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A framework for mental health and psychosocial support in radiological and nuclear emergencies

World Health Organization (WHO) and InterAgency Standing Committee (IASC) (2020) C_WHO

The health impact of radiological and nuclear emergencies can last for decades. Lessons learned from past radiological and nuclear accidents have demonstrated that the mental health and psychosocial ... more

Health workforce policy and management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic response

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This guide is available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese This guide consolidates COVID-19 guidance for human resources for health managers and policy-makers at national, subnational and facility levels to design, manage and ... more

WHO guidance for contingency planning
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

In this contingency planning guidance, a set of actions to prepare for emergencies from all hazards and to help minimize their impact, is proposed. These actions include the development, implementation, simulation, monitoring and regular update of risks-based contingency plans.

Checklist to support schools re-opening and preparation for COVID-19 resurgences or similar public health crises
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The checklist is aligned with, and builds upon, existing COVID-19-related WHO guidelines and is structured around protective measures related to: 1) hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette; 2) physical distancing; 3) use of masks in schools; 4) envir ... more

Invisible: The Rohingyas, the crisis, the people and their health

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2020) C_WHO

Public health surveillance for COVID-19: interim guidance 14 February 2022
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

22 July 2022. This document summarizes current WHO guidance for public health surveillance of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in humans caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome ... more

Gender, Climate Change and Health

World Health Organization (WHO) (2014) C_WHO

Health Humanitarian Response Plan Bangladesh - October 2017

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Strengthening the health systems response to COVID-19 - Technical guidance #5

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This guidance is targeted to primary health care policy-makers and only addresses issues relevant for primary health care providers. It has been prepared on the basis of a systematic review of the b ... more

WHO-WPR Emergency Response Manual

World Health Organization, Western Pacific Office (2003)

Guidelines for WHO Representatives and Country Offices in the Western Pacific Region

WHO Strategic Action Plan for Ebola Outbreak Response

World Health Organization (2014)

Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan in West Africa July to December 2014. Annex 1

2015 WHO Strategic Response Plan - West Africa Ebola Outbreak

World Health Organization (2015)

WHO Global water, sanitation and hygiene: Annual report 2022

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This report summarizes the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global work on water, sanitation ... more

Updated WHO/WEDC Technical Notes on WASH in Emergencies
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World Health Organization; Water Engineering Development Centre World Health Organization (2013) C_WHO

Download these technical notes directly from the website: These four-page illustrated notes, originally prepared in 2011 and updated in 2013, provide practical, evidence-based recommendations in responding to immediate and medium-term water, sanitation and hygiene needs of populations affected by e ... more

International Health Regulations (2005) and chemical events

World Health Organization (2015) C_WHO

In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States adopted the revised Interna ... more

West & Central Africa HIV catch-up - WHO in an era of transformation

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The Transformation Agenda (TA) ushered in an ambitious reform process intended to transform the World Health Organization ( ... WHO) into an organization that is proactive, results-driven, accountable and which meets stakeholder expectations, towards transforming and improving public health services in the African Region. It aimed to achieve a WHO that is pro-results, which optimally and creatively targets technical work as well as make operations more responsive, with greater effectiveness in both communications and partnerships. The Africa Region has been the epicentre of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and it’s one of the leading causes of disease and death on the continent. The WHO, with partners, has worked tirelessly for many years to control the threat and reduce the negative impact of the disease. Since the early 2000s, significant progress has been made in the global fight against the scourge of HIV. However, the WCA subregion was falling concerningly behind ESA on several key indicators of progress. In 2016, the WHO joined UNAIDS, UNICEF and other partners in a call for a strong and urgent response to support WCA countries to develop catch-up plans to triple and fast-track ART coverage, to enable the region to catch up with ESA by the end of 2020. Implementation of a widespread test-and-treat strategy, coupled with the scale-up of differentiated service delivery (DSD) and mobilization of requisite funding, accelerated WCA’s progress towards this goal. The HIV treatment catch-up and fast-track plan has achieved its target of seeing the West and Central African region (WCA) catch up with the Eastern and Southern African region’s (ESA) antiretroviral coverage rate of 78% in 2021, albeit later than the 2020 target time frame. A 33% improvement was achieved in WCA, against 21% in ESA, between 2015–2020. WCA achieved a significant 42% increase, compared to ESA’s 23%, between 2015 and 2021, to see WCA draw level with ESA at 78%. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) alone, progress of up to 47% was observed between 2015 and 2020, for example. In addition, 1.6 million more People Living with HIV (PLHIV) were enrolled on antiretroviral treatment (ART) between 2015 and 2020. more

Health Cluster Guide

World Health Organization, IASC (2020) CC

A practical handbook. This Health Cluster Guide (2nd edition, 2020) provides practical advice on how WHO, Health Cluster Coordinators and partners ... more

Actioning the Emergency Medical Teams’ initiative in the WHO African Region: strategic paper

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Emergency medical teams (EMT) are first response health care providers – doctors, nurses, paramedics, and others – during outbreaks and emergencies or disasters, working with governments, charities such as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), a ... more

Mental health and psychosocial support for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants on the move in Europe: A multi-agency guidance note, December 2015

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies, International Organization for Migration, World Health Organization, et al. (2015) C1

This brief guidance note seeks to provide advice on protecting and supporting the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Europe. It describes key principles and appropriate interventions to guide all tho ... more