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WHO Global Situational Alert System: a mixed methods multistage approach to identify country-level COVID-19 alerts

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Background Globally, since 1 January 2020 and as of 24 January 2023, there have been over 664 million cases of COVID-19 and over 6.7 million deaths reported to WHO.
, Richard Pebody, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Mahmoud Hassan, Thierno Balde, Olivier Le Polain de Waroux, Sandra Adele, Kazuki Shimizu, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Lisa Owen, Villyen Motaze, Michael Höhle, Piers Mook, Masaya Kato, Kathleen Ryan, Tanja Schmidt, Marjam Esmail, Jessica Lee Abbate, Opeayo Ogundiran, Sophie Maes, Victoria D Bélorgeot, Ana Riviere-Cinnamond, Martina McMenamin, Jessica Kolmer, Irena Djordjevic, Finlay Campbell, Henry Laurenson-Schafer, Basma Mostafa Abdelgawad, Amarnath Babu, Neale Batra, Hannah Brindle, Tshewang Dorji, Ingrid Hammermeister Nezu, Lucía Hernández-García, Friday Idoko, Sarah Karmin, Zyleen A Kassamali, Tamano Matsui, Mengjuan Duan, Boris I Pavlin, Tika Sedai, Teresa Zakaria, Abdi R Mahamud, Dominic Cocciolone, Christian Gapp, Kayla King, Aimee Latta, Sandra Lindmark, Ihor Perehinets, Amy Gimma, Jason McKnight, Margaux Mesle, Maarten Van Haverbeke, Tamar Amar, Ka Yeung Cheng, Silviu Ciobanu, Lauren E MacDonald, Jeff Pires, Jukka Pukkila, Celine Roman, Laila Skrowny, Ara Tadevosyan, Catherine Smallwood, Juniorcaius Ikejezie, Blanche Johanna Greene-Cramer, Adedoyin Abiola Awofisayo-Okuyelu, Bernadette Mirembe, Tondri Noe Guinko, Homa Attar-Cohen, Stephen Leshan Koyie, Samuel Mesfin, Veronica Cristea, Nikola Sklenovska, Mostafa Mahran, Emily Meyer, Grace Brough, Harsh Lata, Alessandro Miglietta, Sydel Parikh, Eri Togami, Yurie Izawa, Aura Rocio Escobar Corado Waeber, Anahi Rico Chinchilla, Yeo Won Jin, Raquel Medialdea Carrera, Amaia Artazcoz Glaria, Hyo Jeong Kim, Muhammed Tayyab   +87 more
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DETECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS GLOBALLY: A 20-YEAR ANALYSIS

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Intro: Detecting and responding to acute public health threats is one of the World Health Organization's (WHO) most important activities. Therefore, WHO established a unique approach for the global detection and verification of events of potential ...
N. Saad, B. Greene-Cramer, A. Awofisayo-Okuyelu, D. Selenic Minet, M. Almiron, M. Kato, T. Matsui, A. Corpuz, J. Pukkila, M. Stephen, A. Mahamud, O. Morgan, I. Soce Fall, E. Hamblion   +13 more
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Management of hypertensive emergencies: a practical approach

Blood Pressure, 2021
Background: Acute increases of high blood pressure values, usually described as ‘hypertensive crises’, ‘hypertensive urgencies’ or ‘hypertensive emergencies’, are common causes of patients’ presentation to emergency departments.
Gian Paolo Rossi, Giacomo Rossitto, Chiarastella Maifredini, Agata Barchitta, Andrea Bettella, Raffaele Latella, Luisa Ruzza, Beatrice Sabini, Teresa M. Seccia   +8 more
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Priority age targets for COVID-19 vaccination in Ethiopia under limited vaccine supply

Scientific Reports, 2023
The worldwide inequitable access to vaccination claims for a re-assessment of policies that could minimize the COVID-19 burden in low-income countries.
Margherita Galli, Agnese Zardini, Worku Nigussa Gamshie, Stefano Santini, Ademe Tsegaye, Filippo Trentini, Valentina Marziano, Giorgio Guzzetta, Mattia Manica, Valeria d’Andrea, Giovanni Putoto, Fabio Manenti, Marco Ajelli, Piero Poletti, Stefano Merler   +14 more
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Emergencies and Democratic Failure

, 2006
Critics of emergency measures such as the U.S. government’s response to 9/11 invoke the Carolene Products framework, which directs courts to apply strict scrutiny to laws and executive actions that target political or ethnic minorities.
Posner, Eric A., Vermeule, Cornelius
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Statement and Action Agenda from the Girls in Emergencies Collaborative

Annals of Global Health, 2015
Organizations that have signed on to the Girls in Emergencies Collaborative Statement and Action Agenda as of September 2015 include the International Rescue Committee; Mercy Corps; Human Rights Program, Arnold Institute of Global Health at Mount Sinai ...
Omar Robles, Judith Bruce, Holly G. Atkinson, Dale Buscher, Karen Scriven, Kristin Kim Bart, Shelby French   +6 more
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Spatial and temporal distribution of infectious disease epidemics, disasters and other potential public health emergencies in the World Health Organisation Africa region, 2016–2018

Globalization and Health, 2020
Background Emerging and re-emerging diseases with pandemic potential continue to challenge fragile health systems in Africa, creating enormous human and economic toll.
Ambrose Otau TALISUNA, Emelda Aluoch OKIRO, Ali Ahmed YAHAYA, Mary STEPHEN, Boukare BONKOUNGOU, Emmanuel Onuche MUSA, Etienne Magloire MINKOULOU, Joseph OKEIBUNOR, Benido IMPOUMA, Haruna Mamoudou DJINGAREY, N’da Konan Michel YAO, Sakuya OKA, Zabulon YOTI, Ibrahima Socé FALL   +13 more
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Humanitarian assistance in conflict and complex emergencies: conference report and background papers [PDF]

, 2009
The June 2009 Conference on Humanitarian Assistance in Conflict and Complex Emergencies generated two days of rich discussions, culminating in a set of actionable steps and ways forward. This report outlines the thematic debates, gives an overview of the

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Modeling the interplay between demography, social contact patterns, and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the South West Shewa Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia

BMC Medicine, 2021
Background COVID-19 spread may have a dramatic impact in countries with vulnerable economies and limited availability of, and access to, healthcare resources and infrastructures.
Filippo Trentini, Giorgio Guzzetta, Margherita Galli, Agnese Zardini, Fabio Manenti, Giovanni Putoto, Valentina Marziano, Worku Nigussa Gamshie, Ademe Tsegaye, Alessandro Greblo, Alessia Melegaro, Marco Ajelli, Stefano Merler, Piero Poletti   +13 more
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Online learning for WHO priority diseases with pandemic potential: evidence from existing courses and preparing for Disease X

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Background OpenWHO is the open-access learning platform of the World Health Organization (WHO) that provides online learning for health emergencies with essential health knowledge for emergencies. There is emphasis for courses on severe emerging diseases
Heini Utunen, Anna Tokar, Mafalda Dancante, Corentin Piroux   +3 more
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