02/22/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency [Department of Homeland Security] (FEMA). Published: 2/22/2019. This toolkit provides whole community partners the information and resources to understand lifelines, coordinate with entities using lifelines, and serve as basic guidance for how to implement the lifeline construct during incident response. A lifeline enables the continuous operation of government functions and critical business, and is essential to human health and safety or economic security. The toolkit is comprised of 12 PDF and Excel files and templates. (Text)
02/09/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC). Published: 2/9/2019. These three just in time training videos were produced to support preparedness training activities and provide training for all frontline, assessment, and treatment facilities in the event they are required to care for a patient suspected or confirmed to be infected with Ebola virus disease or other special pathogens. The videos, all shorter than 14 minutes long, cover Portable Isolation Unit in a Special Pathogen Isolation Area, Containment Wrap in a Special Pathogen Isolation Area, and Central Venous Catheter in a Special Pathogen Isolation Area. (Video or Multimedia)
02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Published: 2/2019. In this 90-minute course, participants will learn why the Integrated Refugee Health Information System (iRHIS) is important and how it is used to collect, verify, and analyze health data for use in decision-making during emergencies. The course was developed for refugee camps and designed for health workers, as well as supervisors who will use iRHIS in their daily work. iRHIS can also be used in other camps such as those for internally displaced persons. (Video or Multimedia)
02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Published: 2/2019. This Web page provides standards for preparing for refugee emergencies. It guides users while they implement risk analysis, and minimum and advanced preparedness actions, including scenario-based contingency planning. It is designed for use by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in coordination and collaboration with all partners who are involved in preparing for potential refugee influxes or mass cross-border movements such as forced repatriation. (Text)
01/31/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 1/31/2019. This 14-minute training video, the first in a two-part training series on Lassa fever, provides an overview of the virus, describing its epidemiology and clinical presentation. It describes signs or symptoms of Lassa fever, the implications of Lassa fever infection on pregnant women, and the clinical syndrome associated with Lassa fever in children. (Video or Multimedia)
12/20/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Published: 12/20/2018. This resource is aimed at monitoring the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s public health activities in refugee camps worldwide. Key health information is used to monitor the health status of refugees and to aid both UNHCR and partners in guiding its program objectives and priorities. Key indicator categories are public health, reproductive health and HIV, nutrition, and water and sanitation. (Text)
11/28/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: U.S. Army Public Health Center (USAPHC). Published: 11/28/2018. This 16-page Technical Information Paper (TIP) provides guidance regarding the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in association with Ebola virus disease (EVD) patients. It includes tables detailing PPE tier guidance, a tiered risk approach crosswalk, and personal protective equipment requirements by tier level, and describes the steps required in donning and doffing PPE. (PDF)
11/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Published: 11/2018. This 75-page document from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency provides guidelines for harbor authorities and oil handling facilities in relation to oil pollution. It provides guidance from the Nature Conservation Agencies, Environmental Regulator, and Fisheries Departments, and recommends a quantified and risk-based approach to contingency planning. (PDF)
10/23/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID). Published: 10/23/2018. This 11-page report discusses the link between mental health and psychosocial support and social and emotional learning support, and how these interventions can improve the learning outcomes of children during or after conflict situations. It discusses the confusion about the relationship between mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and social and emotional learning (SEL) support, and includes a table mapping MHPSS domains and SEL competencies. (PDF)
10/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Army Public Health Center (USAPHC). Published: 10/2018. When mold growth is present, the inspection, removal, and cleaning of contaminated materials must be handled with proper precautions, because disturbing this growth can result in bioaerosol release, i.e., sending millions of spores into the air. This 18-page mold assessment guide will assist industrial hygiene and preventive medicine personnel in conducting mold investigations. It provides safety tips, information about risk communication, and appendices detailing a mold investigation decision logic. (PDF)
09/17/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency [Department of Homeland Security] (FEMA). Published: 9/17/2018. This one-page document is a flowchart that shows what disaster assistance may be available to a disaster survivor based on his or her circumstance and eligibility. The survivor may be initially assisted by voluntary agencies and mass care providers offering food, shelter, clothing, and medical needs. The survivor may also receive insurance payments from his or her homeowners, property, and flood insurance policies. Federal assistance may also become available for uninsured or underinsured needs, or when insurance benefits are significantly delayed. (PDF)
09/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency [Department of Homeland Security] (FEMA). Published: 9/2018. In this 23-minute presentation, the speaker emphasizes the importance of sheltering after a nuclear detonation, and provides emergency managers with tools to help citizens, responders, and city officials get ready for such an event. He details how the most important life-saving decisions are those made in the first few minutes and hours of an event, and state and local communities need to be prepared to make them. (Video or Multimedia)
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