MEDBOX | Category Mobile Training Tools & Apps

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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The WHO Academy’s mobile learning app was developed specifically for health workers and is designed to enable them to expand their life-saving skills to battle COVID-19. It delivers mobile access to a wealth of COVID-19 knowledge resources developed by WHO, including up-to-the-minute guidance, tools, training, and virtual workshops to support health workers in caring for patients infected by COVID-19 and in protecting themselves as they do their critical work. With content in seven languages – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish – the app focuses on providing health workers with critical, evidence-based information and tools to respond to the pandemic

Tags: App, COVID-19, training of health workers,

Source: https://www.who.int/about/who-academy/th

	MAGICapp MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation (2022) CC Open external link (115) Add to my MEDBOX MAGIC authoring and publication platform (MAGICapp) - for guidelines and evidence summaries - is developed through our research and innovation program. The platform allows authors to write and publish their guidelines and evidence summaries in a highly structured fashion, using the GRADE methodology, new technology and a host of recent developed frameworks. MAGICapp is a web based collaborative tool that does not require any software installation and allows publication on all devices Tags: living guidelines, publications, author, knowledge platform, research, research paper, Source: https://magicevidence.org/
	EQUIP - Ensuring Quality in Psychological Support World Health Organization WHO, UNICEF (2022) C_WHO Open external link (226) Add to my MEDBOX EQUIP: Ensuring Quality in Psychological Support is a joint WHO/UNICEF project to improve the competence of helpers and the consistency and quality of training and service delivery. The EQUIP platform makes freely available competency assessment tools and e-learning courses to support governments, training institutions, and non-governmental organizations, both in humanitarian and development settings, to train and supervise the workforce to deliver effective psychological support to adults and children. EQUIP enhances training and supervision for improved mental health and psychosocial support services. EQUIP used a consensus-building approach including key stakeholders to develop the evidence-informed competency-based training materials and guidance, as well as the competency assessment tools. These resources have been tested in Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Nepal, Peru, Uganda and Zambia, with results demonstrating training improvements in groups that used the EQUIP platform. For example, use of EQUIP in Lebanon with children and adolescents led to an increase in mastery of core helping skills compared to standard training approaches Tags: psychosocial support, Capacity Building, e-learning courses, Assessment, quality, Source: https://equipcompetency.org/en-gb
	RehApp Mobile 2.0 Plan International, Enablement Netherlands and Verheul Content en Creatie (2022) CC Open external link (812) Add to my MEDBOX The RehApp is specifically designed for fieldworkers in low-and middle-income countries and aims to enhance their capacity to work with people with disabilities within the community: assess their abilities and inabilities, design rehabilitation interventions, provide care and support and refer appropriately. It consists of different chapters – covering various types of impairments – organised according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, commonly known as the ICF. The RehApp is available for free, and once downloaded, it can be used in any setting without internet access. It is currently available in English, French, Nepali, and Portuguese. Several chapters area also available in Amharic, Burmese, Khmer, Spanish, Tajik and Vietnamese. The App is available for Apple and for Android Tags: app, disabled people, Spinal cord, cerebral palsy, Training, Source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai
	1-2-3- Servie COVID-19 Information World Health Organization WHO, Viamo (2022) C_WHO Open external link (278) Add to my MEDBOX WHO is working with Viamo, a global social enterprise improving lives via mobile, to provide WHO’s COVID-19 information, including vaccines, to the hardest to reach populations, in their languages, through the mobile phones they own. This includes people with simple phones (feature phones) or with limited access to the internet. Since the onset of COVID-19, Viamo’s 3-2-1 Service has become a trusted, toll-free source of life-saving COVID-19 health information for people in 19 countries. Listeners dial in and access important messages that help them make better informed decisions to live healthier lives Tags: App, communication, case studies, obstetric fistula, IEC Material, COVID-19, Source: https://www.viamo.io/services/3-2-1/
	medPPE Medical Personal Protection Equipment App Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) CC Open external link (776) Add to my MEDBOX MedPPE emphasizes the role and timing of health workers jobs and offers specific information to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The guidelines are aimed at all personnel working in health facilities, including security guards, administrative and cleaning personnel, transfer assistants, nurses, biomedical and imaging technicians, surgeons, and physicians, among others. MedPPE provides guidance for the use of PPE according to workers’ function, the level of care they provide, and the multiple environments of primary health care and hospitals. The tool also clarifies the type of PPE needed when performing aerosol-generating procedures and other activities related to the care of patients infected or suspected of being infected with COVID-19. However, use of PPE alone is not enough to protect against COVID-19. Hand hygiene and proper PPE dressing and undressing procedures must also be followed, along with the proper disposal and management of waste. MedPPE is available in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French for iOS and Android devices Tags: PPE, Personal Protective Equipment, COVID-19, app, Training, Source: https://www.paho.org/en/news/28-1-2021-p
	Aplicativo medPPE “Equipo Médico de Protección Personal” Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO Open external link (684) Add to my MEDBOX medPPE es una aplicación para dispositivos iOS y Android donde el personal de salud encontrará la información necesaria sobre los equipos de protección personal (EPP) sugeridos por la OPS/OMS, que deben ser utilizados de acuerdo con la función y la actividad que desempeña en el proceso de atención de pacientes con enfermedades, como la COVID-19, transmitidas por gotas y contacto, o durante procedimientos generadores de aerosoles. Es importante recordar que usar el EPP no es suficiente para estar protegido y que son varias las condiciones a considerar, tales como: seguir las indicaciones sobre el tipo de EPP a utilizar, usarlo por el tiempo y de la manera adecuada, conocer y señalar los flujos de pacientes establecidos, igual que los procedimientos de atención que va a realizar. Hay que cumplir con las medidas de higiene de manos y con los procedimientos de vestido-desvestido de los EPP y la disposición y manejo de residuos. Es igualmente importante difundir la información y mantener el entrenamiento al personal sanitario y a los funcionarios administrativos. Además, se debe señalizar los flujos de circulación, e informar y educar a los pacientes y allegados. Puede descargar el aplicativo para iOS e Androi Tags: PPE, Personal Protective Equipment, COVID-19, app, Training, Source: https://www.paho.org/es/emergencias-salu
	Application medPPE Équipement médical de protection individuelle Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO Open external link (696) Add to my MEDBOX medPPE est une application pour les dispositifs Android et iOS dans laquelle les personnels de santé trouveront les informations nécessaires sur les équipements de protection individuelle (EPI), suggérés par l'OPS/OMS, qui doivent être utilisés selon la fonction et l'activité réalisée dans le cadre de la prise en charge de patients atteints de maladies transmises par gouttelettes et par contact, telles que la COVID-19, ou lors de procédures génératrices d'aérosols. Les mesures d'hygiène des mains et les procédures d'habillage-déshabillage pour l’utilisation de l’EPI, ainsi que les protocoles d'élimination et de gestion des déchets doivent être suivies. La diffusion d’information et la formation du personnel de santé et des responsables administratifs, ainsi que la signalétique, l’information et l’éducation des patients et de leurs proches sont tout aussi importants. Vous pouvez télécharger le application pour iOS et Androi Tags: PPE, Personal Protective Equipment, COVID-19, app, Training, Source: https://www.paho.org/fr/node/64540/equip
	Aplicação medPPE Equipamento Médico de Proteção Individual Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO Open external link (719) Add to my MEDBOX medPPE é um aplicativo para dispositivos iOS e Android em que o trabalhador de saúde encontrará as informações necessárias sobre equipamentos de proteção individual (EPI) sugeridos pela OPAS/OMS, que devem ser utilizadas de acordo com o papel e atividade que desempenha no cuidado de pacientes com doenças, como a COVID-19, transmitidas por gotas e contato, ou durante procedimentos de geração de aerossóis (PGA). Medidas de higiene das mãos e procedimentos de retirada do EPI e o descarte e o gerenciamento de resíduos devem ser cumpridos. É igualmente importante disseminar informações e manter a formação de trabalhadores da saúde e funcionários administrativos. Além disso, os fluxos de circulação devem ser sinalizados, e pacientes e familiares informados e educados. Você pode baixar o aplicativo para iOS e Androi Tags: PPE, Personal Protective Equipment, COVID-19, app, Training, Source: https://www.paho.org/pt/node/64540/equip
	OpenWHO. Access essential knowledge for managing public health emergencies World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (3651) Add to my MEDBOX OpenWHO is WHO’s new interactive, web-based, knowledge-transfer platform offering online courses to improve the response to health emergencies. OpenWHO enables the Organization and its key partners to transfer life-saving knowledge to large numbers of frontline responders. On this platform you find online courses on: Pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases; Incident Management System; MERS; Ebola; Public Health Interventions; Risk communication; Predeployment training GO; ZIKA; Influenz Tags: e-learning, Online Courses, Disaster Preparedness, Ebola preparedness, Epidemic Preparedness, Training, Disease Prevention & Control, cholera, MERS, Pest, peste, Surveillance, monkeypox, Influenza, risk communication, Zika, lassa fever, Source: https://openwho.org/
	WHO Academy’s mobile learning app World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (869) Add to my MEDBOX The WHO Academy’s mobile learning app was developed specifically for health workers and is designed to enable them to expand their life-saving skills to battle COVID-19. It delivers mobile access to a wealth of COVID-19 knowledge resources developed by WHO, including up-to-the-minute guidance, tools, training, and virtual workshops to support health workers in caring for patients infected by COVID-19 and in protecting themselves as they do their critical work. With content in seven languages – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish – the app focuses on providing health workers with critical, evidence-based information and tools to respond to the pandemic Tags: App, COVID-19, training of health workers, Source: https://www.who.int/about/who-academy/th

OpenWHO. Access essential knowledge for managing public health emergencies (2020)

Oppia Mobile (2014)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Guidance App (2014)

Medical Learning Hub (2020)

WHO Academy’s mobile learning app (2020)

RehApp Mobile 2.0 (2022)

OpenWHO. Access essential knowledge for managing public health emergencies (2020)

Help Age Training Portal. Knowledge & Resource Hub Jordan (2019)

LIFE: Neonatal Resuscitation Training (ETAT+ NR). App (2019)

Auto-Visual AFP Detection and Reporting (AVADAR) (2019)