12/19/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 12/19/2019. This web page, updated in December 2019, provides questions and answers about the World Health Organization's new Health Emergencies Programme, which is designed to deliver rapid, predictable, and comprehensive support to countries and communities as they prepare for, face, or recover from emergencies caused by any type of hazard to human health, whether disease outbreaks, natural or man-made disasters or conflicts. (Text)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Published: 12/2019. This 18-page report summarizes a survey held to establish a dataset and baseline for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) activities carried out by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It aims to provide a foundation to measure and support the progress and development of the movement’s activities addressing mental health and psychosocial needs, including the implementation of the resolution addressing mental health and psychosocial needs of people affected by armed conflicts, natural disasters, and other emergencies. (PDF)
08/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Published: 8/2019. This 47-page manual covers the initial phases of an emergency response, and provides psychosocial delegates with guidance on how to carry out psychosocial interventions in Health Emergency Response Units, outreach functions, or as a delegate in a broader emergency response. It discusses how it is recognized among humanitarian actors that armed conflicts and natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering to affected populations. (PDF)
01/08/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH). Published: 1/8/2019. This one-hour, 48-minute lecture on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: A Perpetual Challenge and The Next Influenza Pandemic includes two topics. Part one begins nine minutes in, with a presentation by Dr. Taubenberger, on The Next Influenza Pandemic: Remembering the Past and Planning for the Future, which describes previous influenza pandemics in history, the mortality impact of influenza pandemics, and if next influenza pandemic can be predicted. It discusses how the influenza A virus host range is quite diverse, how the virus can switch hosts, lessons learned from the 1918 influenza pandemic, and zoonotic avian influenza infections and the risk of a future pandemic. (Video or Multimedia)
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