The UNAIDS 2020 global report is a call to action. It highlights the scale of the HIV epidemic and how it runs along the fault lines of inequalities.
The Russian Federation continues to be a major destination country for Central Asianlabour migrants. There were nearly million Central Asians living in the Russian Federation in 2019, mainly coming from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan in order to seek employment opportunities. Men continue to... make up the majority of Central Asian migrants in Russia, but the number of women is increasing
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Le présent document est une mise à jour du document d’information scientifique publié le 29 mars 2020 intitulé Modes of transmission of virus causing COVID-19: implications for infection prevention and control (IPC) precaution recommendations et comprend les nouvelles don...nées scientifiques disponibles sur la transmission du SARS-COV-2, le virus responsable de la COVID-19.
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This document provides an overview of specific health care waste technologies for the treatment of solid infectious and sharp waste. For each technology, details of its operation, effects on the environment and health, requirements for installation, capacities for treating waste, examples of consuma...bles and advantages and disadvantages are described. The document is designed for health care facility administrators and planners, WASH and infection prevention control staff, national planners, donors and partners.
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Como respuesta al COVID-19 en la región, los ministerios de educación de 23 países y 12 estados independientes de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) han cerrado las escuelas de forma progresiva a nivel de la educación preescolar, primaria y secundaria desde marzo de 2020. Como resultado, se estim...a que alrededor de 154 millones de niños, niñas y adolescentes han sido afectados en la región (cifra que incluye alrededor de 12 millones de niños, niñas y adolescentes que estaban fuera de la escuela antes de la pandemia).
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The Guidelines on promotive and preventive mental health interventions for adolescents - Helping Adolescents thrive (HAT), provide evidence-informed recommendations on psychosocial interventions to promote mental health, prevent mental disorders, and reduce self-harm and other risk behaviours among ...adolescents.
The HAT Guidelines aims to inform policy development, service planning and the strengthening of health and education systems, and facilitate mainstreaming of adolescent mental health promotion and prevention strategies across sectors and delivery platforms.
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COVID-19 has resulted in an unprecedented global crisis. As the pandemic spreads and countries around the world continue to struggle to contain its health and socio-economic consequences, UNRWA is issuing a new humanitarian appeal from August through December 2020 to address the worst impacts of the... pandemic on Palestine refugees across the Agency’s five fields of operation. Through this appeal the Agency seeks US$ 94.6 million. The funds requested in this appeal are additional to the previous UNRWA COVID-19 appeal for March to July.
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The Pharmacovigilance team in WHO aims to assure the safety of medicines and vaccines by ensuring reliable and timely exchange of information on safety issues, promoting pharmacovigilance activities throughout the Organization and encouraging participation in the WHO Programme for International Drug... Monitoring. This text was developed in consultation with the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring and the national pharmacovigilance centres participating in the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring.
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O volume de capacitação em Bases do diagnóstico microscópico da malária é composto por dois módulos, que servem como uma estrutura para que os instrutores montem o curso. Ele fornece as informações mínimas necessárias para capacitar alunos em diagnóstico microscópico da malária pelo m...todo de Giemsa. O volume destina-se principalmente a pessoas com escolaridade relativamente baixa no momento do início do curso; os instrutores podem ajustar o curso para participantes com níveis mais altos de escolaridade. Técnicos atualmente responsáveis pelo diagnóstico microscópico da malária também se beneficiarão da leitura do Guia do aluno.
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Children living in humanitarian crises face an increased risk of abuse. While the threats of harm are increasing, the established systems in place to protect them are breaking down. Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts, vulnerable families suffer multiple hardships. Schools are closed an...d families have been pushed to the brink of poverty, sometimes having been denied the opportunity to protect and provide for their children.
The report provides an in-depth analysis of 19 Humanitarian Response Plans and Refugee Response Plans from 2019
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This handbook is an adaptation from the WHO Clinical Handbook Health care for women subjected to intimate partner violence or sexual violence developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Women and United Nations Population Fund. The handbook draws on the work from professionals who are dedic...ated to preventing and responding to Gender Based Violence.
The Handbook guides health care service providers to provide comprehensive services to survivors of intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence. It also guides health professionals with respect to relevant stakeholders for referral purposes. The purpose is to ensure that relevant authorities are informed timeously in order act and ensure that those affected by violence receive speedy service as required.
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Consolidating Earthquake Safety Assessment Efforts in India. This document provides succinct instructions on how to perform rapid visual screening (RVS), a quick method of earthquake assessment of buildings. It covers a brief description of RVS and its role as a simplified qualitative assessment in ...the wider methodology of earthquake assessment of buildings, and the recommended forms for pre-earthquake and post-earthquake Level 1 Assessments for seven building typologies. The method recommended by the primer is the BMTPC method which provides both Seismic Safety Index and Performance Rating to a particular building.
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Technical guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation in post-COVID-19 patients
El presente protocolo es una actualización del emitido el 24 de abril 2020 y contiene las
siguientes modificaciones:
• Definición de caso: Las definiciones de caso sospechoso y confirmado son dinámicas y secundarias a la situación epidemiológica vigente. En este contexto el Ministerio de
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Salud de Nación ha modificado el criterio de caso sospechoso y de caso confirmado en pediatría. El Ministerio de Salud de Provincia de Buenos Aires acepta y adhiere a estos cambios.
• Manifestaciones clínicas: Se agregan manifestaciones clínicas en pediatría en base a la evidencia disponible y según la actualización realizada por el Ministerio de Salud de
Nación.
• Criterio de Alta: Los criterios de alta para el manejo de casos son dinámicos y se
adecúan conforme con las actualizaciones de la evidencia disponible y las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. En este marco, el Ministerio de Salud de Nación ha modificado el criterio de alta del aislamiento para un caso
confirmado de COVID-19 el 24 de junio. El Ministerio de Salud de Provincia de Buenos
Aires acepta y se adhiere a este cambio.
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Síndromes paralíticos, parálisis cerebral, down, trastorno del espectro autista, parkinson y discapacidad mental o psíquica
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