Browsing by Author "Pan American Health Organization"
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COVID-19: Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine research, 6 April 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-04-06)In recent weeks, information on the potential use of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of people with COVID-19 has been disseminated in academic journals and public media. Although there are now ongoing ... -
COVID-19: Guidelines for Communicating about Coronavirus Disease 2019. A Guide for Leaders
Pan American Health Organization (2020-06-26)Introduction: The outbreak of coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) in Hubei, China, and the introduction of the virus into the Region of the Americas highlight the urgent need for clear, concise and consistent communication. ... -
Dead body management in the context of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Interim recommendations, 7 April 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-04-07)Objective: • To provide recommendations on the management of dead bodies in the context of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in healthcare facilities. These recommendations are preliminary and subject to review as new ... -
Disability considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak
Pan American Health Organization (2020-03-26)Considerations for actors: Actions for people with disability and their household Reduce your potential exposure to COVID-19. Everyone with disability and their household should follow the WHO guidance on basic protection ... -
Enhancing COVID-19 Mortality Surveillance in Latin America and the Caribbean through All-Cause Mortality Surveillance, May 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-06-18)The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) on improving COVID-19 mortality surveillance.1 The document expands on methods for the analysis of all-cause mortality ... -
Epidemic trends, public health response and health system capacity: the Chilean experience in four months of the COVID-19 pandemic
Pan American Health Organization (2020-08-05)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. To report the surveillance of COVID-19 pandemic in Chile and analyse the response to public health interventions implemented from 3 March to 30 June 2020 and to assess the risks of collapse of the ... -
Epidemiological Alert: Novel coronavirus (nCoV) (16 January 2020)
Pan American Health OrganizationOn 31 December 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China, reported a conglomerate of 27 cases of acute respiratory syndrome of unknown etiology among people linked to a wet ... -
Epidemiological Update: Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (20 January 2020)
Pan American Health OrganizationSince the Epidemiological Alert on the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) published on January 16, 2020 and until January 20, 2020 four countries have reported to the World Organization Health (WHO) confirmed cases: China (198 ... -
Epidemiological Update: Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (27 January 2020)
Pan American Health OrganizationSince the Epidemiological Update on the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) published on January 20, 2020, a total of 2,801cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections, including 80 deaths (CFR: 2.9%), were reported globally ... -
Epidemiological Update: Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (5 February 2020)
Pan American Health OrganizationOn 31 December 2019, Wuhan Municipality in Hubei Province, China reported a cluster of pneumonia cases with unknown etiology. By the 9th of January 2020, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention identified a ... -
Epidemiological Update: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) (14 February 2020)
Pan American Health OrganizationOn 21 January 2020, the first case of COVID-19 imported into the region of the Americas was identified in the United States of America in the state of Washington. A few days later, on 25 January, Canada reported their first ... -
Epidemiological Update: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) (28 February 2020)
Pan American Health OrganizationGlobal Situation Summary: Since the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) epidemiological update on novel coronavirus published on 14 February 2020 – and as of 28 February 2020, an additional ... -
Essential medicines list For the management of patients admitted to intensive care units with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. Update 10 August 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-09-08)The list of essential medicines for the management of patients admitted to ICUs with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 is a core guidance document that provides assistance to countries’ health systems in ... -
Ethics guidance on key issues raised by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, 16 March 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-03-18)Health authorities are tasked with protecting the health of the population and responding to public health emergencies. An adequate health response to public health emergencies, such as the current WHO-declared COVID-19 ... -
Excel Tool for Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Readiness Checklist for COVID-19
Pan American Health Organization (2020-03-10)The purpose of this tool is to help countries confirm the readiness of their pre-hospital emergency medical services to respond to COVID-19, identifying immediate and priority actions aimed at responding to the emergency ... -
Ferritin levels and COVID-19
Pan American Health Organization (2020-06)[Extract]. Ferritin is a key mediator of immune dysregulation, especially under extreme hyperferritinemia, via direct immune-suppressive and pro-inflammatory effects, contributing to the cytokine storm1. It has been reported ... -
Frequently asked questions for the management of health workers in response to COVID-19, 7 May 2020
Pan American Health Organization (5/8/2020)In order to address the COVID-19 pandemic, countries and health institutions must have the capacity to respond with human resources that are sufficient in quantity and who possess the skills and capacities necessary to ... -
Guidance and strategies to streamline ethics review and oversight of COVID-19-related research, 7 April 2020
Pan American Health Organization (5/7/2020)Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, we have the moral duty to conduct research that generates evidence to maintain, promote and improve health care delivery and decision-making, and to define policies for managing and ... -
Guidelines for communicating about coronavirus disease 2019
Pan American Health Organization (2020-02)The outbreak of coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) in Hubei, China, and the introduction of the virus into the Region of the Americas highlight the urgent need for clear, concise and consistent communication. Risk ... -
Guidelines to Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction, Version 1, 10 July 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-07-10)Among the main challenges expected for COVID-19 vaccination are timely, equitable, and sufficient access to vaccines, technical and logistical aspects, such as the development of vaccines with new technologies, the definition ...