This is the latest guidance from WHO with regards to maintaining a safe and adequate blood supply and collecting convalescent plasma in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
How much do you know about COVID-19? Let’s put your knowledge to the test! Read each statement carefully and decide if it is true or false. After thinking up your response, flip the card to see if you got the correct answer. Let’s go! 1. Hand sanitizer doesn’t kill Coronavirus as its antibacterial, not antiviral. False
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Trust is critical for an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the deployment and acceptance of vaccines. To build trust, it is important to understand how communities perceive the disease, what their main questions and concerns around vaccines are, and to demonstrate that we are adapting our activities based on people’s feedback. This pocket
National Societies’ and volunteers’ roles will change through the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic in their respective countries/communities, based on which public health, clinical and health systems activities are likely to be most impactful. National Societies must work with their public authorities so that both governments and NS understand their respective mandates and the roles
In response to the pandemic, many countries are planning and conducting vaccination activities. Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies are being asked by their National Governments and Ministries of Health to participate in COVID-19 vaccine introduction.
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National Societies’ and volunteers’ roles will change through the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic in their respective countries/communities, based on which public health, clinical and health systems activities are likely to be most impactful. National Societies must work with their public authorities so that both government and NS understand their respective mandates and the roles
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National Societies’ and volunteers’ roles will change through the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic in their respective countries/communities, based on which public health, clinical and health systems activities are likely to be most impactful. National Societies must work with their public authorities so that both government and NS understand their respective mandates and the roles
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Approvals of COVID-19 vaccines by regulatory authorities have given hope that an end to the acute phase of the pandemic is within reach. To realize the full potential of these vaccines, they must be distributed in an equitable manner that prioritizes health care workers, front line responders (including Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and
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At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, children and youth were facing unprecedented challenges caused by quarantine measures and school closure policies in nearly every country in the world. At the same time these challenges emerged, child-focused organizations found it harder than ever to communicate with children, needing to adapt their methods of hearing children’s