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Cleaning and Disinfection of Environmental Surfaces in the Context of COVID-19

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19. This guidance is intended for health care professionals, public health professionals and health authorities that are developing and implementing policies and standard operating procedures (SOP) on the cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19.

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Safe Back to School: A Practitioner’s Guide

May 28, 2020/in Clinical/Technical Guidance, Strategies Child Protection, Global Education Cluster Global English Return to Work/School Parents and Caregivers of Children, School Administrators/by Shane Harper

This guide helps program teams plan an integrated, participatory process for safe school reopening.

It is intended for program teams to inform the planning and implementation of activities to support an integrated, participatory, safe return to school for the communities they support. The guide aims to be a user-friendly, practitioner-focused tool that outlines the key steps needed for a coordinated, inclusive, all-hazards approach to school reopening and links to further guidance where appropriate.

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Coronavirus Pandemic: Tracking the Global Outbreak

May 28, 2020/in Infographics, Web Resources BBC Global English COVID-19 Response General Public, Policy Makers/by Shane Harper

This series of maps and charts tracks the global outbreak of the virus since it emerged in China in December of 2019. It is updated several times each day.

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Social Media Rumour Bulletin

May 28, 2020/in Reports and Studies Standby Task Force, Translators Without Borders Global English Rumors and Misinformation Response Organizations, SBC Professionals/by Shane Harper

Internews works with Translators without Borders and Standby Task Force to collect and analyse rumours and misinformation related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 disease. Data is being collected in six languages across Asia including: Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia and Urdu. These bulletins are intended for use by journalists and community workers.

This bulletin relies on social media data collected by monitors working for Internews and partner organisations. Data is collected both manually and with the use of specialist monitoring platforms. Content will focus based on key trends in social media data collected in our target language groups and aims to provide tools and resources to help journalists and community workers to respond to misinformation in their work.

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When and How to Use Masks

May 26, 2020/in Web Resources World Health Organization Global English Masks Communities, General Public/by Shane Harper

This page offers detailed instruction on how to put on a mask, use it, and dispose of it to prevent infection with COVID-19.

Included are infographics, posters, and instructional videos.

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Coronavirus Online Course

May 26, 2020/in Online Course Lifeology Global English Prevention, Symptoms, Treatment Communities, General Public/by Shane Harper

This online course is designed for individuals with low health/science literacy to explain COVID-19.

Each section describes a different aspect of COVID-19, including how it is transmitted, symptoms, and treatment, with a brief recap of important points after each section.

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Promoting Social Distancing in a Pandemic: Beyond the Good Intentions

May 26, 2020/in Reports and Studies OSF Preprints Global English Prevention, Social/Physical Distancing Response Organizations, SBC Professionals/by Shane Harper

Reminders to promote social distancing have been ubiquitous throughout the COVID-19 crisis, but little is known about their effectiveness. Existing studies find positive impacts on intentions to comply, but no evidence exists of actual behavioural change.

The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial with a large representative sample of Danish residents who received different versions of a reminder to stay home as much as possible at the height of the crisis.

They found that the reminder significantly increases people’s intentions to stay home when it emphasises the consequences of non-compliance for the respondent or his/her family, while it has not impact when the emphasis is on other people or the country as a whole. Changes in intentions, however, translate into weaker changes in actions that are not statistically significant.

This is consistent with the existence of important intention-to-action gaps. Only people who are in relatively poor health are significantly more likely to stay home after receiving the reminder with an emphasis on personal and family risks. This shows that while reminders may be useful to protect groups at risk by increasing their own compliance with social distancing, such a tool is unable to change the behavior of those who face limited personal risks but could spread the disease.

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Practical Considerations and Recommendations for Religious Leaders and Faith-based Communities in the Context of COVID-19

May 26, 2020/in Clinical/Technical Guidance, Strategies World Health Organization Global English Risk Communication and Messaging Policy Makers, Religious Leaders/by Shane Harper

This document and risk assessment tool provides practical guidance and recommendations to support the special role of religious leaders, faith-based organizations, and faith communities in COVID-19 education, preparedness, and response.

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Verified

May 22, 2020/in Tools, Web Resources World Health Organization Global English Risk Communication and Messaging, Rumors and Misinformation Response Organizations, SBC Professionals/by Shane Harper

Verified is an initiative of the United Nations, in collaboration with Purpose, to provide content that cuts through the noise to deliver life-saving information, fact-based advice and stories from the best of humanity. it is an initiative to encourage everyone to check the advice we share. Users register to receive trustworthy COVID-19 information, fact-based advice, and human-interest stories.

By promoting and sharing Verified content, everyday people can play a crucial role in the work of Verified by spreading reliable information about COVID-19 to their friends, families and social networks, with the goal of saving lives and countering misinformation. Organizations, businesses, civil society and media platforms partner with Verified to spread information that helps protect people, communities and forges connections across the planet.

Verified’s team of communicators, creatives and researchers produce content based on the latest information and guidance from the United Nations, the World Health Organisation and other UN agencies. We work with leading experts on misinformation First Draft.

Verified works with the support of Luminate, IKEA Foundation and UN Foundation and partners all over the world.

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Films about Coronavirus

May 22, 2020/in Video Africa, Global English Entertainment Education, Prevention, Risk Communication and Messaging Communities, Response Organizations/by Shane Harper

In Africa and South Asia more than 3 billion people live with little access to intensive care. Their best hope is through knowledge and information, allowing communities to slow the epidemic, protect those most vulnerable, and continue accessing treatment for other deadly illnesses.

Picturing Health is working in partnership with leading research organisations, as well as UNICEF and NGOs to produce films and public health messages to get the right information to the people who need it.

Source: Films about Coronavirus

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