Community Care Centres (CCCs) are small facilities (10 beds maximum), located within the community and run by community health workers. CCCs provide isolation facilities for Ebola patients in order to prevent further transmission of the virus within their households and communities. People with Ebol...a virus can also receive basic curative and palliative care in these centres in an environment supported by their family and communities. This document describes key principles and main considerations for implementation of a community approach.
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Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone
Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan in West Africa July to December 2014 Annex 4
Piktogramme für Verhaltensempfehlungen zur Kariesprophylaxe. Ergänzung zum "Piktogrammheft für die Zahnarztpraxis" der Bundeszahnärztekammer.
Reproduced by CHAL (Chrisitan Health Association Liberia) 3 October 2014
CAFOD Policy Briefing Paper
Colour poster. Aimed at community in Sierra Leone. Explains principles of contact tracing in a simple manner.
Em 22 de janeiro de 2020, foi ativado o Centro de Operações de Emergências em Saúde Pública para o novo Coronavírus (COE – nCoV), estratégia prevista no Plano Nacional de Resposta às Emergências em Saúde Pública do Ministério da Saúde.
O novo Coronavírus (2019-nCoV) é um vírus ide...ntificado como a causa de um surto de doença respiratória detectado pela primeira vez em Wuhan, China.
Desde 2005, o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) está aprimorando suas capacidades de responder às emergências por síndromes respiratórias, dispondo de planos, protocolos, procedimentos e guias para identificação, monitoramento e resposta às emergências em saúde pública.
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Hey Facts about the disease
This article summarises the process involved in developing the updated guideline and includes an infographic to highlight key IPC recommendations from the guideline, following the patient care pathway from the community to a healthcare facility to discharge.