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COVID-19: An Informative Guide. Advice for Journalists
(2020-06-26)This document offers tools to help journalists practice responsible coverage of the pandemic using evidence-based information. It also proposes ways to approach coverage and encourages journalists to provide advice and ... -
Ongoing Living Update of Potential COVID-19 Therapeutics: Summary of Rapid Systematic Reviews, 16 June 2020
(2020-06-16)Take home message thus far: • We examined 24 therapeutic options thus far; currently, there is no evidence of any important benefit from any therapeutic option (though remdesivir is revealing promise as one option based ... -
Considerations for Regulatory Oversight of Clinical Trials in the COVID-19 Pandemic, 5 June 2020
(2020-06-05)This document provides national regulatory authorities (NRAs) with guidance for the regulation of clinical trials (CTs) in order to promote the investigation and use of safe and efficacious medicines and other health ... -
Considerations on Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants, and Other Ethnic Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 4 June 2020
(2020-06-04)Introduction: In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by a new coronavirus, constituted a pandemic, given the speed and scale of its transmission. The ... -
COVID-19: Guidelines for Communicating about Coronavirus Disease 2019. A Guide for Leaders
(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. ... -
Considerations on the Spraying and Nebulization of Chemicals in Enclosed Spaces, 2 June 2020
(2020-06-02)GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS: Biosafety requirements for contamination by infectious agents in enclosed places vary, depending on the nature of the space, the activities undertaken there, the risks involved and the materials ... -
Retrofit Measures for COVID-19, 10 June 2020
(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. ... -
Requirements and technical specifications of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the novel coronavirus (2019-ncov) in healthcare settings. Interim recommendations, 2/6/2020
(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 ... -
Summary on Advances in the Development of Vaccines against COVID-19, 3 April 2020
(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 ... -
Interpretation of laboratory results for COVID-19 diagnosis, 6 May 2020
(2020-05-06)Etiological confirmation of COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) infection can only be made by laboratory tests. In general, the currently available assays for COVID-19 can be classified into two groups: • The first group (virological ...