Transformation and outlook
La tuberculosis persiste como una grave problemática para la salud pública a nivel internacional y nacional dado que continúa siendo una de las diez primeras causas de morbilidad y mortalidad derivada de enfermedades infectocontagiosas en la población.
This report includes analysis from informal regional consultations in the African Region, the Caribbean and North America, Latin America, South-East Asia Region, European Region, Eastern Mediterranean Region, alongside three forums in the Western Pacific Region. It analyses the overarching similarit...ies, regional nuances and priorities raised across the six WHO regions for the meaningful engagement of individuals with lived experience.
It is the second publication in the WHO Intention to action series, which aims to enhance the limited evidence base on the impact of meaningful engagement and address the lack of standardized approaches on how to operationalise meaningful engagement. The Intention to action series aims to do this by providing a platform from which individuals with lived experience, and organizational and institutional champions, can share solutions, challenges and promising practices related to this cross-cutting agenda. The Intention to action series also aims to provide powerful narratives, inspiration and evidence towards the Fourth United Nations High Level Meeting on NCDs in 2025 and achieving the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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CEPI is seeking to raise $3.5 billion to implement CEPI’s next 5-year plan. To mitigate the immediate threat of COVID-19 variants, it is activating key elements of this plan now—and seeking to mobilise a portion of this $3.5 billion in 2021. We have already launched R&D programmes to initiate de...velopment of next-generation vaccines against COVID-19 variants and we are planning studies to answer critical scientific questions related to the durability of immunity, effectiveness of mixed-vaccine regimens, and vaccine effectiveness in vulnerable populations such as pregnant women. We are also bringing forward our plans to develop vaccines that could protect against multiple COVID-19 variants and other coronavirus specie
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This brief draws out some recommendations for Ebola response actors in North Kivu. It includes lessons learned primarily from (i) historical outbreaks in Congo; (ii) outbreaks in Uganda in 2000-01 and 2012; (iii) the 2014-2016 West African epidemic; (iv) the outbreak in Equateur Province in DRC (May...- July 2018), and (v) the ongoing outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces in DRC (August 2018 - ongoing). The full report can be accessed here: https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/14160.
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This checklist is an operational tool to help national authorities develop or revise national respiratory pathogen (inclusive of influenza and coronaviruses) pandemic preparedness plans.
El coronavirus se está extendiendo a nivel mundial. ¿Cómo pueden los individuos, las comunidades y los actores humanitarios responder mejor al brote de COVID-19? ¿Cómo puede el Manual Esfera orientar nuestra respuesta?
Este documento tiene dos secciones: A. La primera sección aborda los... principios fundamentales que son esenciales para conseguir una intervención exitosa y holística. B. La segunda aborda las normas y la orientación relevantes en los capítulos en materia de WASH y Salud del Manual Esfera.
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La publicación está dirigida al personal de salud, con el fin de fortalecer capacidades de los miembros de la comunidad educativa para la adopción de prácticas saludables que favorezcan la salud respiratoria y la prevención de enfermedades respiratorias. La salud respiratoria tiene un impacto p...ositivo en el desempeño del escolar, ya que permite el buen funcionamiento de otros órganos del cuerpo, por tanto, contribuye a la salud integral del niño y del adolescente. Cuanto más saludable estén las personas, estarán en mejores condiciones para crecer, aprender y desarrollar habilidades y destrezas.
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COVID-19 Situation Update OPS/WHO Argentina: 10 February 2022
Situation report generated by the OPS/WHO representation in Argentina
Updated 17 April 2020
Improving care for women during pregnancy and around the time of childbirth to prevent and treat pre-eclampsia and eclampsia is a necessary step towards the achievement of the health targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Efforts to prevent and reduce morbidity a...nd mortality due to these conditions can help address the profound inequities in maternal and perinatal health globally. To achieve this, healthcare providers, health managers, policy makers and other stakeholders need up-to-date and evidence-informed recommendations to guide clinical policies and practices.
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Accessed on 31.03.2020
This Guidance Note aims to provide humanitarian child protection practitioners, particularly child protection advisors and program managers, with guidance on how to engage in responses to infectious disease outbreaks to ensure children’s protection needs are taken into ac...count in preparedness for, and during responses to, the outbreaks. The Guidance Note draws upon lessons learned during infectious disease outbreaks globally in a variety of contexts.
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his publication provides an overview of social inequalities in several indicators related to the health of women, children, and adolescents in a region deemed as one with high levels of inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In order for it to serve as a baseline for the 2030 Agenda, emp...hasis is placed on examining these inequalities around the year 2014. The analysis suggests that reducing within-country disparities is a priority, as widespread social inequalities in health are identified among LAC countries.
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Trustworthy, evidence-based health guidelines form the basis of national policies affecting both patients and health-care workers. Emphasizing the link between robust evidence and people’s trust in their health systems, Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe said at the launch ev...ent, “Trust and transformation are key words for us, especially when we talk about improving and strengthening our health systems. Transformation should first and foremost serve the interests of patients and health-care workers”.
While it is not always easy to demonstrate the immediate effect of guidelines on people’s health, there is no viable alternative to utilizing guidelines based on the best available evidence.
Yet, developing robust guidelines remains a challenge for most countries. “Guidelines need to be both simple to use and timely, they need to address people’s real needs, especially at the local level, and should ultimately reflect the resources available,” said Dr Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Director, Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO/Europe. “This means that any successful guideline needs to be adjusted and adapted to local contexts and realities.”
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This brief highlights the urgency of addressing gender inequalities across the Rio Conventions, provides examples of where progress has been made, and identifies clear entry points for addressing gender equality considerations across the Conventions. It makes recommendations for actions to accelerat...e the synergistic implementation of the gender provisions and action plans of the Conventions.
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Lo que madres, padres y educadores deben saber: cómo proteger a hijas, hijos y alumnos
Es muy importante que en situaciones como la que atraviesa el mundo con la pandemia por el COVID-19, busques información veraz y evites compartir datos que no están confirmados.
En esta guía, además encont...rarás sugerencias sobre cómo explicar la pandemia a niñas y niños pequeños y algunas formas para proteger sus emociones.
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The second edition of the “A Region on the Move” report provides an overview of population movement trends in West and Central Africa in 2021. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of mobility in the region and showcase the versatility, multidimensionality and nuances of regional mobility ...in West and Central Africa.
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En la cuarta edición de Para la Vida figura información esencial que las amilias y las comunidades tienen que conocer para criar niños y niñas anos. Este manual ofrece consejos prácticos sobre el embarazo, el alumbramiento, las enfermedades de la infancia, el desarrollo infantil y la atención ...de los niños y niñas. En esta edición se presenta también un nuevo capítulo sobre protección de la infancia. El libro está dirigido a los padres y madres, las familias, los trabajadores de salud, los maestros, los grupos juveniles, los grupos de mujeres, las organizaciones comunitarias, los funcionarios gubernamentales, los empleadores, los sindicatos, los medios de comunicación y las organizaciones no gubernamentales y confesionales.
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How should humanitarian organisations prepare and respond to COVID-19 in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries?
This Rapid Learning Review outlines 14 actions, insights and ideas for humanitarian actors to consider in their COVID-19 responses. It summarises and synthesises the... best available knowledge and guidance for developing a health response to COVID-19 in low- and middle-income settings as at April 2020
The paper, supported by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock, will be updated throughout 2020 to reflect emerging knowledge and evidence on the most effective approaches to respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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