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Vaccination Week in the Americas 2020: Final Report
2021-01-15
Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) is a regional initiative that aims to promote equity and access to vaccination in all countries in the Region of the Americas. The participation of the countries of the Americas in the VWA is flexible. The VWA ...
Ongoing Living Update of Potential COVID-19 Therapeutics: Summary of Rapid Systematic Reviews. Rapid Review
2021-01-14
This is the fourteenth edition of this database of evidence on potential therapeutic options for COVID-19, in which 68 therapeutic options are examined. This information will help investigators, policy makers, and prescribers navigate the flood of ...
Orientações para a aplicação de medidas de saúde pública não farmacológicas a grupos populacionais em situação de vulnerabilidade no contexto da COVID-19
2021-01-14
A finalidade deste guia é apresentar orientações para melhorar a aplicação de medidas de saúde pública não farmacológicas durante a resposta à COVID-19, bem como a adesão a essas medidas por parte dos grupos populacionais em situação de vulnerabilidade. ...
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about COVID-19 Candidate Vaccines and Access Mechanisms. Version 3, 6 January 2021
2021-01-14
Will COVID-19 vaccines be safe? Will all the COVID-19 candidate vaccines be successful? What are the different phases a vaccine must go through to be approved? This document provides responses to the most frequently asked questions about candidate ...
Trends in diabetes mortality identified from death certificates in Colombia, 1979-2017
2021-01-13
[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To describe the mortality trends of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Colombia, by sex and age group, from 1979 to 2017. Methods. We carried out an ecological study using mortality data from the Colombian National Administrative Department ...
Interruption of lymphatic filariasis transmission in Manaus, a former focus of Wuchereria bancrofti in the Western Brazilian Amazon
2021-01-13
[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To confirm the absence of Wuchereria bancrofti autochthonous cases in Manaus, a former focus of lymphatic filariasis in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Methods. A field survey was carried out in 2016 using immunochromatographic ...
Informe final de la Semana de Vacunación en las Américas 2020
2021-01-13
La 18.ª Semana de Vacunación en las Américas se celebró entre el 25 de abril y el 2 de mayo del 2020 bajo el lema "Ama. Confía. Protege. #Vacúnate". Esta iniciativa tiene por objetivo impulsar la equidad y el acceso a la vacunación en todos los países ...
Considerations for Strengthening the First Level of Care in the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021-01-12
During the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems have been facing the difficulty of providing timely access and coverage and meeting the needs of the population at the first level of care (FLC), particularly in rural, remote, and neglected areas and border ...
