Webinar - New norms of Workers’ Health - 23 July 2020

Healthier populations webinar series - Brochure

Channel/Page name - World Health Organization South-East Asia Region - WHO SEARO

Introduction

The Healthier Populations webinar series are proposed to identify key areas/strategies that need to be adopted given the change COVID-19 has brought in health systems to address the pandemic and maintaining essential health services.
  

Objectives 

  • To support SEA Member States in promoting health and maintaining essential health services during the time of COVID-19 and beyond, including by identifying most critical disruptions/bottlenecks of programme delivery in created by the COVID-19 pandemic
  • To build up regional collective capacity through knowledge & experience sharing mechanisms

    Discussion points:

    • Implementation and adaptation of infection control and prevention in the workplace and implications of physical and social distancing
    • Experience and case studies from the region
    • Recommendations and available WHO guidance/resources for combatting COVID-19 in the workplace

    Short summary of webinar:

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    Multimedia

    10 August 2020

    Return to the Office
    28 April 2020

    Preventing COVID-19 in your workplace or while teleworking

    Bibliography of relevant resources

    PDF

    Key technical guidance

    1. Q&A: Tips for health and safety at the workplace in the context of COVID-19
      26 June 2020
      https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-tips-for-health-and-safety-at-the-workplace-in-the-context-of-covid-19
    2. Overview of public health and social measures in the context of COVD-19
      Interim Guidance
      18 May 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/overview-of-public-health-and-social-measures-in-the-context-of-covid-19 
    3. Considerations for public health and social measures in the workplace in the context of COVID-19
      Annex to considerations in adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19
      10 May 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/considerations-for-public-health-and-social-measures-in-the-workplace-in-the-context-of-covid-19
    4. Considerations in adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19
      Interim Guidance
      16 April 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/considerations-in-adjusting-public-health-and-social-measures-in-the-context-of-covid-19-interim-guidance

      Environmental considerations – WASH and disinfection

    5. Water, sanitation, hygiene and waste management for COVID-19 virus
      Interim Guidance
      23 April 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/water-sanitation-hygiene-and-waste-management-for-the-covid-19-virus-interim-guidance
    6. Cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19
      Interim Guidance
      15 May 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/cleaning-and-disinfection-of-environmental-surfaces-inthe-context-of-covid-19

       

       Vulnerable Groups and informal sector

    7. WHO, IFRC, OCHA (2020). COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement, update #1, https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/COVID-19-RCCE-Guidance-Update-200422.pdf
    8. Preparedness, prevention and control of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for refugees and migrants in non-camp settings
      Interim Guidance
      17 April 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/preparedness-prevention-and-control-of-coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-for-refugees-and-migrants-in-non-camp-settings

       

      Masks and transmission

    9. Transmission of SARS-COV-2: Implications for infection prevention precautions
      Scientific Brief
      9 July 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/modes-of-transmission-of-virus-causing-covid-19-implications-for-ipc-precaution-recommendations
    10. Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19 
      5 June 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-in-the-community-during-home-care-and-in-healthcare-settings-in-the-context-of-the-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)-outbreak

       

      WHO “Asks” to the private sector

    11. WHO “Asks to the private sector in the response to COVID-19
      19 May 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/asks-to-the-private-sectorin-the-response-to-covid-19
    12. Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19: How COVID-19 Spreads
      19 March 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/getting-your-workplace-ready-for-covid-19-how-covid-19-spreads

       

      Specific workplaces

    13. Accomodation sector. WHO (2020), Operational considerations for COVID-19 management in the accommodation sector https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331937/WHO-2019-nCoV-Hotels-2020.2-eng.pdf
    14. Prisons. WHO (2020) Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/434026/Preparedness-prevention-and-control-of-COVID-19-in-prisons.pdf?ua=1
    15. Schools.  Considerations for school-related public health measures in the context of COVID-19
      Annex to considerations in adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19
      10 May 2020
      https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/considerations-for-school-related-public-health-measures-in-the-context-of-covid-19
    16. Food Businesses. WHO and FAO (2020),  COVID-19 and food safety: guidance for food businesses,
       https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331705/WHO-2019-nCoV-Food_Safety-2020.1-eng.pdf
    17. Aviation. WHO (2020) Operational considerations for managing COVID-19 cases or outbreak in aviation: interim guidance, https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1272369/retrieve
    18. Camps and Camp-like settings. IFRC, IOM, UNHCR and WHO (2020) Interim Guidance on Scaling-up COVID-19 Outbreak in Readiness and Response Operations in Camps and Camp-like Settings https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/other/interim-guidance-scaling-covid-19-outbreak-readiness-and-response-operations-camps-and-camp
    19. Construction. PAHO and UNOPS, COVID-19: Measures for prevention in construction, https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52217

    Information materials in national languages

    Presentations

    • Dr Dyah E Mustikawat: Implementation of health protocols for informal workers: practical interventions being followed in Indonesia, together with implementation and monitoring (PDF)
    • Ms Rowena Sy: Measures at Unilever Thailand  to protect employee safety during the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF)
    • Ms Susan Thomas: Issues faced by women in the informal sector in India during the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF)
    • Ms Chetna Lakhoo-Verbeek and Ms Elizabeth Kenyon: Phased measures for a gradual and safe return to work at UN ESCAP (PDF)
    • Dr Ivan Ivanov: Priority activities and information resources of WHO (PDF)
     

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