Nota INformatIva Nº 13/2020 - SE/GaB/SE/mS
September 2020
The Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report – Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000 - 2020 – presents estimates on household access to safely managed drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services over the past five years, and assesses progress toward achieving the s...ixth sustainable development goal (SDG) to ‘Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030’.
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Le rapport 2020 sur la situation du personnel infirmier dans le monde : investir dans la formation, l’emploi et le leadership est publié alors que le monde assiste à un engagement politique sans précédent en faveur de la couverture sanitaire universelle. Parallèlement, notre capacité de pré...paration et de riposte d’urgence est mise à rude épreuve par la flambée actuelle de COVID-19 et les déplacements massifs de population dus aux conflits. Les infirmières et les infirmiers assurent des soins indispensables dans chacune de ces circonstances. Aujourd’hui plus que jamais, le monde a besoin qu’ils mettent pleinement à profit leurs qualifications et leur formation.
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The 6th edition of the essential medicine list has been developed based on the 5th edition list of essential medicines, the National Standard Treatment Guidelines and Protocols 2013, list of laboratory commodities and List of Consumables used in public health facilities.
WHO QualityRights is an initiative which aims to improve the quality of care in mental health and related services and to promote the human rights of people with psychosocial, intellectual and cognitive disabilities, throughout the world.
Guideline for the development of a national plan for the operationalization of vaccination against COVID-19
UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply unequal success; COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off course. Missed targets have resulted in 3.5 million more HIV infections and 820 000 more AIDS-related deaths since 2015 than if the world w...as on track to meet the 2020 targets. In addition, the response could be set back further, by 10 years or more, if the COVID-19 pandemic results in severe disruptions to HIV services.
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Profil Nutritionnel de pays République du Bénin 2011
Os tomadores de decisão precisam fazer escolhas difíceis para garantir que a COVID-19 e outros problemas urgentes, e contínuos, de saúde pública sejam abordados, minimizando os riscos para os profissionais de saúde e comunidades. Conforme estabelecido na Conferência Mundial de Astana sobre At...enção Primária à Saúde de 2018, o nível comunitário é uma plataforma integral para a atenção primária à saúde, essencial para a prestação de serviços e funções essenciais de saúde pública e para o envolvimento e a capacitação das comunidades em relação à sua saúde. Esta plataforma comunitária, com suas capacidades distintas para prestação de serviços de saúde e engajamento social, tem um papel fundamental a desempenhar na resposta à COVID-19, sendo essencial para o atendimento das contínuas necessidades de saúde das pessoas, especialmente as mais vulneráveis.
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The document provides guidelines for the management of acute diarrhoea, highlighting improved oral rehydration solutions (ORS) with reduced osmolarity and zinc supplementation. It emphasizes their effectiveness in reducing the duration and severity... of diarrhoeal episodes and preventing future cases. Aimed at families, communities, and healthcare professionals, it seeks to integrate these practices into routine care at home and in health centers.
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This report reviews the current situation in relation to national capacity to address NCDs and the progress made at country level over the past decade. It highlights that, while progress is being made, there is still much work to be done to create the infrastructure, policies, surveillance and healt...h systems response that will allow NCDs and their contributing risk factors to be successfully contained and reversed.
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