07/26/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This resource provides guidance, updated on July 26, 2018, on reducing the risk of getting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) for United Kingdom residents and travelers to the Middle East. It provides an epidemiological update, risk assessment, travel advice, and information about the Hajj.
07/26/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This one-hour webinar discusses the valuable communication role of educators during public health emergencies: how they can be a source of comfort and reassurance, and how they can help students and parents know what to do to stay safer and healthy during natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and other types of public health emergencies. Speakers also discuss how emergencies affect children, and a school health policies and practices study.
07/26/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 12-page briefing note identifies five key challenges that need to be addressed in order to promote disability inclusion in disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action, relating to evidence and data, contextual understanding, institutions and programs, representation, and discrimination. It highlights the importance of rights-based approaches, together with improved standards and indicators, in overcoming these challenges.
07/26/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This one-hour, 24-minute webinar discusses the latest research, evidence, and epidemiological status of refugee and migrant children; the specific health challenges faced by children; and the clinical aspects to providing care. Speakers also describe the issue of effective protection for unaccompanied minors, including barriers faced by Member States in providing such protection; and policy options moving forward.
07/26/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This one-hour webinar focuses on the status of the litigation filed by cities, counties, and others against opioid manufacturers and distributors, and the opportunity a settlement agreement might offer to advance public health approaches to the address the opioid problem. Speakers discuss the scope of the litigation, its aims, and how a multi-party settlement might be reached; how the public health community can suggest specific interventions that might be proposed for inclusion in any settlement; and the perspective of a former federal, state, and local health official.
07/26/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 94-page guide focuses on tackling underlying disaster risk drivers and strengthening good governance in disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies, at all levels and across sectors and actors. It advises local governments (authorities, planners, and managers at city or other sub-national levels) on the mechanisms for developing and implementing a holistic and integrated DRR strategy that contributes to building resilience at the local level.
07/26/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 84-page guide takes a practical approach in addressing man-made and technological hazards, and builds upon previous analyses and recommendations relating to such hazards in the context of disaster risk reduction. It provides a set of evidence-based, practical activities for implementation at national and local levels for chemical, industrial, and transport accidents, and nuclear and radiological hazards under each of the Sendai Framework’s four priorities for action.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 10-page report explores effective, collaborative approaches developed by California, Florida, and Texas that may help other states strengthen their Medicaid and public health partnerships to prevent and better respond to communicable disease crises. The approaches deal with Ebola, Zika virus, and a severe influenza season. The report outlines lessons learned from policymakers in the three states.
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