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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Online Course

The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented need for contact tracing across the country, requiring thousands of people to learn key skills quickly. The job qualifications for contact tracing positions differ throughout the country and the world, with some new positions open to individuals with a high school diploma or equivalent.

In this introductory course, students will learn about the science of SARS-CoV-2 , including the infectious period, the clinical presentation of COVID-19, and the evidence for how SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted from person-to-person and why contact tracing can be such an effective public health intervention. Students will learn about how contact tracing is done, including how to build rapport with cases, identify their contacts, and support both cases and their contacts to stop transmission in their communities.

The course will also cover several important ethical considerations around contact tracing, isolation, and quarantine. Finally, the course will identify some of the most common barriers to contact tracing efforts — along with strategies to overcome them.

Last modified: September 2, 2020

Language: Arabic, English, Nepali, Portuguese, Spanish

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    Combating the Disinfodemic: Working for Truth in the Time of COVID-19

    COVID-19 has led to a parallel pandemic of disinformation that directly impacts lives and livelihoods around the world. Falsehoods and misinformation have proven deadly and sowed confusion about life-saving personal and policy choices.

    UNESCO has published two policy briefs offering critical insights into the fast-growing COVID-19-related disinformation that is impeding access to trustworthy sources and reliable information.

    These are:

    DISINFODEMIC: Deciphering COVID-19 disinformation: assesses 9 types of coronavirus disinformation, four format modes, and it identifies 10 categories of response being mobilised – often with freedom of expression implications around the world.

    DISINFODEMIC: Dissecting responses to COVID-19 disinformation: critically analyses 10 types of response to the viral spread of COVID-19 disinformation. Responses target one or more of the four points of the disinformation life cycle: namely production, transmission, reception and reproduction. This brief assesses the responses that: work to cut the supply of production; that filter disinformation during transmission; and help inoculate targets from reception; and prevent viral re-circulation. The assessment looks at these responses holistically and in relation to impact on the right to freedom of expression, access to information and privacy.

    Last modified: July 21, 2020

    Language: English, French, Spanish

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      CommunityFirst COVID-19 Roadmap

      This Roadmap is a planning tool to support communities to organize, prepare and respond to COVID-19.

      It provides key steps in working to respond to COVID-19:

      1. Determine level of transmission

      2. Identify high-risk and vulnerable groups

      3. Coordinate with health authorities and other relevant actors

      4. Protect your community

      5. Communicate key messages

      6. Provide food and essential items

      7. Supply water and sanitation

      Last modified: July 21, 2020

      Language: English, French, Inuktitut, Portuguese, Spanish

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        Infographics about COVID-19 in Many Languages

        These infographics were designed through a strategic process led by Harvard Medical Students, Harvard School of Public Health professionals and alumni as well as physicians.

        The infographics designers are now partnering with the Cincinnati Health Department to make more specific infographics.

        Source: Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health

        Date of Publication: July 21, 2020

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        When and How to use Masks

        This page offers detailed instruction on how to put on a mask, use it, and dispose of it to prevent infection with COVID-19.

        Included are infographics, posters, and instructional videos.

        Source: World Health Organization

        Date of Publication: July 21, 2020

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        COVID-19: Resources to Address Gender-based Violence Risks

        This resource provides practitioners with key resources to support the integration of GBV risk mitigation into COVID-19 response. It will be frequently updated as the crisis unfolds.

        Last modified: July 21, 2020

        Language: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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          FEMA Coronavirus Rumor Control

          This page is aimed at helping the public distinguish between rumors and facts regarding the response to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

          Last modified: July 21, 2020

          Language: English, Spanish

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            Guidance on Social and Behavior Change for Family Planning During COVID-19

            This short guide includes important considerations, messages, and resources to support country programs in adapting their FP/RH-focused SBC programming in response to the challenges presented by COVID-19. Program adaptations and messaging should be adapted in line with country context, available services, and local government response, including that of coordinating bodies responsible for COVID-19 risk communication and community engagement efforts.

            The guide is available in English, French, and Spanish.

            Last modified: July 21, 2020

            Language: English, French, Spanish

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              Safe Ramadan Practices in the Context of the COVID-19: Interim Guidance

              This document highlights public health advice for social and religious practices and gatherings during Ramadan that can be applied across different national contexts.

              Last modified: July 21, 2020

              Language: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

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                WHO COVID-19 Learning Resources Application

                The WHO mobile learning app focuses on providing frontline health workers with critical, evidence-based information and tools to improve their skills and capabilities related to the pandemic.

                This COVID-19 Digital Response offers up-to-the-minute guidance, training, and virtual workshops to support health workers in caring for patients infected by COVID-19, as well as how they can protect themselves as they do their critical work.

                The app was created in direct response to an online survey of health workers conducted in March and April 2020 that received 20,000 submissions. Key features include learning guidance, learning materials, and tools organized into the following COVID-19 subject matter areas:

                • Case Management: How to care for COVID-19 patients
                • Infection Prevention Control: Protecting health worker and the community
                • Risk Communication and Community Engagement: Communicating effectively with the public
                • Epidemiology: Distribution, characteristics, and determinants of COVID-19
                • Statistics: Updated news and statistics on the COVID-19 pandemic
                • Laboratory: Testing for COVID-19 in humans
                • Health Services and Systems: Strategic planning and coordinated action
                • International Health Regulations: Public health and international spread of disease
                • Research & Development: Working towards a treatment and a vaccine.
                • Operational Support and Logistics
                • Regional Information

                The WHO mobile learning app is a convenient tool for accessing WHO’s rapidly expanding and evolving training materials and guidance, along with opportunities to participate in virtual classrooms and other live training in six global languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

                Last modified: July 21, 2020

                Language: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

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