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Are smokers and tobacco users at higher risk of COVID-19 infection?Smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 as the act of smoking means that fingers (and possibly contaminated cigarettes) are in contact with lips which increases the possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth. Smokers may also already have lung disease or reduced lung capacity which would greatly increase risk of serious illness.Smoking products such as water pipes often involve the sharing of mouth pieces and hoses, which could facilitate the transmission of COVID-19 in communal and social settings.Conditions that increase oxygen needs or reduce the ability of the body to use it properly will put patients at higher risk of serious lung conditions such as pneumonia.Source: WHO
What is World Health Day about?7 April 2020 is the day to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy. Nurses and other health workers are at the forefront of COVID-19 response - providing high quality, respectful treatment and care, leading community dialogue to address fears and questions and, in some instances, collecting data for clinical studies. Quite simply, without nurses, there would be no response.In this International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, World Health Day will highlight the current status of nursing and around the world. WHO and its partners will make a series of recommendations to strengthen of the nursing and midwifery workforce.This will be vital if we are to achieve national and global targets related to universal health coverage, maternal and child health, infectious and non-communicable diseases including mental health, emergency preparedness and response, patient safety and the delivery of integrated, people-centered care, amongst others.We are calling for your support on World Health Day to ensure that the nursing and midwifery workforces are strong enough to ensure that everyone, everywhere gets the healthcare they need.The tagline for World Health Day is: Support nurses and midwives.Source: WHO
WHO releases guidelines to help countries maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic30 March 2020 News releaseThe COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens to leave some health systems overstretched and unable to operate effectively.Previous outbreaks have demonstrated that when health systems are overwhelmed, mortality from vaccine-preventable and other treatable conditions can also increase dramatically. During the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, the increased number of deaths caused by measles, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis attributable to health system failures exceeded deaths from Ebola. “The best defense against any outbreak is a strong health system,” stressed WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “COVID-19 is revealing how fragile many of the world’s health systems and services are, forcing countries to make difficult choices on how to best meet the needs of their people.”To help countries navigate through these challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) has updated operational planning guidelines in balancing the demands of responding directly to COVID-19 while maintaining essential health service delivery, and mitigating the risk of system collapse. This includes a set of targeted immediate actions that countries should consider at national, regional, and local level to reorganize and maintain access to high-quality essential health services for all.Countries should identify essential services that will be prioritized in their efforts to maintain continuity of service delivery and make strategic shifts to ensure that increasingly limited resources provide maximum benefit for the population. They also need to comply with the highest standard in precautions, especially in hygiene practices, and the provision of adequate supplies including personal protective equipment This requires robust planning and coordinated actions between governments and health facilities and their managers.Some examples of essential services include: routine vaccination; reproductive health services including care during pregnancy and childbirth; care of young infants and older adults; management of mental health conditions as well as noncommunicable diseases and infectious diseases like HIV, malaria and TB; critical inpatient therapies; management of emergency health conditions; auxiliary services like basic diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, and blood bank services, among others.Well-organized and prepared health systems can continue to provide equitable access to essential service delivery throughout an emergency, limiting direct mortality and avoiding increased indirect mortality. The guidelines stress the importance of keeping up-to-date information. This requires frequent transparent communications with the public, and strong community engagements so the public can maintain trust in the system to safely meet their essential needs and to control infection risk in health facilities. This will help ensure that people continue to seek care when appropriate, and adhere to public health advice.Source: WHO
SITUATION IN NUMBERStotal (new) cases in last 24 hours APRIL 3, 2020Globally972 303 confirmed (75 853)50 322 deaths (4823)Western Pacific Region108 930 confirmed (1304)3760 deaths (37)European Region541 808 confirmed (38 802)37 103 deaths (3499)South-East Asia Region5881 confirmed (557)245 deaths (29)Eastern Mediterranean Region62 236 confirmed (4068)3439 deaths (160)Region of the Americas247 473 confirmed (30 561)5600 deaths (1061)African Region5263 confirmed (561)164 deaths (37)WHO RISK ASSESSMENTGlobal Level Very High
SITUATION IN NUMBERStotal (new) cases in last 24 hours April 4, 2020Globally1 051 635 confirmed (79332)56 985 deaths (6664)Western Pacific Region110 362 confirmed (1432)3809 deaths (49)European Region583 141 confirmed (41333)42 334 deaths (5231)South-East Asia Region6528 confirmed (647)267 deaths (22)Eastern Mediterranean Region65 903 confirmed (3667)3592 deaths (154)Region of the Americas279 543 confirmed (32070)6802 deaths (1202)African Region5446 confirmed (183)170 deaths (6)WHO RISK ASSESSMENTGlobal Level Very High
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