4 April 2020
This interim guidance on oxygen sources and distribution strategies for COVID-19 treatment has been adapted from WHO and UNICEF’s technical specifications and guidance for oxygen therapy devices, which is part of the WHO medical device technical series. This guidance is intended for ...health facility administrators, clinical decision-makers, procurement officers, planning officers, biomedical engineers, infrastructure engineers and policy-makers. It describes how to quantify oxygen demand, identify oxygen sources that are available, and select appropriate surge sources to best respond to COVID-19 patients’ needs, especially in low-and-middle income countries.
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orientaciones provisionales, 23 de abril de 2020
orientations provisoires, 23 avril 2020
Recommended practices booklet (April 2020)
The set includes 10 Counselling Cards and a Recommended Practices Booklet. Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling in the context of COVID-19 remains a critical nutrition intervention for the protection and support of pregnant women, caregivers, ...and their young children. WHO and UNICEF advise caregivers and families with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 to continue the recommended IYCF practices with the necessary hygiene precautions. It is therefore vital to ensure that communities and families around the world adopt these recommendations to help prevent the spread of the virus and care for those who are infected.
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This policy brief has been developed in response to the contemporary challenge of antibiotic resistance (ABR). ABR poses a formidable threat to global health and sustainable development. It is now increasingly recognized that the systematic neglect of cultural factors is one of the biggest obs...tacles to achieving better health outcomes and better standards of living worldwide. Using a cultural contexts of health approach, the policy brief explores the centrality of culture to the challenge of ABR. The brief examines how the prescription and use of antibacterial medicines, the transmission of resistance, and the regulation and funding of research are influenced by cultural, social and commercial, as well as biological and technological factors. The brief moves beyond the ready equation of culture with individual behaviours and demonstrates how culture serve as an enabler of health and provide new possibilities for change.
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Esta é a primeira edição de orientações sobre estratégias de prevenção e controle de infecção (PCI) para utilizar quando houver suspeita de infecção por um novo coronavírus (2019-nCoV). Foi adaptado do guia da OMS de Prevenção e controle de infecções durante os cuidados de saúde pa...ra casos prováveis ou confirmados da infecção pelo coronavírus que causa a síndrome respiratória do Oriente Médio (MERS--CoV)1, com base no conhecimento atual da situação na China e em outros países onde foram identificados casos e experiências com a síndrome respiratória aguda grave (SARS)-CoV e MERS-CoV. A OMS atualizará essas recomendações assim que novas informações estiverem disponíveis. Esta orientação destina-se a profissionais de saúde, gerentes de saúde e equipes de PCI na atenção básica em saúde, mas também é relevante para os níveis nacional e subnacional. Diretrizes completas estão disponíveis na OMS.
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Esta é a primeira edição da orientação sobre estratégias de prevenção e controle de infecções (PCI) que devem ser aplicadas quando houver suspeita de COVID-19. Ela foi adaptada do documento da OMS sobre prevenção e controle de infecções durante prestação de cuidados de saúde para ca...sos prováveis ou confirmados de infecção da síndrome respiratória do Oriente Médio (MERS-CoV)1, com base no conhecimento atual da situação e experiência com a síndrome respiratória aguda grave (SARS) e MERS2. A OMS atualizará estas recomendações à medida que novas informações forem surgindo. Esta orientação é dirigida a trabalhadores da saúde, administradores em saúde e equipes de PCI nas unidades de saúde, mas também é relevante para os níveis nacionais, estaduais e municipais.
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Oferecer atendimento de saúde especializado para o tratamento de pacientes críticos com síndrome respiratória aguda grave (SRAG), encaminhados principalmente de unidades de saúde onde a capacidade das unidades de terapia intensiva tem sido sobrecarregada pelo alto volume de pacientes. A estrutu...ra flexível de uma Equipe de Saúde de Emergência para SRAG também permite a configuração de leitos para tartar pacientes gravemente doentes que precisem de oxigenoterapia. PRINCIPAIS CARACTERÍSTICAS: Equipes de Saúde de Emergência para SRAG utilizam estruturas portáteis que variam de tendas a contêineres. Eles também podem ser implantados dentro de estruturas fechadas alternativas usando módulos pré-fabricados. Unidades de Saúde de Emergência para SRAG podem oferecer até 30 leitos para pacientes críticos ou gravemente doentes (10 leitos para casos críticos com suspeita de COVID-19, 10 leitos para casos críticos com COVID-19 confirmada, e 10 leitos para casos graves). Unidades de Saúde de Emergência para SRAG possuem um centro de comando para a coordenação das operações do dia a dia. Esse é um sistema modular que pode ser expandido conforme necessário, adicionando unidades de 10 leitos, o que aumenta sua resposta conforme as necessidades e os recursos existentes.
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Distributing immediate, lifesaving assistance is one of the most urgent actions in an emergency response and can significantly improve the safety and wellbeing of individuals. Non-Food Items (NFI), Food Security, WASH and Shelter in-kind assistance actors can help reduce and mitigate pr...otection risks to individuals and communities when conducting distributions.
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Mothers and healthcare workers who support them have many questions and concerns about whether it is safe for mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 to be close to and breastfeed their babies during the pandemic.
To address their questions, WHO has released a list of Frequently asked question...s: Breastfeeding and COVID-19. The FAQ complements the WHO interim guidance: Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when COVID-19 is suspected and draws upon other WHO recommendations on infant and young child feeding.
The FAQs aim to provide information to healthcare workers supporting mothers and families in maternity services and community settings, and communicate how the interim guidance should be implemented. Additionally, the FAQs provide information about the protective effects of breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact, and the harmful effects of inappropriate use of infant formula milk.
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This document provides guidance on the implementation of the shielding approach in camps and camp-like settings for refugees and internally displaced persons. It is intended for the displaced community itself, humanitarian actors and camp coordination / management authorit...ies.
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The following checklist can help hospitals assess and improve their preparedness for responding to a community-wide outbreak of COVID-19. Each hospital will need to adapt this checklist to meet its unique needs and circumstances. This checklist should be used as one of several tools for evaluating c...urrent plans or in developing a comprehensive COVID-19 preparedness plan.
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This document provides guidance on the implementation of the shielding approach in urban areas in LICs and crisis-affected regions. It is intended for the community itself, national and local governance institutions, and humanitarian and development actors operating in the country.
The following Emergency Response Plan for the COVID-19 pandemic seeks to set out activities that will be undertaken by humanitarian actors in Ukraine over the course of 2020 to respond to the public health impact of the epidemic – as well as the indirect, socio-economic impact on people’s well-b...eing, which will span across many areas. Given the extensive public exposure of the COVID-19 threat, the response will cover the whole of Ukraine, while providing a distinct focus on Donetska and Luhanska oblasts that have been ravaged by an armed conflict for the last six consecutive years. The planned COVID-19 response in the two conflict-affected oblasts will be treated as an annex to the current Humanitarian Response Plan for Ukraine
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Accessed on 21.05.2020
Considering a hotline? This set of tools will help you assess, set up and manage different types of channels to communicate with communities during humanitarian crises.
This document is developed using technical input from the Interim Guidance on Scaling-up COVID-19 Outbreak in Readiness and Response Operations in Camps and Camp-like Settings and Key Considerations for Selecting Health Infrastructure for the Response to COVID 19 in addition to other tec...hnical guidance documents developed by WHO and referenced accordingly.
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This document offers guidance to Member States in the African region on the key steps used to conduct contact tracing related to the COVID-19 response. It is to be used by national and local health authorities in the implementation of tracing of contacts of probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases.
South Africa reported it fist case of COVID-19 on 5 March 2020. While the first cases were imported, local transmission has led to a rapid increase in the number of cases. As of 21 April 2020, more than 3,400 cases and 58 deaths had been confirmed. On 15 March, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a n...ational state of disaster, and the government has since taken several measures to curb the spread of the virus, including closing borders, implementing strict social distancing measures and a 35-day nation-wide lockdown. These measures, along with the global economic shock caused by the pandemic, are expected to generate rising needs requiring an immediate and urgent response. Although South Africa is considered an upper-middle-income country, the amount of disparities—social, economic, and gender—make the country particularly vulnerable during this emergency.
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How should humanitarian organisations prepare and respond to COVID-19 in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries?
This Rapid Learning Review outlines 14 actions, insights and ideas for humanitarian actors to consider in their COVID-19 responses. It summarises and synthesises the... best available knowledge and guidance for developing a health response to COVID-19 in low- and middle-income settings as at April 2020
The paper, supported by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock, will be updated throughout 2020 to reflect emerging knowledge and evidence on the most effective approaches to respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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The aim of this guidance is to enhance the capacity of health care facilities to protect and improve the health of their target communities in an unstable and changing climate; and to empower health care facilities to be environmentally sustainable, by optimizing the use of resources and minimizing ...the release of waste into the environment. Climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities contribute to high quality of care and accessibility of services, and by helping reduce facility costs also ensure better affordability. They are, therefore, an important component of universal health coverage (UHC).
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