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Interim Clinical Guidance for Care of Patients with COVID-19 in Health Care Settings
April 13, 2020
The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that the two more cases positive for COVID-19 in Nepal. A 19-year-old male from Rautahat and a 65-year-old female from Kailali diagnosed positive for COVID-19. The total number of peoples infected by COVID-19 has increased to fourteen in Nepal.
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Apr 2, 2020 update: Active Infections: 72,658 Confirmed Infections: 2280
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Vacancy Announcement for Various Positions- MoSD, Province No. 1
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 10 April 2020
COVID-19 fallout could push half a billion people into poverty in developing countries
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 8 April 2020
COVID-19 Forecast for Nepal and Active infections estimate (fraction of population)
In India, from Jan 31 to 2:00am CEST, 11 April 2020, there have been 7,447 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 239 deaths.
In the past week, we’ve seen a welcome slowing in some of the hardest-hit countries in Europe, like Spain, Italy, Germany and France.
On a personal note, I was pleased to see my friend Boris Johnson is no longer in intensive care. I wish him all the best – as I wish the best for everyone who is facing what he faced.
At the same time, we’ve seen an alarming acceleration in other countries.
I want to take a moment to highlight Africa, where we are seeing the spread of the virus to rural areas. We are now seeing clusters of cases and community spread in more than 16 countries.
We anticipate severe hardship for already overstretched health systems, particularly in rural areas, which normally lack the resources of those in cities.
As Dr Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, said yesterday, this means countries need to localize the response, by urgently strengthening the existing public health and primary health care infrastructure in countries.
The recent meeting of the G20 countries expressed strong support for Africa, which must be expedited even though the numbers in Africa are still relatively small but accelerating.
I know that some countries are already planning the transition out of stay-at-home restrictions.
WHO wants to see restrictions lifted as much as anyone.
At the same time, lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence.
The way down can be as dangerous as the way up if not managed properly.
WHO is working with affected countries on strategies for gradually and safely easing restrictions.
First, that transmission is controlled;
Second, that sufficient public health and medical services are available;
Third, that outbreak risks in special settings like long-term care facilities are minimized;
Fourth, that preventive measures are in place in workplaces, schools and other places where it’s essential for people to go;
Fifth, that importation risks can be managed;
And sixth – and I cannot over-emphasize this point – that communities are fully aware and engaged in the transition.
Every single person has a role to play in ending this pandemic.
We are particularly concerned by the large numbers of infections reported among health workers.
In some countries there are reports of more than 10 percent of health workers being infected. This is an alarming trend.
When health workers are at risk, we’re all at risk.
Evidence from China, Italy, Singapore, Spain and the United States is helping us to understand why this is happening, and what we can do about it.
It shows that some health workers are actually being infected outside health facilities, in their homes or communities.
Within health facilities, common problems are the late recognition of COVID-19, or lack of training or inexperience in dealing with respiratory pathogens.
Many health workers are also being exposed to large numbers of patients in long shifts with inadequate rest periods.
However, the evidence also shows that when health workers wear personal protective equipment the right way, infections can be prevented.
That makes it even more important that health workers are able to access the masks, gloves, gowns and other PPE they need to do their jobs safely and effectively.
To support countries, WHO has launched three tools to help managers and planners calculate the health workers, supplies and equipment that will be needed for the increase in COVID-19 patients.
On Wednesday I mentioned the new United Nations Supply Chain Task Force, to coordinate and scale up the procurement and distribution of personal protective equipment, lab diagnostics and oxygen to the countries that need it most.
This initiative will be coordinated by WHO and the World Food Programme, building on existing collaboration between multiple partners from within and outside the UN.
This system will consist of hubs in Belgium, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malaysia, Panama, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
We estimate this supply chain may need to cover more than 30% of the world’s needs in the acute phase of the pandemic.
Every month, we will need to ship at least 100 million medical masks and gloves;
up to 25 million N95 respirators, gowns and face-shields;
up to 2.5 million diagnostic tests;
and large quantities of oxygen concentrators and other equipment for clinical care.
To move these supplies around the world, the World Food Programme will deploy eight 747 aircraft, eight medium-sized cargo aircraft, and several smaller passenger planes to move humanitarian workers, technical staff, trainers and other personnel.
Clearly the associated costs will be substantial. The WFP estimates it will need approximately US$280 million, simply to cover the costs of storing and moving supplies. The costs of procuring supplies will be much greater.
We urge donors to support this vitally important system. We call on all donors to support the World Food Programme.
Today I convened a meeting of the Emergency Committee on Ebola in DRC.
After 52 days without a case, surveillance and response teams on the ground have confirmed a new case of Ebola in DRC.
We have been preparing for and expecting more cases.
Unfortunately, this means the government of DRC will not be able to declare an end to the outbreak on Monday, as hoped.
But WHO and all partners remain on the ground and committed as ever to working under the leadership of the government, affected communities and our partners to end the outbreak.
I thank you.
COVID-19 fallout could push half a billion people into poverty in developing countries
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 8 April 2020
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New research published by UNU-WIDER warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has increased globally in thirty years, since 1990.
The authors of the UNU-WIDER study – Andy Sumner and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez of King’s College London and Chris Hoy from Australian National University – find that a setback of this size would reverse a decade of global progress on poverty reduction.
COVID-19 fallout could push half a billion people into poverty in developing countries
This study shows that the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, and in particular, the SDGs on no poverty and zero hunger, is under considerable threat. The need of the hour is to bring together development agencies, national governments, civil society and the private sector in a global effort to protect the livelihoods and lives of the poorest of the poor in the Global South. – Kunal Sen, Director of UNU-WIDER.
The results of the study have galvanized concern for vulnerable communities around the world. They are being cited by Oxfam International, today, in its call to world leaders to implement “an Economic Rescue Plan for All, to keep poor countries and poor communities afloat,” ahead of key meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) and G20 Finance Ministers’ next week.
Oxfam is calling on world leaders to agree on an Emergency Rescue Package of 2.5 trillion USD paid for through the immediate cancellation or postponement of 1 trillion in debt repayments, a 1 trillion increase in IMF Special Drawing Rights (international financial reserves), and an additional 500 billion in aid.
The WIDER Working Paper estimates an outcome of a 400-600 million persons increase in global poverty given a scenario in which per capita consumption contracts by 20%. The study also estimates poverty increases for mitigated contractions of 10% and 5% and shows the impacts on poverty by region, as well as globally.
Andy Sumner, Professor of International Development at King’s College London and a Senior Non-Resident Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, said of the research:
“We were surprised at the sheer scale of the potential poverty tsunami that could follow COVID-19 in developing countries. Our findings point towards the importance of a dramatic expansion of social safety nets in developing countries as soon as possible and – more broadly – much greater attention to the impact of COVID in developing countries and what the international community can do to help”.
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WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 8 April 2020
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 8 April 2020
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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening.
Tomorrow marks 100 days since WHO was notified of the first cases of “pneumonia with unknown cause” in China.
It’s incredible to reflect on how dramatically the world has changed, in such a short period of time.
Today I’d like to give an overview of what WHO has done in the past 100 days, and what we will be doing in the near future to alleviate suffering and save lives.
On the 1st of January, just hours after we were notified of the first cases, WHO activated its Incident Management Support Team, to coordinate our response at headquarters, regional and country level.
On the 5th of January, WHO officially notified all Member States of this new outbreak, and published a disease outbreak news on our website.
On the 10th of January, we issued a comprehensive package of guidance to countries on how to detect, test and manage potential cases, and protect health workers.
On the same day, we convened our strategic and technical advisory group on infectious hazards to review the situation.
We have been engaging with journalists since the beginning, responding to media enquiries around the clock.
We convened the emergency committee on the 22nd of January, and again a week later, after the first cases of human-to-human transmission were reported outside China, and declared a public health emergency of international concern – our highest level of alarm. At the time there were 98 cases outside China, and no deaths.
In February an international team of experts from Canada, China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Nigeria, the Russian Federation, Singapore and the United States of America visited affected provinces in China to learn more about the virus, the outbreak and the response, and to glean lessons for the rest of the world.
In early February the United Nations Crisis Management Team was activated, to coordinate the entire machinery the UN to support countries as effectively as possible.
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Since then, we have been working day and night in five key areas.
First, we’ve worked to support countries in building their capacity to prepare and respond.
Through WHO’s network of 6 regional offices and 150 country offices, we’ve worked closely with governments around the world to prepare their health systems for COVID-19, and to respond when cases arrive.
We issued a Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, which identified the major actions countries need to take, and the resources needed to carry them out.
Governments and partners rose to the challenge. More than US$800 million has been pledged or received for the response.
That includes more than US$140 million from more than 229,000 individuals and organizations raised through the Solidarity Response Fund, exceeding all our expectations, and showing true global solidarity.
I’d like to thank all donors for their support, including Apple for its contribution of US$10 million.
To ensure this money is used where it’s needed most, we’ve set up an online portal, to help partners match needs with funds.
Second, we’ve worked with numerous partners to provide accurate information and fight the infodemic.
We’ve published 50 pieces of technical guidance for the public, health workers and countries, providing evidence-based advice on every element of the response.
We activated our global expert networks to tap the world’s leading epidemiologists, clinicians, social-scientists, statisticians, virologists, risk communicators and others, to make our response truly global and capture all the support we need from all over the world, from WHO experts and other experts in many other institutions globally.
Our EPI-WIN team has adapted our advice for individuals and communities, health workers, employers and workers, faith-based organizations and more about how to protect themselves and others.
Through our daily situation reports and these regular press briefings, we have kept the world informed about the latest data, information and evidence.
We have held regular briefings with our Member States, to answer their questions, and learn from their experiences.
We have worked with numerous media and tech companies including Facebook, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, Messenger, Pinterest, SnapChat, Tencent, TikTok, Twitter, Viber, WhatsApp, YouTube and more to counter myths and misinformation with reliable, evidence-based advice.
The WhatsApp chatbot now has more than 12 million followers and is available in 7 languages, including Hindi and Portuguese, which are launching today. The Viber chatbot has more than 2 million followers, in three languages and four more to launch next week, reaching out to the citizens of the world, the person in the street, informing them with the latest information we have.
Just in the past two days we convened an online workshop to crowdsource ideas from over 600 experts, institutions and individuals on ways to combat the infodemic.
We have worked with FIFA and some of the world’s biggest sports stars to promote clean hands and physical activity.
And since we announced the One World: Together at Home concert with Lady Gaga and Global Citizen on Monday, more TV networks and online platforms from around the world have contacted us offering to broadcast the concert. Lady Gaga has informed us she has already raised US$35 million.
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Third, we’re working hard to ensure supplies of essential medical equipment for frontline health workers.
So far, we’ve shipped more than 2 million items of personal protective equipment to 133 countries, and we’re preparing to ship another 2 million items in the coming weeks.
We’ve sent more than 1 million diagnostic tests to 126 countries, in all regions, and we’re sourcing more.
But we know much more is needed. This is not enough.
So we’re working with the International Chamber of Commerce, the World Economic Forum and others in the private sector to ramp up the production and distribution of essential medical supplies.
Today we are launching the UN COVID-19 Supply Chain Task Force, to dramatically scale up the supply of these life-saving tools, and match supply with needs. I would like to use this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for brining all UN agencies together to contribute to the Supply Chain Task Force.
Fourth, we’re working to train and mobilize health workers.
More than 1.2 million people have enrolled in 6 courses in 43 languages on our OpenWHO.org platform. Our target is to train tens of millions, and we have all the readiness to train tens of millions, hundreds of millions.
Experts have been deployed around the world through WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network and our Emergency Medical Teams platform.
And fifth, we’ve accelerated research and development.
In February we brought more than 400 of the world’s leading researchers together to identify and accelerate research priorities.
We launched the Solidarity Trial, with more than 90 countries working together to find effective therapeutics as soon as possible.
To better understand the transmission, epidemiology and clinical features of the virus, we have developed research protocols that are being used in more than 40 countries, in a coordinated way.
We’re working with FIND to accelerate development and access to diagnostics.
Today, 130 scientists, funders and manufacturers from around the world have signed a statement committing to work with WHO to speed the development of a vaccine against COVID-19.
Of course, WHO is not alone. The UN is not alone. Every day, we work with thousands of partners in government, academia, the private sector, civil society and more.
There are many, many other things WHO has done in the past 100 days that I haven’t mentioned.
These five pillars will continue to be the foundation of our work.
In the coming days, WHO will be releasing an updated strategy, and a revised Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, with an estimate of the financial needs for the next phase of the response.
Throughout, our focus has been on working with countries and with partners to bring the world together to confront this common threat together.
We are especially concerned with protecting the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, not just in the poorest countries, but in all countries.
For the past 100 days, our unwavering commitment has been to serve all people of the world with equity, objectivity and neutrality.
And that will continue to be our sole focus in the days, weeks and months ahead.
Finally, this is a special time of year for Christians, Jews and Muslims around the world.
Today WHO has published practical considerations and recommendations for faith-based communities.
We know that COVID-19 means billions of believers are not able to celebrate in the way they usually would.
But we wish everyone a safe and joyful Easter, Passover and Ramadan.
Thank you.
Nursing personnel (latest year): 87333 (registered)
Share of nurses within the health workforce
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Age distribution
Nursing stock and density 2013-2018
Nursing stock and density 2013-2018
EDUCATION REGULATION
PRACTICE REGULATION
WORKING CONDITIONS
GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP
Source of Information: WHO NHWA online portal Country profiles (key statistics on nursing workforce)
The State of the world’s nursing 2020 report provides the latest, most up-to-date evidence on and policy options for the global nursing workforce. It also presents a compelling case for considerable – yet feasible – investment in nursing education, jobs, and leadership.
The primary chapters of the report outline the role and contributions of nurses with respect to the WHO “triple billion” targets; the health labour market and workforce policy levers to address the challenges to nurses working to their full potential; the findings from analysis of National Health Workforce Account (NHWA) data from 191 Member States and progress in relation to the projected shortfall of nurses by 2030; and forward-looking policy options for an agenda to strengthen the nursing workforce to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, improve health for all, and strengthen the primary health care workforce on our journey towards universal health coverage.
The report concludes with a call to Member States and other stakeholders to commit to this agenda. The investments called for will drive progress toward Universal Health Coverage and across the Sustainable Development Goals including health but also education, gender, decent work and economic growth.
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“Nurses and midwives are central to quality health services for all, for preventing illness, promoting health throughout the life-course, caring for mothers, newborns and children to giving life-saving immunizations, health advice, and looking after older people. We must redouble our efforts to ensure the nursing and midwifery workforce has the strength, skills and support to meet all people’s health needs,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia, on the occasion of the World Health Day.
In 2015 WHO South-East Asia embarked on a Decade for Health Workforce Strengthening aimed at overcoming shortages and skill-gaps in the Region’s health workforce. Improving nursing and midwifery education, deployment and rural retention has been a top priority. By 2018 the Region had 3.5 million nurses and midwives – 18 per 10 000 population – up from 2.9 million in 2014, a ratio of 16 per 10 000 population.
“There has been progress, but more needs to be done,” the Regional Director said. The regional average is still far below the global average of 37 nurses per 10 000 population, and the required minimum of 40 nurses by 10 000 population. By 2030 the Region will need as many as 1.9 million more nurses and midwives.
To fill this gap, the first ever State of the World’s Nursing Report, released today, highlights key areas that countries need to focus on. “We need to increase the number of nurses and improve nursing education; we need to improve the number of jobs for nurses, their quality and distribution in rural and marginalized areas; and we need to enhance leadership, management and the assignment of specialized roles for nurses,” Dr Khetrapal Singh said.
Progress on each of these priorities will help countries strengthen services for maternal and child health among other needs, while also positioning them to better respond to non-communicable diseases, to provide adequate intensive care services, and to meet the health needs of older people.
“The global outbreak of COVID-19 emphasizes how crucial nurses are to health security, and WHO takes this opportunity to thank them for their service in these challenging times,” the Regional Director said.
The year 2020 is being celebrated as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, as it marks the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.
Calling upon countries to sustain and accelerate progress in this vital area, Dr Khetrapal Singh said, “WHO reiterates its commitment to supporting all countries in the Region to strengthen their nursing and midwifery workforce. Together we can achieve universal health coverage and advance the equity agenda. Health for all at all ages is possible. We must make it happen”.
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