Publications & technical tools
2020
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Briefing note
COVID-19 and care workers providing home or institution-based care
16 October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the already overburdened and understaffed home and institution-based care sector in many countries. This brief highlights the challenges faced in the recruitment, deployment, retention and protection of sufficient numbers of well-trained and motivated care workers. Sustainable investment in health and social care systems, including in the workforce itself, and in decent working conditions are needed to ensure the preparedness and resilience of the sector in times of crisis and beyond. Ensuring that care workers, together with their employers and other relevant stakeholders have an opportunity to make their voices heard is critical if they are to play a full and active role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2014
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Joint WHO/ILO briefing note for workers and employers
Ebola Virus Disease: Occupational safety and health
05 September 2014
This briefing note is based on the existing WHO and ILO guides and recommendations for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at the time of the publication. It will be updated as new information and recommendations become available.
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Joint WHO/ILO briefing note for workers and employers
Ebola Virus Disease: Occupational safety and health
05 September 2014
This briefing note is based on the existing WHO and ILO guides and recommendations for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at the time of the publication. It will be updated as new information and recommendations become available.
2011
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Briefing note
Acute mental care policy in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Japan, 2011
08 June 2011
The earthquake that struck Tohoku, Japan, on March 11th 2011, was the worst massive earthquake in the last two decades in this country, following those happened in Kobe in 1995 and in Niigata in 2006. The comprehensive picture of Japanese mental health care after the Tohoku earthquakes will be reported soon elsewhere, here some of the general principles of post-disaster mental health care are presented. These basic principles are also outlined in the Guidelines for Local Mental Health Care Activities after a Disaster in more detail. Although the guidelines were prepared prior to the Tohoku earthquakes, the following will introduce the basic principles of mental health care activities that can be applicable to the Tohoku relief effort.
2001
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Publication
Work-related stress in nursing
01 January 2001
Sources of stress in nursing; the control cycle approach to stress prevention for nurses
1996
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Publication
Work-related stress in nursing: Controlling the risk to health
31 December 1996
This paper focuses on the management of work-related stress in hospital-based nursing. It is written as an aid to both education and practical action.