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In Control: A Practical Handbook for Professionals Working in Health Emergencies Internationally RKI

Robert Koch Institut RKI (2023) CC

The greatest risk to persons engaging in international medical emergency response is poor preparation. The In Control handbook hopes to provide a remedy. At the time of writing, we are living through the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a health emergency that disregards physical borders, brin...gs into focus social inequalities and affects people on every continent. This shared challenge requires unprecedented measures and the collaboration of the brightest minds to support global health protection through this crisis and beyond. Healthcare infrastructures have to be strengthened, public health capacities and processes upgraded, medical countermeasures and vaccinations found and psychosocial side-effects treated. Solidarity is the normative order of the day and the human species has to collaborate to face this invisible threat. Hiding and living in fear is not an option in this interconnected world. We have both a responsibility and an opportunity to make substantial contributions to a safer, healthier and more sustainable future for us all. The existence of this handbook is an impressive example of solidarity. Over 50 authors from more than 15 institutes and organisations have come together voluntarily within a very short time to make their expertise available and enable cross-sectoral thinking. Knowledge is bundled, resources are combined, information gaps are filled. The In Control handbook is not a theoretical treatise of possible dangers, but a collection of subject-matter expertise, written by experts and practitioners who have shaped health topics over the past 20 years in the most diverse corners of the world. The Centre for International Health Protection at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is collaborating with its partners and investing heavily in the build-up of operational know-how and capacity to support health crisis response abroad. This is done by preparing and enabling professionals to deploy safely across the world to assist those in need. In Control addresses the multi-faceted challenges of an international deployment. Readers will find not only technical medical information, but also insights into, for example, the fragility of our environment, the cultural differences that influence risk communication or the dilemmas arising from social distancing. Legal principles are highlighted, along with ethical guidance to ensure that our actions and decisions correspond to the highest moral standards. more

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2014 Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey Key Findings

2014 Demographic and Health Survey Key Findings (2015) C1

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Best practices for including persons with disabilities in all aspects of developmennt efforts
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United Nations (2011) C2

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A Glimmer of Light in Venezuela’s Gloom - Latin America Report N°75 | 15 July 2019

International Crisis Group (2019) C1

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Sri Lanka - Guidance Disability Information Sheet

CBM Australia (2014)

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Guatemala National Disability Study (Endis 2016) Main Report

International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2017) C2

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Social determinants approaches to public health: from concept to practice

Erik Blas, Johannes Sommerfeld and Anand Sivasankara Kurup World Health Organization WHO (2011) C_WHO

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Nepal: Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS), 2014

Ministry of Agricultural Development (2014) C1

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Protection of Refugees with Disabilities: Uganda Fieldwork Report, August-September 2013

Laura Smith-Khan, Professor Mary Crock, Professor Ben Saul, Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum AO, University of Sydney (2013) C1

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Invisible: The Rohingyas, the crisis, the people and their health

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2020) C_WHO

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NACA Annual Report: Report of Achievement for the Year 2014

National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Abuja Nigeria (2014) C1

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Executive Summary - Conclusions and policy implications

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; World Drug Report 2017 (2019) C2

World Drug Report 2017 -1- Accessed: 14.03.2019

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The drug problem and organized crime, illicit financial flows, corruption and terrorism

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; World Drug Report 2017 (2019) C2

World Drug Report 2017 -5- Accessed: 14.03.2019

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Health worker migration from South Africa: causes, consequences and policy responses

Labonté et al Human Resources for Health (2015) CC

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Women and drugs - Drug use, drug supply and their consequences

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2018) C2

World Drug Report 2018 -5-

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Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)

World Health Organization (2009)

Report of the Review Committee on the Functioning of the International Health Regulations (2005) in relation to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

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Failure to Protect: Syria and the UN Security Council

Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (2015)

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Socio-economic Impacts of the Ebola Virus Disease on Africa. Revised Edition

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (2015)

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WHO guidelines on meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care
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World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

The guidelines are primarily intended for health-care professionals working in first- or second-level health-care facilities, including emergency, inpatient and outpatient services. They are also directed at policy-makers, health-care planners and programme managers, academic institutions, non-gover... more

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Centering communities in pandemic preparedness and response

The Independent Panel (2021) CC

Background paper 10 The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response May 2021

Best practices for including persons with disabilities in all aspects of developmennt efforts recommended

WHO guidelines on meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care recommended

Best practices for including persons with disabilities in all aspects of developmennt efforts
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WHO guidelines on meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care
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