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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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Macroeconomics and health : investing in health for economic development / report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health

World Health Organization WHO (2002) C_WHO

The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) was established by World Health Organization Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland in January 2000 to assess the place of ... in global economic development. Although health is widely understood to be both a central goal and an important outcome of development, the importance of investing in health to promote economic development and poverty reduction has been much less appreciated. We have found that extending the coverage of crucial health services, including a relatively small number of specific interventions, to the world’s poor could save millions of lives each year, reduce poverty, spur economic development, and promote global security. more

Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Public health emergencies, including pandemics, highlight the need for health systems and services that are prepared, resilient and ready to respond to he... security threats. Endorsed by Member States in 2023, the Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework (‎APHSAF)‎ is designed to engage multisectoral actors in health security, and to reflect the complex nature of current and future public health emergencies. The Framework presents six interconnected, multisectoral domains of work that together form a comprehensive, multi-hazard health security system — emphasizing the One Health approach. The Framework also supports progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and universal health coverage while meeting the responsibilities and obligations of the International Health Regulations (‎2005)‎. more

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Environmental Health Management After Natural Disaster
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Ruth Newman, Richard Hansen, John Quigley and Don Schramm Pan American Health Organization (2003) C_WHO

Natural disasters often increase morbidity and mortality rates. Taking appropriate measures to maintain environmental health helps to reduce or eliminate the risks of preventable disease and death. Such measures contribute not only to the ... of individuals in and near disaster-stricken areas, but they also contribute to decreasing the high costs of providing emergency health services in the aftermath of disaster. This document is divided into several parts. The first section primarily addresses the effects of natural disasters on environmental health conditions and services. In the second section, environmental health measures are described that should be undertaken in each of three time frames: the predisaster, disaster, and postdisaster periods. more

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Checklist of Hygiene Practices that Protect Health in Emergencies and Disasters

B. Wisner, and J. Adams WHO (2002)

Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters Annex 6

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Monthly village health nutrition day

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India (2007) C1

GUIDELINES FOR AWWs/ASHAs/ANMs/PRIs

Hand hygiene in health care in the context of Filovirus disease outbreak response. Rapid advice guideline
recommended

World Health Organization (2014)

This document provides a summary of the recommendations for hand hygiene best practices to be performed by health workers providing care and/or support to patients with filovirus infection (Ebola and Marburg viruses).

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Mobilising informal health workers for the Ebola response: potential and programme considerations

Annie Wilkinson, Almudena Marí Sáez, Jonah Lipton, Fred Martineau and Clare Chandler IDS, US University of Sussex, University of Exeter, London School of Higiene and Tropical Medicine (2014)

Informal health workers are important care providers in the region and continue to be so during the current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. Many are well respected and trusted members of the community who can mobilise large numbers of people for... more

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Mobile health in Sierra Leone: Evidence and implications for health systems

the Government of Sierra Leone, the Medical Research Centre, the University of Sierra Leone, the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Text to Change, and MannionDaniels (2014) C1

Technical Brief

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Adolescent HIV Care and Treatment: A Training Curriculum for Health Workers . Module 16 Trainer Manual

ICAP; CDC; University Teaching Hospital, et al. (2011) C1

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Adolescent HIV Care and Treatment: A Training Curriculum for Health Workers . Module 16 Participant

ICAP; CDC; University Teaching Hospital, et al. (2011)

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Adolescent HIV Care and Treatment: A Training Curriculum for Health Workers . Module 13 Presentation Manual

ICAP; CDC; University Teaching Hospital, et al. (2011)

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Disaster Risk Management for Health. Communicable Diseases

World Health Organization (2011)

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A framework for assessing the performance of health systems

Christopher J.L. Murray1 & Julio Frenk World Health Organization (WHO) (2000)

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000, 78 (6)

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Chemicals of public health concern in the African Region and their management: Regional Assessment Report

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa (2014)

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Protecting the health and safety of workers in emergency vector control of Aedes mosquitoes

World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO

This document provides recommendations on essential measures to protect the health and safety of operators and other persons involved in emergency vector control of Aedes spp. mosquitoes, including space spraying of insecticides, larvicide applicati... more

Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2014. Key Findings

The DHS Program, et al. (2015) C1

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India: National Dialysis Program under National Health Mission. Operational Plan

National Health Mission; Ministry of Health & Social Welfare India (2016) C1

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WHO manual for organizing a national external quality assessment programme for health laboratories and other testing sites

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

This manual describes some of the strategic, managerial, financial, technical and scientific aspects to be considered in establishing a national EQA programme for clinical laboratories and other testing services at all health care levels

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Evaluation of a Mental Health Training Course for Primary Health Care Workers in Ogun State, South West, Nigeria

Adebowale T., Umukoro O., Gater R., et al. Journal of Psychiatry (2014) CC

Environmental Health Management After Natural Disaster recommended

Hand hygiene in health care in the context of Filovirus disease outbreak response. Rapid advice guideline recommended

Environmental Health Management After Natural Disaster
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Hand hygiene in health care in the context of Filovirus disease outbreak response. Rapid advice guideline
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