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Viruses or Bacteria: What’s got you sick?

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) C_CDC

Antibiotics are only needed for treating certain infections caused by bacteria. Viral illnesses cannot be treated with antibiotics. When an antibiotic is not prescribed, ask your healthcare professional for tips on how to relieve symptoms and feel better.

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Declaração sobre o Uso de Dexametasona nos Pacientes gravemente com Doenças da COVID-19

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) está ciente dos comunicados de imprensa sobre os resultados preliminares de um grande ensaio clínico aleatório realizado no Reino Unido, que incluía dexametasona, um corticosteróide, como um dos medicamentos utilizados para o tratam... more

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Communication toolkit to promote prudent antibiotic use aimed at primary care prescribers

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2009) C2

The toolkit offers advice on how national public health authorities could engage with primary care prescribers so as to promote appropriate and responsible use of antibiotics. The toolkit contains template materials and some suggested key messages for health professionals, idea... more

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The Interconnected Threat of Antibiotic Resistance

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) C_CDC

Resistance happens when germs (bacteria and fungi) defeat the drugs designed to kill them. Any antibiotic use—in people, animals, or crops—can lead to resistance. Resistant germs are a One Health problem—they can spread between people, animals, and the environment.

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Communication toolkit to promote prudent antibiotic use aimed at general public

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2018) C2

verall strategy and objective of the European Antibiotic Awareness Day The overall objective of the European Antibiotic Awareness Day is to support national activities aimed at raising awareness concerning the proper use of antibiotics so as to maintain the efficacy of antibiotics and avoid the eme... more

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A Commitment to Our Patients About Antibiotics

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) C_CDC

Antibiotics only fight infections caused by bacteria. Like all drugs, they can be harmful and should only be used when necessary. Taking antibiotics when you have a virus can do more harm than good: you will still feel sick and the antibiotic could give you a skin rash, diarrhea, a yeast infection, ... more

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¿Virus o bacteria? ¿Cuál es la causa de su enfermedad?

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) C_CDC

Los antibióticos solo son necesarios para tratar ciertas infecciones causadas por bacterias. Las enfermedades virales no pueden tratarse con antibióticos. Cuando tomar antibióticos no sea lo indicado, pídale a su profesional de atención médica consejos sobre cómo aliviar los síntomas y senti... more

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Africa CDC Event-based Surveillance Resources

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) CC

The Event-based Surveillance Framework is intended to be used by authorities and agencies responsible for surveillance and response. This framework serves as an outline to guide stakeholders interested in implementing event-based surveillance (EBS) using a multisectoral, One Health approach. To ... more

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Contact tracing: Public health management of persons, including healthcare workers, having had contact with COVID-19 cases in the European Union -third update

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2020) C_CDC

This document aims to help EU/EEA public health authorities in the tracing and management of persons, including healthcare workers, who had contact with COVID-19 cases. It outlines the key steps of contact tracing, including contact identification, listing and follow-up, in the context of the COVID-... more

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Mpox Testing Strategy - November 2024

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

Mpox is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the mpox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus closely related to the variola virus that causes smallpox. Mpox was first discovered in 1958 when outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research. The first human case was recorde...d in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox and since then the infection has been reported in a number of African countries. Mpox can spread in humans through close contact, usually skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, with an infected person or animal, as well as with materials contaminated with the virus such as clothing, beddings and towels, and respiratory droplets in prolonged face to face contact. People remain infectious from the onset of symptoms until all the lesions have scabbed and healed. The virus may spread from infected animals through handling infected meat or through bites or scratches. Diagnosis is confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of material from a lesion for the virus’s DNA. Two separate clades of the mpox virus are currently circulating in Africa: Clade I, which includes subclades Ia and Ib, and Clade II, comprising subclades IIa and IIb. Clade Ia and Clade Ib have been associated with ongoing human-to-human transmission and are presently responsible for outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while Clade Ib is also contributing to outbreaks in Burundi and other countries. In 2022‒2023 mpox caused a global outbreak in over 110 countries, most of which had no previous history of the disease, primarily driven by human-to-human transmission of clade II through sexual contact. In just over a year, over 90,000 cases and 150 deaths were reported to the WHO. For the second time since 2022, mpox has been declared a global health emergency as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent. On 13 Aug 2024, Africa CDC declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017.7 This declaration empowered the Africa CDC to lead and coordinate responses to the mpox outbreak across affected African countries. On August 14, 2024, the WHO declared the resurgence of mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) emphasizing the need for coordinated international response. As of August 2024, Mpox has expanded beyond its traditional endemic regions, with new cases reported in countries including Sweden, Thailand, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Sweden has confirmed its first case of Clade 1 variant, which has been rapidly spreading in Africa, particularly in DRC. The emergence of this new variant raises concerns about its potential for higher lethality and transmission rates outside Africa. more

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Usage des antimicrobiens dans: les établissements de soins de longue durée

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2018) C2

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Runny Nose from a Cold & Antibiotics

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) C_CDC

Q & A Guide for Parents - Factsheet

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Uso de antimicrobianos en:centros sociosanitarios de larga duración

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2018) C2

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Patient Dialogue - A practical illustration of the elicit-provide-elicit method

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2019) C2

The method, entitled “elicit-provide-elicit”, is a patient centred method which is adaptable to a range of clinical situations. Recent clinical trials show that the introduction of advanced communication skills based on this method in general practice allows primary care physicians to prescribe... more

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How does antimicrobial resistance spread? - Animation

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2017) C2

How does antibiotic resistance spread? Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to combat the action of one or more antibiotics. Humans and animals do not become resistant to antibiotic treatments, but bacteria carried by humans and animals can.

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Un compromiso hacia nuestros pacientes sobre los antibióticos

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) C_CDC

Los antibióticos tratan solamente las infecciones causadas por bacterias. Como todos los medicamentos, los antibióticos pueden ser dañinos y deben usarse solo cuando sea necesario.

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Amélioration de l’utilisation des antibiotiques

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) C_CDC

Ai-je réellement besoin d’antibiotiques? -Fiche d'information pour les patients

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Les antibiotiques ne sont pas toujours la solution

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) C_CDC

Fiche d'information pour les patients

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Inpatient Fact sheet

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) C_CDC

Your healthcare team has decided you or your loved one has an infection that requires antibiotics, or needs antibiotics to prevent an infection in certain circumstances, such as before surgery - Fact Sheet for Patients

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Antimicrobial use in:Long-term care facilities

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2018) C2

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