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PAHO/WHO has prepared the following list of information resources that incluedes manuals, technical guidelines, and webpages, for people working in the response to the earthquake in Haiti.
TOPICS
<hr> Quick reference
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<hr> Blood Safety
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<hr> Communicable Diseases
Dengue
Diarrhoea diseases
Hepatitis
HIV/AIDS
Immunization, vaccines and biological
Leptospirosis
Lymphatic filariasis
Malaria
Measles
Meningitis
Pandemic Influenza
Polio
Rabies
Shigellosis
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Vector control
Zoonotic diseases
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<hr> Child Health in Emergencies
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Emergency and surgical care management
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Emergency coordination and logistics
<hr> Essential Medicines
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Environmental Health in Emergencies
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<hr> Food Safety
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Gender and Gender-based violence
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Health Services and Hospitals
Hopitals
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Infection prevention and control in health care
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Injection Safety
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<hr> Management of dead bodies
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Medical waste in emergencies
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<hr> Mental Health in Emergencies
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<hr> Nutrition
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<hr> Patient Safety
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Publications, Libraries on Disasters
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Reproductive and Sexual Health in Emergencies
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Risk Communication Assessment
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<hr> Traveler's Health
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Water and Sanitation
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<hr> Wounds and Injuries
TOPICS
- Quick reference
- Blood Safety
- Child health in emergencies
- Communicable Diseases
- Emergency and surgical care management
- Emergency coordination and logistics
- Environmental health in emergencies
- Essentials medicines
- Food Safety
- Gender and gender-based violence
- Health Services and Hospitals
- Injection safety
- Management of dead bodies
- Mental Health in Emergencies
- Nutrition
- Patient safety
- Publications,and Libraries on Disasters
- Reproductive and sexual health in emergencies
- Risk communication and assessment
- Traveler's Health
- Wounds and injuries
<hr> Quick reference
- Current recommendations for treatment of tetanus during humanitarian emergencies. WHO technical Note. January 2010
- Donating medicines and equipment
- Prevention and management of wound infection.
- Risks posed by dead bodies after disasters Quick reference/ Risques li?s aux cadavres apr?s les d?sastres (French and English)
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<hr> Blood Safety
- Hemocomponets sent to Haiti for Transfussion: Key Points to Consider. (For English version Click here) (For Spanish version Click here).
- Safe blood and blood products for transfusion
- Blood transfusion. Systematic reviews and their conclusions from The Cochrane Library
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<hr> Communicable Diseases
Dengue
- Dengue Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. (WHO 2009) Publications andtopics
- Guidelines for Dengue Surveillance and Mosquito Control, Second Edition, WHO Regional Office for Western Pacific Region, 2003
- Update on the principles and use of rapid tests in Dengue WHO Regional Office for Western Pacific Region April 2009
- Guidelines for treatment of dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever in small hospitals, New Delhi, World Health Organization, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, 1999
- Dengue haemorrhagic fever (film): early recognition, diagnosis and hospital management an audiovisual guide for health-care workers responding to outbreaks
Diarrhoea diseases
- Key documents and position papers
- Prevention and control of cholera outbreaks: WHO policy and recommendations
- WHO position paper on Oral Rehydration Salts to reduce mortality
WHO position paper on cholera vaccine useAcute diarrhoeal diseases in complex emergencies: critical steps. - Les maladies diarrh?iques aigu?s dans les situations d'urgences complexes: mesures essentielles (French)
- Cholera outbreak: assessing the outbreak response and improving preparedness
- Flamb?es de cholera: ?valuation des mesures (French)
- First steps for managing an outbreak of acute diarrhoea.
- Premi?res ?tapes de la prise en charge d'une flamb?e de diarrh?e aigu? (French)
- Guidelines for the control of shigellosis, including epidemics due to Shigella dysenteriae type 1
- Directives pour la lutte contre la shigellose (French)
- Oral cholera vaccine use in complex emergencies: What next? Report of a WHO meeting. Cairo, Egypt, 14?16 December 2005
- Background document: the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of typhoid fever (WHO, 2003)
- Les maladies diarrh?iques airgu?s dans les situations d?urgence complexes (2004) (French)
Hepatitis
HIV/AIDS
- Guidelines for addressing HIV in Humanitarian settings: Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) guidelines (2009)
- HIV and infant feeding:Revised Principles and Recommendations Rapid Advice (2009)
- Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants (English)
- Recommendations rapides. M?dicaments antir?troviraux pour traiter la femme enceinte et pr?venir l?nfection a VIH chez l?enfany .(French)
- Key messages - English | French
- Rapid Advice: Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in adults and adolescents (2009)
Immunization, vaccines and biological
Leptospirosis
Lymphatic filariasis
Malaria
- Global Malaria Programme: Epidemics and emergencies
- Guidelines for the treatment of malaria (WHO, 2006)
- Malaria control in complex emergencies. An inter-agency field handbook (WHO, 2005)
Measles
- WHO/UNICEF Joint Statement on reducing measles mortality in emergencies. Reducing Measles Mortality in Emergencies
- WHO Measles Vaccine Position paper
- Response to measles outbreaks in measles mortality reduction settings (This publication replaces "WHO Guidelines for Epidemic Preparedness and Response to Measles Outbreaks", May 1999.)
- WHO measles information
Meningitis
- Control of epidemic meningococcal disease. WHO practical guideline, 2nd edition (WHO, 1998)
Pandemic Influenza
- Global Influenza Program
- Pandemic influenza preparedness and mitigation in refugee and displaced populations. Second edition May 2008
Polio
- WHO-recommended surveillance standard of poliomyelitis Webpage
Rabies
- WHO-Guide for post-exposure prophylaxisWebpage
- WHO- Rabies Webpage
- PAHO.CD49.R19. Elimination of Neglected Diseases and other poverty-related infections
Shigellosis
- Directives pour la lutte contre la shigellose, y compromis lors d??pid?mies dues ? Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (French)
- Guidelines for the control of shigellosis, including epidemics due to Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (English)
- Typhoid fever (GL). Background document: The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of typhoid fever (2003)
Tetanus
- Immunological basis of immunization ? tetanus
- WHO Position Paper on Tetanus Immunization
- Current recommendations for treatment of tetanus during humanitarian emergencies (2010) WHO tecnical note)
Tuberculosis
Vector control
- Integrated vector management
- Vector control of malarial
- Pesticides and their application for the control of vectors and pests of public health importance (2006)
Zoonotic diseases
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<hr> Child Health in Emergencies
- Emergencies documents
- Integrated management of childhood illness documents
- Manual for the health care of children in humanitarian emergencies (2005)
- Acute respiratory tract infections in children
- Pocket book for hospital care of children (WHO, 2005)
- Call for support for appropriate infant and young child feeding in Haiti. (UNICEF, WHO and WFP).
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Emergency and surgical care management
- Integrated Management of Essential and Emergency Surgical Care (IMEESC) tool kit (2007)it
- Prevention and management of wound infection. Guidance from WHO's Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability and the Department of Essential Health Technologies
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Emergency coordination and logistics
- Be a Better Donor: Practical Recommendations for Humanitarian Aid (2009)
- Global Health Cluster Guide (2009) English and Spanish
- Guide for Providing Effective Aid
- Guidelines for drug donation
- Guidelines for healthcare donation <o:p></o:p>
<hr> Essential Medicines
- WHO. Model List of Essential Medicines (2009)
- WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (2009)
- Guidelines for medicine donations Webpage
- Guidelines for Drug Donations - WHO, revised 1999
- Guidelines for health care equipment donations (2000)
- Gu?as para la donaci?n de equipos (Spanish) WHO Model of Essential Medicines
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Environmental Health in Emergencies
- Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters - WHO Webpage
- Disaster Mitigation in Drinking Water and Sewerage Systems (2005)
- Hazard identification tool: Management of health-care waste in emergencies
- Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide (2002)
- Guidelines for drinking-water quality, third edition, incorporating first addendum (2008)
- Four steps for the sound management of health-care waste in emergencies (2005)
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<hr> Food Safety
- Ensuring food safety in the aftermath of natural disasters
- Foodborne disease outbreaks: Guidelines for investigation and control
- 5 Keys to safer food : simple advice to consumers and food handlers
Webpage - PDF (French) - Guideline for the safe preparation, storage and handling of powdered infant formula (WHO, 2007) Webpage - PDF (French)
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Gender and Gender-based violence
- Clinical Management of Rape Survivors. Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons.
- Gestion clinique des Victimes de Viol (French)
- IASC Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings (2005)
- IASC Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action Women, Girls, Boys and Men Different Needs ? Equal Opportunities (2006)
- Importance of gender issues in the Haiti emergency (Spanish)
- WHO/UNHCR Clinical management of rape survivors: Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons. 2004
- Women's Health in Emergencies Webpage
- WHO, UNHCR & UNFPA Clinical Management of Rape e-learning Programme (English and French, ZIP File)
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Health Services and Hospitals
Hopitals
- Hospital Safety Index - Forms
- Hospital Safety Index - Guide for Evaluators
- WHO-PAHO Guidelines for the Use of Foreign Field Hospitals in the Aftermath of Sudden-Impact Disaster. (2003)
- Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities
- Principles of Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities
- Field Hospitals in Disasters
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Infection prevention and control in health care
- WHO Aide ? memoire: Standard Infection control precautions in health care, 2006
- Infection prevention and control in health care for confirmed or suspected cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and influenza-like illnesses, 2009
- WHO Policy on TB Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, Congregate Settings and Households, 2009
- Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone acute respiratory diseases in health care WHO Interim Guidelines, 2007
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Injection Safety
- Webpage Revised injection safety assessment tool
- WHO Guiding Principles to Ensure Injection Device Security
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<hr> Management of dead bodies
- Management of dead bodies after disasters: a field manual for first responders (2006)
- La gesti?n de cad?veres en situaciones de desastres: Gu?a pr?ctica para equipos de respuesta (2006) (Spanish)
- Management of dead bodies in disaster situations (WHO, 2004)
- Mass Fatality Plan checklist
- Save Hospitals publications (English and Spanish)
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Medical waste in emergencies
- Medical wastes in emergencies - WHO Webpage
- Guidelines for Safe Disposal of Unwanted Pharmaceuticals in and after Emergencies (WHO, 1999)
- Four steps for the sound management of health-care waste in emergencies (WHO, 2005)
- Gesti?n de residuos s?lidos en situaciones de desastre (2003) (Spanish)
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<hr> Mental Health in Emergencies
- IASC Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies: What should Humanitarian Health Actors Know? (2010) (English) (French)
- WHO Webpage- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies Checklist for field use of IASC
- Protection of Mental Health in Disasters and Emergency Situations (Spanish)
- Post-traumatic stress disorder systematic reviews and their conclusions from The Cochrane Library
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<hr> Nutrition
- Communicable diseases and severe food shortage situations (WHO, 2005)
- The management of nutrition in major emergencies.(WHO, 2000)
- Nutrition in emergencies list of publications
- The management of nutrition in major emergencies
- Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies. Operational guidance for emergency relief staff and programme managers (IFE, 2007)
- Guidelines for the inpatient treatment of severely malnourished children (WHO, 2003)
Management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition: guidelines at first referral level in developing countries (WHO, 2000) - Prise en Charge de l'enfant atteint d'infection grave ou de malnutrition severe. Directives de soins pour les centres de transfert de premier niveau dans les pays en d?veloppement (French)
- Nutrition in emergencies publications
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Publications, Libraries on Disasters
- PAHO Publications Catalog
- Health Library for Disasters
- CRID - Regional Disaster Information Center. Latin American and the Caribbean
- Cochrane Evidence Aid: resources for Haiti earthquake English, Spanish, and French
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Reproductive and Sexual Health in Emergencies
- WHO Webpage - Reproductive health
- Reproductive health in refugee situation (1999) (English) (French)
- Minimal Initial Service package (MISP) for Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations
- Resources Sexual and reproductive health in emergency situations
- Key steps for maternal and newborn health in humanitarian crisis
- Reproductive Health in refugee situations
- Reproductive health in refugee situations : an inter-agency field manual.
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Risk Communication Assessment
- Information management and communication in emergencies and disasters
- WHO Outbreak Communication Planning Guide, 2008
- WHO Outbreak communication guidelines
Specific messages:
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<hr> Traveler's Health
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Water and Sanitation
- Guidelines for drinking-water quality, third edition, incorporating first addendum
- Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide
- WHO Technical notes for emergencies
- Frequently asked questions in case of emergencies
- Four steps for the sound management of health-care waste in emergencies
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<hr> Wounds and Injuries
- Prevention and management of wound infection. Guidance from WHO's Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability and the Department of Essential Health Techologies
- Pr?vention et prise en charge de l?infection des plaies. (2010) (French)
- Integrated Management of Essential and Emergency Surgical Care (IMEESC) tool kit
- Best Practice Guidelines on Emergency Surgical Care in Disaster Situations
- WHO generic essential emergency equipment list
- Wound management, Fracture management, Physical trauma (excluding fractures) systematic reviews and their conclusions from The Cochrane
