scholarly journals Canine leptospirosis: an Overview of the City of Pelotas, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e5169108830
Author(s):  
Samuel Rodrigues Felix ◽  
Anelize de Oliveira Campello Felix ◽  
Karina Colonetti ◽  
Amilton Clair Pinto Seixas Neto ◽  
Mariana Teixeira Tillmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agglutination Test ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
World Health ◽  
Serological Survey ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Stray Dogs ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The City

Leptospirosis is a disease of worldwide importance, both from a veterinarian and a public health point of view. Serological survey through the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is the standard to diagnose and assess the disease´s distribution in a population.  Stray dogs are important urban reservoirs of leptospirosis and studies regarding their seroreactivity in Brazil are few and far apart. This work reports the seroreactivity of stray dogs to the most important serogroups in the Leptospira genus causing urban leptospirosis in dogs and humans in Pelotas, Brazil: Icterohaemorrhagiae and Canicola. All the animals used in this study were female stray dogs, no distinction regarding age or race was made. Blood samples were collected from 221 animals. The MAT was carried out according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO). Of the 221 tested animals, 64 were positive for agglutinating antibodies, representing a prevalence of 29%. These results are in accordance with those reported for housed dogs in Pelotas in previous studies. This study represents an important epidemiological update for the leptospirosis scenario in southern Brazil. Furthermore, these reports will aid healthcare agents in controlling both canine and human leptospirosis in the region.

scholarly journals A PIECEWISE GROWTH MODEL FOR MODELING THE ACCUMULATED NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES IN THE CITY OF CAMPO GRANDE

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Erlandson Ferreira SARAIVA ◽  
Leandro SAUER ◽  
Basílio De Bragança PEREIRA ◽  
Carlos Alberto de Bragança PEREIRA
Keyword(s):  
Growth Model ◽  
Health Department ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mathematical Study ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The City

In December of 2019, a new coronavirus was discovered in the city of Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization officially named this coronavirus as COVID-19. Since its discovery, the virus has spread rapidly around the world and is currently one of the main health problems, causing an enormous social and economic burden. Due to this, there is a great interest in mathematical models capable of projecting the evolution of the disease in countries, states and/or cities. This interest is mainly due to the fact that the projections may help the government agents in making decisions in relation to the prevention of the disease. By using this argument, the health department of the city (HDC) of Campo Grande asked the UFMS for the development of a mathematical study to project the evolution of the disease in the city. In this paper, we describe a modeling procedure used to fit a piecewise growth model for the accumulated number of cases recorded in the city. From the fitted model, we estimate the date in which the pandemic peak is reached and project the number of patients who will need treatment in intensive care units. Weekly, was sent to HDC a technical report describing the main results.

CORONOVIRUS INFECTION COVID-19. MASKS (literature review)

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
Semen Kireev ◽  
I. Popov ◽  
A. Ban'kovskiy ◽  
E. Litvinenko ◽  
E. Surova
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Infectious Agent ◽  
International Committee ◽  
World Health ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Regional Director ◽  
The World ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The City

At the end of 2019, an outbreak of a new coronavirus infection occurred in the People's Re-public of China with an epicenter in the city of Wuhan (Hubei province). On February 11, 2020, the World Health Organization has assigned the official name of the infection caused by the new coronavirus - COVID-19 ("Coronavirus disease2019"). On February 11, 2020, the International Committee on Virus Taxonomy gave the official name to the infectious agent - SARS-CoV-2.Since the end of January 2020, cases of COVID-19 have begun to be registered in many coun-tries of the world, mainly associated with travel to the PRC. At the end of February 2020, the epidemiological situation with COVID-19 in South Korea, Iran and Italy sharply worsened, which subsequently led to a significant increase in the number of cases in other countries of the world associated with travel to these countries, incl. and in Russia. The World Health Organiza-tion announced the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2020, and the pandemic's challenge to the world will remain so as long as people are not immune to it.The Regional Director of the World Health Organization Takeshi Kasai, on the basis of an epidemiological analysis, reports that the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in July-August 2020 occurred mainly among people under 50 years old, and they often did not even know about it, because they had mild or no symptoms. In the future, these people then infect older people who are more difficult to tolerate COVID-19. And we need to redouble our efforts to prevent the spread of the virus in vulnerable communities.

scholarly journals Exploring WHO Communication during the COVID 19 Pandemic through the WHO Website Based on W3C Guidelines: Accessible for All?

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5663
Author(s):  
Elena Fernández-Díaz ◽  
Patricia P. Iglesias-Sánchez ◽  
Carmen Jambrino-Maldonado
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Digital Version ◽  
Recommendations For Action ◽  
The World ◽  
Accessibility Guidelines ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health Content

Health crisis situations generate greater attention and dependence on reliable and truthful information from citizens, especially from those organisations that represent authority on the subject, such as the World Health Organization (WHO). In times of global pandemics such as COVID-19, the WHO message “health for all” takes on great communicative importance, especially from the point of view of the prevention of the disease and recommendations for action. Therefore, any communication must be understandable and accessible by all types of people, regardless of their technology, language, culture or disability (physical or mental), according to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), taking on special relevance for public health content. This study analysed whether the WHO is accessible in its digital version for all groups of citizens according to the widely accepted standards in the field of the Internet. The conclusion reached was that not all the information is accessible in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, which implies that there are groups that are, to some extent, left out, especially affecting the elderly. This study can contribute to the development of proposals and suggest ways in which to improve the accessibility of health content to groups especially vulnerable in this pandemic.

scholarly journals Issuances of Automotive Vehicles and the Impacts on Air Quality in the Largest City in the Brazilian Amazon

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Cartaxo ◽  
Ilsa Valois ◽  
Vladimiro Miranda ◽  
Marcia Costa
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
World Health ◽  
Sampling Locations ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

Manaus, a city of more than two million people, suffers problems arising from strong sunlight and aggravated by several factors, such as traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions generated by evaporation and burning of fuel. The present study examined Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emissions in an urban area of the city using different methodologies. CO and NO2 were measured using automated and passive analyzers, respectively. Meanwhile, direct monitoring of these pollutants was performed in vehicular sources in the vicinity of sampling locations. Results showed that levels of carbon monoxide vary over time, being higher during peak movement of vehicles. NO2 values have exceeded the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), and monitoring at source showed high levels of CO and NO2 emissions to the atmosphere.

scholarly journals Anxiety disorder and consumption of social media in Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 316-326
Author(s):  
Tarcisio Torres Silva
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
World Health ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The City

Brazilian population spends a lot of time on social media. The average access from any device is 3 hours and 39 minutes (The Global, 2018). On the other hand, the country leads the numbers of anxiety disorder among the population. According to the World Health Organization, the incidence in the country is 9.3%, while the world average is 3.5%. This number is even higher in big cities, reaching 19.9% in the city of São Paulo (Horta, 2019). Possible causes are economic instability, social changes and violence (Horta, 2019). Add to that the political polarization in recent years and the intensive use of gadgets, private chat applications, such as Whatsapp, and social networks. In this work, we focus on the influence of social networks in the development of Brazilian anxiety. Our hypothesis is that the intensity of use reinforces the existence of other factors of anxiety increase (economy, violence, political division, etc.) through the sharing of news, besides adding others, such as self-display, performativity and the need of always being in evidence in social networks. As a method, we will work with content analysis (news and images) from the main social networking platforms used in Brazil.

scholarly journals IVERMECTIN AS ADJUVANT TO HYDROXYCHOLOROQUINE IN PATIENTS RESISTANT TO STANDARD TREATMENT FOR SARS-CoV-2: RESULTS OF AN OPEN-LABEL RANDOMIZED CLINICAL STUDY

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Naveen Kishoria ◽  
S.L Mathur ◽  
Veeram Parmar ◽  
Rimple Jeet Kaur ◽  
Harish Agarwal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Study ◽  
Standard Treatment ◽  
World Health ◽  
Unknown Etiology ◽  
Open Label ◽  
Randomized Clinical Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The City

A cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown etiology was reported from the city of Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, in December 2019. A novel coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the causative agent of the disease which was subsequently termed as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO). SARS-CoV-2 mainly affects the lower res-piratory tract and manifests as pneumonia in humans.

scholarly journals Mercy Not Sacrifice: Lessons from Christianity for COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
World Health ◽  
Spiritual Support ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
To Receive

The World Health Organization announced that Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) officially a pandemic after its detection in Wuhan, China. From a religious point of view, most churches announced a suspension of all liturgical activities. Church practices have been altered in an effort to contain the virus. In this article we will enumerate the lessons applied from Christianity to behave in such pandemics. Introduction On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the COVID-19 officially a pandemic after barreling through 114 countries in three months and infecting over three million people [1]. It's comprehensible that people tend to use religion to deal with a crisis or explain the tragedy by reference to an Act of God and seeking a church to receive spiritual support and healing during such traumatic events. Nonetheless, all over the world, liturgical services are being suspended [2]. Several million worshipers have been deprived of the existential comfort of attending religious rituals in a moment of critical vagueness and confusion.

Pemberian Kompres Jahe Merah Pada Penderita Asam Urat Dengan Masalah Keperawatan Nyeri Di Desa Padan Arang Kabupaten Lahat

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1209-1215
Author(s):  
Usastiawaty Cik Ayu Saadiah Isnainy ◽  
Renda Wulandasari
Keyword(s):  
Connective Tissue ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Health Research ◽  
World Health ◽  
Basic Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Red Ginger ◽  
The City

ABSTRAK Data World Health Organization (2016) dilaporkan prevalensi gout arthritis di dunia adalah 13,6% pria dan 6,4% perempuan. Pada tahun 2015 jumlah penderita arthritis sudah mencapai 66 juta atau hampir 1 dari 3 orang menderita gangguan sendi (WHO, 2016). Hasil Riset Kesehatan Dasar (Riskesdas) tahun 2017, prevalensi arthritis gout tiga tertinggi yaitu di Bali mencapai 22,8%, Aceh 21,3%, dan Lampung 14,5%, sedangkan untuk kota Palembang pada tahun 2016 di bulan JanuariFebruari penyakit pada sistem otot dan jaringan pengikat di urutan ke 4 dari 10 penyakit terbesar sebanyak 7.304 orang, dan pada bulan Maret meningkat sebesar 3.357 orang, sedangkan pada bulan April meningkat sebanyak 5.328 (Dinkes Palembang, 2016). Sedangkan di Desa Padan Arang Kabupaten Lahat, terdapat sedikitnya 30 lansia dan kurang lebih 20 (66,67%) diantaranya mengalami masalah asam urat dengan tanda gejala nyeri pada setiap sendi-sendi baik pagi atau pun malam hari, namun terapi yang digunakan hanya sebatas melakukan kompres hangat saja.Kata Kunci: Kompres jahe merah, Nyeri Gout Atritis (Asam Urat) ABSTRACTData from World Health Organization (2016) reported that the prevalence of gout arthritis in the world is 13.6% of men and 6.4% of women. In 2015 the number of arthritis sufferers reached 66 million or almost 1 in 3 people suffer from joint disorders (WHO, 2016). The results of the Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) in 2017, the highest prevalence of arthritis of gout three, namely in Bali reached 22.8%, Aceh 21.3%, and Lampung 14.5%, while for the city of Palembang in 2016 in January February the disease in the system muscle and connective tissue ranked 4th out of the 10 largest diseases of 7,304 people, and in March it increased by 3,357 people, while in April it increased by 5,328 (Palembang Health Office, 2016). Whereas in Padan Arang Village, Lahat Regency, there are at least 30 elderly people, and approximately 20 (66.67%) of them experience gout problems with signs of pain in every joint either morning or night, but the therapy used is only limited to conducting just warm compresses. Keywords: compress red ginger, gout arthritis pain (gout)

scholarly journals Take-Home Messages from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strengths and Pitfalls of the Italian National Health Service from a Medico-Legal Point of View

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Matteo Bolcato ◽  
Marco Trabucco Aurilio ◽  
Anna Aprile ◽  
Giulio Di Mizio ◽  
Bruno Della Pietra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
World Health ◽  
Medical Treatments ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
The World ◽  
Italian National Health Service ◽  
Italian National Health ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of the end of October 2020, there were 50 million cases of infection and over one million deaths recorded worldwide, over 45,000 of which occurred in Italy. In Italy, the demand for intensive care over the course of this pandemic crisis has been exceptionally high, resulting in a severe imbalance between the demand for and availability of the necessary resources. This paper focuses on elements of preventive medicine and medical treatments in emergency and non-emergency situations which, based on the international scientific literature, may prove to be useful to physicians on a behavioral level and avert professional liability problems. In order to achieve this objective, we have performed a search on MEDLINE to find published articles related to the risks associated with the pandemic that contain useful suggestions and strategies for mitigating risks and protecting the safety of the population. The results have been collocated in line with these specific study areas.

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