This report describes findings from a telephone survey with 1,333 people conducted in February 2021. The survey examined how people respond to public health and social measures (PHSMs) to prevent COVID-19. The sample is representative of households with access to a landline or cell phone, but does n...ot include people without access to phones. As phone penetration aries by country, findings should be interpreted with caution.
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This guideline covers indoor air quality in residential buildings. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of good air quality in people's homes and how to achieve this.
A practioner's guide, based on lessons from Ebola.
This guide is a compilation of best practices and key lessons learned through Oxfam’s experience of community engagement during the 2014–15 Ebola response in Sierra Leone and Liberia. It aims to inform public health practitioners and programme ...teams about the design and implementation of community-centred approaches
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Working Document - Updated -February 2009
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:196
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/196
Цель данной аналитической записки – предоставить краткое изложение информации и соображений,
касающихся принятия оптимальных мер в отношении гриппа во время па...демии COVID-19. В документе
рассматриваются первостепенные вопросы, с которыми могут столкнуться директивные органы, в том числе
вероятность одновременной циркуляции вирусов гриппа и SARS-CoV-2, дифференциальная диагностика
гриппа и COVID-19 у пациентов, а также планирование мероприятий по профилактике и борьбе с гриппом.
Кроме того, в документе содержатся ссылки на подробные технические рекомендации и другие ресурсы,
посвященные мерам, которые в одинаковой степени значимы как для борьбы с гриппом, так и COVID-19, в том
числе мониторинг ситуации, профилактика сезонного гриппа, снижение частоты случаев тяжелых осложнений
и летального исхода, охрана здоровья отдельных групп населения, а также взаимодействие и привлечение к
участию общественности. Influenza preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic
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The Global Schistosomiasis Alliance Diagnostic Workstream has developed a communications piece listing all commercially available diagnostics for schistosomiasis
Examining nursing practice guidelines to improve quality of care for patients with sepsis in low income countries is required. • A large amount of information about best practice standards in sepsis management is available for healthcare professionals; however, implementation and adherence to prac...tice guidelines recommended by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign remains low in low income countries.
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The Impact of the Zika Outbreak on Women and Girls in Northeastern Brazil
No publication year indicated
The 12 Core Concepts for Understanding Traumatic Stress Responses in Children and Families
provide a rationale for trauma-informed assessment and intervention. The Concepts cover a broad
range of points that practitioners and agencies should consider as they strive to assess, understand,
and assi...st trauma-exposed children, families, and communities in trauma-informed ways.
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NSW Health Disaster Mental Health, handbook 3
The Disaster Mental Health Manual and associated handbooks are intended as a resource for mental health staff who are seeking background information and practical guidance and resources to assist in a disaster mental health response.
22nd edition
Each of the 20 chapters deals with aspects of the UHC journey, dedicated towards an equitable and inclusive national health system that leaves no-one behind. While some authors describe the fundamental changes and practical considerations required to reconfigure the country's health sy...stem, others have reflected on specific programmatic areas and have made recommendations from a National Health Insurance (NHI)/UHC lens.
In addition, we are pleased to announce that this year's edition includes two innovations. First is the provision of concise summaries of the chapters in the form of 'chapters at a glance'. These are positioned together at the start of the publication for ease of reference and to give a quick overview. The second innovation is the introduction of our Healthcare Workers' Writing Programme (HCWWP), which provides support to first-time authors wanting to publish in the Review.
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This briefing note summarises key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.