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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...n> 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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COVID-19 Planning Guide for Adapting Risk Communication and Community Engagement as Public Health and Social Measures Shift

IFRC; Save the Children andJohn Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (2020) CC

With Safety Tips for Conducting Community Meetings Updated July 2020 This document includes key Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) considerations during shifting lockdown measures, safety measures for conducting in-person community meetings, and a template that brings both of these... more

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Reproductive Health Assessment Toolkit for Conflict-Affected Women (Cover)

Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, (2007)

This is only the cover of the book. Download the whole Toolkit at: www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/Refugee/ Understanding the reproductive health needs of conflict-affected women will enable ... to implement and enhance programs and services to improve the health of women and their families. The Reproductive Health Assessment Toolkit (RHA) for Conflict-Affected Women provides user-friendly tools to quantitatively assess the reproductive health needs of conflict-affected women aged 15–49 years. The RHA Toolkit enables field staff to collect data to inform program planning, monitoring, evaluation, and advocacy. It promotes using the collected data to enhance services and improve the reproductive health of women and their families. more

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Guidelines For The Control Of Epidemics Due To Shigella Dysenteriae Type 1

World Health Organization (1995)

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mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG): Clinical management of mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies
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World Health Organization, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2015) C_WHO

The new guide provides practical, first-line management recommendations for mental, neurological and substance use conditions. Contents include modules on assessing and managing conditions such as acute stress, grief, moderate-severe depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, epilepsy, and... more

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Outbreak surveillance and response in humanitarian emergencies

World Health Organization (2012)

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Environmental and Social Management Framework (Final Report) for the COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project

Ministry pf Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone (2021) CC

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Ebola Outbreak: Updated Overview of Needs and Requirements for January-June 2015

World Health Organization, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (2015)

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Children and AIDS

Unicef; UNAIDS; World Health Organization; UNFPA (2008)

Third Stocktaking Report, 2008 Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS

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Rapid Assessment of Alcohol and Other Substance Use in Conflict-Affected and Displaced Populations

UNHCR, WHO UNHCR, WHO (2008)

An Advocacy Strategy for Adoption and Dissemination of the WHO Policy on TB Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, Congregate Settings and Households

D’Arcy Richardson, PATH, and Greg Pirio, Empower Communications USAID, StopTBPartnership (2010) C2

Recommended actions and international and national level

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An Advocacy Strategy for Adoption and Dissemination of the WHO Policy on TB Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, Congregate Settings and Household

D’A. Richardson; G. Pirio; et al. USAID; Stop TB Partnership; TB online (2010) C2

Recommended actions at international and national levels

COVID-19 Guidance and Toolkit for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Teams

International Organization for Migration IOM (2020) C1

This brief document compiles existing material related to mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for the COVID-19 crisis, as well as other resources that can be applicable to the context. Documents are divided into different sections, based ... more

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Guidelines for Implementing Interagency Health and Nutrition Evaluations in Humanitarian Crises

Interagency Health and Nutrition Evaluations in Humanitarian Crises (IHE) Initiative UNHCR (2007)

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Посібник mhGAP з надання допомоги під час гуманітарних надзвичайних станів
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Марк ван Оммерен, Ютаро Сетойя, Пітер Фентефогел et al. WHO, UNHCR (2016) C_WHO

Цей посібник повністю відповідає рекомендаціям Міжвідомчого постійного комітету (IASC) та «Операційним рекомендаціям щодо психічного здоров’я та психосоціальної ... more

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Clinical Management of Rape Survivors: Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons (Arabic edition)

UNHCR; WHO; UNFPA (2004) C_WHO

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Tuberculosis in Migrants and Crisis-Affected Populations

International Oranization for Migration (2015) C2

Migration Health Division Information Sheet Series Migration Health Assistance for Crisis-Affected Populations HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, Cholera, Re/Emerging Diseases and Mobility

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Standardised Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) Final Report - (Nyarugusu, Nduta and Mtendeli Refugee Camps, Kigoma Region, Tanzania) Survey conducted: 16th September - 13th October, 2018

World Food Programme, UN Children's Fund, Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, et al. (2019) C2

Tanzania is prone to refugee influxes, often of long duration. Despite facing its own economic challenges, for decades Tanzania has welcomed thousands of refugees fleeing conflicts in neighboring countries of Great Lakes Region. The counties geographic proximity to the strifetorn Congo Basin is resp... more

Тестування на туберкульозну інфекцію та скринінг на туберкульоз серед біженців, які прибувають до країн Європи з України

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2022) C1

7 April 2022. Aimed at national policymakers, public health and healthcare planners, staff working in reception centres, and healthcare staff caring for displaced persons, the information note concludes that universal testing of incoming refugees fr... more

Testing for tuberculosis infection and screening for tuberculosis disease among incoming refugees from Ukraine to European countries

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2022) C1

mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG): Clinical management of mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies recommended

Посібник mhGAP з надання допомоги під час гуманітарних надзвичайних станів recommended

mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG): Clinical management of mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies
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Посібник mhGAP з надання допомоги під час гуманітарних надзвичайних станів
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