11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 11/2019. This 24-page report on antimicrobial consumption is based on data for 2018 retrieved from The European Surveillance System on October 18, 2019. During the period 2009–2018, no statistically significant change was observed for the European Union/European Economic Area overall. However, statistically significant decreasing trends were observed for 11 countries. Statistically significant increasing trends were observed for four countries. (PDF)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 11/2019. This 108-page report presents the results of the first multi-country and multi-professional study on the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of healthcare workers regarding antibiotics, antibiotic use, and antibiotic resistance across 30 European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries. The survey findings can support strategies for policy development, education, and communication campaigns targeting healthcare workers that aim to address prudent use of antibiotics, and prevention and control of antibiotic resistance in the EU/EEA. (PDF)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 11/2019. The results presented in this 110-page report are based on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data from invasive isolates reported to the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) by 30 European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries in 2019 (data referring to 2018), and on trend analyses of data reported by the participating countries for 2015 to 2018. Despite the political prioritization of AMR as a threat to public health and the availability of evidence-based guidance for antimicrobial stewardship, adequate microbiological capacity, and infection prevention and control, it is clear that public health action to tackle the situation remains insufficient. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Published: 10/2019. This 124-page publication addresses surveillance and outbreak management of water-related infectious diseases associated with drinking-water supply systems, building on existing guidelines for infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response. It aims to help countries to build on and strengthen their systems by providing technical information on the specific features, activities, and methodologies related to water-related infectious disease surveillance and outbreak management. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 10/2019. This 88-page evaluation was based on a joint external assessment held on June 10-14, 2019, of the International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacities of Georgia using the World Health Organization (WHO) IHR Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool. It discusses how Georgia acknowledges the importance of emergency preparedness, communicable disease control, surveillance, and response; and regulates the area with comprehensive laws and bylaws. It also presents four over-arching recommendations. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 10/2019. This 91-page document provides recommendations for the use of non-pharmaceutical public health measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic influenza. In the early stage of an influenza pandemic or epidemic, non-pharmaceutical public health measures may be the only set of countermeasures that are readily available in all countries. This guideline is intended to support the development and updating of national plans for mitigating influenza epidemics and pandemics in community settings. The recommendations will also be of interest to individuals, organizations, institutions, and local health authorities. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 10/2019. This 88-page toolkit provides practical guidance to support the implementation of Objective 4 of the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance: optimizing the use of antimicrobial medicines. It provides guidance on where to get started, including the structures and resources that should be put in place at the national and healthcare facility level, through a step-wise approach in low-resource settings. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 10/2019. The World Health Organization developed the resource mapping and impact analysis on health security investment (REMAP) tool to protect people from health emergencies and support Member States in strengthening core health security capacities. This 17-page document details how the REMAP tool helps countries meet the requirements of the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005) by facilitating the mobilization of financial and technical resources for implementation of National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS) and other country plans with relevance to health security. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 10/2019. This 96-page curriculum document, developed with Public Health England, covers a global gap and builds further on the World Health Organization antimicrobial resistance (AMR) competency framework by laying out learning objectives and outcomes as they pertain to the main health worker groups involved in the stewardship of antimicrobials. The aim of the guide is to provide educators at pre-service and in-service levels with comprehensive guidance on what and how they may develop or include learning content in their local AMR curricula or syllabi. (PDF)
08/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC). Published: 8/2019. This 16-page report provides information about ZIKA360, an innovative learning tool aiming to bring a new approach to the fight against the Zika virus. By combining two experiences, a virtual reality film and an augmented reality app, the project tackles the topic of disease transmission prevention, as well as community engagement, from the angle of innovation. Target audiences are students 8-16 years old (extending to parents), and adults in the context of advocacy and fundraising. (PDF)
08/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of Inspector General [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS OIG). Published: 8/2019. This 67-page report describes an audit of Southwest Key Programs (Southwest Key), an Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Program grantee, for review because it is one of the largest providers of services to UAC in the United States. The audit estimates that Southwest Key did not properly document the care or release of 38 percent of all children released to sponsors in FY2016. Without adequate documentation in the UAC case files, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) could not be assured that for 8,323 children, Southwest Key had followed ORR policies regarding sponsor background checks and prompt care, or that the Department of Homeland Security was notified about the child's release to a sponsor. (PDF)
08/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Texas A&M University. Published: 8/2019. This 36-page document is a Tier One Program Science and Policy Class White Paper from the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. It discusses disincentives to the development of novel approaches for combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR); creating incentives for the development of novel approaches; and push, pull, and mixed media approaches. (PDF)
07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Published: 7/2019. This 36-page handbook is part of a project that explored the ethical challenges organizations faced in situations of extreme violence in Syria, and, working from that context, sought to provide a framework of principles for ethical decision-making, as well as a handbook with practical guidance for humanitarian health organizations to resolve these complex ethical challenges. It describes the methods of the study, presents key findings from a systematic literature review, and provides examples of four scenarios of ethical challenges that organizations might wish to use as part of their trainings on ethics and ethical decision-making. (PDF)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Texas A&M University. Published: 5/2019. This 56-page white paper from the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University explains how countries will remain vulnerable to devastating emerging infectious diseases with pandemic potential if the United States and international system do not make progress toward closing the gaps addressed in this paper. These diseases could kill millions, cost billions, and have other significant economic, social, national security, and political consequences. (PDF)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Texas A&M University. Published: 5/2019. On October 14, 2018, the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University conducted a pandemic simulation designed to give students from across Texas A&M University a high-impact, interdisciplinary learning experience. This 40-page document describes how students responded to a simulated H7N9 outbreak, and makes recommendations in five topic areas. (PDF)
01/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Published: 1/2019. This 25-page manual provides practical guidance on vector control. Four scenarios are outlined, ranging from prevention of introduction and establishment of vectors, to control of vector populations and circulating disease pathogens and newly emerging diseases. State-of-the-art methods of control are described, accompanied by discussion of their effectiveness, application, use, and monitoring and evaluation. Strategies for planning and implementation are outlined for each scenario. Regulatory, legal, and organizational aspects of vector control, and monitoring and evaluation are discussed. (PDF)
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