Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Minimum Standards for Protection, Gender and Inclusion in Emergencies

11/13/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Published: 11/8/2018. The minimum standards in this 116-page document aim to ensure that the emergency programming of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and National Societies provides dignity, access, participation, and safety for all people affected by disasters and crises. The document provides practical guidance on how to mainstream these four principles in all sectors, based on a consideration of gender, age, disability, and other diversity factors. (PDF)

Importance of Vector Abundance and Seasonality

11/13/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 11/2018. This 48-page joint European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control-European Food Safety Authority report assesses whether vector count data (abundance) and the way these change throughout the year (seasonality) can provide useful information about vector-borne diseases epidemiological processes of interest, and therefore, whether resources should be devoted to collecting such data. It also summarizes what measures of abundance and seasonality can be collected for each vector group (mosquitoes, sandflies, midges, and ticks), lists the gaps in the sampling coverage, and provides guidance for prioritizing the acquisition of information. (PDF)

WHO (World Health Organization) Report on Surveillance of Antibiotic Consumption: 2016-2018 Early implementation

11/13/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 11/2018. This 127-page report presents 2015 data on the consumption of systemic antibiotics from 65 countries and areas, contributing to the understanding of how antibiotics are used in these countries. It also documents early efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) and participating countries to monitor antimicrobial consumption, describes the WHO global methodology for data collection, and highlights the challenges and future steps in monitoring antimicrobial consumption. (PDF)

External Quality Assessment of Laboratory Performance: European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net), 2017

11/13/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 11/2018. This 25-page report provides an analysis of the external quality assessment (EQA) performance of laboratories participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) in 2017. A total of 893 laboratories participated in the EQA exercise. Six bacterial strains were used: Acinetobacter baumannii complex, Enterococcus faecium, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. (PDF)