PQDx 0198-071-00
WHO PQDx PR
April/2016, version 2.0
Scientific brief
8 April 2020
Orientaciones provisionales 16 de diciembre de 2020
En el presente documento se resumen las orientaciones actuales de la OMS para la vigilancia de salud pública en relación con la coronavirosis de 2019 (COVID-19) en el ser humano debida a la infección por el coronavirus del síndrome respiratori...o agudo severo de tipo 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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Actualizadas en el documento titulado «Vigilancia de salud pública en relación con la COVID-19» publicado el 16 de diciembre de 2020
PQDx 0005-005-00
WHO PQDx PR
May/2016, version 3.0
Lista de preguntas y respuestas sobre la priorización de pruebas diagnósticas para la confirmación de la infección por el SARS-CoV-2 orientada a dirigir las necesidades de adquisición de los sistemas de salud.
Estas definiciones provisionales de los casos se han elaborado a fin de normalizar a nivel mundial la clasificación y notificación de los casos de enfermedad por el virus de Zika (ZIKV). Asimismo, la OMS está elaborando orientaciones con respecto a la vigilancia de la enfermedad.
LAM test as a diagnostic aid in patients with HIV and suspected tuberculosis: technical guidelines
Guidelines for vaccination against COVID-19 for international travellers and aid workers (25 June 2021)
Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapeutics, 2013, 1, 17-24
9 March 2022, Timely and accurate diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is an essential part of a comprehensive COVID-19 response strategy. Ag-RDTs can be performed by individuals in which they collect their own specimen, perform a simple rapid test and interpret their test result themselves at a time a...nd place of their choosing, termed COVID-19 self-testing. This interim guidance provides a new recommendation that COVID-19 self-testing, using SARS-CoV-2 Ag-RDTs, should be offered as part of SARS-CoV-2 testing services. It also includes implementation considerations that can guide decisions on whether, and how, to adopt self-testing in different contexts, including the populations being prioritized; the disease prevalence in that population; and the impact on accessibility of testing, health care services and result reporting.
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Guidelines for the care of children and adolescents diagnosed with COVID - 19.
February 2021.
Improving our response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Africa requires regularly updated information, constant innovation, and considerable support towards research and development (R&D) for priorities that respond to the African realities. Shaping the research agenda and stimula...ting the generation, translation, and dissemination of valuable knowledge is one of the core functions of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), African Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC), and WHO-AFRO. We need answers to a list of critical research questions that respond to the current realities on the African continent to guide the COVID-19 outbreak control efforts
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