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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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Tracking the Disease
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Tracking the Disease
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Vulnerable Populations, People with Substance Use Disorders
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Vaccines, Tracking the Disease
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Adapting Technology, Tracking the Disease
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Vulnerable Populations, Pre-existing Medical Conditions, Tracking the Disease
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Vaccines
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Tracking the Disease
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Vaccines, Tracking the Disease
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Tracking the Disease, Prevention and Control/Risk Management
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Health Facilities
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Basic Information
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Health Workforce
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Social Dimensions
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Tracking the Disease, Patient Treatment and Experience
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Patient Treatment and Experience, Tracking the Disease, Vulnerable Populations, Pre-existing Medical Conditions
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Patient Treatment and Experience, Basic Information, Prevention and Control/Risk Management, Vulnerable Populations, Pre-existing Medical Conditions
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Tracking the Disease
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Tracking the Disease, Prevention and Control/Risk Management
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Tracking the Disease
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Tracking the Disease, Prevention and Control/Risk Management
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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Group: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Creator: World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing
Language: English
Type: Publication
Collector: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Keyword: Vulnerable Populations, Victims of Abuse
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