A finalidade deste documento é apresentar orientações
provisórias para intervenções destinadas a reduzir o risco
de infecção pelo vírus Zika e para tratar potenciais complicações durante a gravidez. Estas orienta ções baseiam-se nas melhores evidências disponíveis da investigação... e abrange áreas priorizadas por um grupo
internacional e multidisciplinar de profissionais de saúde e outras partes interessadas. Especificamente, apresenta: orientações para evitar a infecção pelo vírus Zika; cuidados pré-natais e tratamento dasmulherescom infecção;e cuidados durante a gravidez atodas as mulheres grávidas que vivam nas zonas afectadas, com o objectivo de
optimizar os resultados da saúde nas mães e nos recém-nascidos.
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Il vise à guider l ’ élaboration de protocoles cliniques et de politiques sanitaires à l ’ échelle nationale et locale en ce qui concerne les soins au cours de la grossesse dans le contexte de la transmission du virus Zika. Elles n ’ ont pas pour objectif de fournir un guide pratique exhau...stif pour la prévention et la prise en charge des infections à virus Zika.
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The New England Journal of Medicine has a perspective on Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — Clinical Manifestations and Management, written by authors who have cared for more than 700 patients with EVD between August 23 and October 4, 2014, in the largest Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberi...a (Free Access) NEJm, November 5, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1413084
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Enseignements tirés des derniers épisodes épidémiques d'Ebola pour guider la gestion des risques actuels Dar es Salaam, Tanzanie 1-2 Septembre 2014
Une réunion d’urgence a été organisée conjointement par le réseau d’Organisation pour la Surveillance Régionale des Maladies (CORDS), et ...le Centre de la Surveillance des Maladies Infectieuses de l’Afrique du Sud (SACIDS) afin de réunir et d’évaluer les expériences acquises au cours des épisodes épidémiques d'Ebola en Ouganda et en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) qui permettraient de guider la gestion des risques actuels
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Guide pratique à l’usage des sages-femmes, médecins spécialisés en obstétrique et personnel de santé devant faire face à des urgences obstétricales. Ce guide a été conçu comme un outil qui permette de protéger la mère et son enfant dans un environnement défavorable. Il est destiné a...ux sages-femmes, médecins spécialisés en obstétrique et personnel de santé devant faire face à des urgences obstétricales.
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Using an ensemble of climate models and socioeconomic scenarios, WRI scored and ranked future water stress—a measure of competition and depletion of surface water—in 167 countries by 2020, 2030, and 2040. We found that 33 countries face extremely high water stress in 2040 (see the full list). We... also found that Chile, Estonia, Namibia, and Botswana could face an especially significant increase in water stress by 2040. This means that businesses, farms, and communities in these countries in particular may be more vulnerable to scarcity than they are today.
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The Cartagena Declaration on Refugees was adopted by the Colloquium on the International Protection of Refugees in Central America, Mexico and Panama on November 22, 1984. The declaration is a non-binding agreement but has been incorporated in refugee law in various countries. The Cartagena Declarat...ion on Refugees bases its principles on the “commitments with regards to refugees” defined in the Contadora Act on Peace and Cooperation (which are based on the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol).
It includes a range of detailed commitments to peace, democratization, regional security and economic co-operation. It also provided for regional committees to evaluate and verify compliance with these commitments.
This document contains the Spanish, French and English versions of the original text.
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Resilience has rapidly become one of the most prominent objectives for the development sector, so ascertaining how best to measure it is an essential task for practioners working in monitoring and evaluation. In this discussion paper, the main insights emerging from the series of large-N Effectivene...ss Reviews, a set of quantitative studies that aim to evaluate impact and generate learning from a random sample of Oxfam’s projects are outlined. It is also considered how this measurement approach may adapt as ideas about resilience change both within Oxfam and in the development sector at large
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The report covers possible developments in Indonesia over the next 10 months (to end 2016). Four scenarios are outlined:
Delayed Second Crop Harvest
Delayed and Reduced Second Crop Harvest
La Niña disrupts main rural sources of income
Soaring rice prices
The scenarios wer...e developed during a two-day workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia involving 21 organisations. Scenarios are a description of situations that could occur; a set of informed assumptions about a development that may require humanitarian action to support strategic planning, create awareness, provide early warning and promote preparedness activities for those responding to the crisis.
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