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In Control: A Practical Handbook for Professionals Working in Health Emergencies Internationally RKI

Robert Koch Institut RKI (2023) CC

The greatest risk to persons engaging in international medical emergency response is poor preparation. The In Control handbook hopes to provide a remedy. At the time of writing, we are living through the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a health emergency that disregards physical borders, brin...gs into focus social inequalities and affects people on every continent. This shared challenge requires unprecedented measures and the collaboration of the brightest minds to support global health protection through this crisis and beyond. Healthcare infrastructures have to be strengthened, public health capacities and processes upgraded, medical countermeasures and vaccinations found and psychosocial side-effects treated. Solidarity is the normative order of the day and the human species has to collaborate to face this invisible threat. Hiding and living in fear is not an option in this interconnected world. We have both a responsibility and an opportunity to make substantial contributions to a safer, healthier and more sustainable future for us all. The existence of this handbook is an impressive example of solidarity. Over 50 authors from more than 15 institutes and organisations have come together voluntarily within a very short time to make their expertise available and enable cross-sectoral thinking. Knowledge is bundled, resources are combined, information gaps are filled. The In Control handbook is not a theoretical treatise of possible dangers, but a collection of subject-matter expertise, written by experts and practitioners who have shaped health topics over the past 20 years in the most diverse corners of the world. The Centre for International Health Protection at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is collaborating with its partners and investing heavily in the build-up of operational know-how and capacity to support health crisis response abroad. This is done by preparing and enabling professionals to deploy safely across the world to assist those in need. In Control addresses the multi-faceted challenges of an international deployment. Readers will find not only technical medical information, but also insights into, for example, the fragility of our environment, the cultural differences that influence risk communication or the dilemmas arising from social distancing. Legal principles are highlighted, along with ethical guidance to ensure that our actions and decisions correspond to the highest moral standards. more

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Meningitis Outbreak Response in Sub-Saharan Africa

Christina Brandes-Barbier, Véronique Millot, Tomas Allen et al World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

WHO Guideline. Since 2010, countries in the meningitis belt have started to introduce a new serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine conferring individual protection and herd immunity. Following the successful roll-out of this vaccine, epidemics due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA) are... more

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Managment of Tuberculosis Training for Health Facility Staff Part C:Treat TB Patients
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World Health Organization, et al. (2010) C_WHO

2nd edition

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Chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events: The humanitarian response framework of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Malich, G; Coupland, R; Donnelly, S; Johnny, N (2016) C2

Mounting an effective international humanitarian response to a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) event, especially if the response is undertaken on an ad hoc basis, would be extremely difficult and would pose many risks to the responders. The International Committee of the Red Cro... more

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Plan de contingencia ante eventual epidemia Dengue y Chikungunya

Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Primus Inter Pares Paraguay (2015) C1

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Levels & Trends in Child Mortality, Report 2020

World Health Organisation, unicef, World Bank Group (2020) C_WHO

At the time of writing, the novel coronavirus pandemic had reached every region of the world, with millions of infections globally and untold disruptions to nearly every aspect of daily life.

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Coronavirus. Manejo clínico de infecciones respiratorias agudas graves ante la sospecha de infección por el nuevo coronavirus (MERS coronavirus)

Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Paraguay (2013) C1

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International instruments on the use of antimicrobials across the human, animal and plant sectors

the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) C_WHO

The publication provides an overview and analysis of international instruments that set standards related to the use of antimicrobials across the human, animal and plant sectors, and their release into the environment. The purpose of the document is to identify existing instruments and standards in ... more

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In Control. A Practical Handbook for Professionals Working in Health Emergencies Internationally
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Germany’s National Public Health Institute (RKI), et al. (2021) C1

In Control imparts knowledge, provokes reflection and triggers curiosity. The first half of the book provides an overview of the organisations, principles, frameworks and themes that every professional deploying to health emergencies should be aware of. The second half of the book provides practical... more

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Listeriosis: Clinical recommendations for diagnosis and treatment

Dept. of Health, Republic of South Africa (2017) C1

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Приоритетные аспекты изучения проблемы ТБ/ВИЧ в условиях высокой распространенности ВИЧ-инфекции и ограниченных ресурсов

Delphine Sculier, Haileyesus Getahun, Reuben Granich World Health Organization, TB HIV working group, Stop TB Partnership (2011) C_WHO

Цель этого документа – повысить уровень осознания актуальности приоритетных направлений научных исследований по проблеме ТБ/ВИЧ (то есть по тем направлениям, кот... more

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RCCE for COVID-19 vaccine demand in Eastern and Southern Africa : Special Edition on older persons

HelpAge; UNICEF; RCC Service (2022) C_UNICEF

Data for Action March 2022, Issue 5

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INDEX-TB GUIDELINES: Evidence Summaries and Guideline Panel Decision Tables Core Group Guideline Meeting

(2016) C1

This document contains: The systematic reviews and GRADE assessments used at the Index-TB Guideline Panel in July 2015; The Evidence to Decision tables that record the Panel’s assessment and recommendations from this meeting

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Mental Health Lessons Plan: The Stigma of Mental Health

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHASA (2016) C2

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Health and Socio-Economic Impacts of Physical Distancing for Covid-19 in Africa

Barasa, E.; et al. KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and African Academy of Sciences (2020) CC

Physical distancing measures are important to reduce COVID-19 transmission. However, when stringently applied, they can result in negative health and socio-economic impacts. This report draws on a rapid review of available literature, case studies from across Africa and expert knowledge to make reco... more

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WHO Operational package for assessing, monitoring and evaluating country pharmaceutical situations

WHO World Health Organization (2007) C_WHO

Guide for coordinators and data collectors - The WHO Operational Package for Assessing, Monitoring and Evaluating Country Pharmaceutical Situations is intended as a useful tool for researchers, policy-makers, planners and others who need to use standardized measurement tools to gather data and other... more

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Global Strategy for dengue prevention and control, 2012–2020

R. Velayudhan World Health Organization WHO (2012) C_WHO

During the past ﬁve decades, the incidence of dengue has increased 30-fold. Some 50–100 million new infections are estimated to occur annually in more than 100 endemic countries, with a documented further spread to previously unaffected areas; every year hundreds of thousands of severe cases ari... more

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Guidelines for the use of non-pharmaceutical measures to delay and mitigate the impact of 2019-nCoV

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) C1

This document provides guidance on the application of non-pharmaceutical countermeasures to minimise the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the population. Some of the measures proposed refer specifically to certain phases of the epidemic (containment or mitigation phases), and can ... more

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Оксигенотерапия у детей

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C2

Это руководство является частью серии, созданной для повышения качества лечения тяжело больных детей в медицинских учреждениях. Оно направлено на увеличение дост... more

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Contrôle des épidémies de méningite en Afrique

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (2015) C_WHO

Guide de référence rapide à l’intention des autorités sanitaires et des soignants Révisé en 2015

Managment of Tuberculosis Training for Health Facility Staff Part C:Treat TB Patients recommended

In Control. A Practical Handbook for Professionals Working in Health Emergencies Internationally recommended

Managment of Tuberculosis Training for Health Facility Staff Part C:Treat TB Patients
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In Control. A Practical Handbook for Professionals Working in Health Emergencies Internationally
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