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Gestão da gravidez no contexto do vírus Zika. Orientações provisórias

Organização Mundial da Saùde (2016) C_WHO

A finalidade deste documento é apresentar orientações provisórias para intervenções destinadas a reduzir o risco de infecção pelo vírus Zika e para tratar potenciais complicações durante a gravidez. Estas orienta ções baseiam-se nas melhores evidências disponíveis da investigação... more

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Birth defects surveillance: a manual for programme managers

World Health Organization (2014)

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European nurse: Information and communication guide on microbes

European specialist nurse organisation (ESN) (2020) C2

This manual addresses all the issues. It focus on the cycle of microbes, antibiotics, vaccination, AMR, infection prevention and control. It will support nurses on better action and also on communication towards their patients and families.

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Developmental Disabilities

Institute of Medicine (US); Committee on Nervous System Disorders in Developing Countries; National Academy of Sciences (2001) C2

Neurological, Psychiatric, and Developmental Disorders: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Nervous System Disorders in Developing Countries. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2001.

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Protocolo de Vigilância e Resposta à Ocorrência de Microcefalia e/ou Alterações do Sistema Nervoso Central

Ministério da Saúde Brasil (2016) C1

Versão 2. Última atualização 10 Março 2016 O protocolo contém orientações sobre definição de casos suspeitos, como identificação de alterações do Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC) durante a gestação, critérios para confirmação ou descarte de casos, sistema de notificação e investig... more

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Guideline: infant feeding in areas of Zika virus transmission

World Health Organization WHO (2021) CC

2nd edition, June 2021

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Managing epidemics: key facts about major deadly diseases

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

Epidemics of infectious diseases are occurring more often, and spreading faster and further than ever, in many different regions of the world. The background factors of this threat are biological, environmental and lifestyle changes, among others. A potentially fatal combination of newly-discovered ... more

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Measles outbreak guide
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This guide also draws on the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to apply for measles outbreak response support from the Measles & Rubella Initiative Outbreak Response Fund (17) and includes a section on measles outbreak recovery so that contributing factors and potential root causes are identifi... more

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Nigeria: National Guidelines for Paediatric HIV and AIDS Treatment and Care

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2010) C1

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Liberia Media Kit: Priority Diseases and Conditions

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia; World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

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Birth defects surveillance: quick reference handbook of selected congenital anomalies and infections

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This Quick Reference Handbook of Selected Congenital Anomalies and Infections is a companion tool to Birth defects surveillance: a manual for programme managers, and is intended for use by front-line health care professionals who are diagnosing and collecting data on congenital defects and infection... more

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Zika virus disease epidemic: Preparedness planning guide for diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2016) C1

The threat posed by Zika virus infection highlights the need to reinforce preparedness arrangements for mosquito-borne diseases in EU/EEA countries, especially for pathogens transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The aim of this document is to highlight measures that can effectively red... more

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Birth defects surveillance training: facilitator’s guide, second edition

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

This Birth Defect Surveillance facilitator (train-the-trainer) guide 2nd edition covers foundational skills needed to begin the development, implementation and ongoing improvement of a congenital anomaly surveillance programme, whether population-based or hospital-based, in particular for countries ... more

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Provisional recommendations for blood services in light of the Zika virus epidemic: Potential impact on the spread of the infection and on the availability and safety of blood and blood components

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2016) C_WHO

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PRECONCEPTION COUNSELING For Women and Men Living in Areas with Ongoing Spread of Zika Virus Who Are Interested in Conceiving

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016) C_CDC

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Vector-borne diseases: a handbook for pharmacists - Disease prevention, control, management and treatment

Gromek K., Hung M., Montero N. et al International Pharmaceutical Federation FIP (2020) C2

The Pharmaceutical Forum of the Americas (PFA) has previously published guidelines and organised campaigns for community pharmacists on the prevention, detection and control of arbovirus infections in 2018 with a grant from the FIP Foundation for Pharmacy Education and Research. Building on that exp... more