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Planificación e implantación de servicios de cuidados paliativos: Guía para directores de programa

Organización Panamericana de la Salud; Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH) (Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-10-01)

[Resumen]. En este manual práctico sobre se aborda la planificación e implantación de servicios de cuidados paliativos, integrados en los servicios de atención de salud existentes, a nivel nacional o subnacional. Está ...

Directrices para el diagnóstico, la prevención y el tratamiento de la criptococosis en niños, adolescentes y adultos con infección por el VIH. Sinopsis de política

Pan American Health Organization; Communicable Diseases (CDE) (Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-10-01)

[Extract]. La carga de morbilidad y mortalidad asociada con la infección por el VIH ha disminuido a lo largo de los últimos diez años a medida que ha aumentado el acceso al tratamiento antirretroviral. A pesar de este ...

¿Cómo promover la transparencia en la investigación? Acciones para las autoridades nacionales durante la pandemia de COVID-19

Organización Panamericana de la Salud; Health Systems and Services (HSS) (Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-09-29)

La transparencia es un componente central de la gobernanza ética de la investigación. En el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19, la transparencia es fundamental para promover la confianza pública en la investigación y en ...

How Can Research Transparency Be Promoted? Actions for National Health Authorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pan American Health Organization (Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-09-29)

Transparency is a central component of the ethical governance of research. In the context of COVID-19, transparency is key to promote public trust in research and in the response to the pandemic. If society and all ...

Fifth ad hoc Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Vaccine-preventable Diseases. 4 August 2020 United States of America (virtual meeting)

Pan American Health Organization; Family, Health Promotion and Life Course (FPL) (Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-09-29)

[Extract]. Immunization Programs in the Region of the Americas in the Context of COVID-19. COVID-19 is a communicable disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The COVID-19 pandemic was declared by the World ...

COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control in Shelters for Women and Children Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence in the Caribbean, 4 June 2020

Pan American Health Organization; Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC) (Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-09-29)

[Introduction]. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the COVID-19 outbreak was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. COVID-19 is an acute respiratory illness (ARI) caused by ...

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses: Surveillance in the Americas 2019, 3. ed.

Pan American Health Organization; Health Emergencies (PHE) (Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-09-25)

This third edition of the landscape analysis of Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses: Surveillance in the Americas provides regional and country-specific data that is used and valued by forums in the Region and beyond.Data ...

Front-of-Package Labeling as a Policy Tool for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Americas

Pan American Health Organization; Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH) (Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-09-25)

High blood pressure, high fasting blood sugar levels (measured as fasting plasma glucose), and overweight/obesity are the top three risk factors for mortality in the Americas. Unhealthy eating is closely linked to these ...

Preguntas frecuentes para la gestión de los trabajadores de salud como respuesta a la COVID-19. 2.ª edición, 10 de septiembre del 2020

Organización Panamericana de la Salud; Health Systems and Services (HSS) (Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-09-24)

Para hacer frente a la pandemia de COVID-19, los países y las instituciones de salud deben disponer de la capacidad de responder con recursos humanos en cantidad, capacidad y destrezas adecuadas a las necesidades de la ...

Recomendaciones para adaptar y fortalecer la capacidad resolutiva del primer nivel de atención durante la pandemia de COVID-19, septiembre del 2020

Organización Panamericana de la Salud; Health Systems and Services (HSS) (Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-09-24)

En este documento se presentan consideraciones para apoyar la toma de decisiones y acciones que permitan fortalecer la capacidad resolutiva del primer nivel de atención, basadas en los valores de la Estrategia para el ...

Frequently asked questions for the management of health workers in response to COVID-19. 2nd edition, 10 September 2020

Pan American Health Organization; Health Systems and Services (HSS) (Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-09-23)

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 ...

Plan Estratégico de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2020-2025: La equidad, el corazón de la salud

Organización Panamericana de la Salud (Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-09-22)

En el Plan Estratégico de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) se establece la orientación estratégica de la Organización, sobre la base de las prioridades colectivas de los Estados Miembros, y se especifican los ...

Ongoing Living Update of Potential COVID-19 Therapeutics: Summary of Rapid Systematic Reviews. Rapid Review, 22 September 2020

Pan American Health Organization; Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH) (Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-09-22)

This is the eighth edition of this summary of rapid systematic reviews. More than 200 therapeutic options or their combinations are being investigated in more than 1,700 clinical trials. In this review, 45 therapeutic ...