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Psychological distress in refugee children
(2020-04-11)What is this? The COVID-19 pandemic is causing considerable stress to migrants and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Children, especially those who are defined as refugees or IDPs, are vulnerable to the psychological ... -
Psychological First Aid. Stronger Together. A Guide to Help You and Your Community. Second Edition
(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 ... -
The psychological impact of COVID-19 and other viral epidemics on frontline healthcare workers and ways to address it: A rapid systematic review
(2020-09-17)Background: As the world is battling the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline health care workers (HCWs) are among the most vulnerable groups at risk of mental health problems. The many risks to the wellbeing of HCWs are not well ... -
Psychological impact of lockdown (confinement) on young children and how to mitigate its effects: Rapid review of the evidence
(2020-07)The aim of this article is to review the available evidence on the psychological impact of confinement in children, seeking to identify the main stressors and protective factors at play. -
The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence
(2020-02-26)The December, 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak has seen many countries ask people who have potentially come into contact with the infection to isolate themselves at home or in a dedicated quarantine facility. Decisions ... -
Public health ethics framework: A guide for use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
(2020-04-25)Introduction: The public health threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic has led all levels of government to take unprecedented measures to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and thereby minimise serious illness, death and ... -
Public health management of persons, including health care workers, having had contact with COVID-19 cases in the European Union - first update
(2020-02-25)This document aims to provide guidance for EU/EEA public health authorities on the management of persons, including healthcare workers, who had contact with COVID-19 cases. A contact of a COVID-19 case is a person not ... -
Public Health Responses to COVID-19 Outbreaks on Cruise Ships — Worldwide, February–March 2020
(2020-03-27)What is already known about this topic? Cruise ships are often settings for outbreaks of infectious diseases because of their closed environment and contact between travelers from many countries. What is added by this ... -
Public interest in preventative measures of COVID-19 associated with timely issuance of state-wide Stay-at-Home orders
(2020-06-05)Introduction: One method of monitoring public preparedness is through measuring public interest in preventive measures. The objective of this study was to analyze public interest in COVID-19 preventive measures and to ... -
Public Notice (COVID-19)
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Pulmonary post-mortem findings in a large series of COVID-19 cases from Northern Italy
(2020-04-22)Importance. The analysis of lung tissues of patients with COVID-19 may help understand pathogenesis and clinical outcomes in this life-threatening respiratory illness. Objective. To determine the histological patterns in ... -
QT Interval Prolongation and Torsade De Pointes in Patients with COVID-19 treated with Hydroxychloroquine/Azithromycin
(2020-05-01)Background: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over two million affected and over 150 thousand deaths to date. There is no known effective therapy for the disease. Initial reports suggesting the potential ... -
Quantitative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Public Health Measures on COVID-19 Transmission
(2020-05-18)Although COVID-19 has spread almost all over the world, social isolation is still a controversial public health policy and governments of many countries still doubt its level of effectiveness. This situation can create ... -
Quantitative Detection and Viral Load Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Infected Patients
(2020-12-17)Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a public health emergency. The widely used reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method has limitations for clinical diagnosis and treatment. ... -
Quantitative Method for Comparative Assessment of Particle Filtration Efficiency of Fabric Masks as Alternatives to Standard Surgical Masks for PPE
(2020-05-18)In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, cloth masks are being used to control the spread of virus, but the efficacy of these loose-fitting masks is not well known. Here, tools and methods typically used to assess tight-fitting ... -
Quantitative real-time PCR detection of Zika virus and evaluation with field-caught Mosquitoes
(2014)Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito borne flavivirus is a pathogen affecting humans in Asia and Africa. ZIKV infection diagnosis relies on serology–which is challenging due to cross-reactions with other flaviviruses and/or absence ... -
Quarantine alone or in combination with other public health measures to control COVID‐19: a rapid review
(2020-09-14)Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a rapidly emerging disease classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). To support the WHO with their recommendations on quarantine, we conducted a ...