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Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Noncommunicable Disease Resources and Services: Results of a Rapid Assessment

09/03/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 9/3/2020. This 32-page report presents the results of a rapid assessment conducted by the Noncommunicable Disease Department in May 2020 detailing the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on noncommunicable disease resources and services. (PDF)

Interim SARS-CoV-2 Testing Guidelines for Patients in Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities

09/02/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 9/2/2020. While this guidance focuses on testing patients undergoing hemodialysis at outpatient hemodialysis facilities, several of the recommendations – such as testing patients with signs or symptoms of COVID-19 and testing asymptomatic close contacts – should also be applied to end-stage renal disease patients undergoing home dialysis (i.e., home hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis). (Text)

Occupational Health and Safety for Health Workers in the Context of COVID-19

09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 9/2020. Participants in this course will learn to describe the most common occupational risks to health and safety to which health workers are exposed while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic; describe the rights of health workers to decent working conditions; describe how to apply measures for protecting their health and safety and actively propose improvements; and access and use supportive services for protection of health and safety of health workers. (Video or Multimedia)

Aid and Health Worker Safety and Security in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Insecurity Insight. Published: 9/2020. This six-page document provides an overview of developments that have affected the safety and security of aid and health workers in the first half of 2020 and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. (PDF)

Conversations on COVID-19: Impacts on Communities of Color

09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Published: 9/2020. This web page provides videos of conversations with experts on a variety of topics related to minority health and COVID-19, as well as information and resources from the National Academies on topics related to health equity. (Video or Multimedia)

Caring for Children With Acute Illness in the Ambulatory Care Setting During the Public Health Emergency

08/26/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Published: 8/26/2020. This interim guidance helps pediatricians through the unprecedented challenges of caring for acutely ill children during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The value of pediatric expertise within the medical home for all children, especially vulnerable children with special health care needs, should be emphasized.  (Text)

Frequently Asked Questions: Interfacility Transport of the Critically Ill Neonatal or Pediatric Patient with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19

08/26/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Published: 8/26/2020. This web page provides answers to frequently asked questions about interfacility transport of pediatric patients and the importance of providing the best medical care while reducing the risk to transport team members and minimizing the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) where possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Text)

Methodology: COVID-19 Pandemic: Attacks on Health Care in 2020

08/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Insecurity Insight. Published: 8/2020. This six-page document provides the definitions for the data used in the report on COVID-19 pandemic: Attacks on health care in 2020, and information on the methodology used to generate the data. (PDF)

Attacks on Schools in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Insecurity Insight. Published: 7/2020. This four-page document provides analysis on events where schools were damaged and destroyed during January to May 2020, and discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic and conflict dynamics have shifted the patterns in violence against education. (PDF)

Attacks on Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Insecurity Insight. Published: 6/2020. This five-page document describes the changing nature of violence against health care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic based on data for the period January to May 2020. (PDF)

Emergency Healthcare in Insecure Settings

04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Insecurity Insight. Published: 4/2020. This 15-page document describes how to implement appropriate security risk management measures to protect healthcare responders and communities during a public health emergency. (PDF)