Title: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Staff, Volunteers and Communities in an Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus

URL: http://pscentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MHPSS-in-nCoV-2020_ENG.pdf

Description: This 14-page briefing note provides background knowledge on the mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) aspects related to 2019-nCoV and suggests MHPSS activities that can be implemented. The messages can be helpful for those in contact with patients or relatives and feel the strain of working and living during the epidemic. The briefing is aimed both at those working in any capacity with those affected by 2019-nCoV and for the MHPSS responders who implement MHPSS activities and interventions for everyone affected.

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Title: AABB's Resources for: FDA's Updated Information for Blood Establishments Regarding the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak

URL: http://www.aabb.org/advocacy/regulatorygovernment/Documents/COVID-19-Toolkit.pdf

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Title: Florida School Safety Risk Assessment Tool

URL: http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/MSDHS/Meetings/June-Meeting-Documents/Presentations/June-7-315PM-DOE-Champion-FSSAT.aspx

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Title: MANAGING HEAT RISK DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

URL: http://www.ghhin.org/assets/Checklist-COVID-HEAT-final.pdf

Description: This four-page checklist is for local and national authorities coordinating heatwave preparedness and response measures. It provides a list of measures to consider when adapting heatwave plans and interventions in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Title: PROTECTING HEALTH FROM HOT WEATHER DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

URL: http://www.ghhin.org/assets/technical-brief-COVID-and-Heat-final.pdf

Description: This eight-page technical brief describes key considerations for decision-makers and practitioners on adapting existing plans, protocols, and procedures for managing the risks of extreme heat during the COVID-19 pandemic. It discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic amplifies health risks for many people in hot weather.

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Title: Guidelines for Tsunami Warning Services, Evacuation, and Sheltering during COVID-19

URL: http://www.ioc-tsunami.org/components/com_oe/oe.php?task=download&id=45326&version=1.0&lang=1&format=1

Description: This four-page document is aimed at national authorities responsible for the organization of tsunami warning and emergency response. It clarifies the status of the regional tsunami services for the Indian Ocean and suggests best practices for national and local actions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: GUIDANCE FOR TREATMENT OF COVID-19 IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN

URL: http://www.med.umich.edu/asp/pdf/adult_guidelines/COVID-19-treatment.pdf

Description: This eight-page guidance is for adult and pediatric patients with COVID-19 infection, who are admitted on an inpatient floor or to the intensive care unit. It was updated on June 3, 2020, to include revised secondary infection information, and revised remdesivir obtainment information.

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Title: COVID-19 TOOLKIT OF RESOURCES FOR LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES, COVID-19 Toolkit of Resources for Long Term Care Facilities, COVID-19 Toolkit of Resources for Long Term Care Facilities

URL: http://www.njha.com/media/597973/NJHA-COVID-19-Toolkit-LTC-V2.pdf

Description: This 34-page guidance was created to assist long-term and residential care facilities in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. It includes an outbreak management checklist.

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Title: COVID-19 Health and Safety Conditions Complaint Form

URL: http://www.nycpba.org/media/36494/covid-health-safety-violation.pdf

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Title: Drive-Through Testing Clinics for COVID-19

URL: http://www.wsha.org/wp-content/uploads/WSHA-drive-through-testing-clinics-for-Covid-19.pdf

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Title: Critical Frontier: Leveraging Technology to Combat COVID-19

URL: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Critical_Frontier_Leveraging_Technology_Combat_COVID_19_2020.pdf

Description: This 31-page document is an update of the Early Compendium of Technology Responses to COVID-19. It more than triples the number of solutions, providing better visibility into the diverse uses of technology for the COVID-19 response.

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Title: ICT COVID-19 Response: Partnering with Technology Companies to Combat COVID-19

URL: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Tech_4_COVID_Early_Compendium_2020.pdf

Description: This 13-page document is an initial collection of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic from leading global technology players. It includes 80 initial use cases representing 61 unique companies, across six main categories.

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Title: The Disinformation Dozen: Why Platforms Must Act on Twelve Leading Online Anti-Vaxxers

URL: https://252f2edd-1c8b-49f5-9bb2-cb57bb47e4ba.filesusr.com/ugd/f4d9b9_b7cedc0553604720b7137f8663366ee5.pdf

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Title: COVID-19 Toolkit for Rural Emergency Care Facilities in Australasia v1.0

URL: https://acem.org.au/getmedia/3ecc6790-6751-478a-9114-080040282476/Rural-Emergency-Toolkit-v1-0

Description: This 35-page toolkit provides COVID-19 guidance specific to smaller rural care facilities. Smaller rural emergency care facilities, especially those without on-site intensive care departments, may operate differently than metropolitan emergency departments.

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Title: Guidance on Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Pandemic – Africa CDC

URL: https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-contact-tracing-for-covid-19-pandemic/

Description: This document provides recommendations for contact tracing, which may help limit COVID-19 transmission when the first cases are identified within a country but can be very resource-intensive. It is likely not to be feasible when community transmission is occurring, and cases outside known transmission chains increase greatly.

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Title: Draft Petition (11-05-21) UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

URL: https://ag.ky.gov/Press%20Release%20Attachments/Petition%20Final.pdf

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Title: Effective and Safe Practices, Guidance for Custodians, Cleaning, and Maintenance Staff

URL: https://aiha-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/AIHA/resources/Guidance-Documents/Effective-and-Safe-Practices-Guidance-for-Custodians-Cleaning-and-Maintenance-Staff-Guidance-Document.pdf

Description: This fourteen-page document provides cleaning and disinfection guidance for custodians, cleaning, and maintenance staff to reduce transmission of COVID-19 within workplaces.

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Title: Reducing the Risk of COVID-19 Using Engineering Controls

URL: https://aiha-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/AIHA/resources/Guidance-Documents/Reducing-the-Risk-of-COVID-19-using-Engineering-Controls-Guidance-Document.pdf

Description: This seven-page document provides details about the recommendations of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and its volunteer committees of industrial hygienists for the use of engineering controls in all indoor workplaces, even those outside of the health care industry, to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

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Title: Recovering from COVID-19 Building Closures

URL: https://aiha-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/AIHA/resources/Public-Resources/RecoveringFromCOVID-19BuildingClosures_GuidanceDocument.FINAL.pdf

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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: 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: 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: 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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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: UNFPA Asiapacific | Continuing essential Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health services during COVID-19 pandemic

URL: https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/en/publications/continuing-essential-sexual-reproductive-maternal-neonatal-child-and-adolescent-health

Description: This 10-page operational guidance for the South and South-East Asia and Pacific regions has been prepared to help countries prepare a continuity plan for maintaining good quality and equitable sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was developed by the United Nations Population Fund, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, and UNICEF.

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Title: UNFPA Asiapacific | UNFPA COVID-19 Regional Technical Guidance on Older Persons

URL: https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/en/publications/unfpa-covid-19-regional-technical-guidance-older-persons

Description: This eight-page regional technical guidance note was developed for the UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office and Asia-Pacific Country Offices to provide guidance on older persons, health workers, and caregivers in the context of COVID-19 to effectively support each member state and work with other partners in preparing for and responding to the COVID-19 epidemic.

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Title: UNFPA Asiapacific | UNFPA Global Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

URL: https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/en/publications/unfpa-global-response-plan-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-pandemic

Description: This 10-page plan is fully aligned to and part of the United Nations Secretary-General's three-step plan to respond to the devastating socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19. Its strategic priorities are continuity of sexual and reproductive health services and interventions, including protection of the health workforce; addressing gender-based violence; and ensuring the supply of modern contraceptives and reproductive health commodities during the pandemic.

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Title: Death of a Colleague During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Technical Resources | ASPR TRACIE

URL: https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/technical-resources/resource/8122/death-of-a-colle-during-the-covid-19-pandemic

Description: This two-page resource from the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) Healthcare Resilience Task Force provides recommendations for healthcare workers and leaders to consider for managing grief following the death of a healthcare worker during the COVID-19 response.

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Title: Preventing and Addressing Moral Injury Affecting Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Technical Resources | ASPR TRACIE

URL: https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/technical-resources/resource/8587/preventing-and-addressing-moral-injury-affecting-healthcare-workers-during-the-covid-19-pandemic

Description: This four-page document from the COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Task Force is intended to support healthcare workers in identifying and preventing moral injury and providing support for those affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: COPE Consortium IRB Tool Kit

URL: https://b7094a38-d408-4d46-8abf-ea5d3d208d0a.usrfiles.com/ugd/b7094a_78d776aa7faa4a6bb9fe015b34ae5358.pdf

Description: This 42-page document was developed to assist institutions as they are trying to get approval for use of the COVID-19 Symptom Tracker app. These documents are templates to help them work toward getting IRB approval. The app will offer an opportunity to rapidly introduce an easy-to-use data collection tool to track COVID-19 exposure, symptoms, and outcomes in real-time during the acute phase of this pandemic, which will be invaluable for studies.

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Title: Getting Back to Housing | Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness

URL: https://caeh.ca/wp-content/uploads/CAEH-Return-To-Housing.pdf

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Title: COVID-19 Information By and For People with Disabilities | Contra Costa Health Services

URL: https://cchealth.org/coronavirus/pdf/COVID19-Info-for-People-with-Disabilities.pdf

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Title: COVID-19 Resource Manual 2020

URL: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.mpe.org/resource/resmgr/pdf/covid19_resource_manual_2020.pdf

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Title: COVID-19 Operations Resource Packet: Sample Procedures for Health Center Drive-Thru Clinic

URL: https://cdn1.digitellinc.com/uploads/nachc/articles/422b8a6ce484b78ad1a74a744818ba36.pdf

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Title: Operational Toolkit for Businesses Considering Reopening or Expanding Operations in COVID-19: Risk Assessment, Modification Assessment, and Mitigation Measures

URL: https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/sites/default/files/2023-02/200506-business-ra-instruction-manual.pdf

Description: This operational toolkit has been developed to help business owners who are considering reopening or expanding their operations to determine their establishments' risk of transmission of COVID-19 and how to reduce it. It contains three parts: an instruction manual; a business risk worksheet; and an assessment calculator.

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Title: Introduction - Covid-19 Contact Tracing Playbook

URL: https://contacttracingplaybook.resolvetosavelives.org/

Description: This playbook aims to provide clear and actionable technical guidance and tools for U.S. health departments to rapidly set up and implement contact tracing to support COVID-19 containment. It provides actionable technical guidance, including implementation checklists and tools, for each of the nine domains of a successful contact tracing program.

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Title: COVID Local A Frontline Guide for Local Decision-Makers

URL: https://covid-local.org/assets/documents/COVID19%20Frontline%20Guide%20for%20Local%20Decision%20Makers.pdf

Description: This 51-page document is intended to provide leaders and public officials at any state, city, or local level with a support tool to assist in informed strategy and decision-making on how to combat COVID-19 in their jurisdiction. It provides context and advice on how to tailor principles of outbreak control strategy, disaster management, and evolving knowledge on COVID-19 dynamics to different local conditions.

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Title: COVID-19: Working with and for young people | COVID-19 Response Portal

URL: https://covid19.alnap.org/help-library/covid-19-working-with-and-for-young-people

Description: This 37-page guidance note is meant to assist humanitarian actors, youth-led organizations, and young people themselves across sectors, working at local, country, regional, and global levels in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes sections on health impacts, and safety and protection issues.

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Title: Document - IFRC Guidance for Americas National Societies on COVID-19

URL: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/74763

Description: This six-page document describes how migrants and displaced populations may be at an increased risk from the current outbreak of COVID-19, how National Societies can support migrants and their families, and key activities for them to take.

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Title: Interim Recommendations for Adjusting Food Distribution Standard Operating Procedures in the Context of the COVID-19 Outbreak

URL: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74753

Description: This six-page document aims to guide the revision of existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Food Distribution in the COVID-19 context at the country level to minimize the risk of exposure of personnel, partners, and beneficiaries. It is not meant to replace existing SOPs, but rather complement them.

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Title: AAPA COVID-19 Related Resources - Google Docs

URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GrseILJlOFiNOzeQT3X3aizokL-M4NvXp7vCP4W-jm8/edit

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Title: Supporting People with Serious Illness during the Pandemic: The Growing Need for Palliative Care

URL: https://eadn-wc03-6094147.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/6-30-20-Supporting-People-with-Serious-Illness-During-The-Pandemic-The-Growing-Need-for-Palliative-Care_SlideDeck.pdf

Description: The slides from this webinar discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the role of palliative care. A speaker from Colorado also reviews what the state has done to support palliative care and why it is important to state health systems.

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Title: Environmental Health Assessment Form for Disaster Shelters During COVID-19

URL: https://emergency.cdc.gov/shelterassessment/pdf/Shelter_Assessment_COVID_508.pdf

Description: The CDC's Interim Guidance for General Population Shelters During COVID-19 provides guidelines with in-depth steps on how to prevent transmission of COVID-19 in general population shelters. The CDC recommends reviewing those guidelines in addition to using this four-page assessment form.

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Title: Guide on Tsunami Evacuation during COVID-19

URL: https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/guide_for_tsunami_evacuation_covid-1_final-1_eng.pdf

Description: This four-page guide addresses evacuation during a tsunami emergency time span – shortly after an earthquake (or submarine landslide or volcanic eruption in sea) is observed until the tsunami warning emergency is declared over. This guide serves as a reference and can be adapted for evacuation and emergency response associated with other natural disasters in the backdrop of COVID-19.

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Title: Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience | Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics

URL: https://ethics.harvard.edu/Covid-Roadmap

Description: This 56-page document is a comprehensive operational roadmap for mobilizing and reopening the U.S. economy in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. It lays out how a massive scale-up of testing, paired with contact tracing and supported isolation, can rebuild trust in our personal safety and re-mobilize the U.S. economy.

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Title: The Path to Zero: Key Metrics for COVID Suppression | Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics

URL: https://ethics.harvard.edu/path-to-zero

Description: These materials provide clear, accessible guidance to policymakers and the public on how to target and suppress COVID-19 more effectively across the nation. The new framework brings clarity to metrics that help communities determine the severity of the outbreak they are responding to.

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Title: Federal Healthcare Resilience Task Force Alternate Care Site Toolkit Third Edition

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/acs-toolkit-ed1-20200330-1022.pdf

Description: This 227-page toolkit, updated on June 30, 2020, was developed to help state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) entities address potential capacity and capability gaps in healthcare systems during the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) pandemic. It is intended to provide medical operations guidance and technical assistance to SLTT entities in establishing and operationalizing an ACS used to care for COVID-19-positive patients, presumed COVID-19-positive patients, and/or non-COVID-19 patients in a mixed setting.

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Title: ASPR Pandemic Contagion Private Sector TTX Materials

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-pandemic-contagion-private-sector-ttx-materials.pdf

Description: The HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response developed a COVID-19 tabletop exercise for the private sector, including owners/operators, company legal counsel, communication teams, human resources, and other key company leadership. This one-page document includes links to all the materials needed to carry out this exercise. Exercise materials include: Private Sector Exercise in a Box Instructions, Player Handbook, Facilitator Guide, PowerPoint Presentation, Draft Summary Report Template, and Participant Feedback Form.

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Title: COVID-19 Considerations for Long-Term Care Facilities

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-covid-19-long-term-care-considerations-toolkit-final.pdf

Description: This 16-page toolkit from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) is a compilation of considerations for long-term care facilities based on lessons learned during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, accompanied by resources to inform planning and response efforts.

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Title: Healthcare System Considerations for Resumption of Services during COVID-19

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-healthcare-system-considerations-for-recovery-and-resumption-of-services-during-covid-19-quick-sheet.pdf

Description: This two-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides considerations for healthcare system emergency planners and executives, and individual facility or practice managers tasked with any aspect of re-opening, resumption of services, recovery, and ongoing operations during this COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Hidden Consequences: How the COVID Pandemic is Impacting Children

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-hidden-consequences-children-and-covid-19-webinar-series-summary.pdf

Description: This one-page document provides information and links to recordings for a TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) webinar series focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic may affect children. Topics will include impacts on child health and wellness, child emotional and social effects, the impact of COVID-19 on children with special healthcare needs, and how secondary/other disasters may affect children during the pandemic.

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Title: ASPR TRACIE Technical Assistance Request

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-ta---covid-19-skilled-nursing-facility-lessons-learned---7-29-2020.pdf

Description: This two-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) responds to a request for resources that highlight lessons learned from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: ASPR TRACIE Technical Assistance Request

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-ta--seasonal-influenza-planning---09-03-2020.pdf

Description: This four-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) responds to a request for information and resources on how healthcare facilities are planning for seasonal influenza vaccination, including the possibility of also providing COVID-19 vaccination during flu season.

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Title: ASPR TRACIE Technical Assistance Request

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-ta--visitation-guidance-for-retirement-communities---5-11-2020.pdf

Description: This two-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) responds to a request for guidance resources related to COVID-19 and visitation recommendations for a local retirement condominium community.

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Title: ASPR TRACIE Technical Assistance Request

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-ta-considerations-for-homecare-actions-in-infectious-disease-outbreaks-3-13-2020.pdf

Description: This six-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides resources in response to numerous requests for resources and information related to home-based and community healthcare infectious disease preparedness best practices specific to COVID-19.

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Title: ASPR TRACIE Technical Assistance Request

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-ta-covid-19-and-secondary-disasters--5-14-2020.pdf

Description: This 15-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange), updated on June 24, 2020, responds to a request for resources related to COVID-19 and secondary disasters, particularly as it pertains to health and medical considerations and need for facilities and communities to shelter-in-place or evacuate during disasters (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires) while requiring to maintain social distancing practices.

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Title: ASPR TRACIE Technical Assistance Request

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-ta-covid-19-testing-6-19-2020.pdf

Description: This six-page document was written in response to a request for information on COVID-19 testing. ASPR TRACIE compiled and synthesized information on testing for COVID-19 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other open sources.

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Title: ASPR TRACIE Technical Assistance Request

URL: https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-ta-fac-during-covid-19-09-16-2020.pdf

Description: This three-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides resources in response to a request for response plans and planning documents for establishing a family assistance center (FAC) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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