Recomendações da Coordenação Geral de
Atenção Domiciliar em relação à atuação dos profissionais dos SERVIÇOS DE ATENÇÃO DOMICILIAR
na situação de emergência decretada em relação às arboviroses Dengue, Chikungunya e Zika.
Recommendation of the General Coordination
H...ousehold attention regarding the role of professionals HOME CARE SERVICES in emergency situations related to arboviruses Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika. Portuguese version for Brazil.
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Versão 2. Última atualização 10 Março 2016
O protocolo contém orientações sobre definição de casos suspeitos, como identificação de alterações do Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC) durante a gestação, critérios para confirmação ou descarte de casos, sistema de notificação e investig...ação laboratorial. Além disso, há orientações sobre como deve ser feita a investigação epidemiológica dos casos suspeitos e sobre o monitoramento e análise de dados.
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Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Feb 1. pii: S2214-109X(16)00048-6. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00048-6. [Epub ahead of print] Open Acess
The World Health Organization has created a Zika app. The app gathers all of WHO's guidance for agencies and individuals involved in the response to Zika Virus Disease and its suspected complications such as microcephaly, and for health care workers such as doctors, nurses and community health worke...rs. Currently supported languages are English, Portuguese and Spanish. Please download directly from the Google Play Store.
Soon available in all the United Nations' official languages!
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Published online March 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.001
Please download article directly from the webpage: http://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712%2816%2900021-7/pdf
The use of safe and efficacious insecticides against the adult and larval populations of mosquito vectors is one of the most effective ways to rapidly interrupt transmission of Zika virus, as well as other viruses transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes such as chikungunya and dengue.
The threat posed by Zika virus infection highlights the need to reinforce preparedness arrangements for mosquito-borne diseases in EU/EEA countries, especially for pathogens transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.
The aim of this document is to highlight measures that can effectively red...uce the risk of importation and local transmission of pathogens transmitted by Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus. The main diseases of concern in this context are Zika, dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever.
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