Title: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON COVID-19 LINKS WITH ASTHMA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/Questions%20%20Answers%20COVID19%20%20COPD%20and%20Asthma-Final.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This two-page fact sheet provides answers to questions about asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and COVID-19, including their differences in symptoms, recommended medications, and avoiding complications.

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Title: QUESTIONS AND ASWERS on COVID-19 and Cancer

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/QUESTIONS%20AND%20ASWERS%20on%20COVID-19%20and%20Cancer.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This one-page fact sheet provides answers to questions about COVID-19 and cancer, including how COVID-19 impacts access to cancer screening, the impact of COVID-19 on diagnostic and staging procedures, and the impact of COVID-19 on the management of side effects of cancer treatment.

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Title: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON COVID19 & ORAL HEALTH

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/QUESTIONS%20AND%20ANSWERS%20ON%20COVID19%20%26%20ORAL%20HEALTH.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This two-page fact sheet provides answers to questions about COVID-19 and oral health, including if people with oral health problems (such as tooth decay, gum diseases) are more likely to get COVID-19, and how safe dental/primary care clinics are in the context of COVID-19.

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Title: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON COVID-19 AND DIABETES

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/QUESTIONS%20AND%20ANSWERS%20ON%20COVID-19%20AND%20DIABETES.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This two-page fact sheet provides answers to questions about COVID-19 and diabetes, including if diabetes makes someone vulnerable to getting COVID-19, and what a diabetic should know about adherence to medications during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON COVID-19 & MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (For Health Care Workers)

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/QUESTIONS%20AND%20ANSWERS%20ON%20COVID-19%20%26%20MENTAL%20HEALTH%20AND%20SUBSTANCE%20ABUSE.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This two-page fact sheet for health care workers provides answers to questions about COVID-19, mental health, and substance abuse, including how mental disorders and substance abuse can be prevented during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what mental health and substance use disorder interventions can be provided in relation to the COVID-19.

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Title: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON COVID-19 & MENTAL HEALTH (For General Public)

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/QUESTIONS%20AND%20ANSWERS%20ON%20COVID-19%20%26%20MENTAL%20HEALTH%20.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This three-page fact sheet provides answers to questions about COVID-19 and mental health, including if people with mental disorders, or those who abuse alcohol or other substances are more likely to get COVID-19, and if someone already has a pre-existing mental health condition, how they can protect/promote their mental well-being.

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Title: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COVID-19 AND EYE & EAR HEALTH

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/QUESTIONS%20AND%20ANSWERS%20COVID-19%20AND%20EYE%20%26%20EAR%20HEALTH.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This one-page fact sheet provides answers to questions about COVID-19 and eye and ear health, including if people with pre-existing eye or ear problems are more likely to have COVID-19, and how effective remote consultation is for eye and ear problems to avoid visiting health facilities.

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Title: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ON COVID-19 AND HYPERTENSION

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/QUESTIONS%20%26%20ANSWERS%20ON%20COVID-19%20AND%20HYPERTENSION.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This two-page fact sheet provides answers to questions about COVID-19 and hypertension, including if people with hypertension are more likely to get COVID-19, and if high blood pressure medications increase the risk of getting COVID-19.

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Title: Guidance to reduce COVID-19 stigma on Health workers and families

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/Guidance%20to%20reduce%20COVID-19%20stigma%20on%20Health%20workers%20and%20families.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This eight-page document discusses how COVID-19 stigma happens and what the impacts are, and provides guidance to reduce stigma in several circumstances, including on people using masks and practicing social/physical distancing. It provides a table detailing how stigma manifests in behaviors and what the consequences are.

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Title: Guidance Document for a Differentiated Response to COVID-19 Outbreak in Urban and Rural settings

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/Guidance%20Document%20for%20a%20Differentiated%20Response%20to%20COVID-19%20Outbreak%20in%20Urban%20and%20Rural%20settings.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This 10-page guidance document provides a differentiated approach in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in urban and rural settings. The interventions are customized in each setting based on the local COVID-19 transmission pattern, as defined by the World Health Organization.

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Title: Establishing COVID-19 triage stations at healthcare facilities: Key instructions and tips

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/Establishing%20COVID-19%20triage%20stations%20at%20healthcare%20facilities%20-%20Key%20instructions%20and%20tips.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: The purpose of this nine-page document is to provide guidance on how to rapidly establish a COVID-19 triage area at a healthcare facility (HCF). It outlines different options for setting up a triage station based on the resources and/or size of the healthcare facility.

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Title: Certification and Quality Check of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Guidance to Countries

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/Certification%20and%20Quality%20Check%20of%20Personal%20Protective%20Equipment.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This four-page document describes how the high demand of personal protective equipment (PPE) by countries during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the local production and importation of sub-standard PPE from different sources. The infection prevention and control team should advise on appropriate procurement and use of PPE based on WHO recommended standards and international standard guidelines on PPE certification and quality check. The document provides a list of documents that are needed for certification verification and others that are useful for quality check of PPE.

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Title: CROSS-BORDER MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN EAST & SOUTHERN AFRICA

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/CROSS-BORDER%20MANAGEMENT%20OF%20COVID-19%20OUTBREAK%20IN%20EAST%20%26%20SOUTHERN%20AFRICA_0.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This six-page document details the urgent need to develop and implement a coordinated sub-regional strategy to prevent, control, and suppress cross-border transmission of COVID-19 in East and Southern Africa countries through harmonized approach to ports of entry surveillance; testing of transnational truck drivers and their assistants; timely operational, strategic cross-border information sharing; and the use of mobility and surveillance data to guide the investment of public health actions along major transport corridors.

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Title: Asymptomatic, Pre-symptomatic and Mild Signs and Symptoms of COVID-19 - Risk Communication and Community Engagement messages

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/Asymptomatic%20Pre-symptomatic%20and%20Mild%20Signs%20and%20Symptoms%20of%20COVID-19.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This five-page document provides answers to questions about asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic cases of COVID-19 in order to provide appropriate messaging to avoid and reduce the risk of transmission at the community level. It also provides risk communication and community engagement actions.

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Title: Addressing NCD risk factors in the context of COVID-19

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/Covid-19/Techinical%20documents/Addressing%20NCD%20Risk%20factors%20in%20context%20of%20COVID19.pdf

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This five-page document describes how the global COVID-19 pandemic is contributing to social and economic disruptions that may drive people to engage in risk-taking behavior and unhealthy habits. Preventing these risk factors will have a dual beneficial effect of reducing the number of people at risk of severe disease, as well as improving the recovery of those affected by COVID-19. The document provides a list of key messages.

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Title: Technical Guidance on contact tracing for COVID-19 in the World Health Organization (WHO) African region | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/publications/technical-guidance-contact-tracing-covid-19-world-health-organization-who-african

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: This 20-page document offers guidance to Member States in the African region on the key steps used to conduct contact tracing related to the COVID-19 response. It is to be used by national and local health authorities in the implementation of tracing of contacts of probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases.

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Title: Eight in 10 African countries to miss crucial COVID-19 vaccination goal | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

URL: https://www.afro.who.int/news/eight-10-african-countries-miss-crucial-covid-19-vaccination-goal

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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Title: WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) | Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/WHOAFRO/

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

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

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Title: Flambée de maladie à virus Ebola - WHO | Regional Office for Africa

URL: http://www.afro.who.int/fr/groupes-organiques-et-programmes/ddc/alerte-et-action-en-cas-depidemie-et-de-pandemie/epr-highlights/4164-flambee-de-maladie-a-virus-ebola.html

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa website dedicated to the Ebola Outbreak in French.

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Title: Situation Reports (SITREPS) - WHO | Regional Office for Africa

URL: http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/sitreps.html

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa website dedicated to Situation Reports related to the Ebola Virus in English and French.

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Title: Disease Outbreak News - WHO | Regional Office for Africa

URL: http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/outbreak-news.html

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa website dedicated to the most recent disease outbreak news.

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Title: Ebola virus disease - WHO | Regional Office for Africa

URL: http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/epr-highlights/4164-ebola-virus-disease-in-west-africa.html

Collection: Global Health Events web archive

Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa website dedicated to featured Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) news, reports, maps, statements, technical information and videos.

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