Impact Evalution Report 61
Guidance
Second Edition
Monitoring and Evaluation
Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Call
April 12, 2016
Testing Algorithm. Interim Guidance
Rapporto ISS COVID-19, n. 5/2020
Gruppo di Lavoro ISS Ambiente e Qualità dell’Aria Indoor
versione del 23 marzo 2020
WHO recommends member states provide universal access to public hand hygiene stations and making their use obligatory on entering and leaving any public or private commercial building and any public transport facility. It is also recommended that healthcare facilities improve access to and practice ...of hand hygiene.
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就改进手卫生做法助力预防COVID-19病毒传播给会员国的建议
-1-توصیاتللدول الأعضاء بشأن تحسین ممارسات نظافة الأیدي للمساعدة علىمنع انتقال فیروس كوفید-19
L’ hygiène des mains est la mesure la plus efficace pour réduire la propagation des infections dans le cadre de stratégies multimodales, y compris l’accès à des fournitures appropriées. Les présentes orientations concernent donc tous les pays ... et sont recommandées en particulier pour les zones qui n’ont pas d’accès facile à l’hygiène des mains.
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23 Dec 2020. The aim of this document is to provide an update on the knowledge surrounding the role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the role of schools in the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the experience in the EU from August–December, 2020. This document also addresses transmissio...n to and from staff in school settings, school-related mitigation measures including risk communication, testing, contact tracing and the efficacy of partial and full school closures. This document draws upon and updates evidence presented in the previous report from ECDC on this topic, which was published on August 6, 2020
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An overview of validation structures and responsibilities at national, regional and global levels.
This governance document supplements the global guidance document. Validation of elimination requires rigorous assessment at the national, regional and global levels of the impact and process indicato...rs and the fulfilment of the four foundational requirements for (1) data quality, (2) strong programmes, (3) laboratory quality and (4) human rights, gender equality and community engagement.
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Dengue Epidemiology
The first record of a case of probable dengue fever is in a Chinese medical encyclopedia from the Jin Dynasty (265–420 AD) which referred to a “water poison” associated with flying insects. The first recognized Dengue epidemics occurred almost simultaneously in Asia, Afr...ica, and North America in the 1780s, shortly after the identification and naming of the disease in 1779. The first confirmed case report dates from 1789 and is by Benjamin Rush, who coined the term "breakbone fever" because of the symptoms of myalgia and arthralgia.
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Objective
To estimate the prevalence of Chagas disease in pregnant women and the vertical transmission of the disease.
Methods
Observational studies were identified from eight electronic databases, and details on study design, population and prevalence of Chagas disease were extracted. The data... were pooled using a random-effects model, and choropleth maps were created based on geopolitical regions and countries.
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[Antecedentes] En el año 2005, un brote registrado en un área turística del sur de Brasil, concitó la atención internacional en función de haber afectado a un grupo de turistas internacionales y haber registrado alta morbilidad y mortalidad. La importancia que reviste este tema emergente, y la...s recomendaciones relacionadas al estudio del tema emanadas de la 1ª. y 2ª. Reunión de la Iniciativa de Prevención y Vigilancia de la Enfermedad de Chagas en la Amazonia AMCHA (Manaos, 2004 y Cayenne, 2005), estimulan a desarrollar entre técnicos e investigadores dedicados a enfermedad de Chagas e inocuidad de alimentos, la presente consulta técnica para
trazar un posicionamiento sobre la naturaleza y prevención/control de esta variable de transmisión de Chagas de alta morbilidad y mortalidad.
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