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WHO COVID-19 Essential Supplies Forecasting Tool (COVID-ESFT) V3 [august 2020]

To assist with the response to the pandemic, the WHO developed the WHO COVID-19 Essential Supplies Forecasting Tool (COVID-ESFT) to allow users to quantify for commodities used in the course of patient and disease management. The current version of the tool covers three categories of essential commodities: personal protective equipment (PPE), diagnostics, and case management. […]

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Personal Protective Equipment Supplies Guide COVID-19

IFRC Health & Care

This document is based on WHO’s Rational Use of PPE for COVID-19 and Considerations During Severe Shortages. For WHO guidance on the extended use and reuse of PPE, please see: Table 2. Options for temporary measures due to the shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): extended use, reprocessing, or use of alternative PPE. This has

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COVID-19 Impact on Trafficking in Persons – Guidance material

Stephen Wainwright

There are two resources on the impact on COVID-19 on trafficking in persons (TiP): 1) A “Factsheet” – for a general audience This is a quick reference tool to support National Societies to consider how the Covid-19 global pandemic may place communities at increased risk of trafficking, how it may impact trafficked persons and

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Business Continuity Planning Template for National Societies

Gavin White

Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is an essential and ongoing process owned and guided by the National Society’s senior management to ensure that the National Society continues to function during times of crisis, and resume business processes when its programs have been disrupted unexpectedly. The Red Cross Movement plays a critical role in the delivery of

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Society for the Advancement of Blood Management – Statement on COVID-19

IFRC Health & Care

Patient Blood Management During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. Many of us are hearing of potential shortages of blood components and the call from blood centers for volunteers to donate during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Society for the Advancement of Blood Management recognizes the altruistic spirit and commitment to community that voluntary blood donors exhibit. Surprising

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Focus on Blood Centre Staff Wellness and Safety

IFRC Health & Care

The following measures included in the document can help to address staff concerns about their own safety. Front line blood center employees are directly addressed in CDC’s Interim Infection Control Guidance on COVID-19 for Personnel at Blood and Plasma Collection Facilities. Communicating your commitment to staff wellness and safety and providing appropriate educational and informational

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The experience of blood programs: COVID-19

IFRC Health & Care

Strategies for a safe and sufficient blood supply during a pandemic. Find in the document some suggested strategies that blood services and other agencies (ie. WHO, AABB, ISBT) have found beneficial during COVID-19.

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Maintaining a safe and adequate blood supply during the pandemic outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

IFRC Health & Care

This document provides interim guidance on the management of the blood supply in response to the pandemic outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It is intended for blood services, national health authorities, and others responsible for the provision of blood and blood components and integration of the blood system within the public health system. WHO will

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