Article
03 Aug 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting indigenous peoples, exacerbating underlying structural inequalities and pervasive discrimination. These serious impacts need to be specifically addressed in the response to and aftermath of this crisis.1
Briefs & Fact Sheets
03 Aug 2020
The global crisis of COVID-19 is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing the extent of exclusion and highlighting that work on disability inclusion is imperative. People with disabilities—one billion people— are one of the most excluded groups in our society and are among the hardest hit in this crisis in terms of fatalities.
Article
03 Aug 2020
There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke Following the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, 15 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region took a bold decision to ban waterpipe use temporarily in public places. This is in addition to the two countries that had already banned it previously, making the total number of countries that have banned waterpipe use in public p...
Guide
03 Aug 2020
This Q&A is based on, and benefitted from, the most recent evidence on COVID-19 and tobacco use. Although evidence is still accumulating on the links between COVID-19 and tobacco, waterpipe and e-products use, current research suggests a possible association between smoking and increasing severity of COVID-19 symptoms. Therefore, it is important to raise awareness in this area. There are still...
Guide
03 Aug 2020
Questions and answers on tobacco and COVID-19.
Article
03 Aug 2020
The harms of tobacco use are well-established. Tobacco causes 8 million deaths every year from cardiovascular diseases, lung disorders, cancers, diabetes, and hypertension.1 Smoking tobacco is also a known risk factor for severe disease and death from many respiratory infections.2-4 In the COVID-19 pandemic, questions have been asked about clinical outcomes for smokers, and whether they are equall...
Guide
03 Aug 2020
Going to work during the COVID-19 pandemic has put frontline workers under enormous and unprecedented pressure, endangering their physical and psychological well-being and social well-being. Employees subject to increased or prolonged stress become more susceptible to frequent absenteeism or lack of productivity during work, accidents and errors. In the course of the COVID- 19 pandemic, the f...
Guide
03 Aug 2020
As a peer, you have several ways in which you can support your colleagues to deal with stress, maintain their mental health, or control specific situations during the COVID-19 pandemic that put frontline workers under enormous strain and alter their mental health at work. This is important for their physical and psychological safety and social well-being. Peers can provide personal and profes...
Guide
03 Aug 2020
Going to work during the Covid 19-pandemic has put frontline workers under enormous and unprecedented pressure, putting their physical and psychological integrity and social well-being at risk. Prolonged exposure to stress may have many consequences detrimental to the emotional and psychological well-being of frontline workers.
Database
03 Jun 2020
Cities are at the forefront of the COVID-19 crisis. The Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Center is home to practical guidance and tools to support cities in four technical areas: Surveillance and Epidemiology, Communications, Public Health and Social Measures, Legal and Ethical Considerations.
Publication
26 May 2020
Abstract The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic have focused on containing SARS-CoV-2 infection and identifying treatment strategies. While controlling this communicable disease is of utmost importance, the long-term effect on individuals with non-communicable diseases (NCD) is significant. Although certain NCDs appear to increase the severity of COVID-19 and mortality risk, SARS-CoV-2 infec...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
15 May 2020
Although the COVID-19 crisis is, in the first instance, a physical health crisis, it has the seeds of a major mental health crisis as well, if action is not taken. Good mental health is critical to the functioning of society at the best of times. It must be front and centre of every country’s response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The mental health and wellbeing of whole societies...
