[PDF] Beyond Emergency Pandemic Response eBook

Author : Erol Yayboke
Publisher :
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 2021
Category : COVID-19 (Disease)
ISBN :

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Based on expert interviews, a comprehensive review of existing literature, and the findings of a CSIS private virtual roundtable in June 2021, this brief summarizes what is known about conflict trends during the pandemic and highlights four points: Armed conflicts were already on the rise before 2020; the pandemic did little to change that. But the pandemic has contributed to a rise in other forms of violence. Longer-term indirect (health and humanitarian, economic, and governance) impacts are of greatest concern. Climate change will make everything more difficult. The brief concludes with recommendations for policymakers on better targeting their efforts to prioritize peace and conflict prevention: Do not leave anyone behind in the global push to get everyone vaccinated; promote ceasefires and the protection of humanitarian space to get this done. Integrate conflict prevention and resilience programming into pandemic-related humanitarian assistance and assess how such assistance can impact conflict. Conduct deeper and more integrated analysis on the far-reaching impacts of the pandemic in the developing world. Prioritize support to local civil society groups. Promote donor coordination and efforts to address fragility as part of Covid-19 responses.

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 18,4 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9241547685

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This guidance is an update of WHO global influenza preparedness plan: the role of WHO and recommendations for national measures before and during pandemics, published March 2005 (WHO/CDS/CSR/GIP/2005.5).

Author : Graham Smith
Publisher : University of Westminster Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 33,70 MB
Release : 2021-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1914386183

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Covid-19 has highlighted limitations in our democratic politics – but also lessons for how to deepen our democracy and more effectively respond to future crises. In the face of an emergency, the working assumption all too often is that only a centralised, top-down response is possible. This book exposes the weakness of this assumption, making the case for deeper participation and deliberation in times of crises. During the pandemic, mutual aid and self-help groups have realised unmet needs. And forward-thinking organisations have shown that listening to and working with diverse social groups leads to more inclusive outcomes. Participation and deliberation are not just possible in an emergency. They are valuable, perhaps even indispensable. This book draws together a diverse range of voices of activists, practitioners, policy makers, researchers and writers. Together they make visible the critical role played by participation and deliberation during the pandemic and make the case for enhanced engagement during and beyond emergency contexts. Another, more democratic world can be realised in the face of a crisis. The contributors to this book offer us meaningful insights into what this could look like.

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Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,18 MB
Release : 2021-07-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 924003126X

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This report documents proceedings and outcomes of a virtual technical working group on "Advancing Health Emergency Preapredness in Cities and Urban Settings in COVID-19 and Beyond", co-hosted by the World Health Organization and the Government of the Republic of Singapore and held from February to April 2021. The report is useful for leaders, policymakers and partners working at national and local levels on improving health emergency preparedness in urban areas.

Author : Robert O. Schneider
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,19 MB
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Political Science
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Highlighting American cultural and political contexts, this book provides an in-depth assessment of the breadth and magnitude of the United States' errors in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. An Unmitigated Disaster chronicles and explains the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency management expert Robert O. Schneider considers the quality of U.S. pandemic planning and preparedness; the quality and effectiveness of national, state, and local response efforts; and the performance of national leaders during this historic public health crisis. The book culminates in an assessment of how a predictable public health threat became an unprecedented health, economic, and security disaster. Schneider convincingly shows that conscious decisions were made by governmental authorities, beginning with the president, to ignore expert information and security intelligence in pursuit of other objectives. In other words, Schneider argues, if the U.S. was ill-prepared for or slow to respond to the crisis, it was because its leaders consciously chose to be ill-prepared or slow to respond. Readers will be fascinated by this behind-the-scenes exposé of a pandemic year.

Author : Kay C. Goss
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,76 MB
Release : 1998-05
Category :
ISBN : 078814829X

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Meant to aid State & local emergency managers in their efforts to develop & maintain a viable all-hazard emergency operations plan. This guide clarifies the preparedness, response, & short-term recovery planning elements that warrant inclusion in emergency operations plans. It offers the best judgment & recommendations on how to deal with the entire planning process -- from forming a planning team to writing the plan. Specific topics of discussion include: preliminary considerations, the planning process, emergency operations plan format, basic plan content, functional annex content, hazard-unique planning, & linking Federal & State operations.

Author : Philippe Bourbeau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 19,29 MB
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0192652664

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Pandemics have quickly become one of the most important subjects of the twenty-first century. This edited volume provides a comparative analysis of the ways in which pandemics are theorized and studied across several disciplines. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Pandemics has two objectives: first, to explore the growing diversity of theories and paradigms developed to study pandemics; and second, to initiate a multidisciplinary dialogue about the ontological, epistemological, paradigmatic, and normative aspects of studying pandemics across disciplines. The study of pandemics is not new. Yet despite the volume of research interest in a host of academic fields, scholars rarely talk across the disciplines. This study seeks to fill that gap by attempting to bridge disciplinary canyons. Eager to encourage this arena of conversation, this book brings together in a single volume essays by political scientists, environmental scholars, legal scholars, clinical pharmacists, economists, scholars of urban planning, scholars in health and medicine schools, and researchers in business and management.

Author : Anna Barie
Publisher :
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 10,27 MB
Release : 2021
Category :
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Beyond the Pantry: How Can the American Emergency Food System Prepare for the Next Pandemic? By Anna Barie Master of Public Administration in Non-Profit Sector Management Purpose: To adapt lessons from the American emergency food system and mutual aid networks during the COVID-19 pandemic into policy and practice best suited to the demands of the next global health crisis. Research Question: How can food pantries strengthen local food systems to be a resilient part of disaster response? Methodology: Using the logic model to describe current components of food pantries and to offer a design for an emergency pantry model. Discussion: The main study findings are that pre-pandemic, there is a lack of consistent data regarding food insecurity, its causes, and the effectiveness of public policies which seek to address it. Additionally, there is a lack of consensus as to the reasons why people use food assistance, and its effectiveness. Researchers agree that more Americans are facing longer-term food insecurity which can be correlated to a decrease in health and quality of life. For the emergency food system, and specifically a pantry program to be successful, the long-term needs of clients must also be considered, as hunger resulting from a crisis is likely to continue for longer periods of time, due to an overall national increase in food insecurity.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 10,81 MB
Release : 2020-11-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309670381

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When communities face complex public health emergencies, state local, tribal, and territorial public health agencies must make difficult decisions regarding how to effectively respond. The public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR) system, with its multifaceted mission to prevent, protect against, quickly respond to, and recover from public health emergencies, is inherently complex and encompasses policies, organizations, and programs. Since the events of September 11, 2001, the United States has invested billions of dollars and immeasurable amounts of human capital to develop and enhance public health emergency preparedness and infrastructure to respond to a wide range of public health threats, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear events. Despite the investments in research and the growing body of empirical literature on a range of preparedness and response capabilities and functions, there has been no national-level, comprehensive review and grading of evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response practices comparable to those utilized in medicine and other public health fields. Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response reviews the state of the evidence on PHEPR practices and the improvements necessary to move the field forward and to strengthen the PHEPR system. This publication evaluates PHEPR evidence to understand the balance of benefits and harms of PHEPR practices, with a focus on four main areas of PHEPR: engagement with and training of community-based partners to improve the outcomes of at-risk populations after public health emergencies; activation of a public health emergency operations center; communication of public health alerts and guidance to technical audiences during a public health emergency; and implementation of quarantine to reduce the spread of contagious illness.