Health Care Readiness

The Health Care Readiness (HCR) Unit’s work begins with infection prevention, optimising clinical care and health operations and advancing clinical research and innovation in order to help bring life-saving interventions to the last mile.

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Technical areas

Research into optimizing respiratory support for critically ill patients

The delivery of patient centred, individualized critical care to reduce the case fatality of EVD through key interventions.

Infection prevention and control during health emergencies

Technical guidance for clinical management of COVID-19 patients, including optimized supportive care interventions and therapeutics

Publications, guidelines

Anthrax: implementation guidance for clinicians

Anthrax is a serious zoonotic bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. Without early diagnosis and appropriate treatment, it can progress rapidly...

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Summary of WHO symposium on meeting the global needs for oxygen and respiratory care

Global access to oxygen and options to deliver respiratory support are limited, and patient needs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are unmet....

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Infection prevention and control measures when caring for patients with suspected or confirmed respiratory diphtheria: a summary

This operational guide addresses important infection prevention and control (IPC) measures that should be implemented during a diphtheria outbreak and...

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Meeting reports

The meeting provided the opportunity to host a group of global experts in filovirus disease (FVD) management, outbreak response and clinical and operational...