MEDBOX | Toolbox Capacity Building

The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic

Sachs, J., Karim, S., Aknin, L. et al. The Lancet Commissions (2022) CC

This Commission report aims to contribute to a new era of multilateral cooperation based on strong UN institutions to reduce the dangers of COVID-19, forestall the next pandemic, and enable the world to achieve the agreed goals of sustainable development, human rights, and peace that governments are committed to pursue as members of the UN. We address this Commission report to the UN member states, the UN agencies and multilateral institutions, and multilateral processes such as the G20 and the G7

Tags: COVID-19, Lessons learned, future, pandemic, governance, global health governance, UN, sustainable development, multilateral, outbreak, airborne infections, airborne precautions, biosafety, laboratory biosafety,

Source: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf

Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the health care facility level

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics are increasing in frequency, scale and impact. Health care facilities can amplify the transmission of emerging infectious diseases or multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) within their settings and communities. Therefore, evidence-based infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in health care facilities are critical for preventing and containing outbreaks, while still delivering safe, effective and quality health care. This toolkit is intended to support IPC improvements for outbreak management in all such facilities, both public and private throughout the health system. Specifically, this document systematically describes a framework of overarching principles to approach the preparedness, readiness and response outbreak management phases. The document also provides a toolkit of resource links to guide specific actions for each infectious disease and/or MDRO outbreak management phase at any health facility. This document is specifically tailored to an audience of stakeholders who establish and monitor health care facility-level IPC programs including: IPC focal points, epidemiologists, public health experts, outbreak response incident managers, facility-level IPC committee(s), safety and quality leads and managers, and other facility level IPC stakeholders

Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), outbreak prevention, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination, outbreak management, Healthcare facilities,

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

Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the national level

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

14 Dec 2021

Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), outbreak prevention, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination,

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

Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

The objective of this course is to provide high-level information and contextual understanding of WHO Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Emergencies. We will explore a range of topics, ranging from the Emergency Response Framework (ERF), to planning, grants and finance, procurement, risk management, rosters and deployment, and ethics. Each module within this course is standalone. Therefore, you can take the modules in any order – with the exception of the Course Review. The Course Review is a question-based revision module that recaps the content covered in modules 1 to 10. The target audience for this course is personnel who will be assigned by WHO to go on deployment in response to health emergencies. The course is available in English and Frenc

Tags: SOP, Online Courses, emergencies, Community based disaster risk management (CBDRM), Emergency response operations,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/SOPs-for-eme

Scoping review of interventions to maintain essential services for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and older people during disruptive events

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

To support countries in adapting their response to different COVID-19 scenarios, the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing commissioned this scoping review of published and grey literature. The objective was to identify interventions implemented to maintain the provision and use of essential services for MNCAAH during disruptive events and to summarize lessons learned during these interventions. The review included outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Zika virus disease (ZVD), the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies that caused disruption to services, transport and other activities

Tags: essential health system, disruptions, Child, maternal care, Adolescent Health, Older People, covid-19, Ebola, Zika, pandemic, epidemic,

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

The BMJ Coronovirus

British Medical Journal BMJ (2021) CC

BMJ is offering a range of free online resources to support researchers, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to understand and respond to the global health emergency caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The free online resources are aimed at healthcare professionals located in China and across the world, to help keep them updated with the latest developments and guidanc

Tags: open access, knowledge, knowledge platform, internet platform, website, online resource, nCOV, novel coronavirus,

Source: https://www.bmj.com/coronavirus

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

OpenWHO is WHO’s new interactive, web-based, knowledge-transfer platform offering online courses to improve the response to health emergencies. OpenWHO enables the Organization and its key partners to transfer life-saving knowledge to large numbers of frontline responders. On this platform you find online courses on: Pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases; Incident Management System; MERS; Ebola; Public Health Interventions; Risk communication; Predeployment training GO; ZIKA; Influenz

Tags: e-learning, Online Courses, Disaster Preparedness, Ebola preparedness, Epidemic Preparedness, Training, Disease Prevention & Control, cholera, MERS, Pest, peste, Surveillance, monkeypox, Influenza, risk communication, Zika, lassa fever,

Source: https://openwho.org/

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Curated by GOARN Partners including UN agencies, International and national NGOs, academic institutions and consortiums, the GOARN COVID-19 Information is a public platform for access to the best resources available to support your engagement in responding to this pandemic. The Hub offers multidisciplinary information on COVID-19 for a variety of audiences from policy makers, to responders, to researchers, to educators, to affected communities and the general public

Tags: knowledge platform, resource platform, COVID-19, capacity building,

Source: https://extranet.who.int/goarn/COVID19Hu

CoroncareLife

Catholic Health Association of India CHAI; Billion Lives; Sisters Doctor Forum of India, et al. (2020) CC

In order to assist those who are undergoing stress because of Corona Virus crisis, an online Help Desk was launched at Catholic Health Association of India, Directorate, Hyderabad on 26th February. Billion Lives, a social impact tech company based in Bangalore, India, headed by Mr. John Santhosh, developed the necessary platform and tech solutions for coronacare.life. People can come to the site for live chats, audio and video calls, apart from communicating through mails. The site www.coronacare.life is active and accessible. There are about 30 professionals from social work and psychology background ready to take calls and deal with fears and anxieties about corona virus crisis. Doctors are ready to answer medical queries. Multilingual Support: When it comes to language you don't have to worry about being on the wrong page we have multilingual support. A panel of social workers, psychologists & counselors who are waiting to speak to you. 24X7 Availabilit

Tags: online resource, corona virus, novel coronavirus, covid19,

Source: https://coronacare.life/

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C1

Ce cours est à destination des cliniciens qui travaillent dans des unités de soins intensifs (ICU) dans les pays à faible et moyen revenu et la prise en charge des patients adultes et pédiatriques atteints de formes d'infection respiratoire aiguë sévère (SARI), notamment la pneumonie sévère, le syndrome de détresse respiratoire aiguë (SDRA), la septicémie et le choc septique. Ce cours est un guide pratique à l'usage des professionnels de la santé impliqués dans la gestion des soins intensifs lors de flambées d'infection humaine par le virus de la grippe (saisonnière) due à la grippe aviaire (H5N1, H7N9), le MERS-CoV, le nCoV ou d'autres épidémies virales respiratoires émergentes

Tags: Online Courses, acute respiratory infections, formation, grippes,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/syndrome-res

	The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic Sachs, J., Karim, S., Aknin, L. et al. The Lancet Commissions (2022) CC Open external link (104) Add to my MEDBOX This Commission report aims to contribute to a new era of multilateral cooperation based on strong UN institutions to reduce the dangers of COVID-19, forestall the next pandemic, and enable the world to achieve the agreed goals of sustainable development, human rights, and peace that governments are committed to pursue as members of the UN. We address this Commission report to the UN member states, the UN agencies and multilateral institutions, and multilateral processes such as the G20 and the G7 Tags: COVID-19, Lessons learned, future, pandemic, governance, global health governance, UN, sustainable development, multilateral, outbreak, airborne infections, airborne precautions, biosafety, laboratory biosafety, Source: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf
	Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the health care facility level World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(34) Download (20) Add to my MEDBOX Infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics are increasing in frequency, scale and impact. Health care facilities can amplify the transmission of emerging infectious diseases or multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) within their settings and communities. Therefore, evidence-based infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in health care facilities are critical for preventing and containing outbreaks, while still delivering safe, effective and quality health care. This toolkit is intended to support IPC improvements for outbreak management in all such facilities, both public and private throughout the health system. Specifically, this document systematically describes a framework of overarching principles to approach the preparedness, readiness and response outbreak management phases. The document also provides a toolkit of resource links to guide specific actions for each infectious disease and/or MDRO outbreak management phase at any health facility. This document is specifically tailored to an audience of stakeholders who establish and monitor health care facility-level IPC programs including: IPC focal points, epidemiologists, public health experts, outbreak response incident managers, facility-level IPC committee(s), safety and quality leads and managers, and other facility level IPC stakeholders Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), outbreak prevention, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination, outbreak management, Healthcare facilities, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the national level World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(92) Download (92) Add to my MEDBOX 14 Dec 2021 Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), outbreak prevention, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	WHO Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Emergencies Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO Open external link (688) Add to my MEDBOX The objective of this course is to provide high-level information and contextual understanding of WHO Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Emergencies. We will explore a range of topics, ranging from the Emergency Response Framework (ERF), to planning, grants and finance, procurement, risk management, rosters and deployment, and ethics. Each module within this course is standalone. Therefore, you can take the modules in any order – with the exception of the Course Review. The Course Review is a question-based revision module that recaps the content covered in modules 1 to 10. The target audience for this course is personnel who will be assigned by WHO to go on deployment in response to health emergencies. The course is available in English and Frenc Tags: SOP, Online Courses, emergencies, Community based disaster risk management (CBDRM), Emergency response operations, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/SOPs-for-eme
	Scoping review of interventions to maintain essential services for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and older people during disruptive events World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(39) Download (24) Add to my MEDBOX To support countries in adapting their response to different COVID-19 scenarios, the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing commissioned this scoping review of published and grey literature. The objective was to identify interventions implemented to maintain the provision and use of essential services for MNCAAH during disruptive events and to summarize lessons learned during these interventions. The review included outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Zika virus disease (ZVD), the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies that caused disruption to services, transport and other activities Tags: essential health system, disruptions, Child, maternal care, Adolescent Health, Older People, covid-19, Ebola, Zika, pandemic, epidemic, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	The BMJ Coronovirus British Medical Journal BMJ (2021) CC Open external link (615) Add to my MEDBOX BMJ is offering a range of free online resources to support researchers, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to understand and respond to the global health emergency caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The free online resources are aimed at healthcare professionals located in China and across the world, to help keep them updated with the latest developments and guidanc Tags: open access, knowledge, knowledge platform, internet platform, website, online resource, nCOV, novel coronavirus, Source: https://www.bmj.com/coronavirus
	OpenWHO. Access essential knowledge for managing public health emergencies World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (3643) Add to my MEDBOX OpenWHO is WHO’s new interactive, web-based, knowledge-transfer platform offering online courses to improve the response to health emergencies. OpenWHO enables the Organization and its key partners to transfer life-saving knowledge to large numbers of frontline responders. On this platform you find online courses on: Pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases; Incident Management System; MERS; Ebola; Public Health Interventions; Risk communication; Predeployment training GO; ZIKA; Influenz Tags: e-learning, Online Courses, Disaster Preparedness, Ebola preparedness, Epidemic Preparedness, Training, Disease Prevention & Control, cholera, MERS, Pest, peste, Surveillance, monkeypox, Influenza, risk communication, Zika, lassa fever, Source: https://openwho.org/
	GOARN COVID-19 Knowledge Hub World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (530) Add to my MEDBOX Curated by GOARN Partners including UN agencies, International and national NGOs, academic institutions and consortiums, the GOARN COVID-19 Information is a public platform for access to the best resources available to support your engagement in responding to this pandemic. The Hub offers multidisciplinary information on COVID-19 for a variety of audiences from policy makers, to responders, to researchers, to educators, to affected communities and the general public Tags: knowledge platform, resource platform, COVID-19, capacity building, Source: https://extranet.who.int/goarn/COVID19Hu
	CoroncareLife Catholic Health Association of India CHAI; Billion Lives; Sisters Doctor Forum of India, et al. (2020) CC Open external link (669) Add to my MEDBOX In order to assist those who are undergoing stress because of Corona Virus crisis, an online Help Desk was launched at Catholic Health Association of India, Directorate, Hyderabad on 26th February. Billion Lives, a social impact tech company based in Bangalore, India, headed by Mr. John Santhosh, developed the necessary platform and tech solutions for coronacare.life. People can come to the site for live chats, audio and video calls, apart from communicating through mails. The site www.coronacare.life is active and accessible. There are about 30 professionals from social work and psychology background ready to take calls and deal with fears and anxieties about corona virus crisis. Doctors are ready to answer medical queries. Multilingual Support: When it comes to language you don't have to worry about being on the wrong page we have multilingual support. A panel of social workers, psychologists & counselors who are waiting to speak to you. 24X7 Availabilit Tags: online resource, corona virus, novel coronavirus, covid19, Source: https://coronacare.life/
	Formation de l'OMS sur la prise en charge clinique des infections Respiratoires Aiguës Sévères (SARI) Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C1 Open external link (902) Add to my MEDBOX Ce cours est à destination des cliniciens qui travaillent dans des unités de soins intensifs (ICU) dans les pays à faible et moyen revenu et la prise en charge des patients adultes et pédiatriques atteints de formes d'infection respiratoire aiguë sévère (SARI), notamment la pneumonie sévère, le syndrome de détresse respiratoire aiguë (SDRA), la septicémie et le choc septique. Ce cours est un guide pratique à l'usage des professionnels de la santé impliqués dans la gestion des soins intensifs lors de flambées d'infection humaine par le virus de la grippe (saisonnière) due à la grippe aviaire (H5N1, H7N9), le MERS-CoV, le nCoV ou d'autres épidémies virales respiratoires émergentes Tags: Online Courses, acute respiratory infections, formation, grippes, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/syndrome-res