03/28/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE). Published: 3/28/2019. This one-hour webinar is the third in a three-part series on climate change, toxic hazards, and how to prepare to protect public health before, during, and after a superstorm or flood. Speakers address the range of issues communities face after a storm, with a focus on preventing exposures to toxic substances that have been unleashed by the flood into the air, water, and soil. They discuss the best cleanup processes after a major storm or flooding event, and the best way to protect people during those processes. (Video or Multimedia)
03/20/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region (NNLM PNR). Published: 3/20/2019. This one-hour webinar provides an overview of climate change in rural Alaska, the impacts on the environment, and observed health effects. The presentation includes specific community examples, and explores some examples of adaptations that are being applied in Alaska through the tribal health system. Effects of climate change on health in general are also addressed. (Video or Multimedia)
03/19/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Published: 3/19/2019. At this event, the authors of a new report, Science During Crisis, discussed the importance of science as a part of crisis response, emerging best practices, and areas for continued research. The program highlighted policy recommendations that will advance the conduct of science, access to and use of scientific data, and the role of science in decision-making, as well as improving crisis response and recovery. (Video or Multimedia)
03/14/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] National Network. Published: 3/14/2019. This one-hour, 25-minute webinar provides an overview of what research reveals about the needs of people with disabilities and their families post-disaster. Barriers to the recovery process, as well as the resource and service roles of state and local agencies, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and voluntary organizations post-disaster, are discussed. Participants will identify barriers which individuals with disabilities and their families encounter during the recovery phase of disaster. (Video or Multimedia)
03/13/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies. Published: 3/13/2019. On March 12-13, 2019, the National Academies held a workshop to discuss challenges and considerations for setting up a registry for long-term health monitoring of populations following nuclear or radiological emergencies in the United States. Workshop participants discussed topics that included existing international inclusion criteria for such registries and possible alternative approaches, including a dose-tiered approach; challenges associated with communicating inclusion criteria for a registry with the affected population; and considerations regarding health screening of the affected population, such as thyroid screening. (Video or Multimedia)
03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 3/2019. This 36-page paper was developed to support antimicrobial resistance (AMR) coordination committees and others tasked with addressing AMR at a country level to offer practical guidance on implementation. Drawing on the published literature and the operational experience and expertise of low- and middle-income countries, the paper explains the importance of building on existing plans and initiatives in relevant areas, such as infection prevention and control, immunization, medicines regulation and supply, and laboratory strengthening programs. (PDF)
03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative (HILSC). Published: 3/2019. This 46-page report discusses the need to use continued Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts to build the systems needed for a more equitable recovery for immigrants, regardless of legal status, through future disasters for a more resilient region. This Humanitarian Action Plan provides recommendations that include nine organizational commitments to guide coordinated emergency management planning for immigrants, and the need to consult with immigrant-serving organizations and their immigrant constituents in emergency management planning. (PDF)
02/14/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE). Published: 2/14/2019. This one-hour webinar is the second in a three-part series on climate change, toxic hazards, and how to prepare to protect public health before, during, and after a superstorm or flood. Speakers discuss actions taken during Hurricane Harvey in Texas, including running a mobile air monitoring unit, and how this helped inform stakeholders and community members alike about protection from toxic exposure; how they assisted with coordinating communications about hazards from the storm across multiple agencies, community organizations, and networks; and efforts to help community members evacuate during the course of Hurricane Harvey. (Video or Multimedia)
12/01/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 12/2018. This 96-page report is a collection of short reports on selected outbreaks that occurred in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region between 2016 and 2018, and which were successfully controlled. This edition of the Compendium covers 19 outbreaks, which occurred in 15 countries, presented in chronological order. Outbreaks include Ebola virus disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Likati, May 2017), Marburg fever in Uganda, dengue fever in Senegal, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Mauritania, influenza A H1N1 in Ghana, Lassa fever in Nigeria, Ebola virus disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur; May 2018), and Rift Valley fever in Kenya. (PDF)
10/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 10/2018. Based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on 1.5°C (IPCC SR1.5), this 20-page publication synthesizes the health content in that report, and details the impacts of global warming on human health. It underlines three messages: The first is that the greater the warming, the greater the risks to health overall; the second is that there can be important health gains from the actions that will be necessary to limit warming; and the third is that the longer it takes to reduce emissions, the greater the adaptation needed to protect population health. (PDF)
09/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 9/2018. This Web page provides information about and links to three country case studies that were commissioned by the World Health Organization Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Secretariat - in Ghana, Nepal, and Nigeria - to assist teams working on AMR to explore the scope to scale up delivery of AMR activities through existing programs and projects, and those that are under development. A One Health approach was taken to assess entry points for AMR activities, as human and animal health are interdependent and bound to the health of the environments in which they are situated. (PDF)
08/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 8/2018. The main objective of this 79-page Action Plan, published with the Government of the Republic of Zambia, is to provide a coherent framework for combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) using the One Health approach embracing human, animal, agriculture, and environment sectors in Zambia from 2017 to 2027. The focus areas in this plan include awareness and education, surveillance and research, regulation, infection prevention, sanitation and hygiene, optimizing drug use, and investment in research and development. (PDF)
06/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 6/2018. This 32-page working paper was conceived to offer practical tips and suggestions on how to establish and sustain the multi-sectoral coordination needed to develop and implement National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Drawing on both the published literature and the operational experience of Ethiopia, Kenya, Philippines, and Thailand, it summarizes lessons learned and the latest thinking on multi-sectoral working to achieve effective AMR action. The experience in these countries points to a number of tools and tactics that can be used to help establish and enhance sustainable multi-sectoral collaboration for AMR action. (PDF)
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