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WHO Health Alert App

WHO has launched a dedicated messaging services in Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus. This easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion people and enables WHO to get information directly into the hands of the people that need it.

From government leaders to health workers and family and friends, this messaging service provides the latest news and information on coronavirus including details on symptoms and how people can protect themselves and others. It also provides the latest situation reports and numbers in real-time to help government decision-makers protect the health of their populations.

The service can be accessed by a link that opens a conversation on WhatsApp. Users can simply type “hi”, “hola”, “नमस्ते”, “oi”, “salut”, “ciao” or “مرحبا” to activate the conversation, prompting a menu of options that can help answer their questions about COVID-19.

The WHO Health Alert was developed in collaboration with Praekelt.Org, using Turn machine learning technology.

Source: World Health Organization

Date of Publication: July 19, 2021

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Community-Based Health and First Aid COVID-19 Manuals

Community-Based Health and First Aid (eCBHFA) volunteers are a community’s first line of defense in the midst of the global COVID-19 epidemic. This guidance is for active eCBHFA volunteers working with vulnerable groups at the community level to help keep people safe, informed and at ease as the pandemic progresses.

Last modified: June 3, 2021

Language: Spanish

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    Go Viral!

    GO VIRAL! is a 5-minute game that helps protect the public against COVID-19 misinformation.

    The players learn about some of the most common strategies used to spread false and misleading information about the virus. Understanding these tricks allows the public to resist them the next time they come across them online.

    Source: Social Decision Making Lab, University of Cambridge

    Date of Publication: May 3, 2021

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    Gender and Health Hub

    The Gender and Health Hub is a network of policymakers, researchers, and implementers working at the intersection of gender and global health.

    The Hub publishes synthesised policy-relevant evidence and best practices to support gender integration in health programming. Our aim is to bridge the gap between knowledge and action, build a diverse community to share learnings, and catalyse evidence for impact.

    The Hub has a Buzzboard which helps users connect with each other over common interests in the field of gender and health.

    Last modified: April 7, 2021

    Language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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      Gender and Health Hub COVID-19 Buzzboard

      The COVID-19 and Gender Buzzboard covers many topics generated by users, and is a collaborative tool for agenda setting and research initiatives.

      These topics include:

      • Health knowledge, behavior, and status of those directly and indirectly affected by COVID-19 across the life course i.e., mental health, NCDs, SRHR, including health promotion and prevention interventions.
      • Therapeutic, diagnostic & digital interventions, i.e., COVID-19 biomedical, clinical, biology/immunology research and product development.
      • Health service delivery implications and impacts of COVID-19, including utilization, supply chain, workforce, financing, digital health etc.
      • Social & structural determinants of gender dynamics affecting or impacted by COVID-19, including gender-based, intimate partner violence and sexual harassment, social protection, employment, etc.
      • Governance of COVID-19 health systems, including relationships with non-health multisectoral, private, and political actors for health (feminist movements, civil society, parliamentarians, private-sector etc.).

      Last modified: April 7, 2021

      Language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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        MEDBOX Vaccination and Strategy Toolbox

        This toolbox offers close to 200 resources on vaccination, which the user can sort by language, country, and type of tool.

        It is available in English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

        Last modified: February 16, 2021

        Language: English, French, Russian, Spanish

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          COVID-19 Global Risk Communication and Community Engagement Strategy

          There is an unprecedented need to elevate the role risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) plays in breaking the chains of transmission and mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

          Until biomedical tools such as vaccines or treatments are developed and widely available, people’s behaviour and their willingness to follow public health and social measures remain the most powerful tools to stop the spread of the virus.

          The COVID-19 Global Risk Communication and Community Engagement Strategy, December 2020 – May 2021 provides an important update for member states and supporting partners. The updated strategy is underpinned by a socio-behavioral trends analysis and builds on the learnings from the response to-date. The shift presented in the document is towards the community engagement and participatory approaches that have been proven to help control and eliminate outbreaks in the past.

          The overarching goal of the strategy: That people-centred and community-led approaches are championed widely – resulting in increased trust and social cohesion, and ultimately a reduction in the negative impacts of COVID-19.

          Last modified: January 4, 2021

          Language: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish

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            Framework for Decision-making: Implementation of Mass Vaccination Campaigns in the Context of COVID-19

            This document describes the principles to consider when deliberating the implementation of mass vaccination campaigns for prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases and high impact diseases (VPD/HID), and when assessing risks and benefits of conducting outbreak-response vaccination campaigns to respond to VPD/HID outbreaks.

            Last modified: December 24, 2020

            Language: Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

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              14 Actions You Can Take Today to Adapt your Program for COVID-19: Recommendations from FP/RH Advisors

              This interactive collection from Knowledge SUCCESS synthesizes the major COVID-19 global guidelines and guidance documents into 14 concrete actions that programs can take today to ensure continued voluntary family planning and reproductive health care.

              Each action links to related resources to help you get started. Features resources from WHO, Breakthrough ACTION, FIGO, HIPs, RHSC, AFP, and others.

              Last modified: November 2, 2020

              Language: English, French, Spanish

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                COVID-19 Communication Materials for the Americas

                This is a variety of COVID-19 communications materials developed by the Pan American Health Organization, comprising videos, animations and social media cards. The materials cover a range of topics including helping children deal with stress, domestic violence & COVID-19, physical distancing, mask wearing, etc.

                Last modified: November 2, 2020

                Language: English, Spanish

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