A collection of papers, websites, guidelines, documents and researches related to anti-epidemic actions, policies and strategies.
Public Policies
CITIES FOR GLOBAL HEALTH – Open database of public response to health emergencies. It collects several actions developed by local and regional governments as plans, strategies or policies designed to face Covid-19 Outbreak or other health emergenicies.
Informal communities and epidemics
EPIDEMICS, URBAN POVERTY AND STIGMA – A research about the stigmatization of poor urban communities during 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Freetown, Sierra Leone
QUARANTINE NOT AN OPTION – An Al Jazeera reportage from Kibera slum (Nairobi) that highlights the impossibility of carrying out quarantine or isolation policies in African cities.
COVID-19 AND AFRICAN CITIES – An article about effective anti-epidemic policies in African Cities (italian)
HOW TO TACKLE CORONAVIRUS IN SLUMS? – Article by Mark Weston, Global Dashboard
COVID19 CONTROL IN LOW INCOME SETTINGS – Article from London school of hygene and tropical medicine.
Handbooks, toolkits and technology
CORONAVIRUS TECH HANDBOOK – An useful collection of best practices, tips and informations.
Epidemics and disabilities
ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF COVID19 – by IASC (pdf document)
COVID19 AND PERSONS WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES (pdf document)
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