Bull World Health Organ 2015;93:457–467 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.14.147215
International Perspectives and Future Directions
Para la elaboración de este documento, el grupo de farmacovigilancia de la Red Panamericana para la Armonización Farmacéutica (PARF) se basó en la perspectiva de la OPS/OMS, que considera que la farmacovigilancia es un componente esencial de los programas d...e salud pública (3). Se trabajó con la intención de facilitar el desarrollo de sistemas de farmacovigilancia en las Américas, así como su mejoramiento y fortalecimiento, y promover la
adopción de buenas prácticas para aumentar la seguridad del paciente y de la población, de acuerdo con las necesidades de la región.
Este documento también está disponible en Inglés y Portugués.
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The emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) gap analysis project was funded by The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), a program managed by Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA) in partnership with the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Per...formance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP), and is a component of a larger initiative to identify and support innovations in emergency WASH. This paper gives an explanation of the background, methodology, and findings of the program.
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Una Guída Esencial de Buenas Pràcticas
Séptima Edición 2019
En diciembre del 2019 se comunicó a la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) la ocurrencia de varios casos de neumonía en Wuhan, una ciudad situada en la provincia China de Hubei.
El marco responde a la demanda de los Estados miembros y los socios de orientación sobre cómo el sector sanitario y su base operativa en los sistemas de salud pueden abordar de forma sistemática y eficaz los retos que cada vez más presentan la variabilidad y el cambio climáticos. Este marco se ...ha diseñado a la luz de las crecientes pruebas del cambio climático y de los riesgos sanitarios que conlleva (1); de los mandatos políticos mundiales, regionales y nacionales para proteger la salud de la población (2); y de un conjunto de experiencias prácticas que están surgiendo rápidamente en el fomento de la resiliencia sanitaria al cambio climático (3).
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Segunda edición corregida.
En esta edición corregida se presenta un conjunto de herramientas para ayudar a los países y los programas de lucha contra la ETD a colaborar con la comunidad relacionada con las acciones de agua, saneamiento e higiene, y guía en la creación de alianzas, en la movil...ización de recursos y en el diseño, la aplicación y la evaluación de las intervenciones. Más que una guía de “buenas prácticas”, se trata de un conjunto de herramientas basadas en la experiencia adquirida en la realidad de un programa. Se espera que los interesados en usar este documento puedan elegir las herramientas y adaptarlas a sus necesidades y al contexto local
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Slideset updated regularly to include the latest data and guidance on COVID-19 risk and management in special populations, including children and pregnant women, and persons with comorbidities.
26 March 2021 Slideset updated regularly to include the latest data on the evolution and duration of COVID-19 symptoms and prevalence and duration of natural immunity.
In the Region of the Americas, the leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by various species of Leishmania, which cause a set of clinical syndromes in infected humans that can involve the skin, mucosa, and visceral organs. The spectrum of clinical disease is varied and depends on the interacti...on of several factors related to the parasite, the vector, and the host. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the form most frequently reported in the Region and nearly 90% of cases present single or multiple localized lesions. Other cutaneous clinical forms, such as disseminated and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis, are more difficult to treat and relapses are common. The mucosal form is serious because it can cause disfigurement and severe disability if not diagnosed and treated early on. Visceral leishmaniasis is the most severe form, as it can cause death in up to 90% of untreated people.
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Science of The Total Environment Volume 764, 10 April 2021, 142919
El presente documento contiene los requisitos mínimos necesarios para el trabajo seguro en la red de laboratorios de TB del país, de acuerdo a las directrices emanadas del Laboratorio de Referencia Nacional de TB, correspondiente a la Sección Micobacterias en el Instituto de Salud Pública.
La ...estructura de la red de laboratorios se muestra en la siguiente tabla, con distintas denominaciones de acuerdo al criterio empleado para categorizarlos.
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This technical report has been developed within the framework of the WHO Global Initiative for
Childhood Cancer. Its goal is to improve the situation of children and adolescents with cancer worldwide,
giving them the best chances of survival, living a full life and, above all, enjoying quality of ...life and dying
without suffering
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One of the main aims of the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer and the CureAll Americas framework is to strengthen centers of excellence and promote the training of the health workforce, especially pediatric oncology nurses, specialized in nursing care for children and adolescents with cance...r and their families. These health personnel provide compassionate, non traumatic, complex, continuous, ethical, conscious patient- and family-centered care in order to meet the physical, emotional, psychosocial, and cultural needs of the people involved. This publication is aimed at health administration teams, hospital management teams, and professional pediatric oncology nursing groups. Its objective is to identify, systematize, and consolidate available evidence on the scope of pediatric oncology nursing practice in Latin America and the Caribbean based on core competencies, in order to incorporate them into clinical practice, teaching, and research. The preparation process included a systematic review aimed at finding the best evidence on this subject. Patient- and family centered care and the conceptual model of competencies for teenagers and young adults with cancer, developed by the Teenage Cancer Trust with the support of the Royal College of Nursing, were the theoretical foundations supporting the systematization of recommendations.
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The goal of asthma treatment is to obtain clinical control and reduce future risks to the patient. To reach this goal in children with asthma, ongoing monitoring is essential. While all components of asthma, such as symptoms, lung function, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and inflammation, may exist i...n various combinations in different individuals, to date there is limited evidence on how to integrate these for optimal monitoring of children with asthma. The aims of this ERS Task Force were to describe the current practise and give an overview of the best available evidence on how to monitor children with asthma.
22 clinical and research experts reviewed the literature. A modified Delphi method and four Task Force meetings were used to reach a consensus.
This statement summarises the literature on monitoring children with asthma. Available tools for monitoring children with asthma, such as clinical tools, lung function, bronchial responsiveness and inflammatory markers, are described as are the ways in which they may be used in children with asthma. Management-related issues, comorbidities and environmental factors are summarised.
Despite considerable interest in monitoring asthma in children, for many aspects of monitoring asthma in children there is a substantial lack of evidence.
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