This document provides interim guidance on the management of the blood supply in response to the pandemic outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It emphasizes the importance of being prepared and responding quickly and outlines key actions and measures that the blood services should take to mit...igate the potential risk to the safety and sufficiency of the blood supplies during the pandemic.
It should be read in conjunction with WHO Guidance for National Blood Services on Protecting the Blood Supply During Infectious Disease Outbreaks, which provides general guidance on the development of national plans to respond to any emerging infectious threats to the sufficiency or safety of the blood supply.
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Estima-se que 17,8 milhões de mulheres em todo o mundo com 18 anos ou mais viviam com o VIH em 2015, o equivalente a 51% dos adultos que viviam com o VIH. As raparigas adolescentes e as mulheres jovens são particularmente afectadas; em 2015 representavam 60 por cento dos indivíduos com idades com...preendidas entre os 15-24 anos que viviam com o VIH, e 58 por cento das infecções por VIH recentemente adquiridas entre a população jovem deste grupo etário. Em muitos países, as mulheres que vivem com o VIH não têm acesso equitativo a serviços de saúde de boa qualidade e enfrentam muitas formas de estigma e discriminação entrecruzadas. Além disso, estas mulheres são desproporcionadamente vulneráveis à violência, incluindo as violações dos seus direitos sexuais e reprodutivos.
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Ambio 51, 9-12 (2022). This article belongs to Ambio’s 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Solutions-oriented research.
Key findings from a February 2021 survey from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC)
Guide; revised 15 June 2010
This book teaches healthcare professionals the basics of EKG interpretation and is available as a creative commons resource.
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Erfahrungen aus Niedersachsen
Epidemiologisches Bulletin; 18. März 2013 / Nr. 12 , pp.99-104
La presente publicación ha sido concebida como manual de carácter práctico. Los diferentes tipos de estrés experimentados por los delegados se describen junto con los síntomas asociados. Se pone de relieve la importancia de identificar y conocer los recursos personales, del equipo y de la organ...ización.
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Le milieu des soins de plaies est un monde en pleine effervescence. Étant une des activités
réservées à l’infirmière, cette dernière doit posséder les connaissances afin d’établir le plan
de traitement selon l’évaluation de la plaie. Ce guide a été élaboré afin d’outiller l...infirmière,
ainsi que les médecins et les autres professionnels de la santé, les aidant ainsi à choisir le plan
de traitement optimal pour favoriser une guérison rapide de la plaie.
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Overview
Learning objectives
• Promote respect and dignity for people with psychoses.
• Name common presentations of psychoses.
• Name assessment principles of psychoses.
• Name management principles of psychoses.
• Perform an assessment for psychoses.
• Use effective communicatio...n skills when interacting with a person psychoses.
• Assess and manage physical health concerns in psychoses.
• Assess and manage emergency presentations of psychoses.
• Provide psychosocial interventions to persons with psychoses and their carers.
• Deliver pharmacological interventions as needed and appropriate in psychoses
considering special populations.
• Plan and performs follow-up sessions for people with psychoses.
• Refer to specialist and links with outside agencies for psychoses as appropriate and
available.
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2nd edition. There have been many requests over the past few years for advice about what information should be included in a patient record for leprosy. The patient record should contain the essential information for the clinical management of the patients, for monitoring adherence to MDT, and for r...eporting to the national programmes and to WHO. Patient records vary between countries due to differences in health systems and are modified from time to time. The Model Patient Record is recommended as a reference and as a check list when evaluating programmes and when reviewing existing patient records.
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This summary covers the preventive approach to breast cancer control and includes prophylactic medications, prophylactic surgery and lifestyle modifications for breast cancer prevention. Health professional training and individual risk assessments and counseling are also discussed.
CBDRR Practice. Case Studies 4
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10 years after the UN general assembly special session on drugs