11/14/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 11/14/2019. This web page provides resources for healthcare professionals about outpatient antibiotic stewardship, including The Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship, which provides a framework for antibiotic stewardship for outpatient clinicians and facilities that routinely provide antibiotic treatment. Other resources are provided for Commitment; Action for Policy and Practice; Tracking and Reporting; Education and Expertise; and More Resources to Fulfill All Core Elements. (Text)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 11/2019. This web page, updated in November 2019, provides guidance for women and their partners who live in or travel to areas with a Zika outbreak or other areas with risk of Zika to plan their pregnancies in the context of the risk of Zika. Healthcare providers should counsel couples considering pregnancy about plans for travel to or those living in areas with risk of Zika. The page includes clinician resources. (Text)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency [Department of Homeland Security] (FEMA). Published: 11/2019. This toolkit, updated in November 2019, 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)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Court of Auditors (ECA). Published: 11/2019. This 52-page report summarizes an audit that examined how the European Commission and relevant European Union (EU) agencies managed their support to Member States and the EU-funded research aimed at fighting antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It concluded that the activities of the Commission and agencies led to some progress, but there is little evidence that the health burden of AMR has reduced. It makes recommendations to improve the Commission’s response to AMR through better support to Member State national action plans; promoting better monitoring and the prudent use of antimicrobials; and strengthening strategies for boosting research. (PDF)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 11/2019. This 49-page document updates the 2014 Core Elements for Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs, and incorporates new evidence and lessons learned from experience with the Core Elements. The Core Elements are applicable in all hospitals, regardless of size. They are intended to be an adaptable framework that hospitals can use to guide efforts to improve antibiotic prescribing. The assessment tool that accompanies this document can help hospitals identify gaps to address. (PDF)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, a WHO Collaborating Centre (CRED). Published: 11/2019. This two-page fact sheet, co-published with the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides information about disasters across the African continent in the past 20 years. Figures illustrate Disaster Type Affecting Highest Number of People by Country; Top 10 Countries by Total Disaster Death Toll; Share by Disaster Type; Contribution of African Disasters to Global Total; and Top 10 Deadliest Storms in Africa. (PDF)
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