adolescents and adults with acute, community-acquired meningitis. Due to the similarities in clinical presentation, initial diagnostic approach and treatment strategies, both bacterial and viral causes are cons
•WHO,todevelopoutbreakspecificemergencycontacttracingguidance;and •otherorganizationswhomayparticipateincontacttracingimplementationorresearch,including nongovernmentalandcommunity-basedorganizations,academicinstitutions,UnitedNations agencies,technicalnetworks,etc. Guidelinedevelopmentmethodology Thecreationofthisguidelineand...
I served on three key committees: finance & estates, strategy, and audit & risk – and on the emergency Covid-19 committee, navigating the forced shutdown and supporting the recovery. I also chaired a working party evaluating Board skills and performance.The changes Abbeyfield are planning must...
(i) The Emergency Financial Assistance Scheme for Prevention of the Spread of SARS for persons who are identified to be close contacts of SARS patients and who are put under confinement. legco.gov.hk (i) 為曾與 SARS 病人有緊密接觸而須接受隔離 的人士而設的防 止嚴重急性呼吸系統綜合症擴散緊...
Still we lack the medications, emergency contacts, and emergency-meeting and pet-care plans we should also have .Officials in my state of Oregon have warned us that one of us is really ready for the major disaster which is very likely to hit here--- a big earthquake. Working parents need...
Still w e lack the medications, emergency contacts, and emergen y-meeting and pet-car e plans w e should also h ave.Officials in my stat e of Oregon hav e wa rned us that on e of us is really ready for the major disaster which is very likely to hit here--- a big earthquake....
Unlike in the big West African outbreak, when it took months to convene an Emergency Committee, the WHO is moving fast to try to nip Congo’s latest outbreak, its ninth, in the bud. The Kinshasa government reported the outbreak on May 8, one day after two samples tested positive for the...
When your customers make a call with their Freeus mPERS device, they are connected to a reassuring, helpful person on the other end. But who are the emergency care specialists, and what can they do? Emergency care specialists are highly trained individuals who specialize in answering mobile med...
Background Emergency department visits and hospital admissions are common among nursing home residents (NHRs) and seem to be higher in Germany than in other countries. Yet, research on characteristics of transfers and involved persons in the transfer decision is scarce. Aims The aim of this study...
19 and Ebola, I’m delighted to welcome Dr Socé Fall, WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Emergency Response, and Dr Mory Keita, who is the Incident Manager coordinating WHO’s field work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the current Ebola outbreak in the west of the country....