Regional Operational Plan 2016 FY17 Strategic Direction Summary
2 May 2016
UNAIDS 2016, Reference
HIV care and support taking into account the 2016 WHO consolidated guidelines
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiolgists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period 7-13 August 2016 and includes updates on Zika virus, yellow fever in Angola, polio, MERS CoV and West Nile virus.
The Lancet Global Health 2016 Published Online August 30, 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30175-9
This Rapid Advice Guideline updates the Interim Guidance on the “Assessment of infants with microcephaly in the context of Zika virus” published in February 2016 (WHO/ZIKV/MOC/16.3). The recommendations provides guidance on the screening, clinical assessment, neuroimaging, laboratory investigati...on and follow-up of children born to women living in areas of Zika virus transmission. The Guideline summarises the evidence base and rationale in support of the recommendations and expands the scope to address complications beyond microcephaly and what is now referred to as the congenital Zika virus syndrome
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National Tuberculosis Control Program; Mycobacterial Disease Control National AIDS/STD Program
WHO Secretariat Information paper July 2016
Standard Treatment Guideline
THELANCETID-D-16-00800 S1473-3099(16)30318-8
El documento contiene una breve reseña sobre la situación mundial de la tuberculosis; la tuberculosis como problema de salud pública en el país, que incluye el abordaje del análisis de los determinantes y las inequidades sociales y su impacto en el control de la tuberculosis, la evolución y ma...gnitud de la enfermedad, la resistencia a los fármacos antituberculosis y el análisis en poblaciones de riesgo como la coinfección TB_VIH, trabajadores de salud, personas privadas de libertad entre otros.
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