“Wearing masks is important. We want to recommend widespread use of masks. We are recommending that people can use cloth masks, just make sure there’s a three layer kind of thing.”Dr Zweli Mkhize, Minister of Health
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Volunteers are impacted by COVID-19 like everyone else worldwide. They worry about being stigmatized by family and community members, fear contracting the virus, having to be in isolation or quarantine, losing colleagues etc. Volunteers may also be affected by witnessing the death of someone they su...pported or be exhausted by having challenging tasks.
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The virtual conference, co-organised by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) brought together African leaders, public health professionals and researchers, policymakers, business leaders and civil society and commun...ity leaders.
The objective was to discuss strategies and approaches to remove barriers to widespread delivery and uptake of effective COVID-19 vaccines across Africa, guided by African voices and indigenous values. The goal of the conference was to provide input for a framework for fair, equitable and timely allocation of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa.
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Immunizations are an essential health service that protect susceptible individuals from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD).2 By providing timely immunizations, individuals and communities remain protected and the likelihood of a VPD outbreak decreases, Preventing a VPD ...outbreak not only saves lives but requires fewer resources than responding to the outbreak and helps reduce burden on a health system already strained by the COVID-19 pandemic, While committing to sustaining immunization systems, countries should use approaches that respect the principle of do-no-harm and limit transmission of COVID-19 while providing immunization activities, Immunization visits can also be used as opportunities to disseminate messages to encourage behaviours to reduce transmission risk of the COVID-19 virus, to identify signs and symptoms of COVID-19 disease, and to provide guidance on what to do if symptoms emerge
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La documentation et la diffusion de cette directive, des éléments de preuves et leçons émergentes seront essentielles pour mettre en œuvre les réponses les plus appropriées et efficaces face à cette pandémie.
Bei vielen schwer erkrankten Menschen muss mit einer im Verhältnis zu anderen schweren ARE längeren Behandlung mit Beatmung/zusätzlichem Saürstoffbedarf gerechnet werden. Da weder eine Impfung noch eine spezifische Therapie derzeit zur Verfügung stehen, müssen alle Massnahmen darauf ausgericht...et sein, die Verbreitung der Erkrankung so gut wie möglich zu verlangsamen. Es gibt 3 Komponenten: A) Verhinderung der Ausbreitung durch Fallfindung und Absonderung von engen Kontaktpersonen, B) soziale Distanz schaffen und C) gezielter Schutz von vulnerablen Gruppen, die aktiviert und intensiviert werden müssen ent-sprechend der jeweils aktuellen Lage
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19 de março de 2020. Introdução Este documento fornece orientações rápidas sobre o uso de máscaras médicas em comunidades, em domicílios e em unidades de saúde em áreas que relataram surtos causados pelo novo coronavírus de 2019 (2019-nCoV). Destina-se a profissionais de saúde pública ...e de prevenção e controle de infecção (IPC), gerentes de atenção à saúde, profissionais de saúde e agentes comunitários de saúde. Será revisado à medida que mais PCI dados estiverem disponíveis. Com as informações disponíveis atualmente, sugere-se que a via de transmissão humano a humano do 2019-nCoV seja por gotículas respiratórias ou contato. Qualquer pessoa que esteja em contato próximo (dentro de 1 metro) com alguém com sintomas respiratórios (por exemplo, espirros, tosse, etc.) está sob risco de exposta a gotículas respiratórias potencialmente infectantes. Máscaras médicas são máscaras cirúrgicas ou de procedimento que são planas ou com pregas (algumas são como copos); elas são afixadas na cabeça com tirasa.
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Updated 25 March 2020 (25 Matshi 2020)
Краткий курс и плакат на основе изображений, не требующие высокого уровня грамотности. Они предназначены для поддержки мест со слабыми системами здравоохранения, ...которые плохо подготовлены к борьбе с КОВИД-19 (2019 - новый коронавирус).
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Временные рекомендации
13 марта 2020 г.
В настоящем документе содержится оперативное руководство для государств-членов по срочному расследованию предполагаемых ...лучаев заболевания COVID-19 после получения оповещения или сигнала. Настоящий документ должен использоваться местными, региональными или национальными органами здравоохранения в качестве свода принципов, применяемых при расследовании случаев заболевания COVID-19. Его не следует рассматривать как всестороннее руководство по расследованию вспышек заболеваний. Существуют подробные рекомендации по расследованию вспышек заболеваний, вызванных другими респираторными патогенами, включая MERS-CoV и грипп.
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Este documento ofrece enlaces a recursos y plataformas relacionadas con la salud mental.
В этом документе описывается удостоверение и кодирование случаев смерти, связанных с COVID-19. Основная цель состоит в том, чтобы выявить все случаи смерти вследствие ...COVID-19.
Раздел, где удостоверение причин смерти представлено в упрощенном виде, предназначен для лиц, которые заполняют медицинское свидетельство о смерти. Оно должно предоставляться данным лицам отдельно от инструкций по кодированию.
International guidelines for certifying and coding COVID-19 as a cause of death
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Будьте готовы к COVID-19: сценарии и как защитить себя и других
The main finding is that health services have been partially or completely disrupted in many countries. More than half (53%) of the countries surveyed have partially or completely disrupted services for hypertension treatment; 49% for treatment for diabetes and diabetes-related complications; 42% fo...r cancer treatment, and 31% for cardiovascular emergencies.
Rehabilitation services have been disrupted in almost two-thirds (63%) of countries, even though rehabilitation is key to a healthy recovery following severe illness from COVID-19.
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Accessed: 08.04.2020
Updated 25 March 2020 (25 Maart 2020)
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20 de Março de 2020