This brief summarises key considerations about the social, political and economic context of Goma in relation to the outbreak of Ebola in the DRC as of March 2019. Goma is the administrative capital of North Kivu province and a major urban centre in the Great Lakes Region. The city is home to an est...imated 1.5 million people and serves as an important economic and transportation hub that links eastern Congo to the broader East African sub-region. The arrival of Ebola in Goma would substantially increase the at-risk population and heighten the potential for cross-border transmission to neighbouring countries, particularly Rwanda. This brief therefore focuses on local social and political structures that can be leveraged to promote preparedness and readiness actions.
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The vast majority of people (80%) would welcome refugees with open arms, with many even prepared to take them into their own homes, according to a global survey commissioned by Amnesty International
As escolas realizam diariamente inúmeras atividades que ajudam a promover a saúde e o bem-estar dos alunos, famílias e comunidades. Existem evidências claras dos benefícios da abordagem das escolas promotoras da saúde (EPS), que visam melhorar os resultados globais de saúde da comunidade educ...ativa (física, mental e social) e obter melhores resultados de aprendizagem. O termo escola promotora da saúde é aqui utilizado para se referir a instituições de todos os níveis de ensino (pré-escolar, primário e secundário) que adoptam uma abordagem abrangente para promover a saúde e o desempenho escolar nas suas comunidades, utilizando o potencial organizacional das escolas para promover o bem-estar físico, socioemocional e psicológico, o que contribuirá para uma melhor saúde e resultados educacionais positivos. Espera-se que este guia contribua tanto para o pessoal dos estabelecimentos de ensino como para o pessoal de saúde e outro pessoal das escolas, reforçando a sua motivação, reconhecendo cada uma das componentes da iniciativa e promovendo a sua aplicação, adaptada e recriada de acordo com as características do respectivo contextos. O guia apresenta as bases conceptuais e operacionais da iniciativa Escolas Promotoras de Saúde, incentivando a motivação das equipas que coordenam a sua implementação e fornece ferramentas conceptuais e metodológicas que permitem promover a iniciativa Escolas Promotoras de Saúde de forma crítica e contextualizada. Este guia será útil para todo o pessoal que trabalha em instituições de ensino nos níveis inicial, primário e secundário, incluindo pessoal de gestão, ensino, psicologia escolar e pessoal auxiliar e administrativo. Atenderá também profissionais de diversos setores (educação, saúde e desenvolvimento social) cujas atividades estão ligadas à saúde e ao bem-estar em instituições de ensino nos três níveis
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Руководство ВОЗ по информированию и гармонизации процессов обеспечения готовности и реагирования при пандемии на национальном и международном уровне
Руководс...во ВОЗ "Управление рисками, связанными с пандемией гриппа", содержит обновленную информацию и заменяет "Руководство ВОЗ по обеспечению готовности к пандемии гриппа и ответным мерам", которое было опубликовано в 2009 г.
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This document aims to provide interim guidance for microbiology and virology experts, other laboratory professionals, laboratory managers, infectious disease programme managers, public health professionals and other stakeholders that provide primary, confirmatory or advanced testing for SARS-CoV-2, ...including genomic sequencing, or are involved in making decisions on establishing or scaling up capability and capacity to detect and characterize circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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Every day, schools engage in numerous activities that help promote the health and well-being of students, families, and communities. There is clear evidence of the benefits of the health-promoting schools (HPS) approach, not only for improving overall health outcomes (physical, mental, and social) i...n the educational community but also for achieving better learning outcomes. The closure of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted these benefits, as well as the close links between health, wellness, and education.
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The pandemic has emphasized the high risk of avoidable harm to patients, health workers, and the general public, and has identified a range of safety gaps across all core components of health systems at all levels.
The rapid review ‘Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patient safety’ ex...plores impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic did have on patient safety in terms of risks and avoidable harm, specifically in terms of diagnostic, treatment and care management related issues as well as highlights the main patterns of these implications within the broader health system context.
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В Руководстве представлены определение туберкулеза и методы его выявления, методы диагностики и лечения туберкулеза, формы организации и управления противотубер...кулезной службой, а также структуры, в рамках которой может действовать такая служба в даже самых ограниченных социально-экономических условиях.
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MINISTERIAL ORDER Nº 002/17/10/TC OF 27/10/2017 DETERMINING THE FEES FOR REGISTRATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, MEDICAL DEVICES AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES | Official Gazette nº 46 of 13/11/2017
These Guidelines on prudent use of antimicrobials in human health are based on a technical report prepared by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) with input from EU Member States experts and stakeholders, which should be referred to for details of the methodology used in cr...eating the guidelines as well as for additional references
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The first chapter provides an overview of gender and domestic violence in the HIV and AIDS discourse and their interconnect-
edness. It analyses literature regarding gender and HIV transmission, domestic violence, and HIV and AIDS. It then discusses how gender roles impact the effects of AIDS.
The... second chapter outlines implications of these findings for policy and practice. This section provides a definition for mainstreaming and deals with various aspects of mainstreaming HIV, AIDS and gender.
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Ce rapport présente les principaux résultats de la quatrième édition de Enquête Démographique et de Santé du Bénin
(EDSB-IV), réalisée de décembre 2011 à mars 2012 par l’Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse
Économique (INSAE) sous la tutelle du Ministère du Dévelo...ppement, de l’Analyse Économique et de la
Prospective, en collaboration avec les services techniques du ministère de la Santé, le Programme National de Lutte
contre le Sida (PNLS), le Laboratoire de Parasitologie du Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire Hubert Maga
(CNHU) et le Laboratoire de référence du Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida et les IST (PNLS).
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COVID-19 Situation Update OPS/WHO Argentina: 10 February 2022
Situation report generated by the OPS/WHO representation in Argentina
Globally, more than 3 million new cases and 10 000 deaths have been reported in the week of 26 December 2022 to 1 January 2023. This represents a reduction in weekly cases and deaths of 22% and 12%, respectively. In the last 28 days (5 December 2022 to 1 January 2023), over 14.5 million cases and ov...er 46 000 new fatalities were reported globally – an increase of 25% and 21%, respectively, compared to the previous 28 days. As of 1 January 2023, over 656 million confirmed cases and over 6.6 million deaths have been reported globally.
In this edition, we include:
The COVID-19 epidemiological update at the global and regional levels.
An update on the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) and Omicron subvariants under monitoring.
An update on hospitalizations and ICU admissions related to COVID-19.
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An advance chapter on newborn babies and breastfeeding from the New Where There Is No Doctor in the HealthWiki:
Applicable to both IDP and refugee scenarios, the Toolkit incorporates a wide range of relevant information on managing displaced populations living in communal settings (collective centres, spontaneous sites, established camps, etc.). Large scale displacements caused by recent conflict and natural ...disaster events have created a high demand for the Toolkit, which has proven an invaluable resource for field practitioners, government actors and displaced populations since its original release in 2004.
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