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CDC: Implementation of Mitigation Strategies for Communities with Local COVID-19 Transmission [en]

"When a novel with pandemic potential emerges, nonpharmaceutical interventions, which will be called community mitigation strategies in this document, often are the most readily available interventions to help slow transmission of the virus in communities. Community mitigation is a set of actions that personas and communities can take to help ...
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March 25, 2020 / COVID-19, Health, Public Health Communication, Risk Communication, Social Change Communication, Social Mobilisation

CDC: Interim Guidance: Public Health Communicators Get Your Community Ready for Coronavirus Disease 2019 [en]

This is a guidance by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for Public Health Communicators on how to get your community ready for the COVID-19 outbreak. Documet for Download ...
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March 25, 2020 / COVID-19, Guidance, Health, Public Health Communication, Publications, Social Mobilisation

IASC: Scaling-Up Covid-19 Outbreak Readiness and Response Operations in Humanitarian Situations [en]

This interim-guidance by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee looks at the outbreak readiness and response operations in humanitarian situations - including Camps and Camp-Like Settings. They also address the fields of risk communication and community engagement in humanitarian situations. Document for Download ...
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March 25, 2020 / COVID-19, Health, Humanitarian, Humanitarian Communications (CwC), Participatory Approaches, Risk Communication, Social Mobilisation

Nurse Dotty Books: Dave the Dog is Worried about Coronavirus [en]

"A book for children about coronavirus that aims to give information without fear. With everything that is going on at the moment; big changes to children’s routines and lots of stories on the news it can be a really scary time for children. This book aims to open up the ...
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March 25, 2020 / Children and Youth, COVID-19, Edutainment, Health, Publications, Resources

WHO: COVID19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan [en]

The WHO has published a Strategic Preparedness and Responds Plan on COVID-19 in February 2020. Document for Download ...
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March 24, 2020 / COVID-19, Health, Publications, Resources

Global Health Now: Expert Reality Check [en]

Global Health Now has published a website with frequently updated Q&A's answered by health experts on the COVID-19 outbreak. Lost in the shuffle are important public health insights about how viruses work and humans respond. To help improve understanding of an emerging outbreak’s complex dynamics, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg ...
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March 24, 2020 / COVID-19, Health

CDC: Implementation of Mitigation Strategies for Communities with Local COVID-19 Transmission [en]

CDC: Interim Guidance: Public Health Communicators Get Your Community Ready for Coronavirus Disease 2019 [en]

IASC: Scaling-Up Covid-19 Outbreak Readiness and Response Operations in Humanitarian Situations [en]

Nurse Dotty Books: Dave the Dog is Worried about Coronavirus [en]

WHO: COVID19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan [en]

Global Health Now: Expert Reality Check [en]

UNICEF, IFRC, WHO: Key Tips and Discussion Points for Community Workers and Volunteers [en]

WHO: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Advice for the Public [en]

Nigerian Center for Disease Control: Public Health Advisory to Nigerians on Novel Coronavirus

Nigerian Center for Disease Control: Best Practices: Communication During an Outbreak [en]