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Challenges to the system of reserve medical supplies for public health emergencies: reflections on the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic in China.

BioScience Trends, 2020
On December 31, 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission announced an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), China is now at a critical period in the control of the epidemic.
Xu Wang, Xiaoxi Zhang, Jiangjiang He
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Slow emergencies: Temporality and the racialized biopolitics of emergency governance

Progress in Human Geography, 2020
How lives are governed through emergency is a critical issue for our time. In this paper, we build on scholarship on this issue by developing the concept of ‘slow emergencies’.
B. Anderson, Kevin Grove, L. Rickards, M. Kearnes   +3 more
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Public health emergencies of international concern: a historic overview

Journal of Travel Medicine, 2020
Rationale The International Health Regulations (IHR) have been the governing framework for global health security since 2007. Declaring public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC) is a cornerstone of the IHR.
A. Wilder-Smith, S. Osman
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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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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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Vaccination in emergencies. [PDF]

, 1999
Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are the main actors of vaccine delivery during complex humanitarian emergencies such as large population displacements.
Paquet, C
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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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An extraordinary wave of SARS-CoV2, the youngest and the least serious

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
The second wave of SARS-CoV2 in our health region began at the end of June 2020 coinciding with the widespread decrease in cases in all areas of Catalonia. This resulted in the relaxation of measures that coincided with the end of the school year and the
Elena Justribó, Elena Justribó, Alberto Falcon, Maria José Ruiz-Vert, Juliana Porque, Silvia Gros, Silvia Gros, Oriol Yuguero, Oriol Yuguero   +8 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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Ending Neglect of older people in the response to Humanitarian Emergencies [PDF]

, 2012
Older people make up a significant and growing number of those affected by humanitarian crises, yet they are often not sought out or prioritised within the humanitarian response.
EY Chan, F Assefa, F Chappuis, Frances Stevenson, G Gavazzi, LB Shrestha, P Salama, P Spiegel, PB Spiegel, Unni Karunakara   +9 more
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