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Resources for Volunteers

Staff / Volunteer Health and Well-being

In this section you will find resources to existing validated IFRC documents on thematic issues. These links will automatically access latest versions of documents from the IFRC GO platform, the IFRC extranet FedNet, and link to the GDPC – IFRC Business Continuity Plan Help Desk, and others.

Staff/volunteer health and wellbeing

The safety and care of the responders must always remain the highest priority.

Coping with stress during the outbreak

Mental health and psychosocial (MHPSS) support

  • Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Staff, Volunteers and Communities in an Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov) (3/2/20) – EN SP FR AR ZH ZH (Simplified) JA
  • Psychological coping during disease outbreak – elderly and people with chronic conditions (2/2020) – EN ZH ZH (Simplified)
  • IASC Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID (interim briefing note 02/2020) – EN +

Clinical care and infection prevention and control (IPC)

  • Rational use of personal protective equipment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (WHO: 27/2/20) – EN
  • Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected (updated 13 March) – EN FR
  • Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected (WHO: 28/1/20) – EN FR ES AR RU ZH
  • Infection prevention and control (WHO: 25/1/20) – EN FR ES AR RU ZH
  • Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) e-learning (WHO) – EN
  • 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: 29/1/20) – EN FR ES AR RU ZH
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supplies for COVID-19 – specifications and users (2/3/20) – EN
  • Water, sanitation, hygiene and waste management for COVID-19 (WHO: 3/3/20) – EN
  • SPHERE standards (for the Coronavirus response) (29/2/2020) – EN FR ES AR ZH Additional translations
  • Guide to Local Production: WHO-recommended Handrub Formulations (04/2010) – EN

Paramedical services and prehospital care

  • Infection prevention and control for prehospital emergency medical services (SARS) (CDC: 3/5/05) – EN
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supplies for COVID-19 – specifications and users (2/3/20) – EN

Home care

  • Home care for patients with suspected novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection presenting with mild symptoms and management of contacts (WHO: 4/2/20) – EN FR ES ZH
  • IFRC home care for coronavirus patients (powerpoint presentation) (17/2/20) – EN
  • 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: 29/1/20) – EN FR ES AR RU ZH
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supplies for COVID-19 – specifications and users (2/3/20) – EN

Quarantine, screening and case detection

  • Points of entry and mass gatherings (WHO: 16/2/20) – EN
  • Key considerations for repatriation and quarantine of travelers in relation to the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV (WHO: 11/2/20) – EN
  • Management of ill travelers at Points of Entry – international airports, seaports and ground crossings – in the context of COVID -19 outbreak (WHO: 16/2/20) – EN FR ES AR RU ZH
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supplies for COVID-19 – specifications and users (2/3/20) – EN
  • Key considerations: quarantine in the context of COVID-19 (SSHAP: February 2020) + – EN
  • Considerations for quarantine of individuals in the context of containment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (WHO: 29/2/20) – EN