This second edition of the Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline provides the most up to date technical guidance on mask use in community settings in the context of COVID-19.
In this edition, new information includes updated mask re...commendations for children in community settings including updated age specific recommendations, statements for children with disabilities and those at high risk for complications related to COVID-19 infection. Updated implementation considerations for mask use in school settings are also included.
This living guideline is being published using the MAGICApp online publishing platform https://app.magicapp.org/#/guideline/Lr2a8L , as well as in PDF copy on the WHO website.
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SCOPING QUESTION: Which psychosocial interventions are effective in the management of cannabis dependence?
The long-term goal of AIDSFree is to improve the quality and effectiveness of high-impact, evidence-informed HIV and AIDS interventions. This semiannual performance report (SAPR) summarizes AIDSFree's achievements for the period October 1, 2015–March 31, 2016
CST Assembly Notes. This assembly has been prepared by Missio, Pope Francis’ official charity for overseas mission. Mission simply means, being sent out to deliver God’s love to others through our actions and words. When we look at the world around us, it’s clear that there’s a great need fo...r God’s mercy and love. We can feel overwhelmed by news of terrible violence, unfairness, suffering.
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The report depicts the reality of forced displacement as a developing world crisis with implications for sustainable growth: 95 percent of the displaced live in developing countries and over half are in displacement for more than four years. To help the displaced, the report suggests ways to rebuild... their lives with dignity through development support, focusing on their vulnerabilities such as loss of assets and lack of legal rights and opportunities. It also examines how to help host communities that need to manage the sudden arrival of large numbers of displaced people, under pressure to expand services, create jobs and address long-standing development issues.
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PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.
Пособие для социальных работников программ профилактики ВИЧ/СПИД. В целом, МИ настолько же эффективный метод, как и другие признанные подходы к преодолению зависи...остей, такие как программа «12 шагов» и рационально-поведенческие методы психотерапии. МИ может одинаково успешно применяться и как самостоятельный метод, и как подготовка или дополнение к другим методам помощи или терапии.
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Это коллективная монография, отчёт по вопросам и проблемам трудоустройства людей в разных странах. Цитируется Конвенция о правах инвалидов и то, каким образом соб...юдаются права для разных групп людей с РАС в разных странах, приводятся примеры.
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21 August 2020
This guidance provides specific considerations for the use of non-medical masks, also known as fabric masks, by children as a means for source control in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. It also advises on the use of medical masks for children under certain conditions.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global and gendered crisis that is compounding existing inequalities and disproportionately affecting girls and women. Emerging evidence from the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 shows school closures, disruptions in essential services and rising... poverty contributed to girls’ increased risk of female genital mutilation (FGM). School closures limited the monitoring and reporting of cases of FGM. Rising household monetary poverty may have contributed to families adopting negative coping mechanisms, including having girls undergo FGM as a precursor to marriage to reduce household costs. A report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates 2 million additional cases of FGM by 2030 due to the pandemic.
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Expanding access to quality health services through task sharing
This toolkit provides practical guidance to governments, funders, civil society organizations and other implementing partners on conducting a gender analysis and using findings to inform HIV prevention, care and treatment programs with key populations. It outlines considerations and steps for conduc...ting a gender analysis; explores how to engage with stakeholders, including key population members, in a meaningful partnership; shares lessons learned from a comprehensive gender analysis in Kenya and an abridged gender analysis in Cameroon; and provides tools and resources for conducting a gender analysis with key populations.
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Дослідження містить перші національні репрезентативні дані про психічне здоров’я дорослих внутрішньо переміщених осіб (ВПО) в Україні. У дослідженні підкреслює...ься значний тягар психічних розладів, у тому числі посттравматичного стресового розладу (ПТСР), депресії та тривоги серед ВПО в Україні, особливо серед жінок. Крім того, значна кількість осіб має два або три розлади одночасно. Зафіксований високий рівень поширеності супутніх захворювань ПТСР, тривоги та депресії. Наші висновки підтверджують необхідність у розширеному, комплексному та травма – чутливому реагуванні в області охорони психічного здоров’я населення, що постраждало внаслідок конфлікту.
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Rwanda’s national health sector is focused on the equitable delivery of high-quality health services. The Government of Rwanda (GoR) recognizes that developing human resources in the health sector is a critical factor to the well-being of the population. Development of the health workforce has bee...n guided by the Human Resources for Health (HRH) Programme (2012-2019) and its successor, the National Strategy for Health Professions Development (NSHPD) (2020-2030). Rwanda has made significant progress in enhancing its skilled health workforce, with notable improvements in the health professional-to-population ratio over the past decade, attaining 13.4 doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, and dentists per 10 000 people in 2022. Despite such progress, health workforce levels remain below national and global recommendations.
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