Issue #6| 23 March– 05 April 2020
FAO’s component of the Global COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Plan
18.5.2020
Elderly and people with Chronic Conditions - Mental Health
فيروس كورونا المستجد التعامل مع القلق خلال تفشي
Coping with stress - COVID19
Introduction The novel Coronavirus (nCoV) epidemic in 2019 -2020 has recently emerged. The route of transmission is not totally known, although it is known that it can spread from person to person, and local health care systems may be ill-equipped to handle a large-scale outbreak. Furthermore, misco...nceptions and misinformation about the disease often spreads rapidly in such epidemics.
In previous epidemics mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) has been identified as a key priority. MHPSS ensures the well-being of the affected populations, and counter-acts the threats to public health and safety that fear, stigmatization and misconception pose. Access to information, knowledge about the disease and how it spreads, make it easier for the affected to feel supported and calm, and to comply with instructions. Furthermore, psychosocial support to staff and volunteers help the operation as work conditions are extremely stressful.
This briefing note provides background knowledge on the MHPSS aspects related to nCoV and suggests MHPSS activities that can be implemented. The messages can be helpful for those in contact with patients or relatives and feel the strain of working and living during the epidemic. The briefing is aimed both at those working in any capacity with those affected by nCoV and for the MHPSS responders who implement MHPSS activities and interventions for everyone affected.
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Daily activities as a reference to make your everyday life more fulfilling
The psychological impacts in face of public health crisis.
It is understandable for people to experience the fear and
anxiety in face of uncertainty; they can help us cope with
the situation in short term. Yet, if the fear and anxiety
turn to a long-term condition or become very intense,
they w...ould not help people, but rather lower one’s ability
to adapt and cope with
the crisis.
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For families, friends, colleagues of those in quarantine or self-isolation
Volunteers are impacted by COVID-19 like everyone else worldwide. They worry about being stigmatized by family and community members, fear contracting the virus, having to be in isolation or quarantine, losing colleagues etc. Volunteers may also be affected by witnessing the death of someone they su...pported or be exhausted by having challenging tasks.
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WHO Regional Office for Africa
Women, the elderly, adolescents, youth, and children,
persons with disabilities, indigenous populations, refugees,
migrants, and minorities experience the highest degree
of socio-economic marginalization. Marginalized people
become even more vulnerable in emergencies.1 This is due
to factors su...ch as their lack of access to effective surveillance
and early-warning systems, and health services. The
COVID-19 outbreak is predicted to have significant impacts
on various sectors.
The populations most at risk are those that:
• depend heavily on the informal economy;
• occupy areas prone to shocks;
• have inadequate access to social services or political
influence;
• have limited capacities and opportunities to cope and
adapt and;
• limited or no access to technologies.
By understanding these issues, we can support the capacity
of vulnerable populations in emergencies. We can give
them priority assistance, and engage them in decision-making
processes for response, recovery, preparedness, and
risk reduction.
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Cómo pueden los niños luchar contra la COVID-19!
«Ты мой герой» — это книга для детей из разных стран мира, затронутых пандемией COVID-19.
Книгу «Ты мой герой» должен читать вместе с ребенком или небольшой группой де...ей кто-то из родителей, воспитатель или учитель. Детям не рекомендуется читать эту книгу самостоятельно в отсутствие родителей, воспитателя или учителя. Дополнительное руководство «Что делают герои» (будет опубликовано позже) поможет рассмотреть темы, связанные с COVID-19, и научить детей справляться с чувствами и эмоциями, а также предложит дополнительные занятия для детей на основе этой книги.
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Preprints are preliminary reports of work that have not been certified by peer review. They should not be relied on to guide clinical practice or health-related behavior and should not be reported in news media as established information.
COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 preprints from medRxiv and bioRxiv