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Radiology Department Preparedness for COVID-19: Radiology Scientific Expert Panel

open access: yesRadiology, 2020
Author(s): Mossa-Basha, Mahmud; Meltzer, Carolyn C; Kim, Danny C; Tuite, Michael J; Kolli, K Pallav; Tan, Bien ...
M. Mossa-Basha   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

WHO competency framework for health authorities and institutions to manage infodemics: its development and features

open access: yesHuman Resources for Health, 2022
Background In April 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Information Network for Epidemics produced an agenda for managing the COVID-19 infodemic. “Infodemic” refers to the overabundance of information—including mis- and disinformation.
Sara Rubinelli   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hospital Preparedness for COVID-19: A Practical Guide from a Critical Care Perspective

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020
In response to the estimated potential impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on New York City hospitals, our institution prepared for an influx of critically ill patients.
Kelly M. Griffin   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lessons Learned from Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) Preparedness in Rwanda: A Comprehensive Review and Way Forward

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2023
Background Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe and often fatal illness that affects humans and has significant public health implications, including high mortality rates, strain on healthcare systems, and social and economic disruption. On 20 September
Edson Rwagasore   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Location intelligence reveals the extent, timing, and spatial variation of hurricane preparedness [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Hurricanes are one of the most catastrophic natural hazards faced by residents of the United States. Improving the public’s hurricane preparedness is essential to reduce the impact and disruption of hurricanes on households.
Bo Li, A. Mostafavi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effectiveness of syndromic surveillance for the early detection of waterborne outbreaks: a systematic review

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Waterborne outbreaks are still a risk in high-income countries, and their early detection is crucial to limit their societal consequences. Although syndromic surveillance is widely used for the purpose of detecting outbreaks days earlier than ...
Susanne Hyllestad   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new Hendra virus genotype found in Australian flying foxes

open access: yesVirology Journal, 2021
Background Hendra virus (HeV) has caused lethal disease outbreaks in humans and horses in Australia. Flying foxes are the wildlife reservoir from which the virus was first isolated in 1996.
Jianning Wang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the humanitarian-development divide in a protracted crisis: a case study of the use of a central plant to supply oxygen for COVID-19 case management in South Sudan

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
The rising demand for medicinal oxygen due to the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an underlying chronic shortage of the commodity in Africa. This situation is particularly dire in protracted crises where insecurity, dysfunctional health facilities, poor ...
Olushayo Oluseun Olu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the pilot wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Norway, June 2022 – March 2023

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based surveillance gained great international interest as an additional tool to monitor SARS-CoV-2.
Ettore Amato   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global Preparedness Against COVID-19: We Must Leverage the Power of Digital Health

open access: yesJMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2020
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has revealed many areas of public health preparedness that are lacking, especially in lower- and middle-income countries.
Sultan Mahmood   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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