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Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools: Special Focus on COVID-19
From the Highlights: "The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), through the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP), produce internationally comparable estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and are responsible for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets related to WASH. Since the establishment of the SDGs, the JMP has published global baseline reports on WASH in households (2017), WASH in schools (2018) and WASH in health care facilities (2019), and a progress update on households (2019). This report presents updated national, regional and global estimates for WASH in schools up to the year 2019, with a special focus on the implications for ensuring the safety of students and school staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic."
World Health Organization; UNICEF
2020
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Hygiene: UN-Water GLAAS Findings on National Policies, Plans, Targets and Finance
From the Key Messages: "Understanding how governments and external support agencies (ESAs) are addressing hygiene is critical during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic and will continue to be so after. Approaches to increase handwashing with soap and provide infrastructure for hygiene, as well as activities to promote and complement hygiene practices, contribute to improved public health. Therefore, it is important to understand what actions are being taken by governments to enable hygiene promotion, facilities and handwashing with soap. This highlight summarizes data collected by the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) initiative led by the World Health Organization on how governments and ESAs are supporting hygiene."
World Health Organization
2020
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Situation Reports [series]
This is a series containing the World Health Organization (WHO) daily situation reports featuring the most recent COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Highlights, Subjects in Focus, as well as country specific COVID-19 data and statistics.
World Health Organization
2020?
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Situation Report - 147
From the Highlights: "[1] As the pandemic accelerates in low- and middle-income countries, WHO [World Health Organization] is especially concerned about its impact on people who already struggle to access health services - often women, children and adolescents. WHO has developed guidance on maintaining essential services. [2] WHO has also carefully investigated the risks of women transmitting COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] to their babies during breastfeeding. Based on the available evidence, WHO's advice is that the benefits of breastfeeding outweigh any potential risks of transmission of COVID-19. A Q and A on breastfeeding and COVID-19 is also available. [3] WHO has recently released a photo story outlining ten actions you can take to protect and improve your sexual and reproductive health during the COVID-19 pandemic. At present, there is no evidence of sexual transmission of the virus responsible for COVID-19. The virus can be passed however, through direct contact with saliva, for instance, kissing. [4] There are also many things people can do to take care of their own health, like staying active, eating a nutritious diet and limiting their alcohol intake. [5] In today's Subject in Focus, we look at the Solidarity Trials, which are being used to accelerate research on a COVID-19 Vaccine."
World Health Organization
2020
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COVID-19 Related Transportation Statistics
From the Webpage: "Responding to interest in the most recent coronavirus-related data, BTS [Bureau of Transportation Statistics] has created web pages of transportation statistics allowing comparison of pre-COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and current numbers for passenger travel and freight shipments. These pages present a wide range of data on all transportation modes from various sources, and BTS will add more measures as they become available."
United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2020
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Rapid, Point-Of-Care Antigen and Molecular-Based Tests for Diagnosis of SARS-COV-2 Infection (Review)
From the Abstract: "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the resulting COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic present important diagnostic challenges. Several diagnostic strategies are available to identify or rule out current infection, identify people in need of care escalation, or to test for past infection and immune response. Point-of-care antigen and molecular tests to detect current SARS-CoV-2 infection have the potential to allow earlier detection and isolation of confirmed cases compared to laboratory-based diagnostic methods, with the aim of reducing household and community transmission. [...] [The objective of this report is to] assess the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care antigen and molecular-based tests to determine if a person presenting in the community or in primary or secondary care has current SARS-CoV-2 infection."
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Dinnes, Jacqueline; Deeks, Jonathan J.; Adriano, Ada . . .
2020
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COVID-19 is the Incident-- The Wildfire is the Incident Within the Incident
From the Document: "New York State has been hit very hard by COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. New York State Forest Rangers have had many COVID-19 positive members. The way we look at incidents here in our state as far as our Forest Rangers are concerned is COVID is the incident and any wildfire incident or search and rescue incident is the incident within the incident. Implementing this mindset we have reduced the number of Rangers who have been infected with COVID-19. We also quarantine Rangers who have symptoms or are awaiting diagnostic test results. Isolation is for individuals who test positive. The terms are not interchangeable."
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
Laczko, Jaime
2020?
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How the Huron-Manistee Forest Responded When a Fire Employee Tested Positive for COVID-19
From the Background: "The Huron Zone consists of the Mio Ranger District, based out of Mio, Michigan and the Huron Shores Ranger District, based out of Oscoda, Michigan. The Huron Zone Fire program consists of 27 firefighters spread out between 4 engines, 3 dozers, fuels positions, and Zone overhead. So far this spring, our prescribed burn program has been put on pause due to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] concerns. From the beginning of April, initial attack activity has been steady. We've responded to approximately 30 fires. Our Forest resources combined with aviation assets (Air Attack, 2 Fire Bosses, Heli-tanker) have been successfully keeping fires under 30 acres/impacting values at risk less (several structures and outbuildings have been lost so far this year). The last couple of weeks of April and May are traditionally the meat of the large fire season for the Huron Zone. On April 29, I worked with the Forest Duty Officer to secure the Midewin Interagency Hotshot Crew and an additional Type 6 Engine to increase initial attack forces for an upcoming dry spell--May 1 thru 9. We have been purposely minimizing the amount of off-Forest resources brought into the area due to COVID-19 concerns. But with tree needle moistures being low and densities high and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) lifting its outdoor burning ban, it seemed appropriate to bring in these additional resources for the increased fire activity that was expected."
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
Norton-Jensen, John
2020
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Unanticipated Complications on the Bush Fire COVID-19 Incident
From the Document: "This story will focus on the coordination that was/is necessary to help ensure the BLM [Bureau of Land Management] OR/WA fire crew will been cared for at the highest standards. The process of horizontal and vertical reporting and coordination between two USFS {U.S. Forest Service] Regions, two BLM State Offices, the host Forest, the home BLM District, county health departments, the National Guard and local businesses has been a heavy lift."
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
Szulc, John
2020
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Insights and Lessons for Managing COVID-19 Mitigations on Smaller Incidents
From the Document: "'This story will focus on the lessons learned by an Incident Commander without an organized Team and only a few support people during a response to a relatively small fire, Type 3 or 4, while managing COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] mitigations'."
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
Rader, Derrick
2020
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What Happens When Your Employees from Georgia Are Exposed to a Positive COVID-19 Individual During a Fire Assignment in Nevada? Home Unit Lessons - Takeaways - Suggestions for the Future
From the Document: "While on a fire assignment on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada this June, two firefighters from the Chattooga River Ranger District--on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia--were exposed to another firefighter who became sick and ultimately tested positive for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. They had been working with the Bridgeport Helitack Crew under the 'Module as One' concept when they were exposed to the COVID-19 positive individual. [...] Tests were then administered to the two Chattooga River firefighters, with a positive result for one (Firefighter 1) and a negative result for the other (Firefighter 2). They were quarantined in a hotel for the next 14 days, after which they both met the local health department's criteria to return home. They arrived back home safely on July 8. An AAR [After Action Report] was conducted on Tuesday, July 14 with the two firefighters, Forest Safety Officer, District Ranger, District Fire Management Officer, and Engine Captain. The discussion centered around what went well and what we could do better in the future to streamline any response should this type of situation occur again."
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
2020
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Results-Based Financing Through Social Enterprises: A White Paper for the Global Partnership for Results-Based Approaches, in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Summary: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is wreaking havoc across the world, but its worst effects are in areas and among communities that are the least likely to be able to manage them. The measures governments, businesses and communities have taken to contain the pandemic are also affecting global supply chains engaged in sourcing and channelling essential goods and services to those communities most in need. Communities in regional hotspots are particularly vulnerable, but the pandemic's cascading impacts extend well beyond hotspots. In short, it has triggered a global humanitarian crisis, putting both lives and livelihoods at risk. Informal workers in precarious jobs are at greater risk of contracting the virus because they often cannot afford to stay at home and risk losing their jobs. Overall, poverty rates are expected to rise."
World Bank Group
Das, Maitreyi Bordia; Khan, Ibrahim Ali; Tinsley, Elaine
2020
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Transportation and Climate: Federal Policy Agenda
From the Summary: "For too long, federal transportation policy has prioritized car travel and the infrastructure to support it--roads, bridges, highways, and parking lots--while neglecting cleaner transportation options like transit, walking, and biking. The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] crisis has further highlighted these inequities in our transportation network, as people who have cars can more easily access groceries and healthcare than those without cars, who must contend with drastically reduced transit service and streets that weren't designed for bicyclists and pedestrians. As a result of decades of lopsided federal priorities, transportation has become the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., with passenger vehicles responsible for the lion's share. In order to reduce emissions from transportation and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we need to reorient federal spending to promote a cleaner, more equitable transportation system."
Third Way; Transportation for America
Goldstein, Scott; Mangan, Emily; Laska, Alexander
2020?
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Massive Aid to State and Local Governments Needed to Slow Economic Damage
From the Document: "The coronavirus pandemic not only threatens the lives of millions of Americans, but it could unfold into a second Great Depression. In just two weeks, 10 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance benefits. The St. Louis Federal Reserve estimates that the unemployment rate could hit 30 percent and second quarter GDP [gross domestic product] could fall 50 percent on an annual basis."
United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
2020
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ADA National Network Learning Session: FEMA Perspective on Emergency Management, COVID‐19 and People with Disabilities: An Overview of FEMA's Roles and Responsibilities in the Midst of COVID‐19 [presentation]
This Presentation covers the following topics: "[1] FEMA Whole-of-America COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Response; [2] COVID-19 Impacts on Persons with Disabilities; [3] FEMA Office of Disability Integration & Coordination (ODIC) COVID-19 Response; [4] ODIC Engagement with Disability Stakeholders; and [5] Resources[.]"
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020?
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Pandemic Backsliding: Does Covid-19 Put Democracy at Risk?
From the Key Findings: "[1] 48 countries have a high risk of democratic declines during the Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic and 34 countries are at medium risk. [2] The Pandemic Backsliding Risk Index tracks government responses to Covid-19 and uses V-Dem [Varieties of Democracy] data to factor in the general risk of democratic declines. [3] 47 countries are not at risk of pandemic backsliding demonstrating that responding to the pandemic is possible without jeopardizing democratic standards."
University of Gothenburg. Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute
Lührmann, Anna; Edgell, Amanda B.; Maerz, Seraphine F.
2020
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Better, Faster, Cheaper, Smarter, and Stronger: Infrastructure Development Opportunities to Drive Economic Recovery and Resiliency, Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, July 1, 2020
This is the July 1, 2020 hearing titled "Better, Faster, Cheaper, Smarter, and Stronger: Infrastructure Development Opportunities to Drive Economic Recovery and Resiliency" before the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. From the opening statement of John Barrasso: "Investing in America's infrastructure is critical; it is critical as our economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. Last month, we held a hearing on how rebuilding our highways and bridges will create jobs, will reduce the cost of goods and services, and will drive our Nation's economic recovery." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Jason Grumet, Robert Lanham Jr., and Christy Goldfuss.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2020
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Risks to Students in Post-COVID Higher Ed
From the Document: "Throughout the pandemic, students are facing new and potentially catastrophic risks to their academic futures. The abrupt shift to online learning is reportedly leading many students to leave school, putting them at substantial risk of not returning and leaving them unable to manage their loans. Students who did continue their programs mostly agreed there was a drop in the quality of their programs; for millions of students enrolled in hands-on training programs in health fields, cosmetology, and other vocations, online learning won't be sufficient to prepare them for jobs. For-profit colleges are using every trick in the book to aggressively recruit students into their programs, and private companies are heavily pursuing colleges of all types, hoping to lock them into their typically costly long-term contracts for recruitment and online management that may provide questionable quality for students. [...] We've compiled some of the biggest risks we see facing students over the course of the year, as the repercussions of the pandemic continue to reverberate throughout the higher education sector. Too often, it is assumed that industry interests and students' interests are aligned. In this crisis, more than ever, they diverge. If no one is watching, we are likely to see millions of students (and taxpayers) paying for a subprime education."
Third Way
2020?
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Operational Considerations for Maintaining Essential Services and Providing Prevention, Care, and Treatment for Tuberculosis (TB) in Low-Resource Non-US Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Introduction: "Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's deadliest infectious disease, taking the lives of 1.5 million persons each year. One-fourth of the world's population--nearly 2 billion people--are infected with TB. In 2018, 10 million people, including 1.1 million children, became ill with TB disease. The global community has made substantial progress in the fight to end TB, and it is critical that the progress made in TB prevention, care, and treatment is not reversed by the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. Modeling highlights the potentially devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on global TB programs, which could result in an additional 6.3 million TB cases and 1.4 million TB deaths by 2025. Furthermore, a 25% global reduction in TB detection over 3 months could lead to a 13% increase in TB deaths, setting TB mortality levels back to what they were 5 years ago."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020?
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FAQs on Telehealth and HIPAA During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency
From the Document: "The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) defines telehealth as the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support and promote long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, and public health and health administration. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and landline and wireless communications. Telehealth services may be provided, for example, through audio, text messaging, or video communication technology, including videoconferencing software. For purposes of reimbursement, certain payors, including Medicare and Medicaid, may impose restrictions on the types of technologies that can be used. Those restrictions do not limit the scope of the HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] Notification of Enforcement Discretion regarding COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and remote telehealth communications."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office for Civil Rights
2020?
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Notification of Enforcement Discretion Under HIPAA to Allow Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information by Business Associates for Public Health and Health Oversight Activities in Response to COVID-19
From the Summary: "This notification is to inform the public that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is exercising its discretion in how it applies the Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Current regulations allow a HIPAA business associate to use and disclose protected health information for public health and health oversight purposes only if expressly permitted by its business associate agreement with a HIPAA covered entity. As a matter of enforcement discretion, effective immediately, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose potential penalties for violations of certain provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule against covered health care providers or their business associates for uses and disclosures of protected health information by business associates for public health and health oversight activities during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] nationwide public health emergency."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office for Civil Rights
2020?
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Guidance on Covered Health Care Providers and Restrictions on Media Access to Protected Health Information About Individuals in Their Facilities
From the Document: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] public health emergency does not alter the HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] Privacy Rule's existing restrictions on disclosures of protected health information (PHI) to the media. As explained in prior guidance, HIPAA does not permit covered health care providers to give the media, including film crews, access to any areas of their facilities where patients' PHI will be accessible in any form (e.g., written, electronic, oral, or other visual or audio form), without first obtaining a written HIPAA authorization from each patient whose PHI would be accessible to the media. Additionally, covered health care providers may not require a patient to sign a HIPAA authorization as a condition of receiving treatment."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office for Civil Rights
2020?
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Impact of COVID-19 on BAME Led Businesses, Organisations & Communities
From the Document: "'This pandemic is unlike anything that we have witnessed before, it's unprecedented and it is having a massive effect on people's businesses and it really is an existential threat to people's livelihoods. Those individuals who are from BAME [Black, Asian and minority ethnic] communities are disproportionally affected. There's a lot of challenges around finances, but in terms of the hospitality sector, the retail sector, restaurants, takeaways, taxi drivers, people with small businesses are being affected to a greater length. They are having to make decisions about the reduction of staff or even closing down their businesses.'"
Black South West Network
Lodi, Chiara
2020
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911 Public Safety Answering Point/Emergency Communications Center COVID-19 Pandemic Continuity of Operations Response Plan [outline]
From the Document: "This document is intended to serve as an outline, to assist 911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)/Emergency Communications Center (ECC) managers/911 agencies in the preparation of a COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] continuity of operations (COOP) response plan. PSAP/ECC managers/911 agencies are welcome to use this outline to develop a more detailed and specific COOP plan that meets the needs and circumstances of their individual agencies and jurisdictions."
National 911 Program (U.S.)
2020?
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State of Black America: Unmasked, Executive Summary
From the Document: "First issued in 1976, the 'State of Black America' is one of the most highly-anticipated benchmarks and sources for thought leadership around racial equality in America across economics, employment, education, health, housing, criminal justice and civic participation. Each edition contains penetrating commentary and insightful analysis from recognized authorities and leading figures in politics, the corporate and tech sectors, the nonprofit arena, academia and popular culture. This year, the 'State of Black America' also includes the Equality Index, a quantitative tool that tracks the progress of racial equality in America. The 2020 'State of Black America, Unmasked', matches the national mood for serious introspection, exposing the human toll and economic devastation of a global pandemic on Black America while laying bare the deep-rooted inequities that predated the pandemic and accelerated the virus's deadly spread."
National Urban League
Murphy, Timothy
2020
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My COVID-19 Observations from the Sawtooth Fire
From the Document: "'Since the emergence of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] there has been an attempt to provide guidance on how to deal with the impacts of this pandemic. This guidance has been overwhelming in volume, differs by agency, and includes significant ambiguity. The requirements are unrealistic for the incident environment and the transient nature of our workforce. If we are going to take meaningful actions to minimize the spread of COVID-19 on incidents we need to recognize the difficulty associated with changing long-held practices at this level and focus our efforts on the cultural changes that must occur. This is a heavy lift and it cannot just be another addendum to a document, it needs to be the primary effort.' [...] It is my belief that at the end of the day we need to ask ourselves if the action we are undertaking is effective or ineffective. It matters little if the intent is viewed as useful if the underlying actions do not allow for effective implementation."
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
Coil, Jayson
2020?
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Rocky Mountain Area Incident Management Team Black Sand Creek Fire, Lessons Learned
From the Document: "Rocky Mountain Area Incident Management Team Black (Team Black) was ordered to the Sand Creek Fire on the San Juan National Forest, Pagosa Ranger District, on Sunday June 21. The Black Team assumed command of the fire on Thursday, June 25. The Sand Creek Fire was burning within the Little Sand Fire scar (2012) in heavy down fuels. Fire spread was curtailed due to herbaceous fuel conditions, fire location and aggressive use of aerial resources. Team Black's given incident objectives were to limit fire spread, mitigate COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] transmission, and validate Management Action Points including structure assessment. Rocky Mountain Area Incident Management Team Black recommends an adaptive management approach to implementing the COVID-19 Response Guide. Adaptive management is a learning process, with a conscious intent of increasing the corporate knowledge of all Incident Management Teams."
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
2020?
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Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Emerging Results: Evaluation of Disinfectant Efficacy Against SARS-CoV-2
From the Background: "In order to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], effective disinfectants are required, among other complementary measures such as social distancing and use of personal protective equipment (PPE). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is executing laboratory studies to evaluate a panel of disinfectants (Table 1) for use against SARS-CoV-2. This document summarizes current methods and results using 70% isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and 0.26% sodium hypochlorite (bleach) as of the end of April 2020."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2020?
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Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers: Molecular Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) COVID-19 Authorized Tests [Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) SARS-CoV-2 Assay]
From the Document: "This Fact Sheet informs you of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of a Molecular LDT [laboratory developed test] COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Authorized Test called the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Assay that has been issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by FDA [U.S. Food and Drug Administration]. The Molecular LDT COVID-19 Authorized Test is authorized for use on certain respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
2020?
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Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers: Molecular Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) COVID-19 Authorized Tests [Guardant-19 Test]
From the Document: "This Fact Sheet informs you of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of a Molecular LDT [laboratory developed test] COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Authorized Test called the Guardant-19 test that has been issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by FDA. The Molecular LDT COVID-19 Authorized Test is authorized for use on certain respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
2020?
