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The WHO continuously reviews available data on SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. For this version, the global epidemiological
situation of the COVID-19 pandemic as of 21 January 2022 – at a time when the Omicron VOC had been identified in 171
countries across all six WHO Regions and was rapidly re...
10 Janaury 2022 The following catalogue lists all the medical devices including personal protective equipment, medical equipment, medical consumables, single use devices and laboratory and test related devices.
The objective of the 2022 Compendium is to compile and highlight emerging innovative health technologies for low-resource settings. It presents a snapshot of technologies that are solutions to an unmet medical/health technology need or are likely to improve health outcomes and the quality of life. H...
Countries around the world are facing the challenge of increased demand for care of people with COVID-19, compounded by fear, misinformation and limitations on movement that disrupt the delivery of health care for all conditions. Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the CO...
This brief summarizes current evidence and guidance for maintaining safe and effective care across the spectrum of maternal, newborn and infant care while protecting mother and child and health care providers during COVID-19. Furthermore, implications of the principle of “do no harm” are reviewe...
Continuidad de los servicios de salud esenciales: herramienta de evaluación de los centros
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módulo del conjunto de evaluaciones de la capacidad de los servicios de salud en el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19: orientaciones provisionales, 12 de mayo de 2021; La herramienta de evaluación de la continuidad de los servicios sanitarios esenciales: Herramienta de evaluación de instalacion...
Module appartenant à la série d’évaluations des capacités des services de santé dans le cadre de la pandémie de COVID-19: orientations provisoires, 12 mai 2021. L'outil d'évaluation de la continuité des services de santé essentiels : Facility Assessment Tool peut être utilisé par les pa...
module de la série d’évaluation des capacités des services de santé dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19, 7 juillet 2021
medios de diagnóstico, tratamientos y grado de preparación respecto a las vacunas y otros productos sanitarios: módulo de las evaluaciones armonizadas de la capacidad de los centros de salud en el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19, 7 de julio de 2021
Nat Med (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01381-y
24 Nov. 2021; This guidance provides considerations and a series of options that can be used to inform country strategies to minimise risk associated with shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Re-use and reprocessing of single use PPE must be a last-resort temporary measure that is impl...
Priority medical devices list for the COVID-19 response and associated technical specifications
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23 February 2021
This document describes the medical devices required for the clinical management of COVID-19, selected and prioritized according to the latest available evidence and interim guidelines. This includes: oxygen therapy, pulse oximeters, patient monitors, thermometers, infusion and suc...
Модуль из пакета инструментов для оценки потенциала медицинских учреждений в контексте пандемии COVID-19. Временное руководство. 5 февраля 2021 г.
A module from the suite of health service capacity assessments in the context of the COVID-19 pandemicINTERIM GUIDANCE5 February2021
The Community needs, perceptions and demand: community assessment toolcan be used by countries to conduct a rapid pulse survey of community health needs and perceptio...
The WHO COVID-19 Essential Supplies Forecasting Tool (ESFT) assists governments, partners, and other stakeholders to forecast the necessary volume of personal protective equipment, diagnostic equipment, consumable medical supplies, biomedical equipment for case management, and essential drugs for su...
