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Este artículo corresponde a una sistematización que registra y analiza críticamente la experiencia de intervención del Voluntariado Popular El pueblo ayuda al pueblo, iniciativa impulsada por estudiantes y titulados de la Universidad Arturo Prat bajo el patrocinio de la Mesa Interina. Los voluntarios se organizan con el objetivo de prestar apoyo asistencial a jóvenes estudiantes de esta casa de estudios en el contexto de la crisis sanitaria provocada por la COVID-19;sin embargo, el impacto económico y social de la pandemia los motiva a ampliar sus objetivos. Situados en barrios vulnerables de la comuna de Alto Hospicio, contribuyen a la gestión de comedores solidarios que van proliferando, a través de campañas para la entrega de raciones alimentarias, además de campañas educativas y socio-recreativas. La implementación de este voluntariado universitario está enmarcada en la metodología comunitaria con enfoque asistencial. Interpela el rol de la universidad pública frente a las crisis que afectan a los territorios donde se emplazan;así, desde la responsabilidad social universitaria se tiene el deber de contribuir con pertinencia a las necesidades del entorno, reconociendo la función del voluntariado universitario como un mecanismo de vinculación que se articula con el desarrollo de competencias profesionales, transversales, los valores institucionales y la generación de conocimiento.Alternate : This article corresponds to a systematization that records and critically analyzes the intervention experience of the Popular Volunteer “The people help the people”, an initiative promoted by students and graduates of the Arturo Prat University, under the patronage of the Interim Board. The volunteers are organized with the aim of providing care support to young students of this house of studies in the context of the health crisis caused by COVID-19;however, the economic and social impact of the pandemic motivates them to expand their objectives. Located in vulnerable neighborhoods of the Alto Hospicio Commune, they contribute to the management of community dining rooms that are proliferating, through campaigns for the delivery of food rations, as well as educational and socio-recreational campaigns. The implementation of this university volunteering is framed in the community methodology with a care approach. It questions the role of the public university in the face of the crises that affect the territories where they are located;Thus, from its university social responsibility, it has the duty to contribute with relevance to the needs of its environment, recognizing the function of university volunteering as a linkage mechanism that is articulated with the development of professional, transversal skills, institutional values and the generation of knowledge.
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Resumen La emergencia del nuevo SARS-CoV-2 - y el reconocimiento de la enfermedad que produce como pandemia - constituye el evento sanitario de mayor importancia en 2020. Debido a su reciente aparición y la inexistencia de medicamentos o vacunas seguras y eficaces, el manejo de casos y el control de brotes de la enfermedad se hace difícil. En esta revisión, se expone información sobre la pandemia, las características del virus, las manifestaciones clínicas de la enfermedad, su adecuado diagnóstico, las alternativas de tratamiento y las acciones que se ejecutan para su control. The emergency of the novel coronavirus, and the recognition of the disease it causes as a pandemic, constitute the main sanitary event in 2020. Because its recent discovery and the lack of safe and effective drugs or vaccines, the managing of cases and the control of the pandemic is problematic. In this review, the authors summarize the basic characteristics of the pathogen, the signs and symptoms of disease, and the diagnosis tools to identify presence of the virus. Furthermore, we also review the current knowledge on the treatment of infected cases as well as information about vaccine candidates. We highlight actions executed in Cuba to control the pandemic.
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LAY SUMMARY: Currently, the complexity of clinical trial development in oncology is being further complicated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is reducing the resources needed to comply with protocol-specific procedures while putting patients in units, who are already vulnerable, at increased general risk not only for COVID-19 infection but also with respect to their baseline disease. Individualizing the management of patients while ensuring their safety and adherence to the study protocol, establishing specific staff contingency plans, and maintaining sponsor and contract research organization (CRO) alignment are some of the key issues for maintaining the continuity of cancer patients' investigational treatment and minimizing their infection risk as well as the risk to staff members of the unit, sponsors, and CROs while maintaining the integrity of data quality and compliance with good clinical practice.