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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

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

Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

It is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units (ICUs) in low and middle-income countries and managing adult and pediatric patients with severe forms of acute respiratory infection (SARI), including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis and septic shock. It is a hands-on practical guide to be used by health care professionals involved in clinical care management during outbreaks of influenza virus (seasonal) human infection due avian influenza virus (H5N1, H7N9), MERS-CoV, COVID-19 or other emerging respiratory viral epidemics. This course is also available in the following languages: français - русский - Português - Bahasa Indonesia - Tiếng Việt - Español - македонски - العربية - Tetu

Tags: Online Courses, acute respiratory infections, Influenza,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/severe-acute

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). A novel coronavirus (CoV) was identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China. This is a new coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans. This course provides a general introduction to nCoV and emerging respiratory viruses and is intended for public health professionals, incident managers and personnel working for the United Nations, international organizations and NGOs. This course is also available in the following languages: français - Español - 中文 - Português - العربية - русский - Türkçe - српски језик - فارسی - हिन्दी, हिंदी - македонски јазик - Tiếng Việt - Indian sign language - magyar - Bahasa Indonesia - বাংলা - اردو - Kiswahili - አማርኛ - ଓଡିଆ - Hausa - Tetun - Deutsch - Èdè Yorùbá - Asụsụ Igbo - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ - isiZul

Tags: Online Courses, Respiratory Infections,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/introduction

ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN)

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C1

This course provides a general introduction to Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) and basic hygiene measures to protect against infection. By the end of the course, you should be able to describe basic information about ARIs including what they are, how they are transmitted, how to assess the risk of infection and list basic hygiene measures to protect against infection

Tags: Online Courses, ipc, Respiratory Infections,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/eprotect-acu

COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

In order to assist UN country teams in scaling up country preparedness and response to COVID-19, WHO has developed these learning modules as a companion to the Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Preparedness and Response. This course in available in Engish, Russian and Arabic The training is intended: For UN country teams (UNCTs) For other relevant stakeholders, including partners, donors and civil society To support national readiness and preparedness for COVID-19 To help countries increase their capacity to respond to COVID-19 To increase international coordination for response and preparedness To streamline the process of coordinating resources and assessing country preparedness level This learning package consists of 3 modules with videos and downloadable presentations

Tags: outbreak preparedness, covid19, SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, Coordination, Outbreak Control,

Source: https://openwho.org/channels/covid-19

	WHO Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Emergencies Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO Open external link (123) 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
	The BMJ Coronovirus British Medical Journal BMJ (2021) CC Open external link (312) 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 (3169) 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 (267) 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 (389) 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 (548) 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
	Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (515) Add to my MEDBOX It is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units (ICUs) in low and middle-income countries and managing adult and pediatric patients with severe forms of acute respiratory infection (SARI), including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis and septic shock. It is a hands-on practical guide to be used by health care professionals involved in clinical care management during outbreaks of influenza virus (seasonal) human infection due avian influenza virus (H5N1, H7N9), MERS-CoV, COVID-19 or other emerging respiratory viral epidemics. This course is also available in the following languages: français - русский - Português - Bahasa Indonesia - Tiếng Việt - Español - македонски - العربية - Tetu Tags: Online Courses, acute respiratory infections, Influenza, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/severe-acute
	Emerging respiratory viruses, including nCoV: methods for detection, prevention, response and control World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (483) Add to my MEDBOX Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). A novel coronavirus (CoV) was identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China. This is a new coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans. This course provides a general introduction to nCoV and emerging respiratory viruses and is intended for public health professionals, incident managers and personnel working for the United Nations, international organizations and NGOs. This course is also available in the following languages: français - Español - 中文 - Português - العربية - русский - Türkçe - српски језик - فارسی - हिन्दी, हिंदी - македонски јазик - Tiếng Việt - Indian sign language - magyar - Bahasa Indonesia - বাংলা - اردو - Kiswahili - አማርኛ - ଓଡିଆ - Hausa - Tetun - Deutsch - Èdè Yorùbá - Asụsụ Igbo - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ - isiZul Tags: Online Courses, Respiratory Infections, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/introduction
	ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN) World Health Organization WHO (2020) C1 Open external link (502) Add to my MEDBOX This course provides a general introduction to Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) and basic hygiene measures to protect against infection. By the end of the course, you should be able to describe basic information about ARIs including what they are, how they are transmitted, how to assess the risk of infection and list basic hygiene measures to protect against infection Tags: Online Courses, ipc, Respiratory Infections, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/eprotect-acu
	COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (646) Add to my MEDBOX In order to assist UN country teams in scaling up country preparedness and response to COVID-19, WHO has developed these learning modules as a companion to the Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Preparedness and Response. This course in available in Engish, Russian and Arabic The training is intended: For UN country teams (UNCTs) For other relevant stakeholders, including partners, donors and civil society To support national readiness and preparedness for COVID-19 To help countries increase their capacity to respond to COVID-19 To increase international coordination for response and preparedness To streamline the process of coordinating resources and assessing country preparedness level This learning package consists of 3 modules with videos and downloadable presentations Tags: outbreak preparedness, covid19, SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, Coordination, Outbreak Control, Source: https://openwho.org/channels/covid-19

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