viernes, 14 de junio de 2019

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Information and Emergency Response



05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/2019. National Action Planning for Health Security (NAPHS) is a country-owned, multi-year, planning process that can accelerate the implementation of the International Health Regulations core capacities, and is based on a One Health for all-hazards, whole-of-government approach. This page provides information about NAPHS, and details how it captures national priorities for health security, brings sectors together, identifies partners, and allocates resources for health security capacity development. (Text)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/2019. This 48-page document provides guidance at each step of the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) framework, and the necessary tools and templates for developing and implementing a national action plan, which countries, partners, and agencies can use in the local context. It targets all relevant stakeholders of health security, who are directly or indirectly involved in the inception, development, and implementation of a NAPHS. (PDF)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/2019. This 76-page evaluation was based on a joint external assessment held on November 19-23, 2018, of the International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacities of the Democratic Republic of Timore-Leste using the World Health Organization (WHO) IHR Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool. The team noted that areas where focused improvement efforts would be particularly valuable to the country include emergency preparedness, and preparedness and response plans relative to IHR. (PDF)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/2019. This 72-page evaluation was based on a joint external assessment held on October 29-November 2, 2018, of the International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacities of the Republic of Mauritius using the World Health Organization (WHO) IHR Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool. Five overarching thematic areas emerged that require strong and high-level commitment, including establishing procedures and processes that facilitate rigorous documentation and a culture of continuous learning from every emergency response event. (PDF)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/2019. The World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and World Organisation for Animal Health co-developed this 40-page monitoring and evaluation framework for the Global Action Plan (GAP) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). It aims to be robust and practical, and to provide a manageable system that can facilitate the generation, collection, and analysis of standardized data to assess the success of the GAP, and inform operational and strategic decision-making on AMR for the next five to 10 years at the national and global levels. (PDF)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 5/2019. This 130-page document provides three sections of the third edition of the Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in the WHO African Region, which recommend thresholds for action on priority diseases, public health events, and conditions, and for responding to alerts. They are Section 1: Identify and record cases of priority diseases, conditions, and events; Section 2: Report priority diseases, conditions, and events; and Section 3: Analyze and interpret data. (PDF)
04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/2019. This 60-page guidance document aims to assist national blood services in the development of national plans to respond to any emerging infectious threats to the sufficiency or safety of the blood supply, whether from an existing infectious agent that is changing in incidence and spread, or from a newly identified infectious agent. It discusses the elements that would need to be considered by national blood services, and provides guidance on different response options that may be available. (PDF)
04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/2019. This 90-page evaluation was based on a joint external assessment held on October 1-5, 2018, of the International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacities of Moldova using the World Health Organization (WHO) IHR Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool. Four overarching recommendations emerged from the week. These are intended to address cross-cutting challenges affecting Moldova’s capacities across many of the different technical areas that are explored in greater depth in the JEE process, and are detailed in the report. (PDF)
04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/2019. This 28-page report addresses the recommendation from the 2016 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Review that the World Health Organization develop a progress report that presents overall success metrics and infographics to illustrate progress in PIP Framework implementation. This report covers the 2018 calendar year. It provides a PIP Framework implementation overview, and technical and financial implementation progress. (PDF)
04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/2019. This 76-page evaluation was based on a joint external assessment held on July 9-15, 2018, of the International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacities of Libya using the World Health Organization (WHO) IHR Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool. There is strong evidence of the existence of a prolific basis of laws and regulations covering public health that are not put to good use. The evaluation also found that the main needed capacities for detecting, preventing, and controlling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) have not been established yet in Libya. (PDF)
03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST


Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 3/2019. This 77-page document is the Introduction section to the third edition of the Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in the WHO African Region, which recommend thresholds for action on priority diseases, public health events, and conditions, and for responding to alerts. The guidelines explicitly describe what needs to be established at each level of the health system in order to detect, confirm, and respond to diseases/health events that are responsible for all preventable illnesses, deaths, and disabilities in local communities. (PDF)

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