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National Society COVID-19 health preparedness – Health Help Desk

Find the following resources about National Society COVID-19 health preparedness: GUIDANCE Guidance for National Societies Preparedness for COVID-19 outbreak. Languages: EN, SP, FR, AR, RU, PT PREPAREDNESS FOR EFFECTIVE RESPONSE (PER) PER Summary. Languages: EN, SP, FR, AR, RU PER Considerations for epidemics. Languages: EN, SP, FR, AR. RCRC MOVEMENT CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS Guidelines and Key Messages. Languages: EN, SP, FR, RU, ZH Aide-Memoire […]

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Maintaining Essential Services – Help Desk COVID-19

Find the following resources about maintaining essential services: OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE WHO Operational guidance for maintaining essential health services EDUCATION Key Messages and Actions for COVID-19 Prevention and control in schools FIRST AID First Aid COVID-19 Games for Children Children’s Poster: Preventing COVID-19. Languages: EN, SP, FR, AR. How to Wear a Mask Posters. Languages: EN,

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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support – Health Help Desk COVID-19

Find the following guidance about Mental Health and Psychosocial Support: Psychosocial Centre IFRC – COVID-19 Resources Psychosocial Centre IFRC – COVID-19 Webinars / Videos Introduction to Psychological First Aid (PFA) in Epidemics IASC Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19 IFRC- Remote Psychological First Aid during COVID-19 Psychological coping during disease outbreak – elderly

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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) – Health Help Desk COVID-19

Find the following resources about WASH: ICRC- Recommended PPE for WASH activities COVID-19 ICRC- Guidance to Water and Habitat Staff on COVID-19  IFRC Watsan Mission Assistant – COVID-19 for WASH practitioners Syrian Arab Red Crescent COVID-19 posters: awareness, handwashing, general measures, outdoor measures. WHO – Water, sanitation, hygiene and waste management for COVID-19 Wash’em Handwashing with

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Public Health Response – Health Help Desk COVID-19

Find the following resources about Public Health Response: EPIDEMIC CONTROL FOR VOLUNTEERS (ECV) Spitting etiquette – Epidemic Control for Volunteers. Languages: EN, SP, FR Sneezing etiquette – Epidemic Control for Volunteers. Languages: EN, SP, FR Guide for National Society teams_Rapid training for community response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak RCRC Prevention and key messages and

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General information and response options – Health Help Desk COVID-19

Find the following resources about General Information and Response Options: RISK, EVIDENCE, AND MODELLING Weekly & Bi-Weekly Updates – Evidence and Assessments  ACAPS Scenarios for COVID-19 Institute of Development Studies_ Secondary impacts of major disease outbreaks Evidence on COVID-19 transmission Languages:  EN, FR, AR, SP, STRATEGIC GUIDANCE  Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic Response: Quick Reference Guidance for

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RCRC Prevention and key messages and Risk Communication and Community Engagement

These documents offer guidance on how to understand prevention methods, the importance of good community engagement, why misinformation and fear can drive people away from living healthy, the key function of hand-washing in minimizing the spread of the virus, and communication and behavior change. Sneezing and spitting etiquette tools are also offered below.    

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IFRC Child Safeguarding during COVID-19 preparedness, response and recovery

Child safeguarding refers to the actions that a humanitarian agency takes in order to ensure all the children it serves, or comes into contact with, are safe from harm, including violence, abuse and exploitation. Child safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility including in emergencies. Like all humanitarian agencies, Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies are expected

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