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Disease Commodity Packages

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The DCPs are a series of disease specific datasheets that list the critical commodities and the technical specifications for each commodity per disease. The DCPs inform Member States and operational partners of commodity requirements and potential gaps in the health emergency supply chain. From an operational readiness perspective, the DCPs provide the basis for a globalized stockpile system, response planning, technical guidance and supply market assessments. Initially, the DCPs consist of 11 infectious diseases; Ebola virus, Marburg virus, cholera, Lassa fever, pandemic influenza, MERS-COV, SARS, meningococcal meningitis, yellow fever, Shigellosis, and typhoid fever

Tags: Logistics, Supply, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), medical commodities,

Source: https://www.who.int/emergencies/what-we-

Cholera in Yemen: A case study of epidemic preparedness and response

The Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Healt (2018) C1

The report offers 20 top recommendations for getting ahead of future outbreaks in Yemen and similarly complex humanitarian settings. In 2015, Yemen was declared a Level 3 emergency by the UN, kicking into gear the highest level of humanitarian support. A massive cholera outbreak followed, leading to 1 million suspected cases in 2 waves from September 2016-July 2018. “We largely know ‘what to do’ to control cholera, but context-specific practices on ‘how to do it’ in order to surmount challenges to coordination, logistics, insecurity, access and politics remain needed,” the report states. While the response improved between the 2 waves, there were gaps. For one, Yemen’s history of cholera should have triggered a heavy focus on pre-planning for an epidemic, such as stockpiling supplies and doubling down on community-based surveillance, the report fou

Tags: Report, cholera, Epidemic Preparedness, outbreak response, Yemen, conflict, humanitarian crisis,

Source: http://www.hopkinshumanitarianhealth.org

Fighting Cholera - Operational Handbook: Response to outbreaks and risk prevention in endemic areas

Solidarités International (2018) CC

Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease that is usually contracted when drinking water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The fight against this disease requires a multidisciplinary approach that combines a water, hygiene and sanitation (WaSH) response with a monitoring system, improved water supply and quality, sanitation and hygiene, and a health response with the treatment of the disease itself

Tags: cholera, outbreak control, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination, handbook,

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

Joint Cholera Response Plan - Yemen July 2017

World Health Organization, WASH Cluster, Health Cluster (2017) C_WHO

Tags: Cholera, outbreak response, outbreak management, Yemen,

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

Emergency Toolkit for Food Security and Nutrition Protection: Cholera Disease Preparedness Community Group Module

CoreGroup USAID; Tops Small Grant; Hesperian, et al. (2017) C1

CORE Group has developed a module to improve preparedness for and response of communities in countries at risk of a cholera epidemic. The module consists of four lesson plans with accompanying flipcharts, intended to be delivered through community health workers. The lessons target mothers and caregivers of children under age five, a group that is at particular risk of death if infected. The module shares information about symptoms and risks; what families can do to prevent infection; how, when, and where to seek care; and what actions to take in the aftermath of an outbreak

Tags: Cholera, outbreak response, outbreak, Epidemic Preparedness, training aids, Training manual, community level, Community health worker,

Source: https://coregroup.org/resource-library/e

Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) (2017) C_WHO

Ending Cholera—A Global Roadmap to 2030 operationalises the new global strategy for cholera control at the country level and provides a concrete path toward a world in which cholera is no longer a threat to public healt

Tags: Cholera, Policies, roadmap, strategy, Strategic plan,

Source: http://www.who.int/cholera/publications/

Organization of Case Management during a Cholera Outbreak

Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) World Health Organisation (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

Tags: Cholera, outbreak, case management,

Source: http://www.who.int/cholera/task_force/GT

Ending Cholera. A global roadmap to 2030. Summary

Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) (2017) C_WHO

Tags: Cholera, elimination, roadmap, Strategic plan, strategies,

Source: http://www.who.int/cholera/publications/

Management of a cholera epidemic

Médecins sans Frontières MSF (2017) C1

Practical guide for doctors, nurses,laboratory technicians, medical auxiliaries,water and sanitation specialists and logisticians

Tags: Cholera, Outbreak Control, treatment, WASH,

Source: https://samumsf.org/sites/default/files/

National integrated comprehensive cholera prevention and control plan. Fiscal years (2017/18-2021/22)

Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda World Health Organisation (WHO); UNICEF (2017) C1

The major areas of focus for the plan will be:
- Social mobilization and community empowerment (health promotion & education for disease prevention);
- Promotion of access to safe water, good sanitation and hygiene;
- Surveillance and laboratory confirmation of outbreaks;
- Prompt case management and infection control;
- Complementary use of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) for cholera endemic communities; and
- Coordination and stewardship between and for all actors.
- Monitoring, supervision, evaluation and operation research to ensure continued improvement in service delivery

Tags: Uganda, Disease Prevention and Control, cholera, health policy, Assessment, monitoring and evaluation, country policy,

Source: http://library.health.go.ug/download/fil

	Disease Commodity Packages World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (317) Add to my MEDBOX The DCPs are a series of disease specific datasheets that list the critical commodities and the technical specifications for each commodity per disease. The DCPs inform Member States and operational partners of commodity requirements and potential gaps in the health emergency supply chain. From an operational readiness perspective, the DCPs provide the basis for a globalized stockpile system, response planning, technical guidance and supply market assessments. Initially, the DCPs consist of 11 infectious diseases; Ebola virus, Marburg virus, cholera, Lassa fever, pandemic influenza, MERS-COV, SARS, meningococcal meningitis, yellow fever, Shigellosis, and typhoid fever Tags: Logistics, Supply, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), medical commodities, Source: https://www.who.int/emergencies/what-we-
	Cholera in Yemen: A case study of epidemic preparedness and response The Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Healt (2018) C1 View PDF(686) Download (247) Add to my MEDBOX The report offers 20 top recommendations for getting ahead of future outbreaks in Yemen and similarly complex humanitarian settings. In 2015, Yemen was declared a Level 3 emergency by the UN, kicking into gear the highest level of humanitarian support. A massive cholera outbreak followed, leading to 1 million suspected cases in 2 waves from September 2016-July 2018. “We largely know ‘what to do’ to control cholera, but context-specific practices on ‘how to do it’ in order to surmount challenges to coordination, logistics, insecurity, access and politics remain needed,” the report states. While the response improved between the 2 waves, there were gaps. For one, Yemen’s history of cholera should have triggered a heavy focus on pre-planning for an epidemic, such as stockpiling supplies and doubling down on community-based surveillance, the report fou Tags: Report, cholera, Epidemic Preparedness, outbreak response, Yemen, conflict, humanitarian crisis, Source: http://www.hopkinshumanitarianhealth.org
	Fighting Cholera - Operational Handbook: Response to outbreaks and risk prevention in endemic areas Solidarités International (2018) CC View PDF(738) Download (219) Add to my MEDBOX Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease that is usually contracted when drinking water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The fight against this disease requires a multidisciplinary approach that combines a water, hygiene and sanitation (WaSH) response with a monitoring system, improved water supply and quality, sanitation and hygiene, and a health response with the treatment of the disease itself Tags: cholera, outbreak control, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination, handbook, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Joint Cholera Response Plan - Yemen July 2017 World Health Organization, WASH Cluster, Health Cluster (2017) C_WHO View PDF(1892) Download (302) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: Cholera, outbreak response, outbreak management, Yemen, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Emergency Toolkit for Food Security and Nutrition Protection: Cholera Disease Preparedness Community Group Module CoreGroup USAID; Tops Small Grant; Hesperian, et al. (2017) C1 Open external link (1977) Add to my MEDBOX CORE Group has developed a module to improve preparedness for and response of communities in countries at risk of a cholera epidemic. The module consists of four lesson plans with accompanying flipcharts, intended to be delivered through community health workers. The lessons target mothers and caregivers of children under age five, a group that is at particular risk of death if infected. The module shares information about symptoms and risks; what families can do to prevent infection; how, when, and where to seek care; and what actions to take in the aftermath of an outbreak Tags: Cholera, outbreak response, outbreak, Epidemic Preparedness, training aids, Training manual, community level, Community health worker, Source: https://coregroup.org/resource-library/e
	Ending Cholera. A global roadmap to 2030 Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) (2017) C_WHO View PDF(1244) Download (857) Add to my MEDBOX Ending Cholera—A Global Roadmap to 2030 operationalises the new global strategy for cholera control at the country level and provides a concrete path toward a world in which cholera is no longer a threat to public healt Tags: Cholera, Policies, roadmap, strategy, Strategic plan, Source: http://www.who.int/cholera/publications/
	Organization of Case Management during a Cholera Outbreak Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) World Health Organisation (WHO) (2017) C_WHO View PDF(2409) Download (360) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: Cholera, outbreak, case management, Source: http://www.who.int/cholera/task_force/GT
	Ending Cholera. A global roadmap to 2030. Summary Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) (2017) C_WHO View PDF(1237) Download (431) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: Cholera, elimination, roadmap, Strategic plan, strategies, Source: http://www.who.int/cholera/publications/
	Management of a cholera epidemic Médecins sans Frontières MSF (2017) C1 View PDF(22) Download (40) Add to my MEDBOX Practical guide for doctors, nurses,laboratory technicians, medical auxiliaries,water and sanitation specialists and logisticians Tags: Cholera, Outbreak Control, treatment, WASH, Source: https://samumsf.org/sites/default/files/
	National integrated comprehensive cholera prevention and control plan. Fiscal years (2017/18-2021/22) Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda World Health Organisation (WHO); UNICEF (2017) C1 View PDF(838) Download (230) Add to my MEDBOX The major areas of focus for the plan will be: - Social mobilization and community empowerment (health promotion & education for disease prevention); - Promotion of access to safe water, good sanitation and hygiene; - Surveillance and laboratory confirmation of outbreaks; - Prompt case management and infection control; - Complementary use of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) for cholera endemic communities; and - Coordination and stewardship between and for all actors. - Monitoring, supervision, evaluation and operation research to ensure continued improvement in service delivery Tags: Uganda, Disease Prevention and Control, cholera, health policy, Assessment, monitoring and evaluation, country policy, Source: http://library.health.go.ug/download/fil

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