The Global Health Network is an open source platform that provides trusted knowledge, guidance, tools and resources to support the generation of more and better health research data. During emerging outbreaks it is vital to learn as much as possible to generate evidence on best practice for prevention, diagnosis and treatment and to facilitate effective preparedness and response for future outbreaks.
This pop-up space for 2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (formerly 2019-nCoV) supports evidence generation by pooling protocols, tools, guidance, templates, and research standards generated by researchers and networks working on the response to this outbreak. Findings from previous outbreaks, largely obtained during MERS and SARS, are also available. This all aims to make research faster and easier and to enable standardised, quality data to be collected and prepared for sharing.
Latest updates will be provided on transmission as well as recommendations for healthcare professionals on transmission, disease management, and care.
Please check back here for more information as we collate latest resources on this in real time.
It is essential to learn as much as possible during a disease outbreak into order to best diagnose, treat and prevent new diseases and learn for future outbreaks. Here we provide access to resources that can be taken and adapted for use in settings where the cases occur. Please check back here as we collate latest resources on this in real time.
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Follow the latest numbers and locations on the outbreak through this useful tool developed by Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) John Hopkins University - original source: https://systems.jhu.edu/.
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Training resources and eLearning modules relevant to Coronavirus research, available to take for free from the WHO, CDC and other organisations.
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The WHO is gathering the latest scientific findings and knowledge on coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) and compiling it in a database available for researchers working on the outbreak. Read more
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 15 FEBRUARY 2020. On 14 February 2020, the Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, Dr Hala Zayed, confirmed the first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Egypt. Read more
The World Health Organization says the official name for the new coronavirus will be Covid-2019. "We now have a name for the disease and it's Covid-19," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced to the reporters in Geneva. Read more
Sharing information resources, data and know-how will be all the more important, should cases begin to appear regionally beyond the initial outbreak regions. Here we will provide information from partner organisations and networks based in regions. Read more
ISARIC have developed an international resource for facilitating the collection of standardised clinical data on patients hospitalised with suspected or confirmed infection with novel coronavirus (nCoV). The Case Record Form (CRF) has undergone extensive review and validation by international clinical ... Read more
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WHO - World Health Organisation
CDC - Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC - China
PHE - Publich Health England
National Health Commission China
International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC)
PREPARE (Platform for European Preparedness Against (Re-)emerging Epidemics)
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
European Respiratory Society
CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations)
UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST)
