Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates | COVID-19

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

COVID-19: Lessons Learned to Prepare for the Next Pandemic

06/23/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: U.S. Senate, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Published: 6/23/2020. This Congressional hearing features witnesses who discuss preparing for the biological and infectious diseases threats of the future, recommendations for pandemic preparedness, and the need to address escalating levels of misinformation related to the pandemic, the public and individual health impact of future vaccines. (Video or Multimedia)

Breastfeeding and COVID-19

06/23/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 6/23/2020. This three-page scientific brief examines the evidence to date on the risks of transmission of COVID-19 from an infected mother to her baby through breastfeeding, as well as evidence on the risks to child health from not breastfeeding, and several recommendations. (PDF)

Learning from Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems to Respond to Pandemics

06/19/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: World Bank. Published: 6/19/2020. This 20-page report discusses Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) for weather- and climate-related hazards that are now being expanded and transitioned toward Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Early Warning Systems (MHIEWS). While it is still early, it is becoming clear that this approach has useful lessons for the COVID-19 global pandemic, and some valuable insight to be gained in risk communication, risk analysis, and monitoring methodologies and approaches. (PDF)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Use in the Clinical Care of COVID-19 Patients in Aerosol and Non-Aerosol Generating Environments

06/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Published: 6/17/2020. This six-minute video demonstrates how to use personal protective equipment in the clinical care of COVID-19 patients in an aerosol and non-aerosol generating environments, with actions to take before and during the donning of the equipment. (Video or Multimedia)

Unequal Toll of COVID-19 Mortality by Age in the United States: Quantifying Racial/Ethnic Disparities

06/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Harvard University. Published: 6/12/2020. This 18-page report from the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies explores racial/ethnic differences in age-specific COVID-19 mortality rates in the U.S. In all age strata, COVID-19 mortality rates were higher for racial/ethnic minorities compared to whites, with extremely high rate ratios (5-9-fold higher) among younger adults (24-54 years) more than three times the age-standardized rate ratio. (PDF)