WHO Regional EVD Preparedness Meeting Presentations January 14-16, 2015
IDS Rapid Response Briefing 8
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) January 16, 2015 / 64(01);20-27
Practice paper in Brief 24
Containment strategies for Ebola rupture fundamental features of social, political and religious life. Control efforts that involve local people and appreciate their perspectives, social structures and institutions are therefore vital
This policy brief is targeted at national governments, donors and regional and international actors to support Ebola-affected countries to transition from emergency response to recovery.
BMC Medicine (2015) 13:42 DOI 10.1186/s12916-014-0263-6
The report reveals weak national mental health services overburdened by the demands placed on them by the Syria crisis. Health facilities which previously provided integrated mental health services in Syria have themselves become casualties of war, with most either destroyed, damaged or not function...ing. The shortage of trained mental health care providers is viewed as critical, both in Syria and in the neighboring countries where refugees now reside. Strengthening and expanding these services is crucial for Syria’s longer term recovery because the need for treatment will last for years after the war ends.
more
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report December 19, 2014 / 63(50);1205-1206