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National Toxic Substance Incidents Program (NTSIP) Webinars

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (2015)

On this homepage of the ATSDR you'll find learning material for webinars on chemical exposure assessment focused on the US, including: - Webinar on ATSDR Assessment of Chemical Exposures (ACE) Program -ATSDR National Toxic Substance Incidents Program (NTSIP) and the CDC Public Health Emergency Pre... more

Air Pollution - WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

Accessed on 06.03.2022 Air pollution is contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Household combustion devices, motor vehicles, industrial facilities and forest fires are common sou... more

Problems with care for older people with dementia in Australia

Human Rights Watch (2019) C1

Problems with care for older people with dementia in Australia “Fading Away”: How Aged Care Facilities in Australia Chemically Restrain Older People with Dementia

Guidelines for First Responders to a CBRN Incident

NATO Civil Emergency Planning Civil Protection Group (2014) C1

Project on Minimum Standards and Non-Binding Guidelines for First Responders Regarding Planning, Training, Procedure and Equipment for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Incidents

Learning about Diabetes - Diabetes care Handouts - Portuguese

Learning about Diabetes, Inc. (2024) CC2

What is Diabetes? Diabetes means you have too much sugar in your blood. High blood sugar problems starts when your body no longer makes enough of chemical, or hormone, called insulin.

Learning about Diabetes - Diabetes care Handouts - Russian

Learning about Diabetes, Inc. (2024) CC2

What is Diabetes? Diabetes means you have too much sugar in your blood. High blood sugar problems starts when your body no longer makes enough of chemical, or hormone, called insulin.

Learning about Diabetes - Diabetes care Handouts

Learning about Diabetes, Inc. (2024) CC2

What is Diabetes? Diabetes means you have too much sugar in your blood. High blood sugar problems starts when your body no longer makes enough of chemical, or hormone, called insulin.

Learning about Diabetes - Diabetes care Handouts - Arabic

Learning about Diabetes, Inc. (2024) CC2

What is Diabetes? Diabetes means you have too much sugar in your blood. High blood sugar problems starts when your body no longer makes enough of chemical, or hormone, called insulin.

Learning about Diabetes - Diabetes care Handouts - Bengali

Learning about Diabetes, Inc. (2019) CC2

What is Diabetes? Diabetes means you have too much sugar in your blood. High blood sugar problems starts when your body no longer makes enough of chemical, or hormone, called insulin.

Living with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Asthma and Lung UK (2022) CC2

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is where air cannot get out of the lungs easily (the airflow is obstructed). COPD is a common condition that mainly affects middle-aged or older adults who smoke or have smoked. Jobs where people are exposed to dust fumes and chemicals also increase the r... more

Biennium Report 2022–2023 Department of Healthier Populations and Noncommunicable Diseases (HPN)

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Human health and well-being are intimately linked to the state of the environment. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), climate change, air pollution and exposure to hazardous chemicals are major causes of environment-related burden of disease across the world. In the WHO South-East Asia Region, al... more

Fires: four tips to reduce food safety risks

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Fires, explosions and volcanic eruptions can damage and contaminate food and water due to heat, smoke, fumes and chemicals. These flyers include tips to reduce food safety risks during a fire incident for households, food suppliers, vendors, food industry inspectors and workers.

Leishmaniasis Treatment Market Size, Share, Industry Growth, Trend, Business Opportunities, Challenges, Drivers and Restraint Research Report by 2028

Reports and Data BioSpace (2022) C1

High prevalence of target diseases in rural and developing nations, increased prevalence of malnutrition across the globe, lack of hygiene and poor sanitation facilities, Migratory patterns of population, introduction of new chemical entity in the field of therapeutics, favorable government regulati... more

Guidelines for establishing a poison centre

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This update of the Guidelines for poison control, entitled Guidelines for establishing a poison centre, reflects the development of the role of poison centres in public health and the sound management of chemicals, described in section 1, and the opportunities provided by new technology. Assessments... more

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Just In Time Disaster Training - Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Usage

Disaster Resistant Commitment Grouup (2014)

You can download training videos directly from the website http://www.drc-group.com/project/jitt-ppe.html For special interest would be: Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Usage 3 of 12 Chemical Level B - Donning and 4 Chemical Level B Doffing

Lesotho: DRUGS OF ABUSE ACT OF 2008

Parliament of Lesotho (2008) C2

An Act to repeal the Dangerous Medicines Act of 1973,to ensure the availability of certain drugs for exclusive medical, scientific and related purposes, while preventing their abuse; to prevent the diversion from lawful trade of controlled chemicals, controlled equipment and controlled materials for... more

Planning Social Mobilization and Communication for Dengue Fever Prevention and Control

World Health Organization WHO (2004) C_WHO

A Step-by-Step Guide. It is intended for health planners, dengue or vector control programme managers and individuals, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other agencies with interests and/or expertise in developing biological, chemical, environmental and communication interventions to prevent... more

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Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents (MHMI) Volume I-III (Revised)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) (2001) C2

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has produced a three-volume series entitled Managing Hazardous Material Incidents. The series is designed to help emergency response and health care professionals plan for and respond to hazardous material emergencies. - Volume I Emergenc... more

Occupational Lung Diseases - What are work-related lung diseases?

Cedars-Sinai Cedars-Sinai (2023) CC2

The Cedars-Sinai webpage on occupational lung diseases provides an overview of various lung conditions caused by exposure to harmful substances in the workplace. It outlines common types of occupational lung diseases, including asbestosis, silicosis, coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, and chemical-rela... more

Air quality and health

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (2024) CC

Exposure to air pollution can affect everyone’s health. When we breathe in air pollutants, they can enter our bloodstream and contribute to coughing or itchy eyes and cause or worsen many breathing and lung diseases, leading to hospitalizations, cancer, or even premature death. Minnesota’s ai... more