MEDBOX | Country category Latin America and the Carribbean

Venezuela: Calculated repression: Correlation between stigmatization and politically motivated arbitrary detentions

Amnesty International (2022) C1

The policy of repression in Venezuela has been based on the coordination of attacks and stigmatizing messages broadcast by media with links to Nicolás Maduro’s government and politically motivated arbitrary arrests by the security forces under his command, with a marked pattern of political discrimination, concludes new research published today by Amnesty International in conjunction with the Foro Penal and the Centro para los Defensores y la Justicia (CDJ)

Tags: Human rights, detention, discrimination, venezuela,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Epidemiologic and clinical investigations during a chikungunya outbreak in Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil

Monteiro , J.D.; J. Gardel Valverde , I. Camara Morais et al. (2020) CC

PLOS One November 20, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241799 . The first autochthonous case of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection in Brazil was in September 2014 in the State of Amapá, and from there it rapidly spread across the country. The present study was conducted in 2016 in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, and the aims were to describe the epidemiological and the clinical aspects of the CHIKV outbreak

Tags: Chikungunya Fever, outbreak, Epidemiological review, clinical aspects, Brazil, journal article,

Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/articl

History, epidemiology and diagnostics of dengue in the American and Brazilian contexts: a review

Souza Salles, T.; T. da Encarnação Sá-Guimarães, E. Seam Lima de Alvarenga et al. (2018) CC

Parasites & Vectors volume 11, Article number: 264 (2018) Dengue creates a staggering epidemiological and economic burden for endemic countries. Without a specific therapy and with a commercial vaccine that presents some problems relative to its full effectiveness, initiatives to improve vector control strategies, early disease diagnostics and the development of vaccines and antiviral drugs are priorities. In this study, we present the probable origins of dengue in America and the trajectories of its spread. Overall, dengue diagnostics are costly, making the monitoring of dengue epidemiology more difficult and affecting physicians’ therapeutic decisions regarding dengue patients, especially in developing countries. This review also highlights some recent and important findings regarding dengue in Brazil and the Americas. We also summarize the existing DENV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic tests to provide an improved reference since these tests are useful and accurate at discriminating DENV from other flaviviruses that co-circulate in the Americas. Additionally, these DENV PCR assays ensure virus serotyping, enabling epidemiologic monitoring

Tags: Dengue fever, origin, transmission, Region of the Americas, Study, Brazil,

Source: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentra

Progress towards elimination of lymphatic filariasis in the Americas region

G. Fontes, da Rocha, E. M. M.; Carvalho Scholte, R. G.; et al. International Health (2020) C1

In South and Central America, lymphatic ﬁlariasis (LF) is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, which is transmitted by Culex quinquefasciatus, the only vector species in this region. Of the seven countries considered endemic for LF in the Americas in the last decade, Costa Rica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago were removed from the World Health Organization list in 2011. The remaining countries, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guyana and Haiti, have achieved important progress in recent years. Brazil was the ﬁrst country in the Americas to stop mass drug administration (MDA) and to establish post-MDA surveillance. Dominican Republic stopped MDA in all LF-endemic foci: La Ciénaga and Southwest passed the third Transmission Assessment Survey (TAS) and the Eastern focus passed TAS-1 in 2018. Haiti passed the TAS and interrupted transmission in >80% of endemic communes, achieving effective drug coverage. Guyana implemented effective coverage in MDAs in 2017 and 2018 and in 2019 scaled up the treatment for 100% of the geographical region, introducing ivermectin in the MDA in order to achieve LF elimination by the year 2026. The Americas region is on its way to eliminating LF transmission. However, efforts should be made to improve morbidity management to prevent disability of the already affected populations

Tags: Americas, Region of the Americas, Lymphatic filariasis, Elimination,

Source: https://academic.oup.com/inthealth/artic

Estudio de impacto económico de la migración venezolana en República Dominicana: Realidad vs potencial, octubre 2022

International Organization for Migration IOM (2022) C1

Este informe se conforma del resumen ejecutivo, metodología, contextualización de la población migrante venezolana en República Dominicana, contextualización de la inversión y empresariado; un informe descriptivo de los resultados de campo; el impacto económico real e impacto económico potencial y barreras de inserción de la población migrante venezolana en República Dominicana; y por último, consideraciones finales que incluyen recomendaciones y lecciones aprendidas, conclusiones y anexos

Tags: Migration, Refugees, venezuela, venezuelan refugees,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/attachments/4d747b

Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) (2021) C_WHO

Mais pessoas morrem a cada ano de doenças cardiovasculares do que de qualquer outra causa. Mais de três quartos das mortes por doenças cardíacas e acidentes vasculares cerebrais ocorrem em países de baixa e média renda. A hipertensão - ou pressão alta - é uma condição médica grave que aumenta significativamente o risco de doenças cardíacas, cerebrais, renais e outras doenças. A hipertensão pode ser definida usando níveis específicos de pressão sistólica e diastólica ou o uso reportado de medicamentos anti-hipertensivos

Tags: High blood pressure, NCD, hypertension, management, detection, Health Workers,

Source: https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/1

The Global Drug Policy Index 2021

Global Commission on Drug Policy (2021) CC

The power of the Global Drug Policy Index lies in its key objective: to score and rank how countries are faring in different areas of drug policy as identified in the UN report ‘What we have learned over the last ten years: A summary of knowledge acquired and produced by the UN system on drug-related matters’,1 and derived from the landmark UN System Common Position on Dru

Tags: Drug abuse, country profile, harm reduction, Policy, Human rights,

Source: https://fileserver.idpc.net/library/2021

Open WHO; Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO

A maioria das infecções associadas a cuidados de saúde podem ser prevenidas com a correta higienização das mãos, ou seja, a limpeza das mãos nos momentos corretos, e da forma correta. As Diretrizes da OMS de higienização das mãos nos serviços de saúde incentivam a promoção e o aprimoramento da higienização das mãos em instituições de saúde no mundo todo, e são complementadas pela estratégia multimodal da OMS para aprimoramento da higienização das mãos, bem como o respectivo guia e kit de implementação, que contêm diversas ferramentas práticas, prontas para serem usadas. Este módulo foi preparado para ajudar a resumir as diretrizes da OMS sobre higienização das mãos, as ferramentas associadas e ideias para uma implementação efetiva

Tags: handwashing, Hand Hygiene, Online Courses, standard precautions,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-HH-pt

Open WHO; Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO

La plupart des infections associées aux soins de santé peuvent être évitées grâce à une bonne hygiène des mains - se laver les mains au bon moment et de la bonne manière. Les directives de l'OMS sur l'hygiène des mains lors des soins de santé soutiennent la promotion et l'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains dans les établissements de santé du monde entier. À ces directives s’ajoutent la stratégie multimodale d'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains de l'OMS, le guide de mise en œuvre et la boîte à outils de mise en œuvre, qui contient de nombreux outils pratiques prêts à l'emploi. Ce module a été développé pour aider à résumer les directives de l'OMS sur l'hygiène des mains ainsi que les outils et idées associés pour une mise en œuvre efficace

Tags: handwashing, Hand Hygiene, Online Courses, standard precautions,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-HH-fr

Open WHO; Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO

Tags: handwashing, Hand Hygiene, Online Courses, standard precautions,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-HH-es

	Venezuela: Calculated repression: Correlation between stigmatization and politically motivated arbitrary detentions Amnesty International (2022) C1 View PDF(56) Download (37) Add to my MEDBOX The policy of repression in Venezuela has been based on the coordination of attacks and stigmatizing messages broadcast by media with links to Nicolás Maduro’s government and politically motivated arbitrary arrests by the security forces under his command, with a marked pattern of political discrimination, concludes new research published today by Amnesty International in conjunction with the Foro Penal and the Centro para los Defensores y la Justicia (CDJ) Tags: Human rights, detention, discrimination, venezuela, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Epidemiologic and clinical investigations during a chikungunya outbreak in Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil Monteiro , J.D.; J. Gardel Valverde , I. Camara Morais et al. (2020) CC Open external link (76) Add to my MEDBOX PLOS One November 20, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241799 . The first autochthonous case of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection in Brazil was in September 2014 in the State of Amapá, and from there it rapidly spread across the country. The present study was conducted in 2016 in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, and the aims were to describe the epidemiological and the clinical aspects of the CHIKV outbreak Tags: Chikungunya Fever, outbreak, Epidemiological review, clinical aspects, Brazil, journal article, Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/articl
	History, epidemiology and diagnostics of dengue in the American and Brazilian contexts: a review Souza Salles, T.; T. da Encarnação Sá-Guimarães, E. Seam Lima de Alvarenga et al. (2018) CC Open external link (79) Add to my MEDBOX Parasites & Vectors volume 11, Article number: 264 (2018) Dengue creates a staggering epidemiological and economic burden for endemic countries. Without a specific therapy and with a commercial vaccine that presents some problems relative to its full effectiveness, initiatives to improve vector control strategies, early disease diagnostics and the development of vaccines and antiviral drugs are priorities. In this study, we present the probable origins of dengue in America and the trajectories of its spread. Overall, dengue diagnostics are costly, making the monitoring of dengue epidemiology more difficult and affecting physicians’ therapeutic decisions regarding dengue patients, especially in developing countries. This review also highlights some recent and important findings regarding dengue in Brazil and the Americas. We also summarize the existing DENV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic tests to provide an improved reference since these tests are useful and accurate at discriminating DENV from other flaviviruses that co-circulate in the Americas. Additionally, these DENV PCR assays ensure virus serotyping, enabling epidemiologic monitoring Tags: Dengue fever, origin, transmission, Region of the Americas, Study, Brazil, Source: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentra
	Progress towards elimination of lymphatic filariasis in the Americas region G. Fontes, da Rocha, E. M. M.; Carvalho Scholte, R. G.; et al. International Health (2020) C1 View PDF(12) Download (5) Add to my MEDBOX In South and Central America, lymphatic ﬁlariasis (LF) is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, which is transmitted by Culex quinquefasciatus, the only vector species in this region. Of the seven countries considered endemic for LF in the Americas in the last decade, Costa Rica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago were removed from the World Health Organization list in 2011. The remaining countries, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guyana and Haiti, have achieved important progress in recent years. Brazil was the ﬁrst country in the Americas to stop mass drug administration (MDA) and to establish post-MDA surveillance. Dominican Republic stopped MDA in all LF-endemic foci: La Ciénaga and Southwest passed the third Transmission Assessment Survey (TAS) and the Eastern focus passed TAS-1 in 2018. Haiti passed the TAS and interrupted transmission in >80% of endemic communes, achieving effective drug coverage. Guyana implemented effective coverage in MDAs in 2017 and 2018 and in 2019 scaled up the treatment for 100% of the geographical region, introducing ivermectin in the MDA in order to achieve LF elimination by the year 2026. The Americas region is on its way to eliminating LF transmission. However, efforts should be made to improve morbidity management to prevent disability of the already affected populations Tags: Americas, Region of the Americas, Lymphatic filariasis, Elimination, Source: https://academic.oup.com/inthealth/artic
	Estudio de impacto económico de la migración venezolana en República Dominicana: Realidad vs potencial, octubre 2022 International Organization for Migration IOM (2022) C1 View PDF(13) Download (6) Add to my MEDBOX Este informe se conforma del resumen ejecutivo, metodología, contextualización de la población migrante venezolana en República Dominicana, contextualización de la inversión y empresariado; un informe descriptivo de los resultados de campo; el impacto económico real e impacto económico potencial y barreras de inserción de la población migrante venezolana en República Dominicana; y por último, consideraciones finales que incluyen recomendaciones y lecciones aprendidas, conclusiones y anexos Tags: Migration, Refugees, venezuela, venezuelan refugees, Source: https://reliefweb.int/attachments/4d747b
	Diretriz para o tratamento farmacológico da hipertensão arterial em adultos Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) (2021) C_WHO View PDF(41) Download (19) Add to my MEDBOX Mais pessoas morrem a cada ano de doenças cardiovasculares do que de qualquer outra causa. Mais de três quartos das mortes por doenças cardíacas e acidentes vasculares cerebrais ocorrem em países de baixa e média renda. A hipertensão - ou pressão alta - é uma condição médica grave que aumenta significativamente o risco de doenças cardíacas, cerebrais, renais e outras doenças. A hipertensão pode ser definida usando níveis específicos de pressão sistólica e diastólica ou o uso reportado de medicamentos anti-hipertensivos Tags: High blood pressure, NCD, hypertension, management, detection, Health Workers, Source: https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/1
	The Global Drug Policy Index 2021 Global Commission on Drug Policy (2021) CC View PDF(22) Download (16) Add to my MEDBOX The power of the Global Drug Policy Index lies in its key objective: to score and rank how countries are faring in different areas of drug policy as identified in the UN report ‘What we have learned over the last ten years: A summary of knowledge acquired and produced by the UN system on drug-related matters’,1 and derived from the landmark UN System Common Position on Dru Tags: Drug abuse, country profile, harm reduction, Policy, Human rights, Source: https://fileserver.idpc.net/library/2021
	Precauções básicas: higienização das mãos Open WHO; Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO Open external link (232) Add to my MEDBOX A maioria das infecções associadas a cuidados de saúde podem ser prevenidas com a correta higienização das mãos, ou seja, a limpeza das mãos nos momentos corretos, e da forma correta. As Diretrizes da OMS de higienização das mãos nos serviços de saúde incentivam a promoção e o aprimoramento da higienização das mãos em instituições de saúde no mundo todo, e são complementadas pela estratégia multimodal da OMS para aprimoramento da higienização das mãos, bem como o respectivo guia e kit de implementação, que contêm diversas ferramentas práticas, prontas para serem usadas. Este módulo foi preparado para ajudar a resumir as diretrizes da OMS sobre higienização das mãos, as ferramentas associadas e ideias para uma implementação efetiva Tags: handwashing, Hand Hygiene, Online Courses, standard precautions, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-HH-pt
	Précautions standards : Hygiène des mains Open WHO; Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO Open external link (163) Add to my MEDBOX La plupart des infections associées aux soins de santé peuvent être évitées grâce à une bonne hygiène des mains - se laver les mains au bon moment et de la bonne manière. Les directives de l'OMS sur l'hygiène des mains lors des soins de santé soutiennent la promotion et l'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains dans les établissements de santé du monde entier. À ces directives s’ajoutent la stratégie multimodale d'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains de l'OMS, le guide de mise en œuvre et la boîte à outils de mise en œuvre, qui contient de nombreux outils pratiques prêts à l'emploi. Ce module a été développé pour aider à résumer les directives de l'OMS sur l'hygiène des mains ainsi que les outils et idées associés pour une mise en œuvre efficace Tags: handwashing, Hand Hygiene, Online Courses, standard precautions, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-HH-fr
	Precauciones básicas: Higiene de las manos Open WHO; Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO Open external link (225) Add to my MEDBOX La plupart des infections associées aux soins de santé peuvent être évitées grâce à une bonne hygiène des mains - se laver les mains au bon moment et de la bonne manière. Les directives de l'OMS sur l'hygiène des mains lors des soins de santé soutiennent la promotion et l'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains dans les établissements de santé du monde entier. À ces directives s’ajoutent la stratégie multimodale d'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains de l'OMS, le guide de mise en œuvre et la boîte à outils de mise en œuvre, qui contient de nombreux outils pratiques prêts à l'emploi. Ce module a été développé pour aider à résumer les directives de l'OMS sur l'hygiène des mains ainsi que les outils et idées associés pour une mise en œuvre efficace Tags: handwashing, Hand Hygiene, Online Courses, standard precautions, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-HH-es

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