The coronavirus outbreak that began in 2019 (COVID-19) threatens to reverse years of hard-won gains in preventing and treating HIV. Fragile health systems are further stressed as health workers navigate an increased client load and demands at work while also being concerned for their own health and ...that of their families. Health facilities have been redesigned to care for patients with COVID-19, posing challenges to other services. Governments and civil society organizations have redirected scarce resources and shifted programming priorities to respond to the pandemic. Several countries have reported intermittent declines in HIV testing and diagnosis, antenatal care visits, collection of antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) by people living with HIV, and attendance at clinic appointments. Community-based education and support programmes have had to rapidly adapt to restrictions on movement and public gatherings. Children, adolescents, and women have experienced multiple deprivations due to the adverse impact of the pandemic.
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Self-care guide for holidaymakers 2022
Practical Approach to Care Kit
Kit de Cuidados em Atenção Primária
Guia de manejo clínico da COVID 19 para Atenção Primária
O PACK Brasil é uma parceria entre a Unidade de Tradução do Conhecimento (KTU), Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Florianópolis/SC, BMJ e Fundação ProAR. A Fund...ação ProAR é a líder oficial das atividades do PACK no Brasil. Mais informações sobre a ProAR podem ser encontradas em: www.fundacaoproar.org.br
O PACK foi adaptado, traduzido, implementado e avaliado em serviços de atenção primária brasileiros entre 2015 e 2017. Um ensaio clínico randomizado concluiu que o PACK qualificou o atendimento clínico de pacientes adultos com doenças respiratórias crônicas na atenção primária e apoiou o compartilhamento do cuidado entre médicos e enfermeiros. Desde então, foi revisado anualmente, estando alinhado com as políticas públicas locais. Em 2021, foi desenvolvido conteúdos adicionais sobre o manejo da COVID-19.
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The strategy recommends that AU Member States should enhance, where feasible, existing COVID-19 surveillance to include:
Community-based surveillance to detect symptomatic cases early for treatment and to avert viral transmission;
Sentinel surveillance in high-risk populations to detect ...and track both presymptomatic and asymptomatic cases; and
Wastewater surveillance to monitor early environmental signs of virus transmission and identify communities where targeted interventions can be implemented to decrease transmission.
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El Ministerio de Salud comunica a las empresas que comercializan alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas procesados y a la población en general, que a partir del 17 de setiembre de 2021 entran en vigencia los nuevos parámetros técnicos, correspondientes a la segunda fase establecida en el reglamento ...de la Ley N° 30021 referentes al contenido de azúcar, sodio, grasas saturadas y grasas trans.
En ese sentido, las empresas que comercializan alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas procesados, deberán adecuarse a la segunda fase, consignando las advertencias publicitarias tipo OCTÓGONOS conforme a los parámetros técnicos establecidos.
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Sentòm Kowonaviris (COVID-19)
COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Sameeksha (Hindi; review) compiles recent key IPC resources on COVID from scientific journals, WHO guidelines, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare /Government of India guidelines, and trainings and IPC resources. The intended target audience for this inclu...des clinical and public health professionals in both public and private sector in India.
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To its credit, Chile has implemented a highly successful vaccine program and taken a number of other important public health measures to improve the well-being of its inhabitants. Nevertheless, these measures have proved insufficient to curb the spread of the virus and ensure full compliance wit...h Chile’s obligations to respect, protect and
fulfil the right to health. It is in this context that this report examines the human rights impacts of the pandemic and the responses of the Chilean authorities.
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AIIMS/ ICMR-COVID-19 National Task Force/Joint Monitoring Group. Flow Chart, 19 May 2021
The purpose of this document is to stop to irrational use/ over prescription of this reserve/
experimental/ emergency use authorisation drug Remdesivir. For this reason, Joint
Monitoring Group under Chairmanship of DGHS took into consideration findings of the
followi...ng studies to issue this advisory:
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Key findings from a February 2021 survey from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC)
AWMF Leitlinie, 12.7.2021
On March 1, 2021, the countries of the Americas began receiving vaccines through the COVAX Mechanism, an unprecedented global effort between CEPI, Gavi, Unicef, PAHO, and WHO to ensure equitable access to immunization throughout the world. The PAHO Revolving Fund is the mechanism designated by COVA...X to procure the vaccines on behalf of the countries in the region.
— Data on vaccine doses administered in the Americas
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Diese Informationen sind zur Weitergabe an Patient:innen und Bürger:innen.
Empfehlungen f ür das politische Handeln des Bundes und der Länder so wie angeschlossene Behörden
Version 01, veröffentlichtam 16.12.2020
Since the description of the first case of COVID-19 in Wuhan, Hubei province in China, in December 2019, much knowledge has been accumulated about the dynamics of evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, contagion, disease progression, prevention and treatment.