Request to do physical and mental exercise regularly

This video asks the public to do physical and mental exercise regularly to promote one’s well being during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Guide to Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Services of Health

    The Coronavirus topic was included in the Guide for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Health Services of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala.

    To facilitate dissemination, a brochure and poster were produced. In addition, workshops were held with staff from the MOH and the municipalities of Nebaj, Chajul, Nebaj and Sacapulas in Quiché.

    Source: Guide to Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Services of Health

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      Awareness and Education Campaign on COVID-19 for Pharmacy Professionals in the Philippines

      In an effort to expand public efforts to arrest the progress of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) collaborated with mClinica, an Asian regional tech startup that develops and operates mobile platforms, to build the capacity of the pharmacy workforce in the Philippines to communicate effectively with customers about COVID-19.

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        Prioritising the Role of Community Health Workers in the COVID-19 Response

        COVID-19 disproportionately affects the poor and vulnerable. Community health workers are poised to play a pivotal role in fighting the pandemic, especially in countries with less resilient health systems.

        Drawing from practitioner expertise across four WHO regions, this article outlines the targeted actions needed at different stages of the pandemic to achieve the following goals:

        1. PROTECT healthcare workers
        2. INTERRUPT the virus
        3. MAINTAIN existing healthcare services while surging their capacity
        4. SHIELD the most vulnerable from socioeconomic shocks.

        While decisive action must be taken now to blunt the impact of the pandemic in countries likely to be hit the hardest, many of the investments in the supply chain, compensation, dedicated supervision, continuous training and performance management necessary for rapid community response in a pandemic are the same as those required to achieve universal healthcare and prevent the next epidemic.

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          COVID-19 Guide for Community Health Workers

          Community health workers (CHWs) serve as a very important direct link between patients, communities and health services. As trusted on-the-ground support to community members, they therefore expand access to essential healthcare information as well as available treatment and prevention programmes.

          This course book provides appropriate, cost-effective, and sustainable targeted learning for the large numbers of emerging community health workers in South Africa.

          This online book includes these chapters:

          1. Introduction to COVID-19
          2. Diagnosing and managing COVID-19
          3. How to prevent the spread of COVID-19
          4. Protecting yourself from COVID-19

          ​​​​​​These chapters have been successfully used as part of the Skills to Care learning programme for the Lukhanji Municipality and Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape, funded by the Small Projects Foundation.

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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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              WHO COVID-19 Learning Resources Application

              The WHO mobile learning app focuses on providing frontline health workers with critical, evidence-based information and tools to improve their skills and capabilities related to the pandemic.

              This COVID-19 Digital Response offers up-to-the-minute guidance, training, and virtual workshops to support health workers in caring for patients infected by COVID-19, as well as how they can protect themselves as they do their critical work.

              The app was created in direct response to an online survey of health workers conducted in March and April 2020 that received 20,000 submissions. Key features include learning guidance, learning materials, and tools organized into the following COVID-19 subject matter areas:

              • Case Management: How to care for COVID-19 patients
              • Infection Prevention Control: Protecting health worker and the community
              • Risk Communication and Community Engagement: Communicating effectively with the public
              • Epidemiology: Distribution, characteristics, and determinants of COVID-19
              • Statistics: Updated news and statistics on the COVID-19 pandemic
              • Laboratory: Testing for COVID-19 in humans
              • Health Services and Systems: Strategic planning and coordinated action
              • International Health Regulations: Public health and international spread of disease
              • Research & Development: Working towards a treatment and a vaccine
              • Operational Support and Logistics
              • Regional Information

              The WHO mobile learning app is a convenient tool for accessing WHO’s rapidly expanding and evolving training materials and guidance, along with opportunities to participate in virtual classrooms and other live training in six global languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

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                Community-based Health Care, including Outreach and Campaigns,in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

                Community-based health care is an essential part of primary care at all times; in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the distinct capacity of trusted community members for social engagement and delivering care where it is needed is ever more critical. This joint WHO, UNICEF and IFRC guidance addresses the role of community-based health care in the pandemic context. It includes practical recommendations for decision makers to help keep communities and health workers safe, to sustain essential services at the community level, and to ensure an effective response to COVID-19. Using this comprehensive and coordinated approach will help countries strengthen the resilience of community-based health services throughout the pandemic, into early recovery and beyond.

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                  Priorities for the Global COVID-19 Response

                  COVID-19 disproportionately affects the poor and vulnerable: sharp increases in caseloads will overwhelm health systems in countries already facing shortages of workers and supplies.

                  With millions of lives at stake, decisive action must be taken now to blunt the impact of the pandemic in countries likely to be hit the hardest. Investment is needed at all levels of the health system and Community Health Workers (CHWs) are poised to play a pivotal role in fighting the pandemic. Members of the Community Health Impact Coalition have come together to urgently outline the targeted actions needed to achieve the following goals:

                  1. Protect health care workers
                  2. Interrupt the virus
                  3. Maintain existing health care services while surging their capacity
                  4. Shield the most vulnerable from socioeconomic shocks

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