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Preventing HIV through safe voluntary medical male circumcision for adolescent boys and men in generalized HIV epidemics: recommendations and key considerations: guidelines

World Health Organization.

Since 2007 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have recommended voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an important strategy for the prevention of heterosexually acquired HIV in men in settings where the prevalence of heterosexually trans...

Circuncisão Masculina/métodos, Infecções por HIV/prevenção & controle, Admissão do Paciente, Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia, África/epidemiologia

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WHO interim guidelines for the treatment of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

World Health Organization.

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a parasitic infection that is almost invariably fatal unless treated. It is a neglected tropical disease that occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. The infection is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tsetse fly. The parasite multipl...

Tripanossomíase Africana/epidemiologia, Tripanossomíase Africana/prevenção & controle, Anti-Helmínticos/uso terapêutico, África/epidemiologia

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Managing meningitis epidemics in Africa A quick reference guide for health authorities and health-care workers

World Health Organization.

Meningococcal meningitis is a bacterial form of meningitis, a serious infection of the meninges (brain membrane). It can cause severe brain damage and is fatal in 50% of cases if untreated. It provides a concise overview of the World Health Organization (WHO) strategy to detect and respond to meningitis ...

Meningite Meningocócica/epidemiologia, Meningite Meningocócica/prevenção & controle, Epidemias, Meningite Meningocócica/terapia, África/epidemiologia, Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis/métodos, Pessoal de Saúde/educação, Capacitação em Serviço, Vacinação

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