MEDBOX | Toolbox Covid-19 & the One Health Approach

Global analysis of health care waste in the context of COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to large increases in healthcare waste, straining under resourced healthcare facilities and exacerbating environmental impacts from solid waste. This report quantifies the additional COVID-19 healthcare waste generated, describes current healthcare waste management systems and their deficiencies, and summarizes emerging best practices and solutions to reduce the impact of waste on human and environmental health. The recommendations included in the report build on actions in the WHO manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19: prescriptions and actionables for a healthy and green recovery. They target the global, national and facility levels to promote a “win–win” scenario for COVID-19 PPE use, testing and vaccinations that are safe and support environmental sustainability

Tags: health-care waste, COVID-19, Impact, Environment, Climate Change, ppe use,

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

Neglected tropical diseases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: impact and guidance

Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

his course is intended for decision-makers and programme managers who want to learn more about neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its 5 modules introduce NTDs, outline the impact of COVID-19 on NTD programmes and WHO’s response to mitigate its consequences, and finally present WHO’s recommendations on maintenance of essential health services for NTDs as well as guidance on adaptation and safe resumption of community-based NTD activities during the pandemic

Tags: Impact, NTD, risk mitigation, COVID-19, pandemic, management, essential health system,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/covid-19-ntd

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) CC

Tags: one health, Zoonotic diseases, prevention and control, outbreak preparedness, viral hemorraghic fever, NPHIs, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, rabies, brucellosis, anthrax,

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

One Health: human, animal and environmental health form one unit - and affect sustainable development

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau KfW (2020) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a dramatic illustration of the extent to which the health of people, animals and the environment is interdependent, which is why “One Health” is now high on the political agenda. This document provides an overview of KfW Development Bank’s approach to promoting human, animal and environmental health. Involvement in areas like agriculture, biodiversity, health and water is already contributing to the One Health objectives. Moving forward, it will also be important to give greater consideration to interdependencies between sectors and ensure that structural connections are taken into account in cross-sectoral programmes

Tags: OneHealth, COVID-19, SDGs, Climate Change, Agriculture,

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

Health and the Economy: A Convergence Needed to Address COVID-19 and Retake the Path of Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

he pandemic has produced an unprecedented economic and social crisis, and it could generate a food, humanitarian, and political crisis if urgent measures are not taken. The policy options for addressing the pandemic entail consolidating national plans and achieving intersectoral consensus. The response should be structured in three nonlinear and interrelated phases—control, reactivation, and rebuilding—involving the participation of technical actors representing not only the field of health but also other social and economic areas. Measures implemented to control the pandemic as well as measures for the reactivation and rebuilding phases will require increased public investment in health until the recommended parameters are achieved

Tags: COVID-19, Latin America, Caribbean Region, sustainable development goals, sustainable development, poverty, Impact, socio-economic impact,

Source: https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/1

Africa’s digital solutions to tackle COVID-19

European Investment Bank EIB and UN Development Programme UNDP (2020) CC

It highlights how proven digital innovation can be replicated to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Africa. It also estimates investment required to implement such high impact solutions.

Tags: digital health, digital media, COVID-19, digital solutions,

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

WHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Prescriptions and Actionables for a Healthy and Green Recovery. The practical steps outlined in this report aim at creating a healthier, fairer and greener world while investing to maintain and resuscitate the economy hit by the effects of COVID-19. Policy makers, national and local decision-makers and a wide array of other actors wishing to contribute to a healthy recovery can now take decisive steps by shaping the way we live, work and consume. Effects on environmental degradation and pollution and climate change will be wide ranging. WHO and partner organizations have since long been developing substantive guidance and provide support for building healthier environments for healthier populations

Tags: COVID-19, Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, health, recovery, WHO,

Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s

A UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19

United Nations (2020) C2

The “United Nations Framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19: Shared responsibility, global solidarity and urgent action for people in need” calls for protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods to set in motion a safe recovery of societies and economies as soon as possible for a more sustainable, gender-equal, and carbon-neutral path—better than the “old normal”

Tags: framework, Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, UN,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/un-fr

Working With the Environment to Protect People: UNEP’s COVID-19 Response

UN environment programme (2020) CC

UNEP steps up work on zoonotics, protecting environment to reduce pandemic risks

Tags: COVID-19, water and sanitation, Climate Change, environmental health, health system recovery,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/worki

Travailler en Symbiose Avec la Nature pour Protéger les Populations - Réponse du PNUE à la COVID-19

UN environment programme (2020) CC

Le Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement (PNUE) soutient les milliards de personnes touchées par la pandémie de COVID-19. Dans l’immédiat, la priorité est de les protéger. Toutefois, il incombe également au PNUE d’aider les pays à se reconstruire après la pandémie pour qu’ils soient plus résilients face aux crises à venir

Tags: COVID-19, Climate, Environment, sante, hygiène,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/trava

	Global analysis of health care waste in the context of COVID-19 World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC View PDF(17) Download (26) Add to my MEDBOX The COVID-19 pandemic has led to large increases in healthcare waste, straining under resourced healthcare facilities and exacerbating environmental impacts from solid waste. This report quantifies the additional COVID-19 healthcare waste generated, describes current healthcare waste management systems and their deficiencies, and summarizes emerging best practices and solutions to reduce the impact of waste on human and environmental health. The recommendations included in the report build on actions in the WHO manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19: prescriptions and actionables for a healthy and green recovery. They target the global, national and facility levels to promote a “win–win” scenario for COVID-19 PPE use, testing and vaccinations that are safe and support environmental sustainability Tags: health-care waste, COVID-19, Impact, Environment, Climate Change, ppe use, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Neglected tropical diseases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: impact and guidance Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO Open external link (519) Add to my MEDBOX his course is intended for decision-makers and programme managers who want to learn more about neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its 5 modules introduce NTDs, outline the impact of COVID-19 on NTD programmes and WHO’s response to mitigate its consequences, and finally present WHO’s recommendations on maintenance of essential health services for NTDs as well as guidance on adaptation and safe resumption of community-based NTD activities during the pandemic Tags: Impact, NTD, risk mitigation, COVID-19, pandemic, management, essential health system, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/covid-19-ntd
	Framework for One Health Practice in National Public Health Institutes African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) CC View PDF(45) Download (57) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: one health, Zoonotic diseases, prevention and control, outbreak preparedness, viral hemorraghic fever, NPHIs, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, rabies, brucellosis, anthrax, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/framework
	One Health: human, animal and environmental health form one unit - and affect sustainable development Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau KfW (2020) CC View PDF(16) Download (29) Add to my MEDBOX The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a dramatic illustration of the extent to which the health of people, animals and the environment is interdependent, which is why “One Health” is now high on the political agenda. This document provides an overview of KfW Development Bank’s approach to promoting human, animal and environmental health. Involvement in areas like agriculture, biodiversity, health and water is already contributing to the One Health objectives. Moving forward, it will also be important to give greater consideration to interdependencies between sectors and ensure that structural connections are taken into account in cross-sectoral programmes Tags: OneHealth, COVID-19, SDGs, Climate Change, Agriculture, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Health and the Economy: A Convergence Needed to Address COVID-19 and Retake the Path of Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(28) Download (29) Add to my MEDBOX he pandemic has produced an unprecedented economic and social crisis, and it could generate a food, humanitarian, and political crisis if urgent measures are not taken. The policy options for addressing the pandemic entail consolidating national plans and achieving intersectoral consensus. The response should be structured in three nonlinear and interrelated phases—control, reactivation, and rebuilding—involving the participation of technical actors representing not only the field of health but also other social and economic areas. Measures implemented to control the pandemic as well as measures for the reactivation and rebuilding phases will require increased public investment in health until the recommended parameters are achieved Tags: COVID-19, Latin America, Caribbean Region, sustainable development goals, sustainable development, poverty, Impact, socio-economic impact, Source: https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/1
	Africa’s digital solutions to tackle COVID-19 European Investment Bank EIB and UN Development Programme UNDP (2020) CC View PDF(21) Download (26) Add to my MEDBOX It highlights how proven digital innovation can be replicated to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Africa. It also estimates investment required to implement such high impact solutions. Tags: digital health, digital media, COVID-19, digital solutions, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	WHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19 World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(35) Download (45) Add to my MEDBOX Prescriptions and Actionables for a Healthy and Green Recovery. The practical steps outlined in this report aim at creating a healthier, fairer and greener world while investing to maintain and resuscitate the economy hit by the effects of COVID-19. Policy makers, national and local decision-makers and a wide array of other actors wishing to contribute to a healthy recovery can now take decisive steps by shaping the way we live, work and consume. Effects on environmental degradation and pollution and climate change will be wide ranging. WHO and partner organizations have since long been developing substantive guidance and provide support for building healthier environments for healthier populations Tags: COVID-19, Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, health, recovery, WHO, Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s
	A UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19 United Nations (2020) C2 View PDF(26) Download (27) Add to my MEDBOX The “United Nations Framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19: Shared responsibility, global solidarity and urgent action for people in need” calls for protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods to set in motion a safe recovery of societies and economies as soon as possible for a more sustainable, gender-equal, and carbon-neutral path—better than the “old normal” Tags: framework, Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, UN, Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/un-fr
	Working With the Environment to Protect People: UNEP’s COVID-19 Response UN environment programme (2020) CC View PDF(28) Download (31) Add to my MEDBOX UNEP steps up work on zoonotics, protecting environment to reduce pandemic risks Tags: COVID-19, water and sanitation, Climate Change, environmental health, health system recovery, Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/worki
	Travailler en Symbiose Avec la Nature pour Protéger les Populations - Réponse du PNUE à la COVID-19 UN environment programme (2020) CC View PDF(24) Download (23) Add to my MEDBOX Le Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement (PNUE) soutient les milliards de personnes touchées par la pandémie de COVID-19. Dans l’immédiat, la priorité est de les protéger. Toutefois, il incombe également au PNUE d’aider les pays à se reconstruire après la pandémie pour qu’ils soient plus résilients face aux crises à venir Tags: COVID-19, Climate, Environment, sante, hygiène, Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/trava

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