Updated guidance. The guidance provides useful information to staff working in prisons, as well as to health and prison authorities, explaining how to prevent and address a potential outbreak of COVID-19. In addition, it aims to protect the
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health and well-being of all those who live and work in, and visit, these settings and the general population at large. People deprived of their liberty, and living or working in enclosed environments in close proximity, are likely to be more vulnerable to the COVID-19 disease than the general population. Moreover, correctional facilities may amplify and enhance COVID-19 transmission beyond their walls.
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An analysis from the perspective of the health sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
Washington, D.C., 2017
Investigación original / Original research
Panam Salud Publica. 2016;39(1):38–43.
Global HIV Strategic Information Working Group
For Populations At Risk For HIV
Practical Guideline for collaborative interventions
Over 6 million people worldwide are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan that causes Chagas disease
(CD). T. cruzi is transmitted by triatomine insects, congenitally, through uncontrolled blood donations and organ transplants,
and via consumption of food or drink contaminated by triatomi
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nes.
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Global HIV Strategic Information Working Group
Practical Guidance for collaborative interventions
UNAIDS Series: Engaging uniformed services in the fight against AIDS - Case Study 1
Fighting AIDS
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the issues in regulating and managing international emergency in a selection of large and small-scale sudden onset disasters (SODs). In doing so, it aims to contribute to several key international commitments as well as its objective in disaste
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rs and emergencies to “reduce the consequences the event may have on world health and its social and economic implications”.
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Practical Guidance for collaborative interventions
Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People
Guidance Brief
Accessed: 09.11.2019