In response to COVID-19, UNICEF continues to support the Ministry of Health and Sports’ Health Literacy Promotion Unit to translate and disseminate messages including in ethnic languages for the border areas on good hygiene and handwashing. Social media boosting and message dissemination reach app...roximately 15 million people countrywide.
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This document aims to provide advice on the use of cloth face masks and sterilisation of respirators and surgical masks as an alternative in healthcare settings with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases if there is a shortage of specialised surgical masks and respirators.
Asegúrese de que su respuesta es equilibrada...
Algunas dimensiones que este documento contiene:
• Comunicaciones: Los trabajadores estarán expuestos a información contradictoria y se sentirán ansiosos o confusos sobre la mejor manera de actuar. Asegúrese de comunicar las pautas con p...rontitud, claridad y de manera equilibrada. Por otra parte, comunique la información en su contexto y la razón de las pautas, para que los empleados puedan profundizar en su comprensión y también poder llevar iniciativas en situaciones inesperadas, así como vacaciones, descansos, etc.
• Necesidades del equipo: las restricciones de viajes y reuniones pueden hacer peligrar las necesidades de los empleados para acceder a apoyo social y conexión, atención médica y provisiones diarias o similares. Debe anticiparse y desarrollar soluciones a las mismas y crear un canal de información donde los empleados puedan encontrar la información que necesiten. Muchas de esas necesidades serán específicas de la zona.
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Qualitative assay for use on the cobas®6800/8800 Systems. For in vitro diagnostic use
Cómo pueden los niños luchar contra la COVID-19!
Was Kinder gegen COVID-19 tun können!
A Spanish-translated clinical algorithm for management of suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women
Published:April 09, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30285-1
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
This is a guide for healthcare workers involved in patient care activities in a healthcare setting. It aims to show the type of personal protective equipment or PPE needed to correctly protect oneself. Based on the current available evidence, the WHO recommended PPE for the care of COVID patients ar...e CONTACT and DROPLET precautions, with the exception of aerosol producing procedures, which require CONTACT and AIRBORNE (hence, a respirator mask such as N95, FFP2, FFP3). Keeping in mind, PPE is part of a larger infection prevention and control bundle of measures and should be implemented as part of a multimodal strategy of management of COVID-19 patients. Only clinical staff who are trained and competent in the use of PPE should be allowed to enter the patient’s room.
This course is also available in the following languages:
العربية -македонски - 中文 - Shqip - français - ภาษาไทย - Português - Español - Nederlands - Tetun
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Many migrants find themselves with limited access, if any, to information about risks, prevention measures, health care and other essential services. Migrants in transit, those in need of international protection or without legal status are likely to be particularly vulnerable, as well as those who ...are homeless, held in detention, living in camps, formal or informal settlements or otherwise precarious conditions
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23 April 2020EMA/202483/2020 Rev
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are known to potentially cause heart rhythm problems, and these could be exacerbated if treatment is combined with other medicines, such as the antibiotic azithromycin, that have similar effects on the heart.
While much progress has been achieved over the past year, the Region of the Americas has stubbornly remained the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. PAHO is launching its 2021 COVID-19 Response Strategy and Donor Appeal to continue supporting Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories i...n their fight against COVID-19. This document outlines PAHO’s regional strategy for the year 2021 to sustain and scale-up the response to COVID‑19 pandemic in the Americas, suppress the community transmission of the virus and mitigate the longer-term health impact of the pandemic.
US$ 239 million is needed to support critical response efforts in the Americas between 1 January and 31 December 2021
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