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Guidance on COVID-19 for the care of older people and people living in long-term care facilities, other non-acute care facilities and home care

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, this guidance provides information on infection and prevention control (IPC) for older people, their friends and families, carers, and healthcare providers. Anyone who manages, works, volunteers or provides care at any type of facilities where older people recei... more

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Catholic Social Teaching and Social Development in Africa

Centre for Social Justice and Ethics, CUEA (2020) C2

A paper presented during a conference on The Catholic Social Teaching and its Social and Political impact on the Development 9thto 10th December, in Schloss Eichholz Koln/Cologne/GermanyPresented by Sr. Dr. Elizabeth Nduku accessed July 2020

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Controlling the spread of COVID-19 at ground crossings

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

COVID-19: Travel, Points of Entry and Border Health

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Preventing and managing COVID-19 across long-term care services

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Policy brief, 24 July 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected older people disproportionately, especially those living in long-term care facilities. In many countries, evidence shows that more than 40% of COVID-19 related deaths have been linked to long-term care facilities, with figures being as h... more

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Averting ethnocide: : Indigenous peoples and territorial rights in crisis in the face of COVID-19 in Latin America

Oxfam (2020) CC

There are indigenous communities at high risk in every country of the region. At stake are the lives of 45 million people who belong to more than 800 indigenous peoples. Of these, some 100 are spread across several countries, around 200 maintain voluntary isolation or are in initial contact, and nea... more

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Africa’s digital solutions to tackle COVID-19

European Investment Bank EIB and UN Development Programme UNDP (2020) CC

It highlights how proven digital innovation can be replicated to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Africa. It also estimates investment required to implement such high impact solutions.

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Kenya Laboratory Biorisk Management Curriculum

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2020) C1

April 2019

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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 on the ‘’spaces of new vulnerability” inheren... more

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Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic response on intrapartum care, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality outcomes in Nepal: a prospective observational study

Ashish KC, R. Gurung, M.V Kinney, et al. (2020) CC

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Ready to Come Back: Teacher Preparedness Training Package
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

The package provides practical, concise yet crucial information about the impact of COVID-19 on daily teaching practices as well as tips and suggestions to improve safety, well-being and learning, with students in face-to-face or remote settings. The package speaks directly to the teachers. It ca... more

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Children and young people’s voices in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: Child-friendly report

World Vision (2020) C2

This research was conducted in March and April 2020 to explore children and young people’s reflections and perceptions on the COVID-19 outbreak. This study was organised in response to the young people’s continued child activism in the face of personal challenges.

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Living in Chains: Shackling of People with Psychosocial Disabilities Worldwide

Human Rights Watch HRW (2020) C1

The report examines how people with mental health conditions are often shackled by families in their own homes or in overcrowded and unsanitary institutions, against their will, due to widespread stigma and a lack of mental health services. Many are forced to eat, sleep, urinate, and defecate in t... more

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UNRWA COVID-19 Appeal, August-December 2020

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNRWA (2020) CC

COVID-19 has resulted in an unprecedented global crisis. As the pandemic spreads and countries around the world continue to struggle to contain its health and socio-economic consequences, UNRWA is issuing a new humanitarian appeal from August through December 2020 to address the worst impacts of the... more

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Still Unprotected: Humanitarian Funding for Child protection

Protection Cluster Save the Children The Alliance for Child Protection; et al. (2020) C1

Children living in humanitarian crises face an increased risk of abuse. While the threats of harm are increasing, the established systems in place to protect them are breaking down. Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts, vulnerable families suffer multiple hardships. Schools are closed an... more

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Clinical Handbook on the health care of Survivors Subjected to Intimate Partner Violence and/or Sexual Violence, Namibia

Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia; WHO; UNFPA; et al. (2020) C_WHO

This handbook is an adaptation from the WHO Clinical Handbook Health care for women subjected to intimate partner violence or sexual violence developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Women and United Nations Population Fund. The handbook draws on the work from professionals who are dedic... more

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Syria: Complex Emergency Emergency Plan of Action Operation Update

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2020) C1

This operation update provides a summary of key results achieved against the IFRC Syria Complex Emergency Plan of Action covering 13-month period, from 1 June 2019 to 30 June 2020.

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ESC Guidance for the Diagnosis and Management of CV Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic

European Society of Cardiology (2020) C1

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV‑2) causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has reached pandemic levels; Patients with cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and established cardiovascular disease (CVD) represent a vulnerable population when suffering from COVID-19; Patien... more

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Operational Framework for Primary Health Care - Transforming Vision Into Action

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Primary health care, as outlined in the 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata and again 40 years later in the 2018 WHO/UNICEF document A vision for primary health care in the 21st century: towards universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals, is a whole-of-government and whole-of-society a... more

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Self-Care Manual for Front-Line Workers

Republic of Lebanon, Ministry of Health (2020) CC

In line with the National Mental Health Strategy for Lebanon (2015-2020), this guide answers the objective of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support task force: “Development and provision of staff care interventions for persons working in the MHPSS and Protection sectors”. It aims at prevent... more

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Post COVID-19 Fatigue, Post/Long COVID-19 Syndromes and Post-COVID ME/CFS

Shephard, C. (2020) CC

Ready to Come Back: Teacher Preparedness Training Package recommended

Ready to Come Back: Teacher Preparedness Training Package
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