The article discusses the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations for resilient national health systems for pandemics like the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Topics covered include the latter's exposure of weaknesses in health, economic and social systems worldwide, and the likelihoo...
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When President Trump had Covid-19, his treatment regimen included remdesivir. Many infectious disease physicianshave taken the view that even if remdesivir is not a total savior of a medication, it may help some patients, particularly if it can be delivered relatively early in the course of som...
“With this new recommendation, the WHO guideline now better reflects the full body of evidence supporting remdesivir’s role in COVID-19 treatment and aligns more closely with recommendations in most major guidelines and protocols,” said Elizabeth Sapey, professor of acute and respi...
8月18日,世界卫生组织(WHO)发布《关于使用Valneva VLA2001疫苗预防新冠的临时建议》(Interim recommendations for use of the Valneva VLA2001 vaccine against COVID-19)。该《临时建议》所涉及的Valneva疫苗(VLA2001)由Valneva在法国和奥地利的研发团队...
patients with severe or critical COVID-19; conditional recommendations for the use of casirivimab-imdevimab (another monoclonal antibody treatment) in selected patients; and against the use of convalescent plasma, ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19 regardless of disease ...
patients with severe or critical COVID-19; conditional recommendations for the use of casirivimab-imdevimab (another monoclonal antibody treatment) in selected patients; and against the use of convalescent plasma, ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19 regardless of disease ...
GENEVA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) advised its member states on Wednesday to lift or ease international traffic bans although it still considers the COVID-19 pandemic a major concern. The WHO Emergency Committee presented a number of recommendations to the WHO dire...
Evidence for the recommendations comes from 16 RCTs, involving 16,236 patients with non-severe, severe, and critical COVID-19. For non-severe cases, plasma had no effect on mortality risk (OR, 0.83; 95% CI 0.43 to 1.46) and probably no impact on risk of mechanical ventilation (OR, 0.7...
The Health Ministry stresses that it will continue to administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines as the World Health Organization’s recommendations for the vaccine remains the same. In a joint statement with the WHO, the Health Ministry says the WHO still recommends ...