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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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Title: World Health Organization, Nepal Earthquake 2015 photo gallery

URL: http://www.searo.who.int/entity/emergencies/nepal-earthquake-2015-photo-gallery/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page titled, "Nepal Earthquake 2015 photo gallery," on the World Health Organization (WHO) website. The page features photographs and descriptive captions from the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal and recovery efforts.

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Title: World Health Organization, Nepal Earthquake 2015

URL: http://www.searo.who.int/entity/emergencies/nepal-earthquake-2015/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page titled, "Emergency and humanitarian action Nepal Earthquake 2015," on the World Health Organization (WHO) website. The page features press releases, situation reports, posters, health bulletins, and featured stories.

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Title: WHO | Arguments in favour of compulsory treatment of opioid dependence

URL: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/2/12-108860/en/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: In this 2013 article in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), Zunyou Wu of the Chinese Center for Disease Control argues against the position of WHO and several other United Nations (UN) agencies that member states close compulsory drug detention and rehab centers. Wu argues that such centers should be one part of a harm reduction strategy aimed at curing opioid dependence and getting addicts back into society.

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Title: Mitigating the risk of HIV infection with opioid substitution treatment

URL: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/2/12-109553/en/

Collection: HIV/AIDS web archive

Description: Bulletin titled, "Mitigating the risk of HIV infection with opioid substitution treatment," by Linda R. Gowing, et al. published on the World Health Organization (WHO) Website on September 24, 2012. The bulletin focuses on the harm reduction practice of providing clean needle and syringes to injection drug users to prevent HIV infection that can occur when users share needles.

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Title: WHO | Advocates need to show compulsory treatment of opioid dependence is effective, safe and ethical

URL: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/2/12-115196/en/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Bulletin titled, "Advocates need to show compulsory treatment of opioid dependence is effective, safe and ethical," by University of Queensland clinical researchers, Wayne Hall and Adrian Carter, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2013. The bulletin confronts Zunyou Wu's rebuttal to the United Nations (UN) criticism of compulsory treatment centers.

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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 | Ebola response roadmap - Situation report

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) website featuring Ebola Situation Reports.

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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: Disease Outbreak News (DONs)

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

Collection: Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus web archive

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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: Global Alert and Response (GAR)

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

Collection: Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus web archive

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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: Living with HIV when one partner is positive and the other is negative

URL: http://www.who.int/features/2012/living_hiv/en/

Collection: HIV/AIDS web archive

Description: Article titled, "Living with HIV when one partner is positive and the other is negative," published as a feature story on the World Health Organization Website in November of 2012. The article discusses living with HIV when one person is HIV positive and the other is HIV negative, and includes personal stories and WHO recommendations for testing and counseling.

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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: World Health Organization (WHO) | HIV/AIDS program

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

Collection: HIV/AIDS web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) Website dedicated to the WHO HIV/AIDS program. WHO's HIV/AIDS program is a global effort to treat HIV and care for HIV/AIDS afflicted populations. The site features global statistics on HIV/AIDS, guidelines, news, links to information for key populations affected by the disease, the program's Twitter feed, events and life stories. It also links to featured stories and information.

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Title: World Health Organization | HIV

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

Collection: HIV/AIDS web archive

Description: Section of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Website dedicated to HIV. The site covers HIV news, events, data and publications.

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Title: World Health Organization | HIV Drug Resistance

URL: http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/drugresistance/en/

Collection: HIV/AIDS web archive

Description: Section of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Website dedicated to HIV drug resistance.

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Title: WHO | Map of countries implementing WHO surveys for pretreatment drug resistance and acquired drug resistance, 2014-2016

URL: http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/drugresistance/hivdr-map-2014-16/en/

Collection: HIV/AIDS web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) Website featuring a map of countries implementing WHO surveys for pretreatment drug resistance and acquired drug resistance between 2014-2016.

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Title: World Health Organization (WHO) | HIV/AIDS treatment and care

URL: http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/treatment/en/

Collection: HIV/AIDS web archive

Description: Section of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Website dedicated to HIV/AIDS treatment and care.

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Title: World Health Organization (WHO) | HIV Vaccination Initiative

URL: http://www.who.int/immunization/research/forums_and_initiatives/HIV_vaccine_initiative/en/

Collection: HIV/AIDS web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) Website dedicated to the HIV Vaccination Initiative, which aims to promote the development of an HIV vaccine, facilitate its evaluation, and address the future availability of preventative HIV vaccines, with a focus on the needs of developing countries. The page features information on the initiative, including its mission, activities, and policies.

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Title: Global Influenza Programme

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

Collection: Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus web archive

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Title: Frequently Asked Questions on human infection caused by the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus

URL: http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/faq_H7N9/en/

Collection: Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus web archive

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Title: Standardization of the influenza A(H7N9) virus terminology

URL: http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/influenza_h7n9/H7N9VirusNaming_16Apr13.pdf

Collection: Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus web archive

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Title: Overview of the emergence and characteristics of the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus

URL: http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/influenza_h7n9/WHO_H7N9_review_31May13.pdf

Collection: Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus web archive

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Title: Avian influenza A(H7N9) virus

URL: http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/influenza_h7n9/en/

Collection: Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus web archive

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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: WHO | Statement on the 1st meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa

URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/ebola-20140808/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Statement titled, "Statement on the 1st meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa," published on the World Health Organization (WHO) website on August 8, 2014. The statement provides an overview of the first meeting of the Emergency Committee and outlines the advice the committee provided to the Director-General regarding the Ebola outbreak.

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Title: WHO | WHO Director-General summarizes the outcome of the Emergency Committee on Zika

URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/emergency-committee-zika-microcephaly/en/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Statement titled, "WHO Director-General summarizes the outcome of the Emergency Committee regarding clusters of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome," published on the World Health Organization (WHO) website on February 1, 2016. The statement describes the WHO Director-General's decision to declare the outbreak of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders a Public Health Emergency of International Concern based on the recommendation of the Emergency Committee.

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Title: WHO | Opiates

URL: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts/opiates/en/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization's (WHO) Website that provides facts and figures on opiates.

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Title: WHO | Information sheet on opioid overdose

URL: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/information-sheet/en/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization's (WHO) Website that features an information sheet on opioid overdose.

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Title: Our Work in China

URL: http://www.wpro.who.int/china/en/index.html

Collection: Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus web archive

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Title: Our Work

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

Collection: Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus web archive

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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Title: WHA73

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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: 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

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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Title: Immunization in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: Understanding and addressing violence against women

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/77434/WHO_RHR_12.37_eng.pdf;jsessionid=C5D3D50D6756606D92CB2AAD9E3C6EA8?sequence=1

Collection: Violence as a Public Health Issue web archive

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Title: Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women: WHO clinical and policy guidelines

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/85240/9789241548595_eng.pdf

Collection: Violence as a Public Health Issue web archive

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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: 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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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: Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women: taking action and generating evidence

URL: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/44350

Collection: Violence as a Public Health Issue web archive

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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Title: WHO process for weekly reporting aggregated data

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

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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Title: Violence Info – A global knowledge platform for preventing violence

URL: https://apps.who.int/violence-info/

Collection: Violence as a Public Health Issue web archive

Description: The Violence Prevention Information System (Violence Info) collates published scientific information on the main types of interpersonal violence. This includes information on prevalence, consequences, risk factors, and prevention and response strategies. It also describes what countries report about their actions to address violence.

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Title: WHO Ebola Response

URL: https://extranet.who.int/ebola/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Website for the World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola Portal. The site is dedicated to providing information on Ebola.

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