Applying the evidence of what works from HIV-related stigma and discrimination in six settings to the COVID-19 response
This brief provide evidence-informed guidance to countries on the intersection of stigma related to HIV and COVID-19 in national responses.
The article "Non-communicable diseases, injuries, and mental ill-health in Africa: the role of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention" examines the role of the Africa CDC in addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), injuries, and mental health across the continent. It highlights ho...w Africa CDC, originally focused on communicable disease response, has expanded its mandate to include NCDs and mental health, driven by the high mortality and morbidity associated with these conditions.
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Milestones in the treatment, care and support, Dec 2021
WHO Factsheet (Spanish version). Updated 02 March 2016
Cette fiche fait partie du kit de prévention de CBM intitulé, "Reconnaître les déficiences à la naissance”
WHO's Health in the Green Economy sector briefings examine the health impacts of climate change mitigation strategies considered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in their Fourth Assessment Report.
Ethnic disparities in COVID-19 persist, with increased rates of infection, severe disease, and death among people from minority ethnic groups. COVID-19 vaccination rates also remain lowest in these communities compared with white people in the UK. Among people older than 18 years, the proportion who... have had three COVID-19 vaccinations in England in March, 2022, was lowest among Black Caribbean (38%), Black African (45%), and Pakistani (45%) ethnic groups. These disparities are likely to be attributed to the intersection of key social determinants, including socioeconomic factors such as deprivation, overcrowding, and working patterns and conditions,
alongside discrimination and structural violence in the health-care system and society.
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En la vida hay muchos acontecimientos que nos desequilibran, pero que aun así somos capaces de afrontar. Sin embargo, a veces nos pasan cosas tan
terribles que nos persiguen durante mucho tiempo y
nos provocan una enfermedad mental. Entonces se
puede tratar de un trastorno de estrés postraumát...ico
(o TEPT, para abreviar). El TEPT es un trastorno psicológico que puede aparecer a cualquier edad. Aquí
le informaremos sobre el TEPT en adultos. También
descubrirá qué posibilidades hay de tratamiento.
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Hypertension and COVID-19: Scientific report - 17 June 2021
Investigación original / Original research
Rev Panam Salud Publica 36(3), 2014
With this study, we estimated the burden of serious fungal infections for the general healthy population and for those at risk, including those infected with HIV, patients with asthma, as well as those under intensive care. We also highlight from studies in progress of high incidences of histoplasm...osis, CM and Pneumocystis jirovecii in adult HIV-infected patients.
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Training leaders in public health
IMDP 2016 Training Catalogue
Nature | Vol 600 | 2 December 2021 |
El abuso y el uso indebido de los antibióticos en animales y humanos están contribuyendo al aumento de la resistencia a estos fármacos. Algunos tipos de bacterias causantes de infecciones humanas graves ya son resistentes a la mayoría o a la totalidad de los tratamientos... disponibles, y hay muy pocas alternativas prometedoras en fase de investigació
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