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Guidance material
Guide for National Society teams: Rapid training for community response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Awareness material, Guidance material
Sneezing etiquette – Epidemic Control for Volunteers. Guidance is available in English, Spanish, and French.
Awareness material, Guidance material
Spitting etiquette – Epidemic Control for Volunteers. Guidance is available in English, Spanish, and French.
Assessment or evaluation
These documents are a summary of the risk, evidence, and assessment related to COVID-19. These are updated now on an ad-hoc basis pending emerging evidence and trends. Previous monthly, bi-weekly and weekly updates are located below arranged by year....
Guidance material, Report
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic is exacting a huge toll on individuals, families, communities, and societies across the world. Daily lives have been profoundly changed, economies have fallen into recession, and many of the traditio...
Awareness material, Report
The Institute of Development Studies developed the report: Secondary impacts of major disease outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries. Question: What evidence exists regarding the secondary impacts of response and control measures to major dise...
Awareness material, Report
COVID-19: Scenarios: Possible global humanitarian developments over the next six months (April 2020).
Guidance material, Training material
The Epidemic Control for Volunteers (ECV) Manual and Toolkit is a resource that has, since 2008, been developed and promoted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to assist National Societies and their volunte...
Assessment or evaluation
This document is a summary of the risk, evidence, and assessment related to COVID-19 for the week 17 – 23 May. These are updated on a weekly basis and past updates can be found here under ‘Risk, Evidence, and Modelling’. Future update...