12/19/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Preparedness and Response (CDC CPR). Published: 12/19/2019. Due to the ongoing Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this one-hour conference call features subject matter experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who discuss the current status of Ebola diagnostic testing that is available through the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) and CDC in the United States. The presenters also discuss considerations around using OraQuick® Ebola Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT), the first Ebola RDT that the Food and Drug Administration has allowed for marketing in the United States. (Video or Multimedia)
12/17/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judiciary. Published: 12/17/2019. This two-hour, 33-minute Congressional hearing discusses the opioid crisis and the challenging illicit drug environment in the United States, from the view of a whole-of-government approach. Witnesses detail their work at the Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, which is addressing the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department's five-point Opioid Strategy that provides the overarching framework to leverage the expertise and resources of HHS agencies in a strategic and coordinated manner. (Video or Multimedia)
12/17/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). Published: 12/17/2019. This one-hour, 11-minute webinar, co-sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics, features a speaker who discusses promoting breastfeeding and safe infant feeding after a disaster, lessons learned, and recommendations to improve safe infant feeding strategies in disaster preparedness plans. A second speaker discusses safe infant sleep in emergency and disaster situations, and the current evidence base around safe infant sleep in emergency and disaster situations. (Video or Multimedia)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [National Institutes of Health] (NIAID). Published: 12/2019. This 20-page report describes the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’s portfolio of basic, translational, and clinical research in antimicrobial resistance, and outlines an updated array of innovative approaches based on the latest scientific advances and research opportunities to address this urgent public health priority. It details scientific approaches to antimicrobial resistance research, the antibiotic development pipeline, and Innovative approaches to addressing the antibiotic resistance challenge. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 12/2019. This six-page report details how in 2018, in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA )countries, 51 cases of Zika virus infection were reported; no autochthonous vector-borne cases of Zika virus infection were reported; 56.8 percent percent of Zika virus infections in EU/EEA travelers originated from the Caribbean; 22.3 percent originated from Southeast Asia; and 11.3 percent originated from the Americas. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN). Published: 12/2019. This 11-page document is a practical users’ guide to the implementation of two leaching methods developed specifically for analysis of volcanic ash: a deionized water leach, and a simple gastric leach. Guidelines for ash collection and preparation are also included. The document responds to the need for standard and reliable methods for hazard assessment of readily soluble elements following volcanic ashfall, to provide timely and reliable information to emergency managers. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Stanford University. Published: 12/2019. This 39-page pager examines the impacts of local exposure to school shootings on an important indicator of youth mental health: the use of prescription antidepressants. It analyzes the effects of 44 school shootings on youth antidepressant use in a difference-in-difference framework, and finds that local exposure to fatal school shootings increases youth antidepressant use by 21.4 percent in the following two years. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 12/2019. This three-page report on cases of Rift Valley fever is based on data for 2018 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on September 10, 2019. It found that for 2018, European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries did not report any cases of Rift Valley fever. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 12/2019. This three-page report on cases of plague is based on data for 2018 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on September 10, 2019. For 2018, no cases of plague were reported by European Union/European Economic Area countries. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 12/2019. This six-page report on cases of Q fever is based on data for 2018 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on September 6, 2019. For 2018, 922 cases of Q fever were reported in the European Union/European Economic Area, 794 (86 percent) of which were confirmed. The rate of reported Q fever cases increased with age up to 64 years and was higher among men than women in the age groups above 14 years. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 12/2019. This three-page report on cases of cholera is based on data for 2018 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on September 17, 2019. In the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA), cholera is a rare disease associated with travel to countries outside of the EU/EEA. In 2018, five EU/EEA countries reported 26 confirmed cases of cholera, which was in the same range as in previous years. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 12/2019. This three-page report on cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is based on data for 2018 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on September 10, 2019. For 2018, European Union/European Economic Area countries reported eight cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Bulgaria reported six locally-acquired confirmed cases, Greece one travel-related confirmed case, and Spain one locally-acquired probable case. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 12/2019. This dashboard is an interactive map that aims to share information about public health events and emergencies being responded to by the World Health Organization (WHO) worldwide. It also includes information available to the public through official websites like WHO or Ministry of Health websites relating to public health emergencies. The data on the dashboard are refreshed every 15 minutes, and data are accurate at the time of refreshing. (Text)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Academies Press (NAP). Published: 12/2019. This 230-page report develops a framework to evaluate existing clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids for acute pain indications, recommends indications for which new evidence-based guidelines should be developed, and recommends a future research agenda to inform and enable specialty organizations to develop and disseminate evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids to treat acute pain to help meet the challenge of the opioid overdose epidemic. (Text)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Save the Children International. Published: 12/2019. The purpose of this 31-page document is to provide direction to the humanitarian movement on what type of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions should be applied and integrated in multi-sectoral humanitarian programs. It outlines key WASH interventions across three pillars: Survive, Learn, and Be Protected, and provides guidance on key cross-cutting models and approaches. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 12/2019. This 20-page document is the World Health Organization (WHO)’s first comprehensive overview of the preclinical antibacterial pipeline to date based on publicly available data on each included project. This report and the respective WHO database capture 252 antibacterial agents in development, targeting the pathogens on the WHO priority pathogens list. (PDF)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Published: 11/2019. The main aim of this 56-page Health Sector Multi-Hazard Response Framework (MRF) is to improve the capacity of countries to manage their response to emergencies and disasters in a more efficient and timely manner. The MRF facilitates an operational model that makes it possible to identify response activities, taking into account all existing hazards, and to carry out those activities within a national framework based on the organization of the health sector. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Global WASH Cluster (GWC). Published: 10/2019. This 40-page report summarizes the outcomes and impacts of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) cluster coordination using a mixed-methods approach, including literature review, summary of UNICEF documents, and key informant interviews with experienced cluster staff. Across these three data sets, consistent themes were identified, including the cluster approach as a cost-effective best-fit model that evolved over time; the importance of cluster staff with technical and coordination skills; the importance of context to cluster success; and the trade-offs of cluster participation. (PDF)
09/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Published: 9/2019. This 46-page technical guidance outlines current best practice, evidence, and knowledge in order to support policy and program development for vaccination of refugees and migrants in the World Health Organization European Region. It highlights key principles, summarizes priority actions and challenges, maps available resources and tools, and provides practical policy considerations to improve vaccination coverage and immunization service delivery for these groups. (PDF)
07/30/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Save the Children International. Published: 7/30/2019. This 50-minute webinar explores current trends in humanitarian settings and an understanding of how these changes impact humanitarian public health design and delivery; future trends for accountability and funding in humanitarian programming, particularly in settings experiencing protracted settings, and how these can affect how public health services are provided in crises; and implementation of an integrated water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) approach in Yemen, including challenges, successes, and strategies for addressing the critical gaps facing chronically vulnerable population. (Video or Multimedia)
07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center (NMVVRC). Published: 7/2019. Leaders from the community and faith institutions in the jurisdiction where a mass violence incident occurred have the opportunity to provide leadership, and emotional and spiritual guidance and support, on the anniversary of the incident. This three-page document provides tips that are designed to help plan mass violence incident anniversary commemorative events. It also includes links to other resources and examples of anniversary events. (PDF)
07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). Published: 7/2019. Based on discussion groups and forums, this 10-page document, published with the March of Dimes, summarizes the types of strategies and activities initiated through the Zika response that can strengthen overall systems and infrastructure to respond to future public health emergencies. It provides information that can inform local, state, and national leaders in maternal and child health on how to respond to the current effects of Zika and future emerging issues for women of childbearing age, infants, children, and their families. (PDF)
07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). Published: 7/2019. Based on discussions from maternal and child health thought leaders, this eight-page document, published with the March of Dimes, highlights gaps in the systems of care and opportunities for improving these systems to address the longer-term needs of those affected by Zika. It provides a table that details areas of need, individual/family needs, and systems needs, and discusses opportunities for action. (PDF)
07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). Published: 7/2019. Based on results from a virtual focus group, this four-page document, published with the March of Dimes, synthesizes key takeaways on the value of Title V Maternal and Child Health and Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs programs' active involvement in the Zika response. It also describes actions needed to ensure Title V programs play a key role in future emergency preparedness and response activities, how the Zika outbreak highlighted the critical role that Title V can play, and the resources and systems that Title V programs can offer. (PDF)
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