The Guide has been developed to enhance the knowledge capabilities of NDMAs and their local partners. This is accomplished by exposing them to the existing tools and services developed by the international community to facilitate effective disaster response to any scale of disaster (small, medium an...d large) and assist in comprehensive response preparedness
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Pre-Publication draft version. Lat reviewed on 7th July 2017
Project on Minimum Standards and Non-Binding Guidelines for First Responders Regarding Planning, Training, Procedure and Equipment for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Incidents
Case study
Alliance Ukraine’s experience integrating HIV, harm reduction and sexual and reproductive health programming
A regional consultation report and draft transition framework
Проект от 3 февраля 2020 г.
Эпидемиологические данные свидетельствуют о том, что 2019-нКоВ может передаваться от человека к человеку. Во время предшествующих вспышек, ...вызванных коронавирусами, в том числе коронавирусом ближневосточного респираторного синдрома (БВРС-КоВ) и коронавиру- сом тяжелого острого респираторного синдрома (ТОРС-КоВ), передача от человека к человеку чаще всего происходила капельным путем, при личном контакте и через зараженные предме- ты. Способы передачи 2019-нКоВ, по всей вероятности, те же.
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Discussion paper initially prepared in April 2015 to facilitate feedback, and finalized after the
June 2015 meeting of WHO’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for TB (STAG-TB).
PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.
The speed of developing diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has been quite remarkable. Diagnostics have focused on nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) to identify infected individuals in acute-phase disease for timely implementation of mitiga...tion strategies and case management. More and more immunodiagnostics, mostly rapid diagnostic tests, are being made available as an alternative to NAATs. This type of test can be used out-of-laboratory conditions at large scale.
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It aims to enable participants to:
know more about reactions to distress
know what psychological first aid is and what it is not
understand the three action principles of ‘Look, Listen and Link’
have practised providing PFA to someone in distress
have considered comple...x reactions and situations
be aware of the importance of self-care when helping others.
This training module is one of four on psychological first aid, which accompany a set of materials on psychological first aid
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