Interesse Geral
Relatório OMS | Análise global dos resíduos de serviços de saúde no contexto da COVID-19.
4 Fev, 2022 | 16:09hGlobal analysis of health care waste in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Comunicado de imprensa: Tonnes of COVID-19 health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems – World Health Organization
Comentários:
Covid-19: Pandemic waste threatens human and environmental health, says WHO – The BMJ
Amid Mountains of COVID Waste, WHO Urges Sustainable Solutions – Health Policy Watch
Comentário no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)
The #COVID19 pandemic has generated extra tonnes of waste & exposed cracks in waste management, everywhere.
Waste must be reduced & managed safely, for the health of both people & the environment https://t.co/JsYeqvl7G6 pic.twitter.com/UfI0GRjBD1— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) February 1, 2022
10 bilhões de doses de vacinas contra COVID: mundo atinge nova marca.
4 Fev, 2022 | 16:05hTen billion COVID vaccinations: world hits new milestone – Nature
Comentário no Twitter
10 billion doses given, <1 billion were boosters
1 continent nearly left outhttps://t.co/DrCqQ4b7tJ
and @OurWorldInData“It is a huge scientific achievement that ten billion doses of vaccines to a new pathogen were developed in two years from its identification”—@doctorsoumya pic.twitter.com/pyLXlvI22Q
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 1, 2022
Enquanto a Dinamarca descarta as restrições contra COVID, a OMS pede cuidado.
4 Fev, 2022 | 16:04hAs Denmark Scraps COVID Restrictions, WHO Urges Caution – Health Policy Watch
Conteúdo relacionado: Despite the ongoing spread of Omicron, some European countries have decided to lift Covid-19 restrictions.
Comissão Lancet | Especialistas alertam para o aumento da supermedicalização da morte e fazem um chamado para repensar, radicalmente, o modo como a sociedade cuida das pessoas em fase final de vida.
4 Fev, 2022 | 15:16hComunicado de imprensa: THE LANCET: Experts warn of the increasing overmedicalization of death, call for radical rethink of how society cares for dying people
Página principal: Lancet Commission on the Value of Death (necessário cadastro gratuito para todos os artigos)
Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: bringing death back into life
The precariousness of balancing life and death
Ros Taylor: seeing palliative care as relational
Conteúdo relacionado: What would it take to die well? A systematic review of systematic reviews on the conditions for a good death – The Lancet Health Longevity
Comentário no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)
Increasing overmedicalisation at the end of life is denying people & their families a good death.
Towards a compassionate community model: The Lancet #ValueofDeath Commission calls for a radical rethink of care for the dying & attitudes to death. https://t.co/DpJiu1tOcV pic.twitter.com/FU9MgCO1J6
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 31, 2022
Recomendações da OMS para redução do risco de declínio cognitivo e demência.
4 Fev, 2022 | 15:12hReducing the Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia: WHO Recommendations – Frontiers in Neurology
Conteúdos relacionados:
New WHO toolkit promotes inclusion of people with dementia in society.
Dementia: number of people affected to triple in next 30 years – World Health Organization
A Ômicron vai acabar com a pandemia? Veja o que dizem os especialistas.
4 Fev, 2022 | 15:06hWill Omicron end the pandemic? Here’s what experts say – Nature
O mundo precisa de uma vacina contra a Ômicron? O que dizem os pesquisadores.
4 Fev, 2022 | 15:05hDoes the world need an Omicron vaccine? What researchers say – Nature
O sucesso extraordinário das vacinas contra Covid-19, em 2 gráficos.
4 Fev, 2022 | 15:03hThe extraordinary success of Covid-19 vaccines, in two charts – Vox
Um estudo de coorte de amplitude nacional na Dinamarca mostrou que a “long Covid” em crianças é rara e de curta duração.
31 Jan, 2022 | 09:00hConteúdos relacionados:
Editorial | Long covid in children and adolescents – “Risk appears low, but many questions remain”.
Review: Long COVID symptoms in children rarely persist beyond three months.
Comentário no Twitter
Absolutely HUGE study on persistent symptoms after #COVID19 ("long covid") in 37,000 children from Denmark 🇩🇰
Incidence 0.8% compared to controls
Most symptoms resolved in <5 months (often loss of smell/taste)
Reassuring news from biggest study yet✅https://t.co/vX2JFruOqe pic.twitter.com/GctgyMXn6I
— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) January 28, 2022
Apesar da contínua disseminação da Ômicron, alguns países europeus decidiram suspender os protocolos de restrições para Covid-19.
31 Jan, 2022 | 08:58hEngland lifts COVID restrictions as omicron threat recedes – Associated Press
Denmark confirms plan to lift Covid-19 restrictions on February 1st – The Local dk
Netherlands lifts toughest Covid curbs with Denmark and France set to follow – The Guardian
Comentário no Twitter
IMMUNITY: Yes, UK dropped all COVID restrictions along with many countries in Europe following suit (masks optional, no vaccine passports, no asymptomatic testing) but that is due to high vax rates + Omicron infused immunity + advances in therapeuticshttps://t.co/fsbPkUqwSr
— Monica Gandhi MD, MPH (@MonicaGandhi9) January 28, 2022


