Mental Health GAP Intervention Guide

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The ‘mhGAP Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) for mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders in non-specialist health settings’ is for use by doctors, nurses, other health workers as well as health planners and managers. The Intervention Guide presents the integrated management of priority MNS conditions using algorithms for clinical decision making. Additionally, it comprises a streamlined and simplified clinical assessment that includes an algorithm for follow-up; modules on Essential Care and Practice, Psychoses, Child and Adolescent Mental and Behavioural Disorders and Disorders due to Substance Use.

Source: Mental Health GAP Intervention Guide

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SOP for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Call Center

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The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been developed by Breakthrough ACTION to ensure a standardized service mechanism/protocol for the service providers at the Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) helplines, call centers, and telepsychology centers throughout the country.

Source: SOP for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Call Center

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Engaging and Empowering Health Care Workers to Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Nigeria

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This implementation plan provides guidance on key social and behavior change (SBC) interventions to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.

Source: Engaging and Empowering Health Care Workers to Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Nigeria

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WHO SAGE Roadmap Priority-Use Groups for COVID-19 Vaccine

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This revised Roadmap takes into account increasing vaccine availability, vaccine coverage rates, and the evolving epidemiological situation including COVID-19 variants of concern.

To assist countries in developing recommendations for optimized use of vaccines against COVID-19, priority-use groups for vaccination (both primary series and booster doses) are identified based on epidemiological scenarios, public health goals, and vaccine coverage scenarios.

High priority is: Elderly, health workers, immunocompromised. The next tier down, high priority, is adults with co-morbidities, pregnant persons, teachers and other essential workers, disadvantaged socioeconomic subpopulations at higher risk (could be migrants, etc).

Source: WHO SAGE Roadmap Priority-Use Groups for COVID-19 Vaccine

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    Cameroon Vaccination campaign tools (5th round)

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    This is a collection of materials for Cameroon’s COVID-19 vaccination SBC campaign.

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      COVID-19 SBC Message Guide

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      Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) conducted a COVID-19 prevention campaign with funding from the United States Agency for International Development under the global Breakthrough ACTION mechanism. Under this project, CCP supported the RCCE team in Ethiopia to develop a comprehensive message guide that informs the development of SBC campaigns and materials.

      Source: COVID-19 SBC Message Guide

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        A New Guidance for RCCE Coordination in Public Health Emergencies

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        National governments are responsible for implementing Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) as a key pillar of their respective public health response, as articulated in the International Health Regulations (2005). However, civil society at all levels, together with a multitude of others including the media and private sector, should (and often do) also support the government and its partners to fulfil this responsibility.

        This guidance document designed by the Collective Service provides ways to ensure predictable, sustainable and well-functioning RCCE coordination platforms, strategies and approaches that work with the government and partners, at national, state and local levels.

        Source: A New Guidance for RCCE Coordination in Public Health Emergencies

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          Digital Social Listening Insights on COVID-19 Vaccines and Reproductive Health in Eastern and Southern Africa

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          This report provides an overview on:

          • Data on engagement generated by social media posts/ digital news articles around COVID-19 vaccines and specific sub-filters shared by users and digital news outlets geolocated in 21 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.
          • Conversations around reproductive health represented about 2-15% of overall engagement on COVID-19 vaccines.
          • Overall conversations around pregnancy and fertility generated ~400k engagements in the past year (COVID-19 conversations generated +10M engagements in the same period).

          Source: Digital Social Listening Insights on COVID-19 Vaccines and Reproductive Health in Eastern and Southern Africa

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            Building Trust and Empathy Around COVID-19: A Client-Centred Communication Approach

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            A participant’s booklet used to train facility-based healthcare workers on Building Trust and Empathy Around COVID-19.

            Source: Building Trust and Empathy Around COVID-19: A Client-Centred Communication Approach

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              Guidelines for Health Care Workers on COVID-19

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              The following steps help healthcare workers protect themselves, their clients, and other people they contact.

              Source: Guidelines for Health Care Workers on COVID-19

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