The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases detected and reported in each country is influenced by
many factors including limited access and/or utilization of healthcare and COVID-19 testing, limited
surveillance, lack of knowledge amongst the population about when to seek testing, an asymptomatic pres...entation, and other unknown issues. This is true in all countries of the world, and not Africa specific, however there are factors unique to Africa which may also affect the way the virus behaves there. COVID-19 prevalence data are critical for planning effective mitigation strategies and understandingthe true impact of the disease and relevant intervention measures in Africa, which might be quite different from regions with a different population age distribution or risk factor profile.
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Le présent document qui fait suite à la recommandation ci-dessus citées se veut une
traduction de l’objectif n°4 du Plan National de Développement Sanitaire (PNDS)3
. Il
traduit la volonté du gouvernement burkinabé de développer un cadre de référence
pour tout intervenant dans le dom...aine de la qualité des prestations de services de
santé.
Il est le fruit d’une collaboration entre le Ministère de la santé et l’Organisation
Mondiale de la santé (OMS)
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Global UNIDO Project: Strengthening the local production of essential generic drugs in the least developed and developing countries
Fact sheet on Zika virus containing recommendations for pregnant women and information for the treatment, prevention and control of the disease.
This factsheet is also available in Spanish, Portuguese and French!
A practical manual presenting the specific knowledge, skills and practices that First Aiders should have to act safely and effectively when caring for people caught up in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, such as internal disturbances and tensions.
SIGN 143. A national clinical guideline
Published May 2015, Revised 2018
Guidelines for good practice. 3rd edition
The Guidelines for Good Practice are intended to help organizations define their own needs in relation to stress management and develop their own staff care system. The process will be different for each organization. National and international agencies, bi...g and small organizations, will have to find the process and policies that work for them.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for forcibly displaced persons and the humanitarian organizations working to support them. With restrictions on movement and limited access to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and stateless persons across the globe, UNHCR is s...upporting displaced communities to take the lead in the prevention of, and the response to, the existing and emerging protection needs of women, men, girls and boys of diverse backgrounds.
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Key Recommendations for an Inclusive Urban Agenda
With 71 million people forcibly displaced around the world and aid budgets woefully underfunded, how do humanitarian agencies decide whom to help and for how long?
ICAAP12 Secretariat
Partners in population and development, Dhaka, Bangladesh June 2016