In April 2020, the UN launched a coordinated global humanitarian response plan (GHRP) to fight COVID-19 in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries and address the needs of the most vulnerable people. This tips sheet provides practical tips to strengthen disability inclusion within the new up...date of COVID-19 Global HRP. The sheet was developed by the Disability Advisory Group for the DFID-UN SBC.
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The following checklist can help hospitals assess and improve their preparedness for responding to a community-wide outbreak of COVID-19. Each hospital will need to adapt this checklist to meet its unique needs and circumstances. This checklist should be used as one of several tools for evaluating c...urrent plans or in developing a comprehensive COVID-19 preparedness plan.
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This policy brief has been developed in response to the contemporary challenge of antibiotic resistance (ABR). ABR poses a formidable threat to global health and sustainable development. It is now increasingly recognized that the systematic neglect of cultural factors is one of the biggest obs...tacles to achieving better health outcomes and better standards of living worldwide. Using a cultural contexts of health approach, the policy brief explores the centrality of culture to the challenge of ABR. The brief examines how the prescription and use of antibacterial medicines, the transmission of resistance, and the regulation and funding of research are influenced by cultural, social and commercial, as well as biological and technological factors. The brief moves beyond the ready equation of culture with individual behaviours and demonstrates how culture serve as an enabler of health and provide new possibilities for change.
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Fornecer diretrizes de cuidados para profissionais da saúde expostos ao novo coronavírus (COVID-19) em estabelecimentos de saúde, e conduta na exposição ocupacional ao vírus. • Esta ferramenta irá ajudar a determinar o risco de infecção dos profissionais da saúde que foram expostos a um ...paciente com COVID-19 e orientar as decisões sobre as ações apropriadas. Além disso, oferece recomendações para a conduta adequada com esses profissionais da saúde, de acordo com o risco de infecção. Estas recomendações são preliminares e sujeitas à revisão, à medida que novas evidências estiverem disponíveis.
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Across the Western Pacific Region COVID-19 is placing enormous strain on health and economic systems apart from direct threats to personal health safety and livelihood the pandemic also has significant implications on mental health and psychosocial well being adversity is an established risk factor ...for mental health problems thus the impact of COVID-19 on mental health is expected to be large diverse and far reaching mental health and psychosocial support mhpss are essential components of a public health response to COVID-19 this guidance note provides 10 activities that may be integrated in national COVID-19 response and mitigation plans
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Technical lessons learnt report UNDP GEF Project
A comprehensive briefing by Half of Syria
April 2020
A comprehensive briefing on the critical challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic to Syrians, as reported by Syrian civil society organisations. These challenges have been collated following extensive interviews with the teams of member and partner... organisations working in the field in various sectors: health, child care, education, women’s empowerment, media and culture, research, human rights and accountability, relief and social services, and local governance.
This comprehensive briefing also include concrete recommendations formulated by the Syrian civil society.
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24 апреля 2020 г.
Рекомендации в отношении политики для Европейского региона ВОЗ
В настоящем документе описаны основные факторы, которые государствам-членам реком...ндуется
учитывать, принимая решения относительно коррекции масштабных ограничительных мер в области охраны общественного здоровья (таких как, например, ограничение свободы передвижения и повсеместное введение правила о физическом дистанцировании) и одновременного укрепления базового потенциала служб общественного здравоохранения (выявление, изоляция, тестирование и лечение всех пациентов и помещение в карантин всех лиц, с которыми они контактировали), мер личной защиты (гигиена рук и респираторный этикет) и норм личного физического дистанцирования (дистанция между людьми более одного метра). Переходный процесс должен осуществляться с учетом результатов оценки рисков, которую необходимо проводить на национальном, субнациональном и даже районном уровне, поскольку передача инфекции COVID-19
внутри одной и той же страны, как правило, носит неоднородный характер.
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9 April 2020
WHO has published the guidance “Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when COVID-19 disease is suspected” This document is intended for clinicians taking care of hospitalized adult and paediatric patients with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) whe...n COVID-19 infection is suspected. Optimized supportive care should be provided to ensure the best possible chance for survival of COVID-19 patients as described in the WHO guidance:
1. Management of severe COVID-19 requires oxygen therapy and monitoring. Supplemental oxygen therapy should be given immediately to patients with SARI and respiratory distress, hypoxaemia or shock.
2. Management of critical COVID-19 (acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)) requires advanced oxygen/ventilatory support.
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Sustainability 2020, 12, 1025
This document brings to attention key health and human rights considerations with regards to COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights the importance of integrating a human rights based approach in response to COVID-19. It provides key considerations in relation to addressing stigma and discrimination, preve...ntion of violence against women, support for vulnerable populations; quarantine and restrictive measures and shortages of supplies and equipment. It also highlights human rights obligations with regards to global cooperation to address COVID-19.
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Orientations provisoires
29 février 2020
Le présent document vise à donner aux États Membres des orientations sur les mesures de placement en quarantaine des personnes dans le contexte de la COVID-19. Il s’adresse à toutes celles et tous ceux qui sont chargés de définir la politique lo...cale ou nationale relative au placement en quarantaine des personnes et de faire respecter les mesures de lutte anti-infectieuse.
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Nota científica
24 de abril de 2020
El desarrollo de inmunidad a un patógeno por infección natural es un proceso de varias etapas que suele producirse a lo largo de una o dos semanas. El organismo responde a una infección vírica de forma inmediata a través de una respuesta innata no específ...ica, en la que los macrófagos, los neutrófilos y las células dendríticas frenan el avance del virus y pueden incluso evitar que este provoque síntomas. A esta respuesta no específica le sigue una respuesta adaptativa en la que el organismo genera anticuerpos que se unen específicamente al virus. Estos anticuerpos son las proteínas denominadas inmunoglobulinas. El organismo también genera linfocitos T que reconocen y eliminan las células infectadas por el virus: es lo que se conoce como inmunidad celular. Esta respuesta adaptativa combinada puede eliminar el virus del organismo y, si la respuesta es suficientemente intensa, puede evitar el agravamiento de la enfermedad o la reinfección por el mismo virus. Este proceso se mide a menudo a través de la presencia de anticuerpos en la sangre.
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Document d’information scientifique
24 avril 2020
Le développement d’une immunité face à un agent pathogène à la suite d’une infection naturelle comporte plusieurs étapes et prend généralement une à deux semaines. Une infection virale entraîne immédiatement une réponse immunit...aire innée, non spécifique, au cours de laquelle les macrophages, les neutrophiles et les cellules dendritiques ralentissent la progression du virus et peuvent même éviter l’apparition de symptômes. Cette réponse non spécifique est suivie d’une réponse adaptative, au cours de laquelle l’organisme produit des anticorps qui se lient spécifiquement au virus. Ces anticorps sont des protéines appelées immunoglobulines. L’organisme produit également des lymphocytes T qui reconnaissent et éliminent les cellules infectées par le virus. Cette réponse adaptative permet parfois d’éliminer le virus de l’organisme et, si elle est suffisamment forte, d’éviter l’aggravation de la maladie ou la réinfection par le même virus. Ce processus est souvent mesuré par la présence d’anticorps dans le sang.
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The role of environmental contamination in transmission of COVID-19 virus is currently not clear. This protocol has been designed to determine (viable) virus presence and persistence on fomites in various locations where a patient infected with COVID-19 is currently receiving care or being isolated,... and to understand how this may relate to COVID-19 transmission events in these settings. It is therefore important that it is done as part of a comprehensive outbreak investigation and that information obtained by environmental studies is combined with the results of epidemiological, laboratory and sequence data from COVID-19 patient investigations.
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This is a guide for healthcare workers involved in patient care activities in a healthcare setting. It aims to show the type of personal protective equipment or PPE needed to correctly protect oneself. Based on the current available evidence, the WHO recommended PPE for the care of COVID patients ar...e CONTACT and DROPLET precautions, with the exception of aerosol producing procedures, which require CONTACT and AIRBORNE (hence, a respirator mask such as N95, FFP2, FFP3). Keeping in mind, PPE is part of a larger infection prevention and control bundle of measures and should be implemented as part of a multimodal strategy of management of COVID-19 patients. Only clinical staff who are trained and competent in the use of PPE should be allowed to enter the patient’s room.
This course is also available in the following languages:
العربية -македонски - 中文 - Shqip - français - ภาษาไทย - Português - Español - Nederlands - Tetun
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Millions of children are at increased risk of harm as their lives move increasingly online during lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF and partners said today.
“The coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented rise in screen time,” said Global Partnership to End Violence Executive Dire...ctor Dr. Howard Taylor. “School closures and strict containment measures mean more and more families are relying on technology and digital solutions to keep children learning, entertained and connected to the outside world, but not all children have the necessary knowledge, skills and resources to keep themselves safe online.”
April 2020
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Women, the elderly, adolescents, youth, and children,
persons with disabilities, indigenous populations, refugees,
migrants, and minorities experience the highest degree
of socio-economic marginalization. Marginalized people
become even more vulnerable in emergencies.1 This is due
to factors su...ch as their lack of access to effective surveillance
and early-warning systems, and health services. The
COVID-19 outbreak is predicted to have significant impacts
on various sectors.
The populations most at risk are those that:
• depend heavily on the informal economy;
• occupy areas prone to shocks;
• have inadequate access to social services or political
influence;
• have limited capacities and opportunities to cope and
adapt and;
• limited or no access to technologies.
By understanding these issues, we can support the capacity
of vulnerable populations in emergencies. We can give
them priority assistance, and engage them in decision-making
processes for response, recovery, preparedness, and
risk reduction.
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