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Displaying 90 of about 350 resultsThe document is a compendium of all the guidelines and advisories issued by various ministries and departments of the Government of India for mitigation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
This infectious diseases strategy will direct Public Health England’s (PHE’s) planning, resource allocation, development and delivery on infectious diseases between 2020 and 2025.
The strategy extends the work into a new strategic framework based around core functions, strategic priorities and enablers and supports a renewed focus across the organisati…
This regional strategy for health security and emergencies in Africa emphasizes the use of the “all-hazards approach”, defined as “an integrated hazard management strategy that incorporates planning for and consideration of all potential natural and technological hazards”. The strategy is expected to contribute to the achievement of Susta…
A simple guide for young people about how to prevent and avoid malaria.
This study proposes an integrated geographic information systems (GIS)-based framework to combine different health system indicators with socio-economic conditions of communities to assess the vulnerability to COVID-19 like health emergency situations. COVID19 pandemic has put the global health emergency response to the test. Providing health and socio-…
The analysis of the COVID-19 crisis through multiple case studies unveiled complex and multi-faceted webs of cascading and systemic risks and impacts. Key in the analysis is the characterization of the network and system structure, and network dynamics. Informed by the case studies, expert consultation and literature review, the CARICO concept…
Reducing inequalities and ensuring no one is left behind are integral to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Though progress has been achieved, much effort is still needed to reduce inequality in the region. This is particularly critical as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exacerbate the incidence of inequality. The impact of the pande…
As in many countries worldwide, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its containment measures aggravated poverty in Bangladesh. Poor and vulnerable population groups were among the hardest hit. This brief draws on key findings from a UNDP Bangladesh survey on COVID-19 impacts during the pandemic’s first wave in early 2020. It covered 2,500 UNDP benef…
This study investigates empirically how air pollution in earlier periods as measured by three air pollutants, namely NO2, PM10, and PM2.5 may have affected the spread and fatality of COVID-19 in 31 European countries. It is common knowledge that long term exposure to high air pollution levels leads to many health problems especially…
This study draws lessons on how individual hurricane preparedness is influenced by the additional risk stemming from a pandemic, which turns out to be a combination of perceptions of flood and pandemic risks that have opposite effects on preparedness behavior. The researchers conducted a survey in early June 2020 of 600 respondents in flood-prone areas…
The COVID-19 pandemic amplifies health risks for many people in hot weather. To reduce heat-related illness and loss of life authorities and communities should prepare for hot weather and heatwaves — in addition to managing COVID-19 — before extreme heat strikes. Communities should be prepared to update and review communications and heat action plans, a…
Nursing homes (NHs) are considered hotspots for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), given their residential environments and patient vulnerabilities. This study describes the COVID-19 preparedness of NHs across the US. Its results indicate the need for NHs to continue refining their preparedness strategies in response to local virus prevalence, residen…
This note presents an initial scoping of select trade-offs that low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) decisionmakers and global health partners must balance across the wider spectrum of health needs as they mount a response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). With a focus on the subset of impacts related to delivering routine healthcare, it provid…
This case study outlines the adaptation and roll-out of an Epidemic Control for Volunteers' (ECV) Toolkit and Training Manual in Indonesia by the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia) in 2014.
It includes background on the country's health-related vulnerabilities; the role that Palang Merah Indonesia plays in supporting the government's health…
This study simulated policies for community-level response aimed at early screening all members of a community, as well as implementing travel restrictions to prevent inter-community transmission during outbreaks such as the Ebola 2014-2016 epidemic in West-Africa.
The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa raised many questions about the control of infect…