Infection Prevention and Control guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities in the context of COVID-19

World Health Organization

This interim guidance is for Long-term care facility (LTCF) managers and corresponding infection prevention and control (IPC) focal persons in LTCF. The objective of this document is to provide guidance on IPC in LTCFs in the context of COVID-19 to 1) prevent COVID-19-virus from entering the facility, 2) prevent COVID-19 from spreading within the facility, and 3) prevent COVID-19 from spreading to outside the facility.

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Training materials on Ebola response

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

To develop the capacity of Red Cross Red Crescent psychosocial workers to adequately address the PSS needs in the Ebola outbreak, guidance materials and PowerPoint presentations are available here for download, along with a three-day programme to train trainers who are able to further disseminate the PSS knowledge and skills to frontline workers.