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Creator: World Health Organization (WHO)
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-10-18
Description: Infectious disease outbreaks are frequently characterized by scientific uncertainty, social and institutional disruption, and an overall climate of fear and distrust. Policy makers and public health professionals may be forced to weigh and prioritize… -
Creator: World Health Organization
Subject: General
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022
Description: Worldwide, the number of potential pathogens is very large, while the resources for disease research and development (R&D) is limited. To ensure efforts under WHO’s R&D Blueprint are focused and productive, a list of diseases and pathogens are… -
Creator: Wilkason, Colby, Christopher Lee, Lauren M. Sauer, Jennifer Nuzzo, and Amanda McClelland.
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06
Description: The 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic was devastating in many respects, not least of which was the impact on healthcare systems and their health workforce. Healthcare workers—including physicians, clinical officers, nurses, midwives, and… -
Creator: Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Calvin J. Chiew, and Vernon J. Lee.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-05
Description: The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003 resulted in more than 8000 cases and 800 deaths. -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-04-12
Description: ABOUT THIS ANALYSIS: DRC’s national research institute, the Institut National pour la Recherche Biomedicale (INRB) and WHO have conducted a preliminary analysis of the data being collected from the ring vaccination protocol. The analysis summarized… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: The 21st century has witnessed changes - travel and trade, urbanization, environmental degradation and other trends that increase the risk of disease outbreaks, their spread and amplification into epidemics and pandemics. At the same time, the… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: Risk communication is a core public health intervention in any disease outbreak and health emergency. It refers to the real-time exchange of information, advice and opinions between experts, officials and people who face a threat to their wellbeing,…Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: All personnel responding to Ebola outbreaks need to have basic knowledge and skills in order to mount an effective response. The GO training package was developed for WHO deployees so they can work safely and effectively as part of the teams bringing… -
Creator: Wang, Xu, Wenhui Wu, Peipei Song, and Jiangjiang He.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-09-20
Description: Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic around the world. With the explosive growth of confirmed cases, emergency medical supplies are facing global shortage, which restricts the treatment of seriously ill patients and protection of…