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Our Risk For Infectious Diseases Is Increasing Because of Climate Change

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) NCEZID, CDC (2018) C_CDC

As the nation’s public health leader, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is actively engaged in a national effort to protect the public’s health from the harmful effects of climate change. Scientists from CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NC ... more

Standard Operating Procedures On The Decontamination Of EBOLA CARE CENTRES (ECCs)
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Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone (2015) C1

Decontaminating the Ebola Facilities in Sierra Leone

Finding the Balance: Public health and social measures in Liberia

Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) (2021) CC

October 2021

Northeast Nigeria Health Sector - Humanitarian Response Strategy 2025 - 2027 (December 2024)

Government of Nigeria; Health Cluster; World Health Organization WHO (2024) CC

The protracted humanitarian situation in northeastern Nigeria, particularly in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) States, remains a concern due to ongoing insecurity, displacement, food insecurity, disease outbreaks, and climate-related shocks. To address these complex challenges, the health sector has ... developed a comprehensive humanitarian response strategy aligned with the three States Development plans, Durable Solutions for the Population Displacement Plan, and the Humanitarian Need Response Plan for 2025. This strategy aims to reduce morbidity and mortality among crisisaffected populations by ensuring timely, equitable, and effective delivery of lifesaving health services, while strengthen the resilience of health system and enhancing local and national capacities for sustainable health response in protracted emergency. Supported by an in-depth analysis of the ongoing health humanitarian response using the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) methodology, the strategy is guided by three key objectives: 1. Provide access to lifesaving interventions and sustain an effective response to the prolonged health emergency. 2. Prevent, mitigate, and prepare for health risks from all hazards and respond to all health emergencies. 3. Advance the primary health care approach and essential health system capacities for universal health coverage. To achieve these objectives, the strategy employs the “Five C” framework which refers to: • Collaborative Surveillance: Enhancing collaborative efforts for effective monitoring. • Community Protection: Implementing community-based protection measures. • Safe and Scalable Care: Ensuring care that is both secure and scalable. • Access to Countermeasures: Facilitating access to necessary countermeasures. • Emergency Coordination: Coordinating emergency responses efficiently. These proactive approaches are designed to be more anticipatory and preemptive rather than reactive, aiming to meet the needs of the crisis-affected population by providing lifesaving interventions, enhancing preventive and anticipatory actions, and ensuring the resilience of the health system. All actions are guided by International Humanitarian Standards and the Humanitarian Principles. The implementation of the health humanitarian response strategy will involve collaboration with local authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and international organizations. The strategy emphasizes localization and resource mobilization, efficient logistics and supply chain management, mainstreaming protection, and the deployment and training of healthcare workers. Continuous monitoring and periodic evaluation will ensure the effectiveness of the response. Cross-sector collaboration with sectors such as WASH, Nutrition, Education, and Protection will be crucial to enhance the quality and reach of health interventions. Additionally, sustainability and transition approaches will ensure long-term health outcomes and benefits, bridging the gap from humanitarian to development efforts. By adopting this comprehensive approach, the humanitarian response in northeastern Nigeria, particularly in BAY States, can be effectively guided, ultimately reducing the suffering of affected populations. more

Public health risk mapping and capacities assessment in Ghana

Ministry of Health, Ghana, World Health Organizaiotn (WHO) and Ghana Health Service (2016) C1

Finding the Balance: Public health and social measures in Nigeria

Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) (2021) CC

October 2021

Safe Abortion Care During Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Supplemental Guidance for Humanitarian and Fragile Settings

Inter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in CrisesInternational Rescue Committee (2023) CC

The purpose of this guide is to provide practical advice for health staff undertaking infectious disease preparedness and response activities to ensure that access to safe abortion care (SAC) is maintained when an infectious disease outbreak occurs. It is an operational guide which can serve to supp ... more

Fièvre hémorragique virale à Ebolavirus

D. Peyramond, C. Rapp, H. Coignard, et al (2014) C1

Actualités et réflexions sur la prise en charge médicale du premier patient suspect d’infection par le premier médecin

Zoonotic diseases of public health importance

National Institue of communicable Diseases, India (1998) C1

Technical note for Ebola virus disease preparedness planning for entry screening at airports, ports and land crossings

World Health Organization (2014)

Liberia Media Kit: Priority Diseases and Conditions

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia; World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

Migration and health: key issues

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe (2016) C_WHO

The most frequent health problems of newly arrived refugees and migrants include accidental injuries, hypothermia, burns, gastrointestinal illnesses, cardiovascular events, pregnancy- and delivery-related complications, diabetes and hypertension. Female refugees and migrants frequently face specific ... more

Health workers’ experiences of coping with the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone’s health system: a qualitative study

Joanna Raven, H. Wurie and S. Witter BMC Health Services Research (2018) CC

BMC Health Services Research BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201818:251; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3072-3

WHO Recommended Surveillance Standards
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World Health Organization WHO (1999) C_WHO

Second editon. This document serves only as a guide to good practice and may help to harmonize surveillance activities. The purpose of this manual is to be a handy reference for key elements and contact information for all communicable diseases / syndromes associated with current WHO control program ... more

2017 Epidemiological Report (Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response bulletin)

National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) (2018) C1

January - December 2017

Socio-Economic Impact of Ebola Virus Disease in West African Countries

UN Development Group (2015)

A call for national and regional containment, recovery and prevention

Questions bank for healthcare workers during infectious disease outbreaks

Wilkinson, A. Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (2025) C1

This question bank is a menu of qualitative questions related to healthcare workers’ knowledge, perceptions and practices during infectious disease outbreaks. The question bank will generate qualitative data on healthcare workers’ subjective understandings of risks, case management, protection a ... more

Ebola un virus de fièvres hémorragiques mortel

Christophe Peyrefitte RESAOLAB Guinée (2014)

Objectif du module : Identifier les différents virus de fièvres hémorragiques dont le virus Ebola, ses symptômes, modes de transmission et moyens de prévention

News & Terrorism - Communicating in a Crisis: Biological Attack

The National Academies (2004) C1

A fact sheet from the National Academies and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on human pathogens, biotoxins and agricultural threats

Implications of the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda for the EU/EEA, 2024

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ecdc) (2024) C_CDC

This threat assessment addresses the implications of the ongoing Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Rwanda for the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). MVD is a severe disease in humans and, although uncommon, it has the potential to cause epidemics with significant case fatality. ... more