These guidelines provide guidance on how to detect an outbreak of the disease, conduct pertinent epidemiological investigations, and prevent or mitigate the spread of the disease throughout the Region. We encourage everyone working to apply these guidelines to take into account all the knowledge ava...ilable and their own country’s capability to cope with the introduction of CHIKV. Steps should be taken now to put in place the necessary measures that will decrease the impact that this new arbovirus could have in our Region.
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                                                                Recognition, Assessment and Treatment
National Clinical Guideline Number 159
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                As a public good, antimicrobial medicines require rational use if their effectiveness is to be preserved. However, up to 50% of antibiotic use is inappropriate, adding considerable costs to patient care, and increasing morbidity and mortality. In addition, there is compelling evidence that antimicro...bial resistance is driven by the volume of antimicrobial agents used. High rates of antimicrobial resistance to common treatments are currently reported all over the world, both in health care settings and in the community. For over two decades, the Region of the Americas has been a pioneer in confronting antimicrobial resistance from a public health perspective. However, those efforts need to be stepped up if we are to have an impact on  antimicrobial resistance and want to quantify said impact.
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                                                                PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(2): e0005356 -Published: February 23, 2017 21 pp
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Временные рекомендации 
17 января 2020 г.
Цель настоящего документа – предоставить временные рекомендации лабораториям и субъектам, занятым в работах по лаборатор...ному тестированию пациентов в случаях, соответствующих определению подозрительных на пневмонию, ассоциированную с новым коронавирусом, выявленным в Ухане, Китай (см. Surveillance case definitions for human infection with novel coronavirus, Interim guidance (Эпиднадзор за случаями инфекции человека, вызванной новым коронавирусом, временные рекомендации (на английском языке)).
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                                                                Many countries have made significant progress in the implementation of World Health Organization recommended preventive chemotherapy strategy, to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF). However, pertinent challenges such as the existence of areas of residual infections in disease endemic districts pose... potential threats to the achievements made. Thus, this study was undertaken to assess the importance of these areas in implementation units (districts) where microfilaria (MF) positive individuals could not be found during the mid-term assessment after three rounds of mass drug administration.
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                                                                Core Indicators 2019: Health Trends in the Americas starts with a demographic overview of the Americas to demonstrate how the Region has changed over 25 years. These key demographic indicators provide valuable context to better understand the population’s characteristics and their impact on health.... Brief narratives accompany the graphics to highlight important information.
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                                                                Lancet Glob Health 2020Published OnlineNovember 27, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30449-6
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                For  close   to  15  years,   the  Monitor    has  tracked    the  impact    of  victim    assistance on  the  lives   of  victims    of  landmines,  cluster    munitions, 
and   other   explosive remnants of  war   (hereafter “mine/ERW victims”). Over   this   time,   the international communi...ty has  strengthened its  resolve    to  promote    the  rights   and  address    the  needs   of  victims    through programs and   services    that   are  accessible and   adequate in  quantity,  quality,    availability, and   consistent with   the  high standards set by human rights as well as other international humanitarian law. 
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                                                                The Pharmacovigilance team in WHO aims to assure the safety of medicines and vaccines by ensuring reliable and timely exchange of information on safety issues, promoting pharmacovigilance activities throughout the Organization and encouraging participation in the WHO Programme for International Drug... Monitoring. This text was developed in consultation with the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring and the national pharmacovigilance centres participating in the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring.
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                                                                The application of digital health technology is growing at a rapid rate in Africa, with the goals of improving the delivery of healthcare services and more effectively reaching out to remote and underserved communities. The lack of enabling guidelines and standards across the continent, on the other... hand, makes it difficult to share data in a meaningful way across the continent.
Considering this, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) established a task force of 24 members to provide expertise and guidance in the development of AU HIE guidelines and standards. Members of the task force were subject matter experts working in Africa and internationally on the collection, analysis, and exchange of health information. Some of these experts had been involved in previous consultations on defining Africa CDC’s health information systems strategy. A chairperson, co-chairperson, and secretary were elected to engage the task force members in different technical working groups.
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                                                                The Resolution Population and Individual Approaches to the Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Obesity was approved by the 48th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization, September 29- October 3, 2008, in response to the epidemic of obesity and diabetes currently affecting the ...countries of the Americas. Its main goal is to call on Member States to prioritize the prevention of obesity and diabetes and their common risk factors by establishing and/or strengthening policies and programs, integrating them into public and private health systems and working to ensure adequate allocation of resources to carry out such policies and programs.
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                                                                Together we can Prevent and Control the World's Most Common Diseases
Objectives of the training manual
(1) To improve knowledge of NCD trends, burdens, as well as systems for management and monitoring of NCD services for Township Medical Officers (TMOs), Township Public Health Officers (TP...HOs), Medical Officers (MOs). The manual can also be used for training of Basic Health staff (BHS), TMOs, TPHOs and MOs, 
(2) To equip trainers to train BHS  to conduct PEN protocols at the primary care level health  centers,
(3) To equip trainers to train in processes to conduct  PEN scaling up monitoring , supervision and evaluation activities.
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                                                                Core Knowledge for Emergency Preparedness and Response
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                ПЛАНИРОВАНИЕ И МОНИТОРИНГ ПРОГРЕССА НА ПУТИ К ЭЛИМИНАЦИИ
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                The study on health facility preparedness for cholera outbreak response in Cameroon evaluates the ability of healthcare facilities in four cholera-prone districts to manage cholera outbreaks. The findings highlight significant weaknesses, including limited surveillance systems, inadequate access to ...water, poor sanitation, and lack of essential medical supplies such as Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) and cholera case management guidelines. Many health facilities also lacked trained personnel and proper waste disposal systems, increasing the risk of disease spread within healthcare centers. The study underscores the urgent need for improved hygiene infrastructure, better training, and resource allocation to enhance outbreak response and reduce cholera-related mortality.
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