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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC Platform

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2025) CC

The message of ECDC is to identify, assess and communicate current and emerging threats to human health posed by infectious diseases

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Culture and reform of mental health care in central and eastern Europe

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Europe (2018) C_WHO

The WHO Regional Office for Europe, the WHO Collaborating Centre on Culture and Health at the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) and the National Institute of Mental ... more

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Infection prevention and control (‎IPC)‎ in health-care facilities in the event of a surge or resurgence in cases of COVID-19
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

16 Dec. 2021 This document is a prioritization toolkit providing a set of action steps to follow in the event of an impending surge in cases of COVID-19 in health-care facilities. The document provides a framework for action steps to be followed wi ... more

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Health and Environment Project in Benin

R. Edon Field Actions Science Reports (2010) C2

In 1989, the Republic of Benin was facing a great social and economical crisis. Civil servants of all the sectors in public administration were on strike. People did not know where to go for their health care. Salaries were not paid for more than ... more

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Operation and management of local health institutions to participate in capacity building. Trainers Manual. Nepali Version

Ministry of Health and Population, Health service Department. Government of Nepal (2010) C1

Operation and management of local health institutions to participate in the committee on capacity building. -Instructors Guide -By the Government of Nepal, Ministry of population and Health, ... more

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SOP Standard Operating Procedures for Coordinating Public Health Event Preparedness and Response in the WHO African Region
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World Health Organization, Regional Office Africa (2014) C_WHO

This SOP guides AFRO management, incident responders, and the Support for Health Operations Centre (SHOC) on managing public health events, detaili ... more

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Operation and management of local health institutions to participate in capacity building. Participants Manual. (Nepali Version).

Ministry of Health and Population, Health service Department. Government of Nepal (2010) C1

-By the Government of Nepal, Ministry of population and Health, Health service department, National health training ... more

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Review report on the Local Health Facility Operation & Management Committee (HFOMC) meeting. Workshop Guideline. (Nepali Version).

Ministry of Health and Population, Health service Department. Government of Nepal (2010) C1

-Operations Directory -Year 2010 (2067 Nepalese) -By the Government of Nepal, Ministry of population and Health, Health service department, National ... more

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Joint External Evaluation Tool- International Health Regulations (2005)

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Third edition. The main changes within the third edition of the JEE tool include the split of the technical area National legislation, policy, and financing into two technical areas (Legal instruments and Financing); the drop of the technical area previously titled Reporting and the move of indicat ... more

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Manual for the Health Care of Children in Humanitarian Emergencies

World Health Organization WHO (2008) C_WHO

This manual was developed based on the recommendations of a global technical consultation on child health in humanitarian emergencies co-organized by WHO and UNICEF at the end of 2003. WHO in collaboration with the ... more

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Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) Legal Framework Guide

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

A public health emergency operation center (PHEOC) serves as a hub for better coordinating the preparation, response, and recovery for public health emergencies. A functional PHEOC is critical for t ... more

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Code Red for Health response in Latin America and the Caribbean: Enhancing peoples' health through climate action

Yglesias_González; M.; et al. (2022) CC

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022;00: 100248 Published online xxx https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100248. The Lancet Countdown report, discuss the overlapping social, climate and health ... more

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Mozambique, Zimbabwe : Tropical Cyclone IDAI Impact Overview - Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map 20/03/2019

European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (2019) C1

The European Commission allocated an emergency aid package of €3.5 million on 19/03. The funding will be used to provide logistical support to reach affected people, emergency shelter, hygiene, sanitation, and health care. Out of the aid package, ... more

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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, brings 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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People-centred approach to addressing antimicrobial resistance in human health
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World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This document outlines the concept and content of the WHO people-centred approach to addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the human health sector. The proposed approach recognizes and aims to address the challenges and ... more

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Lancet Ebola Resource Centre

The Lancet (2014)

The current outbreak of Ebola in west Africa constitutes the largest and most complex to date. Declared a public health emergency of international concern by WHO, the outbreak of a disease with no known treatment or vaccination is proving difficult ... more

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Epidemic Intelligence from Open Source: Zero Impact from health threats

World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) is the world’s leading initiative for open-source intelligence for public health decision-making. It is led by the WHO as part of its constitutional mandate as the directing and coordinating autho ... more

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Covid-19 pandemic impact on maternal and child health services access in Nampula, Mozambique: a mixed methods research

das Neves Martins Pires P.H. , Macaringue C. , Abdirazak A. et al. BMC Health Services (2021) CC

The Covid-19 pandemic has so far infected more than 30 million people in the world, having major impact on global health with collateral damage. In Mozambique, a public state of emergency was declared at the end of March 2020. This has limited peopl ... e's movements and reduced public services, leading to a decrease in the number of people accessing health care facilities. An implementation research project, The Alert Community for a Prepared Hospital, has been promoting access to maternal and child health care, in Natikiri, Nampula, for the last four years. Nampula has the second highest incidence of Covid-19. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of Covid-19 pandemic Government restrictions on access to maternal and child healthcare services. We compared health centres in Nampula city with healthcare centres in our research catchment area. We wanted to see if our previous research interventions have led to a more resilient response from the community. METHODS: Mixed-methods research, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective, using a review of patient visit documentation. We compared maternal and child health care unit statistical indicators from March-May 2019 to the same time-period in 2020. We tested for significant changes in access to maternal and child health services, using KrushKall Wallis, One-way Anova and mean and standard deviation tests. We compared interviews with health professionals, traditional birth attendants and patients in the two areas. We gathered data from a comparable city health centre and the main city referral hospital. The Marrere health centre and Marrere General Hospital were the two Alert Community for a Prepared Hospital intervention sites. RESULTS: Comparing 2019 quantitative maternal health services access indicators with those from 2020, showed decreases in most important indicators: family planning visits and elective C-sections dropped 28%; first antenatal visit occurring in the first trimester dropped 26%; hospital deliveries dropped a statistically significant 4% (p = 0.046), while home deliveries rose 74%; children vaccinated down 20%. CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrated the negative collateral effects of Covid-19 pandemic Government restrictions, on access to maternal and child healthcare services, and highlighted the need to improve the health information system in Mozambique. more

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Beat the heat: Child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia

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 Eur ... ope 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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The Lancet COVID-19 Resource Centre

The Lancet The Lancet (2021) C2

Welcome to the Lancet COVID-19 Resource Centre, bringing together all COVID-19 research, reviews, commentary, news, and analysis from across the Lancet family of journals as it is published. The resource aims to assist ... more

Infection prevention and control (‎IPC)‎ in health-care facilities in the event of a surge or resurgence in cases of COVID-19 recommended

SOP Standard Operating Procedures for Coordinating Public Health Event Preparedness and Response in the WHO African Region recommended

People-centred approach to addressing antimicrobial resistance in human health recommended

Infection prevention and control (‎IPC)‎ in health-care facilities in the event of a surge or resurgence in cases of COVID-19
recommended

SOP Standard Operating Procedures for Coordinating Public Health Event Preparedness and Response in the WHO African Region
recommended

People-centred approach to addressing antimicrobial resistance in human health
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