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	The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 NEW United Nations (2022) C2 View PDF(21) Download (31) Add to my MEDBOX According to the Report, cascading and interlinked crises are putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in grave danger, along with humanity’s very own survival. The Report highlights the severity and magnitude of the challenges before us. The confluence of crises, dominated by COVID-19, climate change, and conflicts, are creating spin-off impacts on food and nutrition, health, education, the environment, and peace and security, and affecting all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Report details the reversal of years of progress in eradicating poverty and hunger, improving health and education, providing basic services, and much more. It also points out areas that need urgent action in order to rescue the SDGs and deliver meaningful progress for people and the planet by 2030 Tags: processes, SDGs, monitoring, rights, healthy lifestyle, education, poverty, hunger, water, COVID-19, Impact, Climate Change, conflict, Source: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2022/
	The future of WHO Covid-19 response operations in Africa in 2022 NEW World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO View PDF(0) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX The African Region has been experiencing unprecedented health challenges due to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which have compounded the already difficult task the Region was facing in moving towards universal health coverage (UHC) attainment Tags: COVID-19, strategy, Africa, response plan, Prevention, outbreak managment, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	WHO mass gathering COVID-19 risk assessment tool: generic events, version 3 World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (344) Add to my MEDBOX The content of the tool has been updated to reflect new WHO technical guidance and new evidence on both COVID-19 pandemic and mass gatherings, as well as feedback from end-users. This revision of the risk assessment tool was developed and reviewed by the WHO Mass Gathering Technical Expert Group with input from WHO area-specific technical teams. The expanded tool includes eight tabs: 1. Instructions; 2. Assessment Overview; 3. Decision Tree; 4. Risk Evaluation; 5. Risk Mitigation; 6. Decision Matrix; 7. Risk Communication; and 8. Reviewer Sign Off. There as an additional tab with a glossary and list of abbreviations Tags: mass gathering, COVID-19, infection control, risk assessment, events, Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/
	Antimicrobials supplied in community pharmacies in eastern Europe and central Asia in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC View PDF(5) Download (5) Add to my MEDBOX During the COVID-19 health crisis, community pharmacists had an enhanced role in supporting health-care systems that were overburdened by managing seriously ill patients. This study was undertaken to determine the patterns of community supply of antiviral and antibacterial agents from community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected countries in eastern Europe and central Asia. Nine countries – Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – participated in this cross-sectional study Tags: COVID-19, antimicrobial drugs, eastern europe, central asia, pharmacy, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	How to finance sustainable development: Recovery from the effects of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean UN United Nations (2022) C1 View PDF(4) Download (4) Add to my MEDBOX Global asymmetries influence policies for recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nearly 30 years after the Earth Summit and the global adoption of an international development agenda, in practical terms the environmental pillar of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has not been taken into consideration in recovery policies in the region. This has created major problems in terms of the medium- and long-term direction of regional economies Tags: socio-economic impact, covid-9, Latin America, recovery, Source: https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/
	COVID-19 Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean. Economic and social impact ECLAC (2022) CC Open external link (366) Add to my MEDBOX The new global scenario in times of COVID-19 makes it necessary to take urgent measures and assess the impacts they will have. ECLAC has built this Observatory to support review and follow-up over the medium and long terms and at the request of CELAC. The Observatory tracks the public policies that the 33 countries of the Latin America and Caribbean region are implementing to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and offers analyses of the economic and social impacts that these policies will have at the national and sectoral levels Tags: resource platform, socio-economic impact, COVID-19, Latin America and the Caribbean, Source: https://www.cepal.org/en/topics/covid-19
	COVID-19 Results Briefing Brazil IHME Institut for Health Metrics and Evaluation (2022) CC View PDF(3) Download (4) Add to my MEDBOX May 5, 2022 Tags: COVID-19, Brazil, situation update, Source: https://www.healthdata.org/sites/default
	COVID-19 in Latin America and the caribbean region: Symptoms and morbidities in the epidemiology of infection Anaya-Covarrubias, J.Y.; et al. (2022) C1 View PDF(3) Download (4) Add to my MEDBOX Curr Opin Pharmacol . 2022 Apr;63:102203.doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102203. Epub 2022 Feb 11. The COVID-19 pandemic has widespread economic and social effects on Latin America (LA) and the Caribbean (CA). This region, which has a high prevalence of chronic diseases, has been one of the most affected during the pandemic. Multiple symptoms and comorbidities are related to distinct COVID-19 outcomes. However, there has been no explanation as to why different patients present with different arrays of clinical presentations. Studies report that similar to comorbidities, each country in LA and the CA has its own particular health issues Tags: COVID-19, Latin America and the Caribbean, comorbidity, symptoms, Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article
	COVID-19 in North Korea: A State-fuelled Tragedy Kumar Mishra, S. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (2022) CC View PDF(3) Download (4) Add to my MEDBOX On 13 and 14 May 2022, North Korea reported 1,74,400 and 2,60,000 new COVID-19 cases and 21 and 15 deaths, respectively. It is thus hard to believe that the country was officially free from the pandemic until 11 May the same year. On 12 May, Pyongyang admitted to around 5,24,440 total COVID-19 cases in the period late-April to 13 May 2022. Reportedly, 2,43,630 are now fully cured and 2,80,810 are being treate Tags: North Korea, COVID-19, outbreak, Source: http://www.ipcs.org/comm_select.php?arti
	Rassismus der Pandemie: Unterschiedliche Sterberaten im Zusammenhang mit Covid-19 Dr. T. Plümecke; Dr. Supik, L.; Dr. Will, A. Mediendienst Integration (2022) CC View PDF(6) Download (7) Add to my MEDBOX Sozial benachteiligte, ethnisierte und rassifizierte Menschen sind häufiger von Infektionserkrankungen betroffen. Auch der Krankheitsverlauf ist bei ihnen oftmals schwerwiegender. Das liegt an vergleichsweise schlechten Wohn- und Arbeitsverhältnissen, dem eingeschränkten Zugang zu gesunder Ernährung, Bewegung und Erholung Tags: Rassismus, pandemie, COVID-19, Source: https://mediendienst-integration.de/file

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