07/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 7/10/2020. 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. (Text)
07/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 7/10/2020. 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. (Text)
07/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 7/10/2020. This web page provides COVID-19 videos, social media, PSAs, print resources, checklists, FAQs, and web resources, with tabs for 10 different audiences, including K-12 schools, community- and faith-based organizations, and shared and congregate housing. (Text)
07/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security. Published: 7/10/2020. This one-hour, 51-minute Congressional hearing provides an opportunity to examine the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, what must be done to confront the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic in minority and disadvantaged communities, and how the federal government can do more to include communities of color and the economically disadvantaged in its preparation, response, and recovery efforts for COVID-19 and other emergencies. (Video or Multimedia)
07/02/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Johns Hopkins University. Published: 7/2/2020. To address factors contributing to the global gender gap in leadership, this toolkit covers topics like global disparities in women’s leadership, gender as a determinant of career advancement, gendered patterns of communication, mentorship and sponsorship, and linkages between power, gender norms, and sexual harassment. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate effect on women and girls, in part because of their overwhelming presence on the frontlines as healthcare workers and caregivers, women are underrepresented in decision-making. (Text)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Harvard University. Published: 7/1/2020. These materials provide clear, accessible guidance to policymakers and the public on how to target and suppress COVID-19 more effectively across the nation. The new framework brings clarity to metrics that help communities determine the severity of the outbreak they are responding to. (PDF)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Published: 7/2020. The members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Sub-Group on Data Responsibility (co-led by the OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data, International Organization for Migration, and UN High Commissioner for Refugees) have developed this FAQ page to support organizations and staff around the world working with data in the COVID-19 response. The ongoing response presents a range of challenges and opportunities around the safe, ethical, and effective management of data. (Text)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
Questions and Answers on COVID-19 Links with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 7/2020. 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. (PDF)
06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Published: 6/2020. This six-page tip sheet offers an overview of the threats to confidentiality associated with digital communications in higher risk humanitarian contexts, including physical and covert surveillance, metadata, interception, and hacking; recommendations to mitigate those threats, including communication protocols, countermeasures, digital security, choice of application, and digital hygiene; and a set of resources that can be used to help identify suitable communications tools. Co-publishers are the International Organization for Migration, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (PDF)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 5/2020. 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. (PDF)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 5/2020. 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. (PDF)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 5/2020. 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. (PDF)
01/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Published: 1/2020. This eight-page note aims to support humanitarian practitioners in effectively identifying, assessing, and addressing ethical concerns that arise in data-related projects. It begins with an overview of humanitarian ethics and data ethics, with a focus on the values that drive ethical decision-making in the two fields, and then introduces some of the persistent ethical challenges that humanitarians may face in data management work by exploring common ethical concerns related to humanitarian action and data management. (PDF)
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