Learning Resources to Support Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic – and Beyond

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DisasterReady.org [www.disasterready.org], a signature program of the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, is an open online learning community built to empower humanitarians working in relief and development.

In order to support the workforce of the non-profit sector and NGOs during the current pandemic, they have created a new collection of short, engaging resources grouped in easy-to-navigate playlists, with content from top training providers (such as the Konterra Group, EJ4 or for French-speakers Institut Bioforce) and health specialists (like WHO and CDC). These playlists offer content to help everyone work safely, and to promote infection prevention, preparedness, and well-being during this pandemic. The collection also includes resources to support remote workers and the creation of engaging webcasts and online presentations.

All these resources are available in English and they have also a French playlist. Access is free and unlimited – just create an account on www.disasterready.org

Below are landing pages for specific playlists:
Coronavirus Playlist
EN: https://www.disasterready.org/coronavirus-resources
FR: https://fr.disasterready.org/coronavirus-resources

Working Remotely
EN: https://www.disasterready.org/working-remotely

COVID-19 Playlist (for Health Care Workers)
EN: https://www.disasterready.org/covid-19-resources-health-workers

Hand Washing Techniques
https://www.disasterready.org/hand-washing-techniques

Source: Learning Resources to Support Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic – and Beyond

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    COVID-19 Toolbox

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    This toolbox offers resources on general guidance for COVID-19, as well as specific guidance for clinical aspects, public health, communication, and guidance for clinical aspects, public health, communication, and guidance for different audiences.

    Source: COVID-19 Toolbox

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      Responding to COVID-19 in Africa: Using Data to Find a Balance

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      In this report, the Partnership for EvidenceBased Response to COVID-19 (PERC), a consortium of global public health organizations and private sector firms, brings together findings from a survey conducted March 29-April 17, 2020 in 28 cities across 20 AU Member States, along with epidemiological measures of disease transmission and indicators of population movements and unrest, among others. Synthesized, these data provide a first-of-its-kind snapshot of baseline conditions in Africa during this rapidly evolving pandemic.

      The following recommendations are made:

      • While caseloads remain low, build public health capacity to test, trace, isolate, and treat cases—the necessary foundation for reopening society
      • Monitor data on how PHSMs meet local COVID-19 conditions and needs, and to determine when and how to lift them in a way that balances lives and livelihoods
      • Engage communities to adapt PHSMs to the local context and effectively communicate about risk to sustain public support, achieve widespread adherence, and shield vulnerable populations.

      Source: Responding to COVID-19 in Africa: Using Data to Find a Balance

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        WHO COVID-19 Learning Resources Application

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        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.

        Source: WHO COVID-19 Learning Resources Application

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          What to do if Symptoms Occur Radio Ad

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          This short radio drama in Tagalog describes what to do if someone has COVID-19 symptoms and when to seek medical care.

          Source: What to do if Symptoms Occur Radio Ad

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            What to do if Symptoms Occur

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            This short video in Tagalog describes what to do if someone has COVID-19 symptoms and when to seek medical care. This can be shared online through social media channels.

            Source: What to do if Symptoms Occur

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              What to do if you experience symptoms of COVID-19

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              This short wordless COVID-19 prevention animation was created for Stanford Medicine by Maya Adam MD. It is available for reposting and open access use. The video is currently being used by WHO Southeast Asia Regional Offices, the US Air Force, Canada’s National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH), the Paraguay Government Director General of Education and Communication, Seisa University, Dept. of Sociology and Public Health, Japan, the Organizing Committee of Social Action, Centrum Art-Plus Foundation, Cracow, Poland, the Vice Presidency of Education, The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jesuit Worldwide Learning, Geneva, Switzerland and the Medical Faculty, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.

              Source: What to do if you experience symptoms of COVID-19

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                Materials in Many Languages. (2020, English, Albanian, Dari, French, Pashto, Portuguese, Bengali, Vietnamese, Kurdish Sorani) -Doctors of the World.

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                This page allows users to stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, available on the WHO website and through your national and local public health authority.

                Source: Materials in Many Languages. (2020, English, Albanian, Dari, French, Pashto, Portuguese, Bengali, Vietnamese, Kurdish Sorani) -Doctors of the World.

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                  Q&A about Corona

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                  WHO is continuously monitoring and responding to this outbreak. This Q&A will be updated as more is known about COVID-19, how it spreads and how it is affecting people worldwide. For more information, check back regularly on WHO’s coronavirus pages.

                  Source: Q&A about Corona

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                    Global Health Network COVID-19 Outbreak Knowledge Hub

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                    Implementing research within the COVID-19 pandemic is critical, both for understanding how to combat this disease, but also to learn for potential future outbreaks. The ability to undertake research should be equitable across the globe and we need to engage in all types of studies across all settings and care contexts.

                    The aim of this hub is to ensure that research teams can find the support, tools, resources and guidance that they need to aid their studies during this rapidly evolving situation. Using shared and open protocols and tools can raise research standards and enable easier and better data sharing.

                    Source: Global Health Network COVID-19 Outbreak Knowledge Hub

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