Data Collection: Recommended Surgical and Anaesthesia Care Indicators
Promoting and protecting health is essential to human welfare and sustained economic and social development. This was recognized more than 30 years ago by the Alma-Ata Declaration signatories, who noted that Health for All would contribute
both to a better quality of life and also to global peace a...nd security
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Practical Guideline for collaborative interventions
The coronavirus outbreak that began in 2019 (COVID-19) threatens to reverse years of hard-won gains in preventing and treating HIV. Fragile health systems are further stressed as health workers navigate an increased client load and demands at work while also being concerned for their own health and ...that of their families. Health facilities have been redesigned to care for patients with COVID-19, posing challenges to other services. Governments and civil society organizations have redirected scarce resources and shifted programming priorities to respond to the pandemic. Several countries have reported intermittent declines in HIV testing and diagnosis, antenatal care visits, collection of antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) by people living with HIV, and attendance at clinic appointments. Community-based education and support programmes have had to rapidly adapt to restrictions on movement and public gatherings. Children, adolescents, and women have experienced multiple deprivations due to the adverse impact of the pandemic.
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Lancet 2013; 381: 1405–16
Series: Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhoea no.1
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16(11): e0010908. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010908
The aim of the meeting was to broaden the network’s initiatives. Preliminary work involved integrating laboratory testing for skin NTDs other than Buruli ulcer, such as cutaneous leishmaniasis, mycetoma, leprosy and yaws, while extending the network’s reach to encompass additional laboratories.
Thirty-three years after its discovery, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), responsible for the AIDS pandemic, remains a major public health problem despite advanced researches providing better diagnostic and therapeutic tools. The virus targets especially CD4+ T cells, leading to deficiency of ...the immune system and altering therefore defense against infections and cancer cells. Antiretroviral
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Learning sheet no. 4
Accessed March, 2025
Manual de Normas para el Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de Chagas Congénito
La Organización Panamericana de la Salud publica la tercera versión de la lista de dispositivos médicos prioritarios (LDMP) para el primer nivel de atención, elaborada de acuerdo con la realidad epidemiológica de los países de la Región de las Américas y adaptada al contexto de la pandemia d...e COVID-19. Con vistas a que la LDMP pueda adaptarse a las diferentes formas de organización de los sistemas de salud de la Región, esta tercera versión incluye una lista principal (223 dispositivos médicos), un módulo de diagnóstico por imágenes (30 dispositivos médicos), un módulo de laboratorio (29 dispositivos médicos) y un módulo de odontología (69 dispositivos médicos). Los usuarios deben seleccionar solo los módulos que contienen las prácticas que se planifica ofrecer en un centro de atención de primer nivel y analizar las listas correspondientes.
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