This guide is intended to support teams working directly with communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. It provides general guidance on community engagement during outbreak responses, including how to support an integrated response, as well as outbreak prevention and response.
UNAIDS 2016 / Meeting Report
Information on what is Coronavirus or COVID-19 and how it is spread, along with advice on what older people can do to reduce their risk of catching the virus, and what they should do if they need medical help or support
These advocacy messages complement the Technical Note on the Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic, for child protection actors to prioritize child protection in COVID-19 response plans.
Powerpoint Presenation for Training
Programme Brief
Accessed: 21.08.2019
Presentation Current WHO guidance, strategies and lessons learnt of pre- and post-validation surveillance of NTDs
This document outlines the best practices for mosquito control and surveillance in United Nations duty stations affected by mosquito-borne diseases. It sets out an integrated vector management (IVM) approach combining environmental, biological, mechanical, chemical and personal protection strategies... to reduce mosquito populations and the transmission of diseases. Key elements include targeted control of larval and adult mosquitoes, the proper use of insecticides, community engagement, and ongoing surveillance.
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Lancet Global Health Volume 6, ISSUE 2, Pe146-e147, February 01, 2018
The UN’s SDG Stimulus Plan, which calls for additional liquidity, effective debt restructuring and the expansion of development financing, has the potential to free up significant fiscal space in developing economies. For 52 most debt-vulnerable economies, a 30 percent haircut of 2021 public exter...nal debt stock could lower debt service payments in 2022–2029 by between US$44 billion and $148 billion, depending on the participation of various creditor classes. For all developing economies, a 40 percent “refinancing” of their 2021 bond debt stock to average official creditor rates could amount to a $121 billion savings on interest payments in 2022–2029. Against the backdrop of growing economic and geopolitical fragmentation, this policy brief describes building blocks for exiting the crisis.
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