The disease quickly spread worldwide, and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the pandemic in March 2020. From the first notifications of spread of the disease, the WHO’s Emergency Programme implemente
WORLD Health OrganizationCOVID-19 vaccinesDear Editor, Various benign dermatological adverse events to antiCOVID19 vaccine have been described.1,2 Epidermal necrolysis (EN) is a rare mucocutaneous condition that includes StevensJohnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), induced by ...
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Figure 1. World Health Organization data on the COVID-19 pandemic: distribution of cases and epidemic curve of confirmed cases, April 23, 2020.10 Recommendations have been issued by the WHO aiming to: (i) interrupt human-to-human transmission including reducing secondary infections among close co...
John MiddletonAssociation of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, BelgiumPhilip Baba AdongoAssociation of Schools of Public Health in Africa (ASPHA), Accra, GhanaWah-Yun LowAsia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH), Bangkok, ThailandLaura Magaa...
Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine has been given approval by the World Health Organization (WHO) for emergency use. The decision gives countries, funders, procuring agencies and communities the assurance that it meets international standards for safety, efficacy and manufacturing. ...
(COVID-19) aglobal health emergency, urging rigorous containment including testing, contract tracing, and quarantine. Broad criticism of the organization is unfounded, and is particularly damaging because the pandemic is poised to deeply affect sub-Saharan Africa. That said, legitimate concerns about ...
COVID-19. I’ll spell it: C-O-V-I-D hyphen one nine – COVID-19″ –@DrTedros #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Kh0wx2qfzk — World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) February 11, 2020 Scientists and public-health officials have been trying to learn more about this new virus that belongs...
World Health Organization. Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 17 August 2022. World Health Organization 2022; published online Aug 17. https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/weekly-epidemiological-update-on-COVID-19---17-august-2022. Google Scholar [10] World Health Organization. Week...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a guidance advising pregnant women not to take the Covid-19 vaccines, except in instances where a woman is at high risk of exposure or has a severe case of the virulent disease. ...