BBC: Coronavirus: Why are there doubts over contact-tracing apps?
There are growing tensions over the best approach to coronavirus contact-tracing apps and whether or not the technology can live up to its promise.
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ITU-WHO Joint Statement: Unleashing information technology to defeat COVID-19
ITU and WHO are working together on using technology in the coronavirus pandemic response.
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Effect of Two Complementary Mass-Scale Media Interventions on Handwashing with Soap among Mothers
Poor handwashing behavior is a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally. We evaluated two complementary mass-scale media interventions targeting mothers to increase the frequency of handwashing with soap; one using TV advertising, and the other mobile phone messaging.
For TVCs, there were higher rates of handwashing with soap at key occasions in the first (RR: 1.33, p = .002) and second (RR: 1.26, p = .041) of three treatment arms, or 0.4 additional handwashes with soap on key occasions daily. In the mobile study, new mothers (adj-RR: 1.04, p = .035) and general mothers (RR: 1.07, p = .007) receiving the intervention were more likely to wash their hands with soap on key occasions than those in the control group, corresponding to 1.3 and 1.0 more occasions daily. These interventions were associated with significantly greater handwashing with soap, consistent with the hypothesis that branded mass communications can impact habitual lifestyle behaviors relevant to public health.
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الإبلاغ عن المخاطر في حالات الطوارئ الصحية العمومية المبــادئ التوجيهيــة الصــادرة عــن المنظمــة بشــأن السياســات والممارســات المتبعــة فــي الابــاغ عــن المخاطــر فــي حــالات الطــوارئ (WHO, 2018)
توفر التوصيات الواردة في هذه الإرشادات إرشادات شاملة مبنية على الأدلة حول كيفية ممارسة الإبلاغ عن المخاطر في حالات الطوارئ. وتوجه التوصيات أيضًا البلدان حول بناء القدرات للإبلاغ عن المخاطر أثناء حالات الطوارئ الصحية.
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