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Prehospital Emergency Medical System Readiness: Checklist for COVID-19. Draft document, Version 2.3 (9 March 2020)
Pan American Health Organization (2020-03-09)Pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) facilitate initial initiate care through basic life support (BLS) and/or advanced life support (ALS) and the transfer of injured or sick patients from the site of the emergency ... -
Promoting health equity, gender and ethnic equality, and human rights in COVID-19 responses: Key considerations
Pan American Health Organization (2020-05-04)Rationale: The COVID‐19 pandemic affects diverse groups of women and men differently. The risks and consequences are disproportionately felt by certain groups, especially those living in situations of vulnerability and ... -
Psychological First Aid. Stronger Together. A Guide to Help You and Your Community. Second Edition
Pan American Health Organization (2020-07-22)This is a revision of an illustrated booklet developed by the Pan American Health Organization and the Caribbean Development Bank. It is meant as a tool to help the general population of the Caribbean care for themselves ... -
Rapid Assessment of service delivery for NCDs during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas, 4 June 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-06-04)This brief report presents a snapshot of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on NCD services in the Region of the Americas. It represents the views and perspectives of the national health authorities responsible ... -
Recommendations for Implementing the CICOM Methodology during the COVID-19 Response. Version 3.1, 20 June 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-06-20)The technical recommendations in this guide provide information on the methodology for setting up medical coordination and information cells (CICOM, Spanish acronym) as a key function of health emergency operations centers ... -
Recommendations for Preparing Disinfecting Solution in Health Establishments, 9 April 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-04-09)The concentration of sodium hypochlorite available in the country must be used to prepare the disinfecting solution according to the intended use, following the indications presented in this document. -
Recommendations to expand access to hand washing and its proper use
Pan American Health Organization (2020-05-04)Promoting handwashing is essential to minimize transmission of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and to save lives. One of the most commons ways of transmission of SARS-COV-2 is from contaminated hands touching ... -
Rehabilitation considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak
Pan American Health Organization (2020-04-26)Key messages: − Severe cases of COVID-19 are associated with rehabilitation needs related to the consequences of ventilatory support, and prolonged immobilization and bed rest. These may include: − Impaired lung function; ... -
Reliance for Emergency Use Authorization of Medicines and Other Health Technologies in a Pandemic (e.g. COVID-19)
Pan American Health Organization (2020-04-23)Purpose and Context: This document provides guidance to national regulatory authorities (NRAs) and regulatory systems on practical ways to implement reliance for emergency use of medicines and other health technologies in ... -
Reliance for Emergency Use Authorization of Medicines and Other Health Technologies in a Pandemic (e.g. COVID-19)
Pan American Health Organization (2020-04-23)Purpose and Context: This document provides guidance to national regulatory authorities (NRAs) and regulatory systems on practical ways to implement reliance for emergency use of medicines and other health technologies in ... -
Remote Delivery of MHPSS (Mental Health and Psychosocial) Interventions
Pan American Health Organization (2020-09-08)The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced very different types of interventions to explore options for providing remote (digital, tele, or online) Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), mainly due to the public ... -
Requirements and technical specifications of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the novel coronavirus (2019-ncov) in healthcare settings. Interim recommendations, 2/6/2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-02-06)In December 2019 a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified as the causative agent of a severe acute respiratory illness among people exposed in a seafood market in Wuhan, China; • Human-to-human transmission has been ... -
Requirements and technical specifications of personal protective. Interim recommendations, 2 February 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-02-02)respiratory illness among people exposed in a seafood market in Wuhan, China; • Human-to-human transmission has been documented, including in healthcare workers, and aerosol-generating procedures (AGP)† may play a role in ... -
Retrofit Measures for COVID-19, 10 June 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-06-16)PAHO Smart Hospitals Project started in 2009 and has been implemented across nine countries in the Caribbean Region. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new lessons to be incorporated as part of Smart Retrofits. ... -
SARS-CoV-2 outbreak on the Caribbean islands of the Dutch Kingdom: a unique challenge
Pan American Health Organization (2020-08-05)[ABSTRACT]. As the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic progresses, countries are depending on one another to acquire knowledge regarding effective measures to contain the virus. Public ... -
Summary on Advances in the Development of Vaccines against COVID-19, 3 April 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-06-03)This document presents a brief summary of vaccines in development for COVID-19. At the end of 2019, the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged. Although there is not yet a vaccine against this virus, the field of research for ... -
Technical recommendations for the configuration of a specialized Emergency Medical Team for the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI)
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Technical specifications of medical devices for the case management of COVID-19 in healthcare settings. Interim recommendations, 3 March 2020
Pan American Health Organization (2020-06-04)• In December 2019 a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the causative agent of pneumonia (COVID-19) among people exposed to a seafood market in Wuhan, China. • There are gaps in the knowledge about the natural ... -
Teleconsultations during a pandemic
Pan American Health Organization (2020-03)Teleconsultations: an essential tool for use during a pandemic In situations where a pandemic is declared, the feelings of anxiety and uncertainty can overwhelm people, and health systems can struggle to cope with an ... -
Use of point-of-care technologies for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia
Pan American Health Organization (2020-08-05)