COVID-19 Resource
Overview
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus. This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. On 30 January 2020, the Philippine Department of Health reported the first case of COVID-19 in the country with a 38-year-old female Chinese national. On 7 March, the first local transmission of COVID-19 was confirmed.
Humanitarian Leadership Academy
The HLA’s Covid-19 Learning Pathway aims to enable humanitarians, including local responders to be best equipped to respond to the pandemic.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) in the Philippines issues its Situation Reports on COVID-19 on a daily basis.
Advice to the Public
This section provides WHO’s myth-busters on covid-19, proper use of mask, healthy parenting and other information that are helpful to households.
Technical Guidance
WHO provides technical guidance on various topics such as covid-19 critical preparedness, readiness and response actions; country-level coordination and planning; surveillance, rapid response teams and case investigations; guidance for schools, workplace and institutions, and others. This technical guidance is regularly updated.
In particular, WHO shares technical guidance on infection prevention and control (IPC) during covid-19 pandemic, related to health workers exposure risk assessment, rational use of PPEs, WASH for covid-19 and others.
Training and Exercisess
WHO designed various online training programs meant for UN country teams, donors and civil society, healthcare workers and public health professionals, humanitarian NGOs and others: Online training modules and simulation exercises.
Department of Health Updates
The Philippine Department of Health updates on the covid-19 pandemic:
World Food Programme
WFP provides guidelines for Food and Nutrition Assistance in the Context of Covid-19.
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