miércoles, 27 de noviembre de 2019

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Information and Emergency Response

11/26/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Published: 11/26/2019. This 356-page diagnostic and treatment manual, updated on September 26, 2019, is designed for use by medical professionals involved in curative care at the dispensary and hospital levels. It details preventive measures such as vaccines that patients can be offered to protect them from diseases. Its primary objective is to cure the individual patient of disease, minimize the impact of that disease on the patient, and reduce the risk of transmission. (PDF)
11/26/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Published: 11/26/2019. This 514-page guide, updated on November 26, 2019, is a practical manual of essential drugs, infusion fluids, and vaccines; their attributes; and how to administer them. It lists the contra-indications, adverse effects, precautions, and drug interactions of each drug. (PDF)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: International Rescue Committee (IRC). Published: 11/2019. This 52-page report highlights some of the links between gender-based violence and key Sustainable Development Goals to show where gender-based violence prevention and response need to be integrated across sectors to address the double disadvantage faced by women and girls in crisis. It discusses how rates of violence against women and girls rise significantly during conflict and crisis, and provides 16 ways to take action. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Published: 10/2019. This 36-page booklet contains information and guidelines for providing first aid in an emergency. It adopts a simple pictorial format and aims to raise awareness about the duties, responsibilities, and powers of police and security officials in their daily law enforcement practices. The practical guidance in the first aid section is intended to help law enforcement officials act in a safe, humane, and effective manner to alleviate suffering and save lives. (PDF)
09/19/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC). Published: 9/19/2019. This course provides information on many aspects of clinical research in a biocontainment unit environment, including scientific process, research protocol, documentation, regulatory documents, adverse event classification, and reporting events to regulatory bodies. Record retention, drug accountability, and study closure are also discussed. (Video or Multimedia)
09/19/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC). Published: 9/19/2019. This course provides information about conducting exercises for the care of a patient with Ebola or other special pathogen. It also introduces the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program and provides an overview of different types of exercises. The course outlines how to develop, conduct, and evaluate discussion and operation-based exercises, and review the After Action Report and Improvement Plan process. It is intended primarily for healthcare workers and teams in a biocontainment unit environment. (Video or Multimedia)
09/12/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Published: 9/12/2019. This 252-page guide is the 2019 update of the 2015 edition, and is intended for midwives, doctors with obstetrics training, and health care personnel faced with obstetric emergencies. It describes essential routine and emergency obstetric care; diagnosis and monitoring of pregnancy; prevention or management of complications of pregnancy and delivery; postpartum maternal and newborn care; and termination of pregnancy. (PDF)
09/11/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Published: 9/11/2019. This 196-page guide is intended for medical and non-medical staff responding to a cholera outbreak, and attempts to provide concrete answers to the questions and problems faced by staff. It includes various practical tools in the appendices to facilitate activities (e.g., water quality tests, job descriptions, and documents). The toolbox also contains additional tools in editable formats (e.g., individual patient file, cholera case register, and pictograms). (PDF)
09/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Published: 9/2019. This 36-page technical note takes a critical look at the serious and growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to child survival, growth, and development. It maps UNICEF’s existing programs that have direct (AMR-specific) and indirect (AMR-sensitive) impact on the response to AMR, and identifies potential areas for future engagement where UNICEF has comparative advantage in the global AMR response. (PDF)

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