Replacement of Annex 2 of WHO Technical Report Series, No. 964... morbidity. These preparations are included in the WHO List of Essential Medicines and should be part of any primary health care package where snakebites occur. Currently, there is an urgent need to ensure availability of safe, effective and affordable antivenoms, particularly to those in developing countries and to improve the regulatory control over the manufacture, import and sale of antivenoms.>
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World Health Organization Country profiles 2017
Las directrices actualizadas del mhGAP, la retroalimentación de
información y la evaluación de la versión 1.0 de la GI-mhGAP
por los usuarios han permitido la revisión y elaboración de esta
versión actualizada de la guía. En el año 2015, se llevó a cabo y
se publicó una actualización... completa de las directrices mhGAP
conforme a la metodología de la OMS para la formulación de
directrices, que incluyó el proceso de análisis de datos científicos
y la síntesis y formulación de recomendaciones mediante la
participación de un grupo de expertos internacionales e
instituciones con experiencia apropiada: médicos clínicos,
investigadores, directores de programa, formuladores de
políticas y usuarios de los servicios. Se pueden encontrar detalles
de los métodos y las recomendaciones actualizadas en el centro
de datos de investigación del mhGAP: http://www.who.int/
mental_health/mhgap/evidence/es/.
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The PIP Framework is premised on two equally important public health objectives:
-to ensure the sharing of influenza viruses with human pandemic potential through a WHO coordinated network of public health laboratories called the “Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System” (GISRS), and...
-to promote the fair and equitable access to benefits, such as vaccines and antiviral medicines, that arise from such sharing.
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Zika virus has been reported in dozens of countries around the world from 2015 onwards. WHO’s experience over 2016 has shown that Zika virus and the associated neurological complications represent a long-term public health challenge.
In a series of 5 podcasts on Zika, we bring you stories of Evid...ence in action. Episode 1: Zika epidemiology; Episode 2: Long-term management of congenital Zika virus syndrome; Episdoe 3: Ethics of Zika virus; Episode 4: Zika virus research; Episode 5: The future of outbreaks
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Revised National TB Control Programme. Annual Status Report