Title: WHO | Ebola and Marburg virus disease

URL: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/130160/1/WHO_HSE_PED_CED_2014.05_eng.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Document titled, "Ebola and Marburg virus disease epidemics: preparedness, alert, control, and evaluation," published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in August of 2014. The document provides guidelines for preparing for, and dealing with, the Ebola virus.

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Title: Briefing notes on Zika and Microcephaly - World | ReliefWeb

URL: http://reliefweb.int/report/world/briefing-notes-zika-and-microcephaly/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Report titled, "Briefing notes on Zika and Microcephaly," by the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Relief Web website on January 19, 2016. The report provides an update on the Zika virus outbreak, evidence for the virus' possible relationship to microcephaly, background on the virus, prevention and treatment, and the WHO response.

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Title: WHO | Frequently asked questions on Ebola virus disease

URL: http://who.int/csr/disease/ebola/faq-ebola/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website dedicated to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the Ebola virus.

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Title: WHO | Ebola virus disease

URL: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website featuring information on the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2015.

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Title: WHO | Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan in West Africa

URL: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/outbreak-response-plan/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website dedicated to the Ebola virus response plan for West Africa.

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Title: WHO | Zika virus disease

URL: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/zika/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website dedicated to emergency preparedness and response to the Zika virus.

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URL: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/zika/information-for-travelers/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) featuring information for travelers to Zika-affected countries.

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Title: WHO | Guillain-Barré syndrome – El Salvador

URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/21-january-2016-gbs-el-salvador/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) featuring news from January 21, 2016 on the Guillain-Barre Syndrome in El Salvador.

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Title: WHO | Zika Virus Infection

URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/disease/zika-virus-infection/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website featuring news related to the Zika virus.

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Title: WHO | Disease Outbreak News (DONs)

URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website featuring Disease Outbreak News reports.

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Title: WHO | Ebola response roadmap

URL: http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/ebola/response-roadmap/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Report titled, "Ebola Response Roadmap,," which published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on August 2014. The report provides information to governments and partners on how to respond to the Ebola outbreak.

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Title: WHO | World Health Organization

URL: http://www.who.int/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Website for the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO employs health specialists, medical doctors, scientists, epidemiologists and also people with expertise in administration and finance, information systems, economics, health statistics as well as emergency preparedness and response to provide global leadership in public health through their multilingual website, publications and other resources, ensuring that health information reaches the people who need it in the languages they can understand.

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Title: WHO | Zika virus disease: Questions and answers

URL: http://www.who.int/features/qa/zika/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) is dedicated to common questions and answers about the Zika virus and complications related to infection

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Title: WHO | Nepal

URL: http://www.who.int/hac/crises/npl/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website dedicated to crises compelling humanitarian health action. The page includes a feature story, news and situation reports.

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Title: WHO | Situation assessments: Ebola virus disease

URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website featuring links to situation assessments on the Ebola virus.

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: Health Security Learning Platform: All courses

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: WHO (@WHO) | Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/WHO/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Twitter account page for the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Title: PAHO/WHO eHealth (@ehealthpaho) | Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/ehealthpaho/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Twitter account page for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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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/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Infection Prevention and Control During Health Care for Probable or Confirmed Cases of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Infection

URL: https://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/IPCnCoVguidance_06May13.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: The World Health Organization (WHO) developed this nine-page interim guidance to meet the urgent need for up-to-date information and evidence-based recommendations for the safe care of patients with probable or confirmed novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection as a result of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV). The guidance is intended for health-care workers, health-care managers, and infection prevention and control teams.

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Title: Interim Guidance Document - Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infections when novel coronavirus is suspected: What to do and what not to do

URL: https://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/InterimGuidance_ClinicalManagement_NovelCoronavirus_11Feb13.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This 12-page interim guidance document aims to help clinicians with supportive management of patients who have acute respiratory failure and septic shock as a consequence of severe infection, in the context of the emergence of novel coronavirus in 2012, known as Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). It is organized into four sections that correspond to clinical management steps, and uses symbols after inventions for "do," "don't," and "be careful when considering this intervention."

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Title: Interim Surveillance Recommendations for Human Infection with Novel Coronavirus

URL: https://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/InterimRevisedSurveillanceRecommendations_nCoVinfection_18Mar13.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This four-page document provides surveillance guidance, as of March 2013, for novel coronavirus (nCoV). It makes specific revised recommendations for countries where the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been detected, and for investigations and studies to be carried out where cases are detected, which may help describe critical clinical and epidemiological features of the virus.

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Title: Laboratory Testing for Novel Coronavirus

URL: https://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/LaboratoryTestingNovelCoronavirus_21Dec12.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This nine-page document from December 2012 provides interim recommendations to laboratories and stakeholders involved in laboratory testing for novel coronavirus, also called Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). It includes a table that displays types of specimens for testing for the presence of novel coronavirus and advice on handling. The recommendations have been prepared by the World Health Organization and reviewed by laboratory experts.

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: Ebola virus disease

URL: https://www.who.int/ebola/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website dedicated to information on the Ebola virus disease (EVD).

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Title: Novel Coronavirus 2019

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: Monkeypox outbreak 2022 - Global

URL: https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/monkeypox-oubreak-2022/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Webstie from World Health Organization regarding the monkeypox outbreak, gives general overview,links to news, situation reports, cases and deaths, global trends, fact sheet, FAQs, etc

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Title: COVID-19 IHR Emergency Committee

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Poliovirus IHR Emergency Committee

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Website from World Health Organization with links to statements from the Poliovirus IHR Emergency Committee.

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Title: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

URL: https://www.who.int/health-topics/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-mers#tab=tab_1

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Website from World Health Organization regarding Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), information about news, work on research, etc.

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Title: Statement on the meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee for Ebola virusdisease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 17 July 2019

URL: https://www.who.int/ihr/procedures/statement-emergency-committee-ebola-drc-july-2019.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Six-page PDF report on the July 17, 2019 meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee for Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The report includes meeting proceedings, context and discussion, and conclusions and advice.

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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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Title: Key Considerations for Repatriation and Quarantine of Travellers in Relation to the Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

URL: https://www.who.int/ith/Repatriation_Quarantine_nCoV-key-considerations_HQ-final11Feb.pdf?ua=1

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: For countries that have decided to repatriate their nationals from Wuhan City, China, in relation to the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), this four-page document provides key considerations that need to be made, in order to ensure the health and well-being of those involved in the repatriation. It lists measures to be adopted before embarkation, onboard the aircraft, upon arrival at the point of entry, in quarantine, and for personnel.

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Title: WHO recommendations for international traffic related to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

URL: https://www.who.int/ith/who-recommendations-for-international-travel-19july2019/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Press release titled, "WHO recommendations for international traffic related to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," published on the World Health Organization (WHO) website on July 19, 2019. These international travel and health recommendations include general advice as well as guidance on how to conduct entry/exit screenings at international borders and airports.

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Title: Public health considerations while resuming international travel

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/public-health-considerations-while-resuming-international-travel

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: The objective of this guidance is to provide governments, health authorities of WHO Member States, and relevant stakeholders with elements to consider in adjusting international travel measures to the changing epidemiological situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, national public health and health service capacity available in countries, and evolving understanding of the virus.

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Title: Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination and COVID-19

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/bacille-calmette-gu%C3%A9rin-(bcg)-vaccination-and-covid-19

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This report describes why, in the absence of evidence, the World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination for the prevention of COVID-19. WHO continues to recommend neonatal BCG vaccination in countries or settings with a high incidence of tuberculosis.

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Title: COVID-19 and the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and receptor blockers

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/covid-19-and-the-use-of-angiotensin-converting-enzyme-inhibitors-and-receptor-blockers

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This brief summarizes the current evidence on the impact of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) or angiotensin receptor blockers on severe acute respiratory illness due to SARS CoV-2. It addresses concerns that ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) increase susceptibility to coronavirus SARS CoV-2 (the viral agent that causes the disease COVID-19) and the likelihood of severe COVID-19 illness.

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Title: Immunity passports in the context of COVID-19| World Health Organization

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/immunity-passports-in-the-context-of-covid-19

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Statement on the third meeting of the IHR (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/01-05-2020-statement-on-the-third-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Report, "Statement on the third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)" from the World Health Organization (WHO), published on 1 May 2020. This report of the meeting includes the proceedings of the meeting and describes topics discussed and recommendations.

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Title: Statement on the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/01-08-2020-statement-on-the-fourth-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Shortage of personal protective equipment endangering health workers worldwide

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/03-03-2020-shortage-of-personal-protective-equipment-endangering-health-workers-worldwide/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Article, "Shortage of personal protective equipment endangering health workers worldwide" published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 3 March 2020. The article describes how increase in demand, misuse, panic buying and hoarding of personal protective equipment (PPE) may lead to a shortage for health care workers and calls for increased production.

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Title: Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/09-04-2020-children-s-story-book-released-to-help-children-and-young-people-cope-with-covid-19/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Statement on the meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee for Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/12-02-2020-statement-on-the-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-for-ebola-virus-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-on-12-february-2020/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Statement titled, "Statement on the meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee for Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 12 February 2020," published on the World Health Organization (WHO) website on February 12, 2020. The statement provides an overview of the latest meeting of the Emergency Committee and outlines the public health advice the committee provided to the Director-General regarding the Ebola outbreak.

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Title: WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/28-01-2020-who-china-leaders-discuss-next-steps-in-battle-against-coronavirus-outbreak/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Press release titled, "WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak," published on the World Health Organization (WHO) website on January 28, 2020. It reports on WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's meeting with the President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing. The meeting participants discussed the latest information on the coronavirus outbreak as well as the WHO's efforts to help China navigate the crisis.

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Title: Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Statement titled, "Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak," published on the World Health Organization (WHO) website on January 30, 2020. The statement provides an overview of the latest meeting of the Emergency Committee and outlines the conclusions and advice the committee provided to the Director-General regarding the novel coronavirus outbreak.

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Title: Ebola virus disease

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ebola-virus-disease/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website dedicated to key facts on the Ebola virus disease (EVD). Topics include transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, vaccines, prevention and control, among others.

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Title: Monkeypox

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/monkeypox/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: A guide to WHO’s guidance on COVID-19

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/a-guide-to-who-s-guidance

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Inside the Mammoth Undertaking of Global Vaccine Distribution

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/inside-the-mammoth-undertaking-of-global-vaccine-distribution

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Let’s flatten the infodemic curve

URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/let-s-flatten-the-infodemic-curve/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Website from World Health Organization (WHO) regarding information being spread about COVID-19, contains various graphics and resources

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Title: Focus on immunization and surveillance in the mid-term evaluation of polio transition

URL: https://www.who.int/news/item/03-11-2022-focus-on-immunization-and-surveillance-in-the-in-mid-term-evaluation-of-polio-transition

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the IHR (2005) Emergency Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic

URL: https://www.who.int/news/item/05-05-2023-statement-on-the-fifteenth-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-pandemic

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Statement on the meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019 (n-CoV) on 23 January 2020

URL: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-01-2020-statement-on-the-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: The Emergency Committee convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019 in the People's Republic of China, with exportations currently reported in the Republic of Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore, met on January 22-23, 2020. The advice was that the event did not constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), but Committee members agreed on the urgency of the situation and suggested that the Committee should be reconvened in a matter of days to examine the situation further. This page provides the Committee's advice to WHO, affected countries, and the global community.

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Title: Second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox

URL: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-07-2022-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-(ihr)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-multi-country-outbreak-of-monkeypox

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Statement of the Thirty-second Polio IHR Emergency Committee

URL: https://www.who.int/news/item/24-06-2022-statement-of-the-thirty-second-polio-ihr-emergency-committee/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Final Statement on the 8th meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005)

URL: https://www.who.int/news/item/26-06-2020-final-statement-on-the-8th-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

URL: https://www.who.int/news/item/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This web page provides information about the second meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) on January 30, 2020, regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV in the People's Republic of China. The Director-General declared that the outbreak of 2019-nCoV constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), accepted the Committee's advice, and issued this advice as Temporary Recommendations under the IHR (2005). It is expected that further international exportation of cases may appear in any country. Thus, all countries should be prepared for containment, including active surveillance, early detection, isolation and case management, contact tracing, and prevention of onward spread of 2019-nCoV infection, and to share full data with WHO.

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Title: Home care for patients with COVID-19 presenting with mild symptoms and management of their contacts

URL: https://www.who.int/publications-detail/home-care-for-patients-with-suspected-novel-coronavirus-(ncov)-infection-presenting-with-mild-symptoms-and-management-of-contacts/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: "Home care for patients with COVID-19 presenting with mild symptoms and management of their contacts" interim guidance. Dated 17 March 2020

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Title: Key planning recommendations for mass gatherings in the context of COVID-19

URL: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/10665-332235

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to host governments, health authorities and national or international organizers of mass gatherings on containing risks of COVID-19 transmission associated with mass gathering events.

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Title: WHO mass gathering COVID-19 risk assessment tool – Religious events

URL: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/10665-333186

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This risk assessment spreadsheet tool for religious gatherings has been updated to reflect new WHO guidance and new evidence on both COVID-19 and mass gatherings, as well as feedback from end-users. The Decision Tree is now built into the tool, and a new tab dedicated to Risk Communication has been added. The expanded tool now includes six tabs: 1. Instructions; 2. Decision Tree; 3. Risk Evaluation; 4. Risk Mitigation; 5. Decision Matrix; and 6. Risk Communication.

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Title: Guidance for the use of the WHO mass gathering risk assessment tools

URL: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/10665-333187

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This risk assessment spreadsheet tool for sports events has been updated to reflect new WHO guidance and new evidence on both COVID-19 and mass gatherings, as well as feedback from end-users. The Decision Tree is now built into the tool, and a new tab dedicated to Risk Communication has been added. The expanded tool now includes six tabs: 1. Instructions; 2. Decision Tree; 3. Risk Evaluation; 4. Risk Mitigation; 5. Decision Matrix; and 6. Risk Communication.

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Title: Refugees and migrants in times of COVID-19: mapping trends of public health and migration policies and practices

URL: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240028906

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: Progress on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in schools

URL: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789280651423

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This report, co-published with UNICEF, details the latest data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP), which reveal that 43 percent of schools around the world lacked access to basic hand-washing with soap and water in 2019 -- a key condition for schools to be able to operate safely in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Practical actions in cities to strengthen preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: an interim checklist for local authorities, 17 July 2020

URL: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-ActionsforPreparedness-Checklist-2020.1

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This document accompanies the interim guidance on "Strengthening Preparedness for COVID-19 in Cities and Urban Settings." It provides local authorities, leaders, and policy-makers in cities with a checklist tool to ensure that key areas have been covered. An Excel version that local authorities may wish to adapt to meet their needs is also available.

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Title: Preparedness for cyclones, tropical storms, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes during the COVID-19 pandemic

URL: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Advisory-Preparedness-2020.1

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This health advisory provides guidance to countries on adapting all existing preparedness and response plans and procedures for cyclones, tropical storms, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, and potential outbreaks of other diseases to their COVID-19 strategic preparedness and response plans. It also provides advice on how to test the required capacities through simulation as and when necessary to ensure the strategic objectives of pandemic response.

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Title: Community-based health care, including outreach and campaigns, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

URL: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Comm_health_care-2020.1

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This guidance, published with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and UNICEF, addresses the specific role of community-based health care in the COVID-19 pandemic context and outlines the adaptations needed to keep people safe, maintain continuity of essential services, and ensure an effective response to COVID-19. It is intended for decision-makers and managers at the national and subnational levels and complements a range of other guidance, including that on priority public health interventions, facility-based care, and risk communication and community engagement in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic: interim report, 27 August 2020

URL: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-EHS_continuity-survey-2020.1

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: The Pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic aimed to gain initial insight from country key informants into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on essential health services across the life course. The survey results in this interim report can improve understanding of the extent of disruptions across all services, the reasons for disruptions, and the mitigation strategies countries are using to maintain service delivery.

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