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An independent internet platform supported by international agencies and scientific institutions active in humanitarian assistance, development and health work worldwide. MEDBOX collates the increasing number of professional guidelines, textbooks and practical documents on health action available online today and brings these into the hands of humanitarian aid and health workers: when they need it, where they need it.
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This practical guide can be used to help countries monitor and analyse the impact of COVID-19 on essential health services to inform planning and decision-making. It provides practical recommendations on how to use key performance indicators to analyse changes in access to and delivery of essential health services within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; how to visualize and interpret these data; and how to use the findings to guide modifications for safe delivery of services and transitioning towards restoration and recovery. The guide focuses on existing indicators and data that are captured in routine reporting systems and how they can be used by national and subnational authorities to understand specific contexts, challenges and bottlenecks. This guide supports Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the COVID-19 context, which provides an integrated framework to guide countries in their efforts to reorganize, adapt and maintain safe delivery of high-priority essential health services within the context of the pandemic ... more
Порядок забора биологического материала из полости носа и ротоглотки. COVID-19; Меры инфекционной безопасности во время эпидемии в медицинских учреждениях ; Порядок надевания и безопасного снятия одноразового защитного костюма,...... (Video instructions for the use of COVID-19 protective equipment ... more
Updated 20 Nov. 2020 Countries can use this checklist of hospital governance, structures, plans and protocols to rapidly determine the current capacities of hospitals to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify gaps and major areas that require investment and action for the development of hospital readiness improvement plans. The tool can be used periodically to monitor hospital emergency operational readiness capacity developmen ... more
This guide consolidates COVID-19 guidance for human resources for health managers and policy-makers at national, subnational and facility levels to design, manage and preserve the workforce necessary to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and maintain essential health services. The guide identifies recommendations to protect, support and empower health workers at individual, management, organizational and system levels ... more
This document describes the medical devices required for the clinical management of COVID-19, selected and prioritized according to the latest available evidence and interim guidelines. This includes: oxygen therapy, pulse oximeters, patient monitors, thermometers, infusion and suction pumps, X-ray, ultrasound and CT scanners as well as personal protective equipment. In order to facilitate access to quality assured priority medical devices, the document also includes technical and performance characteristics, related standards, accessories and consumables. It is intended for policy-makers and planning officers in Ministries of Health, procurement and regulatory agencies, intergovernmental and international agencies as well as the medical device industry. This document is an update to the List of priority medical devices for COVID-19 case management and Technical specifications for invasive and non-invasive ventilators for COVID-19. This document complements the Technical specifications of personal protective equipment for COVID-19 ... more
При возобновлении проведения профилактического медицинского осмотра и диспансеризации должны быть предприняты исчерпывающие меры для исключения возможности распространения новой коронавирусной инфекции (COVID-19) при прохождении гражданами профилактических мероприятий. Temporary methodological guidelines for the organization of preventive medical examinations and checkups in an environment where the risks of spreading a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) persist ... more
A module from the suite of health service capacity assessments in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Interim Guidance 20 November 2020. The tool can be used by countries to rapidly assess the capacity of health facilities to maintain the provision of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. It can help to alert the authorities and other stakeholders about where service delivery and utilization may require modification and/or investment. The tool collects information on health workforce capacities, financial management of the facility, changes in health service delivery and utilization, infection prevention and control (IPC) capacities andCOVID-19 primary care services. It also includes optional sections on therapeutics, diagnostics, vaccine readiness and infrastructure. The tool can be used in multiple types of health facilitie ... more
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