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ASPHER COVID-19 Task Force page.
ASPHER COVID-19 Taskforce
ASPHER has convened a COVID-19 Taskforce to facilitate relevant networking necessary to respond to the current emergency. See the full list of Taskforce activites and members here.
If you wish to participate in the ASPHER COVID-19 Taskforce, please contact Robert at:
robert.otok@aspher.org.
ASPHER Statement on the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-10) Outbreak Emergency
ASPHER has drafted a Statement on the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak Emergency authored by the ASPHER COVID-19 Taskforce, the ASPHER Executive Board and the ASPHER Honours Comittee. It will be published on 25 March 2020 in the International Journal of Public Health.
The ASPHER COVID-19 Task Force is teaming up with the COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) to provide rapid reporting for Cross Country Analysis on policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis. HSRM is a joint undertaking of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission, and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
COVID-19 Communications from ASPHER Members by Country*
Austria
Management Center Innsbruck (MCI): Series of video discussion on the situation in Tyrol/Austria with Martin Sprenger, University Graz (In German):
- Muss in Zeiten von COVID19 anders gestorben werden als sonst? with Dr. Walpurga Weyrer, University Hospital Innsbruck, Comprehensive Cancer Center about relevance of palliative care (06/04/20);
- Warum wir unsere Pflegeheime und Pflegegeldbezieher mit aller Kraft schützen müssen? (30/03/20);
- Wie wird die „kurve“ zur bewältigung von Covid19 berechnet? (23/03/20);
- Schützen wir gemeinsam unsere Omas und Opas (16/03/20)
France
Santé Publique France: Infection au nouveau Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19, France et Monde. (In French)
School of Public Health (EHESP):
- Educational videos on the COVID-19 virus for professionals providing care for Covid-19 patients (In French).
- Business Continuity Plan Le plan de continuité d’activité (PCA) de l’EHESP (In French).
- Publications: COVID-19: One-month impact of the French lockdown on the epidemic burden (In English) | Repenser fondamentalement le concept de santé publique (In French) | Distanciation sociale, masques, flot de données: les informations sont-elles pertinentes ? (In French)
Germany
Robert Koch Institute: Neuartiges Coronavirus in Deutschland. (In German)
HAW Hamburg: Informationen zum Coronavirus page. Containing answers to FAQ's; and National, University and Hamburg City links to useful information. (In German)
Ireland
University College Dublin COVID-19 Contact Tracing Centre in the news: RTE News 22 March (minutes 9.48-12.00) | Prime Time 23 April (first 6 minutes) | Prime Time 12 May (4:00-11:00 minutes)
Israel
State of Israel Ministry of Health Coronavirus page (In English, Hebrew, Arabic and Russian) including tips on Healthy Coping Habits applicable to all countries.
Italy
School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan:
- Publication: COVID-19 in Italy: impact of containment measures and prevalence estimates of infection in the general population (In English)
- Children's videos: Leo And Giulia explain COVID-19 to children. In Italian and English.
SItI Lombardia and Accademia Lombarda di Sanità Pubblica: Webinar: COVID-19:â??Le attività dell'igiene pubblica: esperienze regionali a confronto (In Italian) 7 April 10-12 CET
Italian Ministry of Health: Nuovo Coronavirus (In Italian)
The Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SItI) Newsletter (In Italian) and ASPHER Blog report of on the grounda actions of Italian Public Healht Residents.
Netherlands
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu: Actuele informatie over het nieuwe coronavirus (COVID-19) (In Dutch)
Maastricht University is providing daily updates to students and employees on the University's COVID-19 measures and recommendations through their webpage, providing an example of a simple yet effective communication practice which schools may take up elsewhere.
Maastricht University webinar on personal health and the Dutch healthcare system in light of COVID-19. University organized webinar with the FHML Student Council: a panel of experts discuss the topics of personal health and the Dutch healthcare system.
Norway
The Artic University of Norway: Information Regarding the Coronavirus. (In English and Norwegian) The page includes information to students and employees and a link to the University Pandemic Plan (In Norwegian).
Portugal
ASPHER Statement on Masks in the news in Portugal: Visão: Podemos lavar as máscaras sociais com o resto da roupa? Quantas vezes? E reutilizar as cirúrgicas? Guião para o uso correto das máscaras (In Portuguese)
The Institute of Public Health, University of Porto (ISPUP) has created an open online forum for the public to ask questions about COVID-19 and have them answered by ISPUP researchers: ISPUP COVID-19 Forum (In Portuguese)
ISPUP is currating a series of scientific texts on COVID-19 written by a wide range of experienced authors infectious diseases and public health. (In Portuguese)
NOVA National School of Public Health (ENSP) has shared their abstract of an epidemiological assessment of one month of COVID 19 in Portugal. (In English)
Spain
Javier García Amez of the ASPHER Human Rights in Patient Care Initiative has put together a document with Spanish COVID 19 resources, including regional specific links, online diagnosis and Spanish law relating to COVID 19.
Spanish Ministry of Health: Enfermedad por nuevo coronavirus, COVID-19 (In Spanish)
The Regional Ministry Of Health of Andalucia (Consejería de Salud y Familias): Coronavirus COVID-19 page (In Spanish)
The Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP) Coronavirus page (In Spanish)
Switzerland
The Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) has disseminated an open letter to PhD students to "Be a strong public health leader at times of COVID-19". It's message is appropriate for distribution to public health students at all education levels.
United Kingdom
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: TEDMED Q&A with Peter Piot about COVID-19 video | 100 Questions of Peter Piot, LSHTM Director | COVID-19 Live Q&A with LSHTM.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: COVID-19 Tackling the Novel Coronavirus 3 week online course | 23 March - 6 April.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: Covid-19 exposes weaknesses in European response to outbreaks: European countries must work together in the common interest. (Editorial) BMJ 2020;368:m1075
COVID-19 Training/Learning links
WHO Briefing & Exchanges on China’s COVID-19 Experiences (video). On March 19th 2020, in Beijing, a cross section of China’s most leading experts on COVID-19 gathered for a panel discussion to share the important lessons learnt from China’s fight against COVID-19 with their counterparts around the world.
ECDC Micro learning COVID-19: Short training videos for Public Health Professionals from ECDC.
TEPHINET Coronovirus Knowledge Hub: Members of the FETP Learning Advisory Council (FLAC) have curated a list of reliable sources for learning on COVID-19 and related topics, relevant during an active infectious disease outbreak
The Global Health Network Coronovirus Outbreak Knowledge Hub: This pop-up space for 2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (formerly 2019-nCoV) supports evidence generation by pooling protocols, tools, guidance, templates, and research standards generated by researchers and networks working on the response to this outbreak.
WHO Open Course: COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response.
English
WHO Open Course: Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control.
English | French | Spanish | Portuguese | Arabic | Russian
WHO Open Course: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
English | Russian | Japanese
WHO COVID-19 Multimedia Materials: Videos (In English) and Infographics (In English, French, German and Russian)
WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Simulation Exercise: To support countries’ preparedness effort on the COVID-19 outbreak, WHO`s Department of Health Security and Preparedness has developed a generic COVID-19 tabletop exercise package to examine and strengthen existing plans, procedures and capabilities to manage an imported case of 2019-nCov and targets the health authorities at the national level. (In English and French)
Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (Federal Center for Health Education, Gemany): Answers to FAQ; educational materials; and leaflets, films and inforgraphics. (In German)
Ethics in Epidemics, Emergencies and Disasters: Research, Surveillance and Patient Care: Global Health Training Centre: This seven module course offers comprehensive training exploring the wide range of ethical issues faced by health professionals and policy makers working in the context of epidemics/pandemics and disaster situations
Communicating during Global Emergencies: Rollins School of Public Health and US CDC Division of Global Health Protection: This course explores why communication during an emergency is different and the importance of adapting emergency messages.
Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) Webinars: US CDC: CERC trainings are based on lessons learned during public health emergencies, evidence-based practices from the fields of risk and crisis communication, and psychology.
Risk Communication Training: TEPHINET: The main purpose of this curriculum is to guide those who communicate on behalf of their organization during an emergency with risk communication principles and best practices. (Based on Zika Virus Outbreak)
COVID-19 Informational links
COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor: HSRM has been designed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak to collect and organize up-to-date information on how countries are responding to the crisis. It focuses primarily on the responses of health systems but also captures wider public health initiatives. This is a joint undertaking of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission, and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
HSRM links: Important References (links and articles) | Cross-country analysis reports
ECDC: COVID-19 | Preparedness Resources | Scientific Advice
WHO International: Daily Situation Reports | Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak | COVID-10 Global Situation Dashboard | Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan
WHO Regional Office for Europe: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak | COVID-19 European Situation Dashboard | Latest Updates (daily overview of COVID-19 situation) | Statement of WHO Regional Director | Country & Technical Guidance
IANPHI: COVID-19 Resources for Members and Global Public Health Professionals
National Institute of Health, Italy (ISS): ISS per COVID-19 (In Italian) | EpiCentro Coronavirus page (In Italian) with daily infographic for Italy available in English
Santé Publique France: Infection au nouveau Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19, France et Monde. (In French)
Robert Koch Institute: Neuartiges Coronavirus in Deutschland. (In German)
Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering: GIS map: Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases
US CDC: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Combatting misinformation: Poynter.org is publishing regular reports of misinformation circulating about the Coronavirus outbreak. The collaborative project, coordinated by the International Fact-Checking Network, will be active for as long as the disease spreads worldwide and can be followed on social media channels through two hashtags, #CoronaVirusFacts and #DatosCoronaVirus.
* If you would like to share news and other useful information or best practices of how your school is handling its response to coronavirus, please contact Lore: lore.leighton@aspher.org. We will post materials here - both local languages and English are welcome.