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Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Infection Prevention and Control Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Ebola Care Centres
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Government of Liberia; Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (2014)

Keep Safe – Keep Serving; Liberia: Updated Sept 25 2014. This document is intended to inform infection prevention and control practices and supply needs in healthcare facilities. As the Ebola outbreak evolves, the document will need to be adapted accordingly. The guidance provides considerations... more

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Победить жару: здоровье детей на фоне тепловых волн в Европе и Центральной Азии

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2024) CC

Beat the heat: child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia finds that half of these children died from heat-related illnesses in their first year of life. Most children died during the summer months. "Around half of children across Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million children –... are already exposed to frequent heatwaves in a region where temperatures are rising at the fastest rate globally. The increasingly high temperatures can have serious health complications for children, especially the youngest children, even in a short space of time. Without care, these complications can be life-threatening,” said Regina De Dominicis UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. Heat exposure has acute effects on children, even before they are born, and can result in pre-term births, low birth weight, stillbirth, and congenital anomalies. Heat stress is a direct cause of infant mortality, can affect infant growth and cause a range of paediatric diseases. The report also notes that extreme heat caused the loss of more than 32,000 years of healthy life among children and teenagers in the region. As the temperatures continue to rise, UNICEF urges governments across Europe and Central Asia to: - Integrate strategies to reduce the impact of heatwaves including through National Determined Contributions (NDC), National Adaptation Plans (NAP), and disaster risk reduction and disaster management policies with children at the centre of these plans Invest in heat health action plans and primary health care to more adequately support heat-related illness among children - Invest in early warning systems, including heat alert systems - Adapt education facilities to reduce the temperatures in the areas children play in and equip teachers with skills to respond to heat stress - Adapt urban design and infrastructure including ensuring buildings, particularly those housing the most vulnerable communities are equipped to minimize heat exposure - Secure the provision of safe water, particularly in countries with deteriorating water quality and availability. UNICEF works with governments, partners and communities across the region to build resilience against heatwaves. This includes equipping teachers, community health workers and families with the skills and knowledge to respond to heat stress. more

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WFP El Niño 2015-2016: Preparedness and Response, Situation Report #4, 24 May 2016

World Food Programme (2016) C1

IN NUMBERS 60 MILLION people affected globally at present. 32 MILLION people food insecure in Southern Africa. 10.2 MILLION people in Ethiopia need emergency food assistance. 50 PERCENT crop losses in Haiti due to El Niño-influenced drought.

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Lesotho: Humanitarian Overview (as of June 2017)

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2017) C2

HCT response to El Nino drought response

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Description of disposable, nonperishable personnel protective equipment for indoor utilization in health-care facilities (Module PPE A: Basic Module of Personnel Protective Equipment)

World Health Organization (2014)

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Summary of Guidance for Public Health Strategies to Address High Levels of Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Related Deaths, December 2020

Honein MA, Christie A, Rose DA, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2020) C_CDC

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 4 December 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6949e2

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Information note on chemical release No 1: Warning signs of a chemical release

World Health Organization (2017) C_WHO

A chemical release may not always be immediately apparent given the fact that many agents are odourless and colourless, and some cause no immediately noticeable effects or symptoms. Be alert to the possible presence of a chemical. Arabic version available: http://www.who.int/environmental_health_e... more

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IFAD’s response to the impacts of the war in Ukraine: A Crisis Response Initiative

International Fund for Agricultural Development (2022) CC

As the war in Ukraine pushes food, fuel and fertilizer prices toward record levels putting food security in many of the world’s poorest countries at risk, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today launched a Crisis Response Initiative to ensure that small-scale farmer... more

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El Salvador: The country's President takes the lead in promoting a stringent lockdown against COVID-19 with support from all levels, including the PAHO/WHO country office

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

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Statement of guidance and recommendations to African Union Member States on the epidemic modelling of the COVID-19 pandemic

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C1

Many African countries were amongst the most rapid to respond to the emerging threat of COVID-19, implementing large-scale interventions at very early stages of their epidemic. As demonstrated in this document using very simple models, this rapid mobilization and timeliness of implementing control m... more

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Regional Outlook for Southern Africa, March - May 2016

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2016) C1

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Multi-country outbreak of cholera External Situation Report # 23, published 20 February 2025

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2025) C_WHO

Multi-country outbreak of cholera External Situation Report # 23, published 20 February 2025

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Encephalitis

J. E. Greenlee Merck Manual Professional Version (2019) C2

Accessed: 11.03.2019

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Colombia's Health Emergency Appeal 2023

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Colombia is characterized by a fragile and prolonged humanitarian context marked by recurrent multi-hazards affecting its territories and combined with severe structural and systemic challenges within the health system. Recent shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, growing violence within the Col... more

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Preparedness: saves time, money and lives

Inter-Agency Standing Committee; World Food Programme (2011) C2

This document addresses preparedness as an important investment against natural and man-made disasters. Through good practices, it urges the humanitarian community, governments and regional bodies to use preparedness thinking to be aware of risks, to reduce them and to plan ahead to combat them in o... more

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Managing climate risks for people’s health and well-being

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation; Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) (2017) C1

Policy Guidance Brief 2
• The potential health risks from climate change include: increase of waterborne and vector-borne diseases, heat-related illnesses, injuries and deaths, food insecurity and increased malnutrition. The poor, women, children and the elderly, as well as communities living... more