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On the WHO Outbreak Toolkit site, epidemiologists and field investigators can find up-to-date, comprehensive tools for use in the investigation of outbreaks of infectious and non-infectious diseases and hazards. The WHO Outbreak Toolkit responds to the need for standardization of tools to improve comparability and sharing of data collected ...
Noticias sobre brotes de enfermedades. La OMS añade una vacuna contra el VPH al esquema de dosis única. La OMS autoriza la primera prueba de diagnóstico de la mpox para su uso en emergencias. La OMS presenta un plan estratégico mundial para luchar contra el aumento del dengue y de otras enfermedades arbovirales transmitidas por mosquitos ...
Links and resources. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global outbreak of coronavirus – an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV) were first detected in China in December 2019, with the virus spreading rapidly to other countries ...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most people infected with the virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention. Older people and those with underlying medical ...
20 de abr. de 2023 · outbreak containment measures, including safe and dignified burial of the dead; reducing the risk of possible sexual transmission ; reducing the risk of transmission from pregnancy related fluids and tissue. Health-care workers should always take standard precautions when caring for patients, regardless of their presumed diagnosis.
Occasionally the cause of an outbreak is unknown, even after thorough investigation. Communicable disease outbreaks Environmental factors influencing the spread of communicable diseases. Water, sanitation, food and air quality are vital elements in the transmission of communicable diseases and in the spread of diseases prone to cause epidemics.
3 de oct. de 2024 · A global outbreak of mpox began in May 2022 and continues to this day. In recent months, cases have been increasing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A new strain of the virus, called Clade Ib, is causing outbreaks in previously unaffected areas of the country and has spread to countries that had not previously reported mpox.
The criteria for Disease Outbreak News. Disease Outbreak News (DONs) are published relating to confirmed or potential public health events, of: Unknown cause with a significant or potential international health concern that may affect international travel or trade; A known cause which has demonstrated the ability to cause serious public health ...
26 de ago. de 2024 · Key facts. Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus, a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus. There are two distinct clades of the virus: clade I (with subclades Ia and Ib) and clade II (with subclades IIa and IIb). In 2022–2023 a global outbreak of mpox was caused by the clade IIb strain.
14 de ago. de 2024 · Русский. Español. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR).
