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Training courses on infection prevention and control (IPC)

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2021) CC

Tags: Online Courses, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), ipc, AMR, Antimicrobial resistance,

Source: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publicatio

COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. You can download a summary of the main report and background documents! The report demonstrates that the current system—at both national and international levels— was not adequate to protect people from COVID-19. The time it took from the reporting of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown origin in mid-late December 2019 to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern being declared was too long. February 2020 was also a lost month when many more countries could have taken steps to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and forestall the global health, social, and economic catastrophe that continues its grip. The Panel finds that the system as it stands now is clearly unfit to prevent another novel and highly infectious pathogen, which could emerge at any time, from developing into a pandemic

Tags: preapredness, outbreak preparedness, Outbreak Control, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, covid-19,

Source: https://theindependentpanel.org/mainrepo

Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative 2021 – 2025 Strategic Plan

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC

Biosafety involves the implementation of containment principles, technologies and practices to prevent unintentional exposure to biological agents. Biosecurity involves the protection, control and accountability of biological materials and information related to these materials and dualuse research, to prevent their unauthorized access, loss, theft, misuse, diversion or intentional release

Tags: biosafety, outbreak prevention, prevention and control, Epidemic Preparedness, preparedness and response plan, biosecurity,

Source: https://africacdc.org/download/biosafety

Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) Legal Framework Guide

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC

A public health emergency operation center (PHEOC) serves as a hub for better coordinating the preparation, response, and recovery for public health emergencies. A functional PHEOC is critical for the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). The Framework for a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre provides high-level guidance for establishing or strengthening a PHEOC. To establish and/or strengthen a PHEOC, it is vital for Member States to align with standardized policies, guidelines, and tools

Tags: Public health, emergency, preparedness, outbreak response, outbreak preparedness, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination,

Source: https://africacdc.org/download/public-he

Handbook for Public Health Emergency Operations Center Operations and Management

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC

A Public Health EOC (PHEOC) serves as a hub for coordinating the preparation for, response to, and recovery from public health emergencies. The preparation includes planning, such as risk and resource mapping, development of plans and procedures, and training and exercising. The response includes all activities related to investigation, response and recovery. The PHEOC also serves as a hub for coordinating resources and information to support response actions during a public health emergency and enhances communication and collaboration among relevant stakeholders

Tags: Public health, emergency, preparedness, outbreak response, outbreak preparedness, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination,

Source: https://africacdc.org/download/handbook-

Mantenimiento de la vigilancia de la gripe y seguimiento del SARS-CoV-2: adaptación del Sistema Mundial de Vigilancia y Respuesta a la Gripe (‎SMVRG)‎ y de los sistemas centinela durante la pandemia

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO

orientaciones provisionales, 8 de noviembre de 2020 This interim guidance is most useful for countries interested in monitoring relative circulations of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses. The document provides practical information to maintain surveillance of influenza and monitor SARS-CoV-2 using existing surveillance systems. It contains updated considerations for addressing disruptions in the influenza sentinel surveillance and extending to include COVID-19 wherever possible. Updated algorithms for testing of both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 for surveillance are also included. This document is an update of Operational considerations for COVID-19 surveillance using GISRS and GISRS for the upcoming influenza seasons during the COVID-19 pandemi

Tags: Surveillance, Influenza, SARS-CoV-2,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Операционные аспекты ускорения геномного секвенирования как компонента эпиднадзора за SARS-CoV-2 через систему ГСЭГО

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Representative, quality, timely and continuous genetic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is critical to the COVID-19 outbreak response. This document provides practical guidance to Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) laboratories and other relevant national laboratories to move beyond virus detection to genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive materials obtained from sentinel surveillance of influenza-like illness (ILI), acute respiratory infection (ARI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI). It contains considerations on sample selection for sequencing, numbers of viruses to be sequenced, metadata and timeliness for sharing genetic sequence data (GSD) and opportunities for technical support

Tags: genome, sequencing, Surveillance, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Operational considerations to expedite genomic sequencing component of GISRS surveillance of SARS-CoV-2

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Tags: genome, sequencing, Surveillance, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

Disease Surveillance, Emergency Preparedness and Response in Eastern and Southern Africa

World Bank, et al. (2021) CC

A Situational Assessment and Five-YearAction Plan for the Africa CDC Strengthening Regional Public Health Institutions and Capacity for Surveillance and Response Program

Tags: Surveillance, preparedness, Emergency Response Preparedness Plan (ERPP), Assessment,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Germany’s National Public Health Institute (RKI), et al. (2021) C1

In Control imparts knowledge, provokes reflection and triggers curiosity. The first half of the book provides an overview of the organisations, principles, frameworks and themes that every professional deploying to health emergencies should be aware of. The second half of the book provides practical advice to help professionals survive and thrive during their mission – from staying healthy, protecting oneself from cyber-attacks and coping with stress to building trust among the host community or dealing with language barriers and the press. This handbook is free of charge and can be made available in small quantities as long as supply lasts. To order, please send this form to: incontrol-handbook@rki.d

Tags: global players, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), global health, SDGs, child protection, environmental health, health worker deployment, pre-deployment, laboratoires, Hygiene, Medical Waste Management, WASH, Sanitation, staying healthy, security, psychosocial well-being,

Source: https://www.incontrol-handbook.org/

	Training courses on infection prevention and control (IPC) European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2021) CC Open external link (445) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: Online Courses, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), ipc, AMR, Antimicrobial resistance, Source: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publicatio
	COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO Open external link (49) Add to my MEDBOX Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. You can download a summary of the main report and background documents! The report demonstrates that the current system—at both national and international levels— was not adequate to protect people from COVID-19. The time it took from the reporting of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown origin in mid-late December 2019 to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern being declared was too long. February 2020 was also a lost month when many more countries could have taken steps to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and forestall the global health, social, and economic catastrophe that continues its grip. The Panel finds that the system as it stands now is clearly unfit to prevent another novel and highly infectious pathogen, which could emerge at any time, from developing into a pandemic Tags: preapredness, outbreak preparedness, Outbreak Control, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, covid-19, Source: https://theindependentpanel.org/mainrepo
	Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative 2021 – 2025 Strategic Plan African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC View PDF(0) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX Biosafety involves the implementation of containment principles, technologies and practices to prevent unintentional exposure to biological agents. Biosecurity involves the protection, control and accountability of biological materials and information related to these materials and dualuse research, to prevent their unauthorized access, loss, theft, misuse, diversion or intentional release Tags: biosafety, outbreak prevention, prevention and control, Epidemic Preparedness, preparedness and response plan, biosecurity, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/biosafety
	Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) Legal Framework Guide African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC View PDF(9) Download (10) Add to my MEDBOX A public health emergency operation center (PHEOC) serves as a hub for better coordinating the preparation, response, and recovery for public health emergencies. A functional PHEOC is critical for the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). The Framework for a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre provides high-level guidance for establishing or strengthening a PHEOC. To establish and/or strengthen a PHEOC, it is vital for Member States to align with standardized policies, guidelines, and tools Tags: Public health, emergency, preparedness, outbreak response, outbreak preparedness, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/public-he
	Handbook for Public Health Emergency Operations Center Operations and Management African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC View PDF(8) Download (12) Add to my MEDBOX A Public Health EOC (PHEOC) serves as a hub for coordinating the preparation for, response to, and recovery from public health emergencies. The preparation includes planning, such as risk and resource mapping, development of plans and procedures, and training and exercising. The response includes all activities related to investigation, response and recovery. The PHEOC also serves as a hub for coordinating resources and information to support response actions during a public health emergency and enhances communication and collaboration among relevant stakeholders Tags: Public health, emergency, preparedness, outbreak response, outbreak preparedness, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/handbook-
	Mantenimiento de la vigilancia de la gripe y seguimiento del SARS-CoV-2: adaptación del Sistema Mundial de Vigilancia y Respuesta a la Gripe (‎SMVRG)‎ y de los sistemas centinela durante la pandemia Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO View PDF(0) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX orientaciones provisionales, 8 de noviembre de 2020 This interim guidance is most useful for countries interested in monitoring relative circulations of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses. The document provides practical information to maintain surveillance of influenza and monitor SARS-CoV-2 using existing surveillance systems. It contains updated considerations for addressing disruptions in the influenza sentinel surveillance and extending to include COVID-19 wherever possible. Updated algorithms for testing of both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 for surveillance are also included. This document is an update of Operational considerations for COVID-19 surveillance using GISRS and GISRS for the upcoming influenza seasons during the COVID-19 pandemi Tags: Surveillance, Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Операционные аспекты ускорения геномного секвенирования как компонента эпиднадзора за SARS-CoV-2 через систему ГСЭГО World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(2) Download (2) Add to my MEDBOX Representative, quality, timely and continuous genetic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is critical to the COVID-19 outbreak response. This document provides practical guidance to Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) laboratories and other relevant national laboratories to move beyond virus detection to genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive materials obtained from sentinel surveillance of influenza-like illness (ILI), acute respiratory infection (ARI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI). It contains considerations on sample selection for sequencing, numbers of viruses to be sequenced, metadata and timeliness for sharing genetic sequence data (GSD) and opportunities for technical support Tags: genome, sequencing, Surveillance, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Operational considerations to expedite genomic sequencing component of GISRS surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(3) Download (3) Add to my MEDBOX Representative, quality, timely and continuous genetic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is critical to the COVID-19 outbreak response. This document provides practical guidance to Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) laboratories and other relevant national laboratories to move beyond virus detection to genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive materials obtained from sentinel surveillance of influenza-like illness (ILI), acute respiratory infection (ARI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI). It contains considerations on sample selection for sequencing, numbers of viruses to be sequenced, metadata and timeliness for sharing genetic sequence data (GSD) and opportunities for technical support Tags: genome, sequencing, Surveillance, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Disease Surveillance, Emergency Preparedness and Response in Eastern and Southern Africa World Bank, et al. (2021) CC View PDF(1) Download (5) Add to my MEDBOX A Situational Assessment and Five-YearAction Plan for the Africa CDC Strengthening Regional Public Health Institutions and Capacity for Surveillance and Response Program Tags: Surveillance, preparedness, Emergency Response Preparedness Plan (ERPP), Assessment, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	In Control. A Practical Handbook for Professionals Working in Health Emergencies Internationally Germany’s National Public Health Institute (RKI), et al. (2021) C1 Open external link (366) Add to my MEDBOX In Control imparts knowledge, provokes reflection and triggers curiosity. The first half of the book provides an overview of the organisations, principles, frameworks and themes that every professional deploying to health emergencies should be aware of. The second half of the book provides practical advice to help professionals survive and thrive during their mission – from staying healthy, protecting oneself from cyber-attacks and coping with stress to building trust among the host community or dealing with language barriers and the press. This handbook is free of charge and can be made available in small quantities as long as supply lasts. To order, please send this form to: incontrol-handbook@rki.d Tags: global players, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), global health, SDGs, child protection, environmental health, health worker deployment, pre-deployment, laboratoires, Hygiene, Medical Waste Management, WASH, Sanitation, staying healthy, security, psychosocial well-being, Source: https://www.incontrol-handbook.org/

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