El Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid se caracteriza por la promoción del bienestar de nuestra y por el compromiso de la psicología para alcanzar este fin. Por ello, de manera inmediata, respondiendo a la necesidad y demanda social, se han llevado a cabo una serie de iniciativas orientada...s a promover un afrontamiento adecuado frente al brote de Coronavirus (COVID-19).
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This document provides a decision-making framework for implementation of mass treatment interventions, active case-finding campaigns and population-based surveys for neglected tropical diseases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A two-step approach is proposed: a risk–benefit assessment, to ...decide if the planned activity should proceed; and an examination of a list of precautionary measures that should be applied with the aim of decreasing the risk of transmission of COVID-19 associated with the activity, and strengthening the capacity of the health system to manage any residual risk. This guidance note is intended to health authorities, NTD programme managers and their supporting partners.
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Este folleto informativo acerca del coronavirus (COVID-19), está elaborado especialmente para ti que estás a cargo del cuidado de un niño o adolescente con alguna enfermedad oncológica o hematológica. 1 Al tener un sistema de defensas debilitado por el tratamiento y enfermedad, ellos se encuent...ran más expuestos a las complicaciones que trae este virus y comprendemos que como madre, padre o cuidador, puedes tener muchas preguntas al respecto y es importante que cuentes con información adecuada que te permita saber qué hacer y cómo acompañar al menor a cargo en esta especial situación.
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This guidance note is for UNICEF Regional and Country Office WASH staff to help them in their preparedness and response to the current COVID-19 global pandemic. It provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and its intersection with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and how UN...ICEF staff can help prevent infection and its spread in schools, through human to human and by touching surfaces contaminated with the virus. WASH services including waste management and environmental cleaning are all important for IPCs.
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Exciting news this week with @Pfizer reporting their mRNA vaccine is 90% effective, based on their Phase III clinical trial data. Dr. Tom looks inside the virus to break down how mRNA vaccines work, and whether news this promising means we can finally relax.
This rapid advice guide examines the evidence and makes recommendations for the use of chest imaging in acute care of adult patients with suspected, probable or confirmed COVID-19. Imaging modalities considered are radiography, computed tomography and ultrasound. This guide addresses the care pathwa...y from presentation of the patient to a health facility to patient discharge. It considers different levels of disease severity, from asymptomatic individuals to critically ill patients. Accounting for variations in the benefits and harms of chest imaging in different situations, remarks are provided to describe the circumstances under which each recommendation would benefit patients. The guide also includes implementation considerations for different settings, provides suggestions for impact monitoring and evaluation and identifies knowledge gaps meriting further research.
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Ce document fournit des orientations provisoires sur la qualité, les caractéristiques de performance et les normes connexes des équipements de protection individuelle (EPI) à utiliser dans le contexte de COVID-19. Il s'agit notamment des dispositifs médicaux prioritaires de l'OMS, à savoir : l...es masques chirurgicaux, les masques non chirurgicaux, les gants, les lunettes de protection, les écrans faciaux, les blouses et les masques N95. Il est destiné aux organismes d'approvisionnement, aux services de santé au travail, aux services ou points focaux de prévention et de contrôle des infections, aux administrateurs d'établissements de santé, aux ingénieurs biomédicaux et des matériaux, aux fabricants d'EPI et aux autorités de santé publique, tant au niveau national qu'au niveau des établissements.
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