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Handbook for the management of public health events in air transport: updated with information on Ebola virus disease and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
A wide variety of health events ranging in severity may occur related to air transport, requiring different responses or, perhaps, no response at all. The target audience for this guidance document includes the national ... -
Hazardous Postoperative Outcomes of Unexpected COVID-19 Infected Patients: A Call for Global Consideration of Sampling all Asymptomatic Patients Before Surgical Treatment
(2020-05-16)Background: In December 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of many pneumonia cases in China and eventually declared as a pandemic as the virus spread globally. Few reports were published on the outcome ... -
Health and the Economy: A Convergence Needed to Address COVID-19 and Retake the Path of Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2020-07-30)Latin America and the Caribbean is now the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the highest number of cases of any region in the world. The pandemic has produced an unprecedented economic and social crisis, and it could ... -
Health care costs of influenza-related episodes in high income countries: A systematic review
(2018-09-07)INTRODUCTION: This study systematically reviews costing studies of seasonal influenza-like illness (ILI) in high-income countries. Existing reviews on the economic impact of ILI do not report information on drug consumption ... -
Health evaluation of free-ranging and semi-captive orangutans (pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) in Sabah, Malaysia
(2014)Baseline data on health of free-ranging wildlife is essential to evaluate impacts of habitat transformation and wildlife translocation, rehabilitation, and reintroduction programs. Health information on many species, ... -
Health security capacities in the context of COVID-19 outbreak: an analysis of International Health Regulations annual report data from 182 countries
(2020-03-18)Background: Public health measures to prevent, detect, and respond to events are essential to control public health risks, including infectious disease outbreaks, as highlighted in the International Health Regulations ... -
Health workers exposure risk assessment and management in the context of COVID-19 virus, Interim guidance, 4 March 2020
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first detected in Wuhan city, China in December 2019. On 30 January 2020, the WHO Director General declared that the current outbreak constituted a Public Health Emergency of International ... -
Health workers’ perceptions and experiences of using mHealth technologies to deliver primary healthcare services: a qualitative evidence synthesis
(2020-03-26)Background: Mobile health (mHealth), refers to healthcare practices supported by mobile devices, such as mobile phones and tablets. Within primary care, health workers often use mobile devices to register clients, track ... -
Health-related lifestyle advice delivered by peer or lay advisors
(2020-05-19)What is this? The COVID-19 pandemic is placing a strain on health systems and healthcare workers. Existing research on the provision of health-related lifestyle advice from peers and lay advisors might provide useful ... -
Healthcare students and workers' knowledge about transmission, epidemiology and symptoms of Zika fever in four cities of Colombia
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Healthcare worker mask reuse in a global pandemic: Using idle resources to create an inexpensive, scalable, and accessible UV system for N95 sterilization
(2020-04-24)As the current COVID-19 pandemic illustrates, not all hospitals and other facilities are equipped with enough personal protective equipment to meet the demand in a crisis. Healthcare workers around the world utilize N95 ... -
Hearing Loss in Infants with Microcephaly and Evidence of Congenital Zika Virus Infection - Brazil, November 2015-May 2016
(2016)Congenital infection with Zika virus causes microcephaly and other brain abnormalities (1). Hearing loss associated with other congenital viral infections is well described; however, little is known about hearing loss in ... -
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems in Public Spaces
(2020-09-29)Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are a common and important part of building operations for both health care and non-health care settings, including schools and workplaces. More robust, published, ... -
Hematologic, biochemical and immune biomarker abnormalities associated with severe illness and mortality in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a meta-analysis
(2020-04-10)In the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), now a worldwide pandemic, urgent identification of clinical and laboratory predictors of progression towards severe and fatal forms is urgently needed. These ... -
Hematological findings and complications of COVID‐19
(2020-04-13)COVID‐19 is a systemic infection with a significant impact on the hematopoietic system and hemostasis. Lymphopenia may be considered as a cardinal laboratory finding, with prognostic potential. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio ... -
Heparin therapy improving hypoxia in COVID-19 patients - a case series
(2020-04-30)INTRODUCTION: Elevated D-dimer is a predictor of severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients and heparin use during in-hospital stay has been associated with decreased mortality. COVID-19 patient autopsies have revealed ... -
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is associated with a high risk of mortality in critical COVID-19 patients receiving heparin-involved treatment
(2020-04-28)Background Coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) has developed into a global pandemic. It is essential to investigate the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 and uncover potential risk factors for severe disease ... -
High frequency of SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia and association with severe disease
(2020-05-01)Background: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the blood, also known as RNAemia, has been reported, but its prognostic implications are not well understood. This study aimed to determine the frequency of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in ...