04/29/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Sphere Project. Published: 4/29/2019. This training resource is an updated version of the comprehensive training pack to support humanitarian professionals wishing to learn more about the Sphere Handbook and humanitarian standards, or deliver training themselves. The pack contains five days' worth of materials. Its modular nature means it can be used in its entirety, broken up into shorter workshops, or injected into broader initiatives such as humanitarian degree programs. (Video or Multimedia)
04/29/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID). Published: 4/29/2019. This 38-page guidance provides support on how to strengthen inclusion of disability in Humanitarian Response Plans (HRPs) as part of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) Humanitarian Investment Program. The aim of this work is to make humanitarian programming more responsive to the needs of people with disabilities affected by crisis. More substantive work on the inclusion of persons with disabilities will need to continue concurrently to this initiative, including in relation to how disability-inclusive projects are designed, how they can be monitored, and what disability-inclusive humanitarian evaluation would involve. (PDF)
04/18/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health (CDC NCEH). Published: 4/18/2019. This 55-minute webinar discusses why it is important to engage the news media in the issue of the impacts of climate change on human health, connect health impacts to weather and climate, and cite the health benefits of climate solutions. It is part of the Climate and Health Program's AMPLIFY webinar series, which is designed to help state and local health departments more effectively communicate the health impacts of climate change in their communities. (Video or Multimedia)
04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 4/2019. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Department of the Interior (DOI) organized a One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization workshop on December 5-7, 2017, to further joint efforts to address zoonotic disease challenges in the United States. This 68-page report summarizes the workshop, when participants identified a list of zoonotic diseases relevant for the United States, defined the criteria for prioritization, and determined questions and weights relevant to each criterion. (PDF)
02/12/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Published: 2/12/2019. This one-hour webinar investigates the cultural factors that shape antibiotic use, and helps in understanding the transmission of antibiotic resistance, such as the way culture shapes the protocols defining how antibiotic resistance is researched and regulated. It also discusses related research and regulatory cultures, and introduces a brief on these issues and how to tackle them. (Video or Multimedia)
01/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 1/2019. The purpose of this two-day One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization Workshop, held in August 2017, was to identify zoonotic diseases of greatest national concern for Burkina Faso using equal input from representatives of human health, animal resources, and the environment. This 20-page report summarizes the workshop, when representatives identified a list of zoonotic diseases relevant for Burkina Faso, defined the criteria for prioritization, and determined questions and weights relevant to each criterion. (PDF)
09/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 9/2018. This 16-page report summarizes a workshop held in September 2015 to identify the top five zoonotic diseases of major public health concern in Ethiopia that need to be jointly addressed by animal and human health agencies to have maximum impact on the health of people and animals. To make sure that effective prevention and control programs are implemented for the prioritized diseases, a platform to strengthen collaborations among animal and human health agencies needs to be created. (PDF)
One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization for Multi-Sectoral Engagement in Uganda: Workshop Summary
09/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 9/1/2018. The purpose of this two-day One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization workshop, held in March 2017, was to identify zoonotic diseases of greatest national concern for Uganda using equal input from representatives of human health, livestock, environment, and wildlife sectors. This 24-page report summarizes the workshop, when representatives identified a list of zoonotic diseases relevant for Uganda, defined the criteria for prioritization, and determined questions and weights relevant to each criterion. (PDF)
09/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 9/2018. This 28-page report summarizes a two-day workshop conducted in March 2017 to identify zoonotic diseases of greatest national concern for Tanzania using input from representatives of human health, livestock, agriculture, wildlife, environment, research, and higher education sectors. The goal of the prioritization process was to use a multisectoral, One Health approach to prioritize endemic and emerging zoonotic diseases of major public health concern that should be jointly addressed by ministries responsible for human, animal, and environmental health, taking into account the limited available government resources. (PDF)
09/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 9/2018. The purpose of this two-day workshop, held in March 2016, was to identify zoonotic diseases of greatest national concern for Cameroon using input from representatives of human health, livestock, environment, wildlife, research, and higher education sectors. This 16-page report summarizes the workshop, when representatives identified a list of zoonotic diseases relevant for Cameroon, defined the criteria for prioritization, and determined questions and weights relevant to each criterion. (PDF)
09/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 9/2018. The purpose of this two-day workshop, held in January 2017, was to identify zoonotic diseases of greatest national concern for Côte d’Ivoire. This 20-page report summarizes the workshop, which used equal input from representatives of human health, livestock, environment, wildlife, research, and higher education sectors. During the workshop, representatives defined the criteria for prioritization, and determined questions and weights relevant to each criterion. (PDF)
07/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 7/2018. This four-page issue brief provides information about the development of a sample processing approach to enable accurate ricin analysis. During ricin incidents in 2014-2015, the EPA Office of Emergency Management (OEM) faced difficulties with getting the post-decontamination samples analyzed by desired and appropriate methods. While providing the technical support, the EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) determined that inclusion of a sample processing method is needed to clean up the post-bleach-decontamination samples before the analysis. (PDF)
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