Die DGIM bietet in Kooperation mit med update als Absender von neutralem, vertraünswürdigem und hochaktuellem medizinischen Wissen ab sofort wöchentlich ein Update zu Covid-19. Jeweils mit den medizinisch fundierten Neuigkeiten der letzten Tage – kombiniert mit dem aktuellen Status zu jeweils... zwei relevanten Schwerpunkten.
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A la suite de l’annonce de la confirmation de deux premiers cas de COVID-19 en Haïti le 19 mars par le Ministère de la santé, le gouvernement a entrepris des mesures telles que la réduction des heures de travail, la fermeture des frontières Haïtiano-dominicaines pour le transport de personne...s (le transport de marchandises est maintenu) ou la fermeture des usines textiles et des écoles. Certains marchés ont vu une augmentation massive de la clientèle, qui dans certains cas s’est traduite par une augmentation modérée à importante des prix entre le 17 et le 24 mars, allant jusqu’à 28 % d’augmentation pour le pois noir au Cap-Haïtien.
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Please find here the latest daily updates of the PAHO Region
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.
UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply unequal success; COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off course. Missed targets have resulted in 3.5 million more HIV infections and 820 000 more AIDS-related deaths since 2015 than if the world w...as on track to meet the 2020 targets. In addition, the response could be set back further, by 10 years or more, if the COVID-19 pandemic results in severe disruptions to HIV services.
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French Situation Report on Burkina Faso about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, IDPs and more; published on 24 Jan 2020 by FEWS NET
As of 31 October 2020 This is the tenth edition of this summary of rapid systematic reviews, which includes the results of a rapid systematic review of currently available literature. More than 200 therapeutic options or their combinations are being investigated in more than 1,700 clinical trials. I...n this review, 46 therapeutic options are examined. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is continually monitoring ongoing research on any possible therapeutic options. As evidence emerges, then PAHO will immediately assess and update its position, and particularly as it applies to any special sub-group populations such as children, expectant mothers, those with immune conditions, etc.
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The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience was first published in 2016 with the objective of improving the quality of routine health care that all women and adolescent girls receive during p...regnancy. The overarching principle – to provide pregnant service users with a positive pregnancy experience – aims to encourage countries to expand their health-care agendas beyond survival, with a view to maximizing health, human rights and the potential of their populations. Recognizing that ANC provides a strategic platform for important health-care functions, including health promotion and disease prevention, 14 out of the 49 recommendations in the WHO 2016 ANC guideline relate to nutritional interventions in pregnancy.
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The first update of the ECDC ventilation guidance document contains:
key new findings that emphasise four bundles of NPIs to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in closed spaces;
updated references on the evidence of transmission in closed spaces;
recommendations based on the n...ew evidence and on national and international guidance; and
an overview of national guidance ventilation documents in the context of COVID-19 based on an inquiry sent to ECDC’s National Focal Points (NFPs) for Preparedness and Response and NFPs for Influenza and other respiratory diseases.
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This operation update provides a summary of key results achieved against the IFRC Syria Complex Emergency Plan of Action covering 13-month period, from 1 June 2019 to 30 June 2020.
In order to understand if the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted food availability and access at markets in Cambodia, the World Food Programme (WFP) monitors the retail and wholesale prices of key food commodities (see Annex 1 and 2) in 45 urban and rural markets across the country (see the Methods sect...ion for more details). An average of 340 traders and market chiefs are interviewed every two weeks, through a call center contracted by WFP. In addition to prices, market chiefs are also interviewed to assess market functionality, including supply and demand issues. Additional information is used to interpret the results and understand the broader context.
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Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19, 28 September 2022