This third edition of the landscape analysis provides regional and country-specific data. This report illustrates the complexities in surveillance of influenza and other respiratory viruses and highlights differences in the countries’ preparedness capacities through charts, infographics, tables, a...nd brief narratives.
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This new edition highlights once again the importance of collecting disaggregated data to conduct gender-based analysis in order to determine, address, reduce, and eliminate the causes of gender-related inequalities.
A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) convida seus Estados Membros, serviços de saúde e outras entidades para contribuírem com a OMS na vigilância de dados clínicos de casos de pacientes hospitalizados com COVID-19, a fim de melhorar o entendimento global sobre a apresentação clínica dessa... doença. A análise de dados clínicos padronizados e anônimos do mundo todo é essencial para o desenvolvimento de diretrizes baseadas em evidências para o manejo clínico da COVID-19 e para subsidiar respostas de saúde pública.
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Orientação provisória. 2 de setembro de 2020
Questão clínica: Qual é o papel dos corticosteroides sistêmicos no tratamento de pacientes com COVID-19? Público-alvo: O público-alvo consiste principalmente de médicos, seguido por tomadores de decisão na área de saúde.
Versión abreviada. En esta versión abreviada de las Directrices de práctica clínica basadas en la evidencia para el seguimiento de recién nacidos en riesgo se brindan recomendaciones para la atención de recién nacidos hasta los 2 años y corresponden a la primera fase de su seguimiento. Las r...ecomendaciones están dirigidas a todos los funcionarios del sector de la salud responsables de la atención primaria de estos recién nacidos: médicos generales, médicos de familia, pediatras, neonatólogos, oftalmólogos pediatras, otorrinolaringólogos pediatras, profesionales de enfermería, especialistas en otros campos y personal multidisciplinario que interviene en el proceso de atención
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This COVID-19 Facilitator Guide is a set of cue cards that are used by community facilitators to conduct community meetings or one on one sessions with community members.
The guide contains simple and important information about COVID-19 and helps the community facilitator in providing accurate i...nformation to the community.
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2nd edition. This is a revision of an illustrated booklet developed by the Pan American Health Organization and the Caribbean Development Bank. It is meant as a tool to help the general population of the Caribbean care for themselves and their communities during crisis situation. The booklet explain...s in a simple language, with a simple language with the help of graphics, the main elements of psychological first aid (PFA). The revised edition includes special safety and disease prevention considerations due to the COVID-19 pandemic while providing PFA.
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The report examines how people with mental health conditions are often shackled by families in their own homes or in overcrowded and unsanitary institutions, against their will, due to widespread stigma and a lack of mental health services.
Many are forced to eat, sleep, urinate, and defecate in t...he same tiny area. In state-run or private institutions, as well as traditional or religious healing centers, they are often forced to fast, take medications or herbal concoctions, and face physical and sexual violence. The report includes field research and testimonies from Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Palestine, the self-declared independent state of Somaliland, South Sudan, and Yemen.
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Disposiciones provisionales en el marco de la Pandemia por COVID-19 en Honduras
Action plan for preventive measures to avoid coronavirus infection COVID-19