Title: The use of oral polio vaccine (OPV) to prevent SARS-CoV2

URL: http://polioeradication.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Use-of-OPV-and-COVID-20200421.pdf

Description: A statement from the Polio Global Eradication Initiative regarding the lack of evidence showing that oral poliovirus vaccine is effective in preventing COVID-19 and that the World Health Organization has plans to do clinical testing of the vaccine.

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Title: WHO EMRO | Photo essays | COVID-19 | Health topics

URL: http://www.emro.who.int/health-topics/corona-virus/photo-essays.html

Description: Website from the World Health Organization that collects COVID-19 photo essays from around the world, highlighting WHO's pandemic response.

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Title: Health system response to COVID-19 in the context of internally displaced persons, refugees, migrants and returnees in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

URL: https://applications.emro.who.int/docs/EMCSR279E.pdf

Description: This 17-page document details how communities on the move such as refugees, internally displaced persons, migrants, and returnees remain highly vulnerable to contracting COVID-19, and provides guidance to countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region and partners for the prevention and management of COVID-19 outbreaks in internally displaced person, refugee, migrant, and returnee communities.

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Title: WHA73

URL: https://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha73.html

Description: Website from the World Health Organization regarding resource and response center, information for organizations, individuals, tools and research, equity and mental health, reopening, and more

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Title: Surface sampling of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A practical "how to" protocol for health care and public health professionals

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331058/WHO-2019-nCoV-Environment_protocol-2020.1-eng.pdf

Description: This 26-page protocol has been designed to determine (viable) virus presence and persistence on fomites in various locations where a patient infected with COVID-19 (2019 novel coronavirus) is currently receiving care or being isolated, and to understand how this may relate to COVID-19 transmission events in these settings. It is therefore important that it is done as part of a comprehensive outbreak investigation and that information obtained by environmental studies is combined with the results of epidemiological, laboratory, and sequence data from COVID-19 patient investigations.

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Title: Health workers exposure risk assessment and management in the context of COVID-19 virus

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331340/WHO-2019-nCov-HCW_risk_assessment-2020.1-eng.pdf

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Title: Operational Considerations for Managing COVID-19 Cases or Outbreak in Aviation

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331488/WHO-2019-nCoV-Aviation-2020.1-eng.pdf

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Title: Operational Considerations for Case Management of COVID-19 in Health Facility and Community

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331492/WHO-2019-nCoV-HCF_operations-2020.1-eng.pdf

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Title: Infection Prevention and Control guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities in the context of COVID-19

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331508/WHO-2019-nCoV-IPC_long_term_care-2020.1-eng.pdf

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Title: Laboratory testing strategy recommendations for COVID-19

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331509/WHO-COVID-19-lab_testing-2020.1-eng.pdf

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Title: Management of ill travellers at Points of Entry (international airports, seaports, and ground crossings) in the context of COVID-19

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331512/WHO-2019-nCoV-POEmgmt-2020.2-eng.pdf

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URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331590/WHO-2019-nCoV-immunization_services-2020.1-eng.pdf

Description: This three-page document provides guiding principles and considerations to support countries in their decision-making regarding provision of immunization services during the COVID-19 pandemic and is endorsed by the World Health Organization's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization.

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Title: Safe Ramadan practices in the context of the COVID-19 - Interim Guidance

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331767/WHO-2019-nCoV-Ramadan-2020.1-eng.pdf

Description: This three-page guidance document highlights public health advice during the COVID-19 pandemic for social and religious practices and gatherings during Ramadan that can be applied across different national contexts.

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Title: Technical specifications for invasive and non-invasive ventilators for COVID-19 - Interim Guidance

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331792/WHO-2019-nCoV-Clinical-Ventilator_Specs-2020.1-eng.pdf

Description: The technical specifications in this 10-page document describe the minimum requirements that invasive and non-invasive ventilators must comply with to ensure quality, safety, and effectiveness when used for the management of COVID-19.

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Title: Immunization in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331818/WHO-2019-nCoV-immunization_services-FAQ-2020.1-eng.pdf

Description: This six-page document, prepared with UNICEF, provides answers to questions about immunizations and vaccine-preventable disease surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Preventing a vaccine-preventable disease outbreak not only saves lives but also requires fewer resources than responding to the outbreak, and helps reduce burden on a health system already strained by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: COVID-19 and Food Safety: Guidance for competent authorities responsible for national food safety control systems - Interim Guidance

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331842/WHO-2019-nCoV-Food_Safety_authorities-2020.1-eng.pdf

Description: COVID-19 and the measures taken to mitigate the global impact of the pandemic have disrupted food production and food supply chains worldwide. This five-page guidance document, written with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, provides advice and recommendations for national food safety authorities to optimize food control functions and prioritize critical services that preserve the integrity of food safety systems.

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Title: Water, sanitation, hygiene, and waste management for the COVID-19 virus - Interim Guidance

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331846/WHO-2019-nCoV-IPC_WASH-2020.3-eng.pdf

Description: This interim guidance, developed with UNICEF, supplements the infection prevention and control (IPC) documents by summarizing WHO guidance on water, sanitation, and healthcare waste relevant to viruses, including coronaviruses. It is intended for water and sanitation practitioners and providers, and healthcare providers who want to know more about water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) risks and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Virus origin / Origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/332217/WHO-2019-nCoV-Human_animal_risk-2020.2-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Description: A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified by Chinese authorities on January 7, 2020. Available evidence on the 2019-nCoV virus and previous experience with other coronavirus (MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV) and other respiratory viruses (e.g., avian influenza) suggest that there may be zoonotic transmission associated with the 2019-nCoV. This web page provides the World Health Organization's general recommendations, and recommendations for at-risk groups, regarding live animal markets to reduce risk of transmission of emerging pathogens.

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Title: WHO SAGE values framework for the allocation and prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/334299/WHO-2019-nCoV-SAGE_Framework-Allocation_and_prioritization-2020.1-eng.pdf?ua=1

Description: This 14-page Values Framework offers guidance globally on the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines between countries, and guidance nationally on the prioritization of groups for vaccination within countries while supply is limited. It has been endorsed by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE).

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Title: WHO R&D Blueprint: informal consultation on prioritization of candidate therapeutic agents for use in novel coronavirus 2019 infection, Geneva, Switzerland, 24 January 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/330680

Description: This 16-page document details the objectives of a consultation held on January 24, 2020, on candidate therapeutic agents for use in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection: to outline criteria that could inform the evidence-based selection of therapeutic agents for clinical trials; review and critically appraise the existing evidence regarding different investigational therapeutics agents; and decide on the more promising candidate therapeutics, based on currently available evidence that can be evaluated in humans infected with COVID-19 to reduce mortality and disease progression.

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URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331589

Description: This six-page document is intended for Ministry of Health and other government officials responsible for COVID-19 and influenza surveillance, and summarizes the operational considerations for leveraging influenza surveillance systems to incorporate COVID-19 testing. It outlines considerations for how countries with influenza systems can add COVID-19 testing to routine influenza epidemiological and virologic surveillance as outlined in the Global Epidemiological Surveillance Standards for Influenza.

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Title: Guidance for laboratories shipping specimens to WHO reference laboratories that provide confirmatory testing for COVID-19 virus: interim guidance, 31 March 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331639

Description: In order to expedite the shipment of clinical samples from patients with suspected COVID-19 virus infection from the country of collection to one of the World Health Organization (WHO) reference laboratories providing confirmatory testing for COVID-19, a shipment mechanism has been established. This two-page document, updated on March 31, 2020, provides detailed instructions for shipping.

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Title: COVID-19 and violence against women: what the health sector/system can do, 7 April 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331699

Description: This document discusses how COVID-19 can exacerbate risks of violence for women. It details the important role that health systems have in ensuring that services for women who have experienced violence remain accessible during the COVID-19 outbreak, and what can be done to address violence against women during the COVID-19 response.

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Title: Clinical care for severe acute respiratory infection: toolkit: COVID-19 adaptation

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331736

Description: This 196-page toolkit is intended for clinicians working in intensive care units in low- and middle-income countries, managing adult and pediatric patients with severe forms of acute respiratory infection, including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and septic shock. It is a hands-on practical guide to be used by healthcare professionals involved in critical care management during the COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks of influenza (seasonal or avian influenza), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), or other emerging respiratory viral epidemics.

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Title: Global COVID-19: clinical platform: novel coronavius (‎COVID-19)‎: rapid version, 8 April 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331768

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URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/332015

Description: Certain populations, such as those with disabilities, may be impacted more significantly by COVID-19. This impact can be mitigated if the simple actions and protective measures described in this 14-page document are taken by key stakeholders.

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Title: Household transmission investigation protocol for coronavirus disease 2019 (‎COVID-19)‎, 23 March 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/332040

Description: Data collected using the investigation protocol in this 52-page document will be critical to refine recommendations for case definitions and surveillance; characterize key epidemiological features of COVID-19; help understand spread, severity, spectrum of disease, and impact on the community; and inform guidance for application of countermeasures such as case isolation and contact tracing. It will investigate all household contacts of confirmed cases of COVID-19.

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Title: Surveillance strategies for COVID-19 human infection: interim guidance, 10 May 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/332051

Description: This document provides an overview of surveillance strategies that Member States should consider as part of comprehensive national surveillance for COVID-19. It emphasizes the need to adapt and reinforce existing national systems where appropriate and to scale up surveillance capacities as needed.

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Title: Protocol for assessment of potential risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (‎COVID-19)‎ among health workers in a health care setting, 23 March 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/332071

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Title: Cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance, 15 May 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/332096

Description: The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19. Environmental surfaces are more likely to be contaminated with the COVID-19 virus in healthcare settings where certain medical procedures are performed. This advice also applies to alternative settings for isolation of persons with COVID-19 experiencing uncomplicated and mild illness, including households and non-traditional facilities.

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Title: Calibrating long-term non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 : principles and facilitation tools

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/332099

Description: This 31-page document discusses how countries and areas in the Western Pacific Region have implemented strict non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) against novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), aiming to interrupt or reduce transmission. Some of these measures have significant socioeconomic costs and may negatively impact the physical and emotional well-being of populations. The document proposes guiding principles and five steps for countries to implement an NPI strategy that balances epidemiological benefit and socioeconomic costs.

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Title: Framework for decision-making: implementation of mass vaccination campaigns in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance, 22 May 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/332159

Description: This document outlines a common framework for decision-making for the conduct of preventive and outbreak response campaigns in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; and offers principles to consider when deliberating the implementation of mass vaccination campaigns for prevention of increased risk of vaccine-preventable diseases and high-impact diseases among susceptible populations.

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Title: Efficacy of corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia - based on information as at 12 June 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/332935

Description: This seven-page rapid policy brief aims to summarize relevant research about the use of corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, facilitating the findings' use in decision-making. It summarizes search and research methods, and policy findings.

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Title: Selecting digital contact tracing and quarantine tools for COVID-19 : guiding principles and considerations for a stepwise approach

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333045

Description: The set of guiding principles and stepwise approach outlined in this 16-page document aim to support Member States throughout their decision-making process of identifying, assessing, adopting, and adapting emergent digital contact tracing and quarantine (DCTQ) tools for COVID-19, which offer the potential to complement and strengthen conventional contact tracing initiatives on an unprecedented scale.

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Title: Guidance on maintaining a safe and adequate blood supply during the coronavirus disease 2019 (‎COVID-19)‎ pandemic and on the collection of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: interim guidance, 10 July 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333182

Description: This document provides interim guidance on the management of the blood supply in response to the pandemic outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including recommendations on collection of COVID-19 convalescent plasma.

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Title: Substance use considerations during COVID19

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333463

Description: This four-page document discusses why people should under no circumstances use any type of substances as a means of preventing or treating COVID-19 infection. It provides guidance for different target groups that have a responsibility to steer clear of substance use throughout this pandemic and beyond, help others do the same, and get the help they need, in case they are using substances or suffering from substance use disorders.

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Title: Excessive screen use and gaming considerations during COVID19

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333467

Description: This four-page document discusses the health risks of excessive screen time or gaming to cope with the stressful COVID-19 situation or to pass time when in isolation, quarantine, or lockdown. It provides recommendations for parents, school authorities, and health and social care providers.

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Title: Considerations for implementing mass treatment, active case-finding and population-based surveys for neglected tropical diseases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: interim guidance, 27 July 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333499

Description: This document outlines a decision-making framework for implementation of mass treatment interventions, active case-finding campaigns, and population-based surveys for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It formulates considerations aimed at providing guidance to relevant health authorities, NTD program managers, and their supporting partners.

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Title: Survey tool and guidance: rapid, simple, flexible behavioural insights on COVID-19: 29 July 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333549

Description: This 42-page document provides guidance to Member States in the WHO European Region that wish to conduct behavioral insights studies related to COVID-19. This tool is evidence-informed; can be regularly applied; is flexible to adjust to the changing situation; and follows high ethical standards.

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Title: Considerations for quarantine of contacts of COVID-19 cases: interim guidance, 19 August 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333901

Description: This document is an update of COVID-19 interim guidance published on March 19, 2020. It provides updated guidance for the implementation of quarantine, as well as additional guidance on ventilation and on the care of children in quarantine.

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Title: COVID-19 strategic preparedness and response plan: strengthening the collective response and accelerating readiness in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: July 2020 edition

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333943

Description: This 34-page document has been developed by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean to establish a regional plan of action to support countries in rapidly scaling up capacities for prevention, early detection, and response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The plan summarizes the main public health measures that WHO will support and prioritize in order to facilitate an effective response in countries.

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Title: Exploration of COVID-19 health-care worker cases : implications for action

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333945

Description: This four-page guidance describes a system to detect healthcare worker COVID-19 cases, investigate avenues of infections, and guide appropriate responses at the facility and public health levels based on the investigation findings. It is intended for national and sub-national public health authorities and healthcare facility managers.

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Title: COVID-19 essential supplies forecasting tool overview of the structure, methodology, and assumptions used: interim guidance, 25 August 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333983

Description: This document provides technical details and methodological explanations on the structure of the COVID-19 Essential Supplies Forecasting Tool (ESFT). It is intended to provide information that will allow users to a) trace and understand the calculations, assumptions, and limitations of ESFT; and b) modify these assumptions for different contexts or use cases.

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Title: Responding to non-communicable diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: state of the evidence on COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases: a rapid review

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/334143

Description: This 20-page document provides an initial review of emerging information (as July 2, 2020) on the relations among COVID-19, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and NCD risk factors. It demonstrates that people living with NCDs are at higher risk of severe COVID-19-related illness and death and that there are limited data for estimating risk. It was published with the United Nations Development Programme, and the UN Interagency Task Force on NCDs.

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Title: Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on control of vaccine-preventable diseases: a health risk management approach focused on catch-up vaccination

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/334248

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic may cause disruptions in the provision of routine immunization services, but this risk can be reduced if national immunization programs take measures to minimize service interruptions, as well as plan for and implement catch-up vaccination. This 11-page document aims to support national decision-makers and immunization programs ineffectively integrating the necessary response measures into existing programmatic areas.

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Title: COVID-19 pandemic response in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, progress report of the incident management support team, January-July 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/334319

Description: This 68-page report summarizes a six-month review of the Incident Management Support Team (IMST) response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. A theme running throughout is the IMST's role in coordination of the COVID-19 response, particularly in bringing together regional partners and driving forward the operational response.

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Title: Monitoring and evaluation framework for the COVID-19 response in the WHO African Region

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/334344

Description: This 27-page monitoring and evaluation framework targets ministries of health, WHO country offices, and the Regional Office, and aims to assess national, country, and regional response performance and progress, measured against country national plans, response efforts, and the broader WHO COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan.

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Title: Pandemic influenza preparedness framework: progress report, 1 January - 30 June 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/335937

Description: This 32-page issue of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness progress report was developed as the world continues to respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite the many challenges brought on by this global crisis, much was nonetheless achieved to continue the work to prepare for the next influenza pandemic, and readers will be able to learn about some of the happenings on the ground in a new section entitled "Stories from the field."

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Title: Strategic considerations in preparing for deployment of COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination in the WHO European Region, 9 October 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/335940

Description: This 11-page document outlines the key strategic considerations for ministries of health, their agencies, national immunization technical advisory groups/committees, and relevant public and private sector authorities in the WHO European Region in preparing for deployment of COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination in their countries. The objective is to allow Member States to identify and address any critical gaps for effective deployment of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Title: Health system considerations: when influenza meets COVID-19: preparedness and response measures when COVID-19, influenza and acute respiratory infections coincide in the WHO European Region

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/336165

Description: This 30-page document provides preparedness and response measures to take when COVID-19, influenza, and acute respiratory infections coincide in the WHO European Region. It is divided into seven sections: Prevention and health system preparedness; Risk communication and community engagement; Immunization; Surveillance; Clinical management of clusters and cases; Needs of special settings and groups; and Public health and social measures, including infection prevention and control.

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Title: Preparing countries for COVID-19 vaccine introduction, 21 September 2020

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/336187

Description: There are immediate actions that countries can take to prepare for COVID-19 vaccines. This two-page document provides a brief summary of pre-planning actions that all countries can begin working on immediately.

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Title: Global Surveillance for COVID-19 Disease Caused by Human Infection with Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1272502/retrieve

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Title: Modes of Transmission of Virus Causing COVID-19: Implications for IPC (Infection Prevention and Control) Precaution Recommendations

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1273262/retrieve

Description: This three-page document discusses modes of transmission of the virus causing COVID-19, and why the World Health Organization continues to recommend droplet and contact precautions for those people caring for COVID-19 patients, and contact and airborne precautions for circumstances and settings in which aerosol-generating procedures are performed.

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Title: WHO process for weekly reporting aggregated data

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1291160/retrieve

Description: This spreadsheet is for weekly reporting of new COVID-19 cases and aggregated data. It includes tabs for transmission classification per week at subnational level 1, and a data dictionary.

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Title: Health Security Learning Platform: All courses

URL: https://extranet.who.int/hslp/training/course/index.php?categoryid=56

Description: This course on COVID-19 at points of entry has five modules. Modules include: management of ill travelers, managing outbreaks and cases on ships and aviation, controlling spread at ground crossings, response to COVID-19 on cargo ships and fishing vessels

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Title: Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Acute Respiratory Infection Clinical Characterisation Data Tool

URL: https://media.tghn.org/medialibrary/2020/03/ISARIC_COVID-19_CRF_V1.3_24Feb2020.pdf

Description: This 12-page case record form (CRF) for 2019 the novel coronavirus is intended to provide member states with a standardized approach to collect clinical data in order to better understand the natural history of disease and describe clinical phenotypes and treatment interventions (i.e., clinical characterization). By using one standardized clinical data tool, there is potential for clinical data from around the world to be aggregated, in order to learn more to inform the public health response and prepare for large-scale clinical trials.

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Title: Global COVID-19 Clinical Platform: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Rapid Version

URL: https://media.tghn.org/medialibrary/2020/04/ISARIC_COVID-19_RAPID_CRF_24MAR20_EN.pdf

Description: This five-page case report form for COVID-19 is intended to provide member states with a standardized approach to collect clinical data in order to better understand the natural history of disease. It has three modules to be used for the first day of admission to the health center, the first day of admission to ICU or high dependency unit, and upon discharge or death.

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Title: COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners

URL: https://openwho.org/courses/UNCT-COVID19-preparedness-and-response-EN

Description: This three-module learning package introduces the context for the need for a coordinated global response plan to the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) outbreak. Key objectives for participants are to be able to educate themselves and others about the importance of operationalizing the Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan for the COVID-19 outbreak using the Operational Planning Guidelines; describe the eight major pillars of public health preparedness and response and initial actions to be taken by the United Nations country teams; and access the full set of actions, performance indicators, and resources needed to conduct the preparedness level assessment using the COVID-19 Partners Platform for country preparedness and response plans.

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Title: Clinical management of patients with COVID-19: General considerations

URL: https://openwho.org/courses/clinical-management-COVID-19-general-considerations

Description: Website from World Health Organization regarding clinical management of patients with COVID-19, this page is about a course offered with information listed about the course.

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Title: Introduction to COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response

URL: https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-to-ncov

Description: This course provides a general introduction to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and emerging respiratory viruses, and is intended for public health professionals, incident managers, and personnel working for the United Nations, international organizations, and NGOs. It discusses the nature of emerging respiratory viruses, how to detect and assess an outbreak, strategies for preventing and controlling outbreaks due to novel respiratory viruses, and what strategies should be used to communicate risk and engage communities to detect, prevent, and respond to the emergence of a novel respiratory virus.

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Title: WHO Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Training |

URL: https://openwho.org/courses/severe-acute-respiratory-infection

Description: This course, updated in February 2020, is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units in low- and middle-income countries, and managing adult and pediatric patients with severe forms of acute respiratory infection (SARI), including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and septic shock. It is a hands-on practical guide to be used by health care professionals involved in critical care management during outbreaks of influenza virus (seasonal), human infection due to avian influenza virus (H5N1, H7N9), MERS-CoV, COVID-19, or other emerging respiratory viral epidemics.

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Title: Hygiene Baselines pre-COVID-19 Global Snapshot

URL: https://washdata.org/sites/default/files/documents/reports/2020-05/JMP-2020-COVID-global-hygiene-snapshot.pdf

Description: This document provides pre-COVID-19 hygiene baselines for households and population, schools, and health care facilities, and provides additional resources.

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Title: Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools | HumanitarianResponse

URL: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/iraq/document/schoolguidancecovid19

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Title: List of Priority Medical Devices in the context of COVID-19 - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

URL: https://www.paho.org/en/documents/list-priority-medical-devices-context-covid-19

Description: This list of priority medical devices in the context of COVID-19 provides technical descriptions and specifications for the management of patients with suspected and/or confirmed COVID-19 infection at different levels of healthcare.

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Title: These are 7 simple steps to protect yourself and others from #COVID19 . #coronavirus - TikTok

URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@who/video/6802932101172727046/

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Title: Interim Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools

URL: https://www.unicef.org/reports/key-messages-and-actions-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-prevention-and-control-schools

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Title: Coordinated Global Research Roadmap: 2019 Novel Coronavirus

URL: https://www.who.int/blueprint/priority-diseases/key-action/Coronavirus_Roadmap_V9.pdf?ua=1

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Title: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) Global Research and Innovation Forum: Towards a Research Roadmap

URL: https://www.who.int/blueprint/priority-diseases/key-action/Global_Research_Forum_FINAL_VERSION_for_web_14_feb_2020.pdf?ua=1

Description: This seven-page report summarizes a meeting of world experts on COVID-19 held on February 11-12, 2020, to assess the current level of knowledge about the coronavirus, agree on critical research questions that need to be answered urgently, and find ways to work together to accelerate and fund priority research that can contribute to curtail this outbreak and prepare for future outbreaks. The report details eight immediate research actions were agreed upon as part of this forum.

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Title: WHO | Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) R&D

URL: https://www.who.int/blueprint/priority-diseases/key-action/novel-coronavirus/en/

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website containing information on the global research and development (R&D) of diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics for the novel coronavirus.

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Title: WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 11 March 2020

URL: https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020/

Description: Speech titled, "WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19," published on the World Health Organization (WHO) website on March 11, 2020. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's remarks explain the rationale behind labeling the global COVID-19 a pandemic.

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Title: COVID-19 Early Epidemiologic and Clinical Investigations for Public Health Response

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/200218-early-investigations-one-pager-v1-eng.pdf?sfvrsn=8aa0856_2

Description: This two-page document provides information about several early investigation master protocols or master forms for early investigations of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). It provides a table about these early investigation master protocols or master forms, with information about which early investigations; for whom; why; and a generic email address to contact.

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Title: First Few X (FFX) Cases and Contact Investigation Protocol for 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Infection, Version 2

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/20200129-generic-ffx-protocol-2019-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=595eb313_2&download=true

Description: This 65-page protocol has been designed to investigate the First Few X (FFX) cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and their close contacts. It is envisioned that the FFX 2019-nCoV investigation will be conducted across several countries or sites with geographical and demographic diversity. Using a standardized protocol such as the protocol provided here, epidemiological exposure data and biological samples can be systematically collected and shared rapidly in a format that can be easily aggregated, tabulated, and analyzed across many different settings globally for timely estimates of 2019-nCoV infection severity and transmissibility, as well as to inform public health responses and policy decisions.

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Title: The COVAX facility: Global procurement for COVID-19 Vaccines

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/act-accelerator/covax/covax-facility-background.pdf?sfvrsn=810d3c22_2

Description: This document provides information about the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility, where countries have the opportunity to benefit from a portfolio of vaccine candidates so that their populations can have early access to effective vaccines.

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Title: Shipment Booking Form for 2019-nCoV

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/booking-form-2019-ncov-world-courier.pdf

Description: This two-page document for laboratories is the shipment booking form for 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) specimens, isolates, or cultures being shipped to the World Health Organization.

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Title: WHO R&D Blueprint COVID 19 Experimental Treatments

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/covid-classification-of-treatment-types-rev.pdf?sfvrsn=5b90b2f2_1&download=true

Description: This document provides a table that details classification of COVID-19 experimental treatment types and names. It also provides information about the living map of ongoing research, and living synthesis of study results.

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Title: Ethics and COVID-19: resource allocation and priority-setting

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/ethics-covid-19-resource-allocation.pdf?sfvrsn=13dbf27f_2&download=true

Description: This policy brief answers a number of questions about the ethics of setting priorities for the allocation of resources during times of scarcity, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Such decisions may include access to hospitals, ventilators, vaccines, and medicines. The document provides a high-level ethical framework that can be used to guide decision-making, and complements WHO's technical guidance.

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Title: Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/getting-workplace-ready-for-covid-19.pdf

Description: This five-page document describes how businesses and employers can play a role in stopping the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). It lists simple ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace; things to consider when employers and employees travel; and getting a business ready in case COVID-19 arrives in the community.

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Title: Helping Children Cope with Stress During the 2019-nCoV Outbreak

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/helping-children-cope-with-stress-print.pdf?sfvrsn=f3a063ff_2

Description: This one-page document provides tips for parents and caregivers to help children cope with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Key Messages and Actions for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/key-messages-and-actions-for-covid-19-prevention-and-control-in-schools-march-2020.pdf?sfvrsn=baf81d52_4

Description: This 13-page document, published with UNICEF and the International Federation of Red Cross, provides new guidance to help protect children and schools from transmission of the COVID-19 virus. The guidance provides critical considerations and practical checklists to keep schools safe. It also advises national and local authorities on how to adapt and implement emergency plans for educational facilities.

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Title: Shipping 2019-nCoV Specimens to WHO 2019-nCoV Referral Laboratories

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/shipment-instructions-from-national-to-referral-2019-ncov-laboratories.pdf

Description: Countries that have no testing capacity for 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) can send their samples to the World Health Organization-appointed 2019-nCoV referral laboratories for testing. This one-page document provides shipping instructions. National 2019-nCoV laboratories with limited experience are encouraged to send the first five positives and the first 10 negative 2019-nCoV samples to their referral laboratories for confirmation.

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Title: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/srp-04022020.pdf

Description: This 28-page strategic preparedness and response plan outlines the public health measures that the international community stands ready to provide to support all countries to prepare for and respond to 2019-nCoV. The document takes what has been learned so far about the virus, and translates that knowledge into strategic action that can guide the efforts of all national and international partners when developing context-specific national and regional operational plans.

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Title: Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf

Description: This 40-page report summarizes the World Health Organization-China Joint Mission undertaken to rapidly inform national (China) and international planning on next steps in the response to the ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and on next steps in readiness and preparedness for geographic areas not yet affected. The major findings are described in six sections: the virus, the outbreak, transmission dynamics, disease progression and severity, the China response, and knowledge gaps.

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Title: WHO COVID-19 Reference Laboratory Network

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-reference-laboratories-providing-confirmatory-testing-for-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=a03a01e6_2

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Title: WHO R&D Blueprint novel Coronavirus WHO Working Group – Core Protocol for therapeutics against COVID-19

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-wg-solidarity-core-protocol-for-therapeutics-covid-19-terms-of-reference.pdf?sfvrsn=81d52cf_2&download=true

Description: This document describes the World Health Organization's convening of a group of experts to design a clinical trial for an effective treatment against COVID-19 that could be implemented in several countries with similar methodology, and primary and secondary outcomes that could be comparable. The overall goal is a large international study designed to generate robust data to rapidly demonstrate which treatments are the most effective. The core protocol should provide simplified procedures to enable even hospitals that have been overloaded to participate.

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Title: 1st WHO infodemiology conference - How infodemics affect the world and how they can be managed

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/epi-win/infodemic-management/infodemiology-scientific-conference-booklet.pdf?sfvrsn=179de76a_4

Description: This virtual conference was held from June 29 to July 21, 2020, to understand the multidisciplinary nature of infodemic management; identify current examples and tools to understand, measure, and control infodemics; build a public health research agenda to direct focus and investment in this emerging scientific field; and establish a community of practice and research. This 44-page report provides the agenda for the conference, and discusses how, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, an infodemic is an overabundance of information 'some accurate and some not' occurring during an epidemic.

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Title: Population-Based Age-Stratified Seroepidemiological Investigation Protocol for COVID-19 Virus Infection

URL: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/inaugural-who-partners-forum/covid-19-seroepidemiological-investigation-protocol-v3.pdf?sfvrsn=ef4acdf9_1&download=true

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Title: Novel Coronavirus 2019

URL: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website dedicated to information on the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak .

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Title: Myth busters

URL: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters/

Description: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: MythBusters. Information regarding various disinfectants or ways to get COVID-19.

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Title: Global research on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

URL: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/global-research-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website titled "Global research on coronavirus (COVID-19)" providing a database of research and websites related to COVID-19.

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Title: Question and answers hub

URL: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub

Description: This web page provides answers to 13 questions about violence against women during COVID-19. Topics include: How does COVID-19 increase risks of violence for women?; Home is not a safe place for me - what can I do?; and I am a healthcare worker/policymaker - what can I do to prevent and address violence against women during COVID-19?.

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Title: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

URL: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19

Description: This web page provides answers to questions about ventilation in the context of COVID-19, including what steps can be undertaken to improve the ventilation in indoor public spaces and buildings.

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Title: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Mass gatherings

URL: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-mass-gatherings

Description: This web page, updated on April 14, 2020, answers frequently asked questions about COVID-19 and mass gatherings. Topics include how large a meeting or event needs to be in order to be a "mass gathering;" factors organizers and health authorities should look at when assessing whether the risks are acceptable or not; and where to find more advice about mass gatherings and health risks.

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Title: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Violence against women

URL: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-violence-against-women

Description: This web page provides answers to 13 questions about violence against women during COVID-19. Topics include: How does COVID-19 increase risks of violence for women?; Home is not a safe place for me - what can I do?; and I am a healthcare worker/policymaker - what can I do to prevent and address violence against women during COVID-19?.

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Title: Unity Studies: Early Investigation Protocols

URL: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/early-investigations

Description: This web page provides protocols and forms for early investigations of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that have been designed so that data can be rapidly and systematically collected and shared in a format that facilitates aggregation, tabulation, and analysis across different settings globally. Data collected using these investigation protocols will be critical to refine recommendations for case definitions and surveillance; characterize key epidemiological features of COVID-19; help understand the spread, severity, spectrum of disease, and impact on the community; and inform guidance for application of countermeasures such as case isolation and contact tracing.

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Title: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Training: Simulation Exercise

URL: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/training/simulation-exercise

Description: To support countries' preparedness effort on the COVID-19 outbreak, WHO`s Department of Health Security and Preparedness has developed various COVID-19 tabletop exercise (SimEx) packages, including a generic COVID 19 SimEx, a Health Facility and Infection Prevention and Control SimEx, and a Point of Entry (POE) SimEx. The packages include the exercises, participant and facilitator guides, and participant feedback forms. They are available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese.

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Title: Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants

URL: https://www.who.int/en/activities/tracking-SARS-CoV-2-variants/

Description: Website from World Health Organization (WHO) for tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants, gives list of concerning variants, variants of interest, monitored variants, links of publications

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Title: COVID-19 IHR Emergency Committee

URL: https://www.who.int/groups/covid-19-ihr-emergency-committee/

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Title: The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator

URL: https://www.who.int/initiatives/act-accelerator/

Description: Website from World Health Organization (WHO) regarding access to COVID-19 tools (ACT), includes various downloaded resources and news articles

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Title: COVAX

URL: https://www.who.int/initiatives/act-accelerator/covax

Description: Website from World Health Organization (WHO) regarding COVAX, COVID-19 vaccines

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Title: COVID-19 technology access pool

URL: https://www.who.int/initiatives/covid-19-technology-access-pool

Description: Website from World Health Organization regarding COVID-19 technology access pool, links to news and press releases and videos and publications

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