COVID-19 Resources

Risk assessment tools

General

• COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction Readiness Assessment Tool -Version 21 September 2020 (WHO, Unicef)
• WHO mass gathering COVID-19 risk assessment tool – Generic events (WHO)

NTD Specific

• RAMA I_Treatment Distribution_V15 - (Eng, Fr, Pt) - (RAMA I treatment distribution(EN); RAMA I Distribution de masse (FR); RAMA I Distribuição de Tratamentos (PT))  - (Sightsavers)
• RAMA II_Surgery_V10 - (RAMA II Surgery (EN); RAMA II Chirurgie (FR); RAMA II Cirurgia (PT)) - Sightsavers
• RAMA III_DSA_V6 (Eng, Fr) - (DSA (FR)) (DSA – (EN) - (Sightsavers)
• RAMA_LF_ morbidity management V10 (Eng, Fr, Pt) – (RAMA II LF morbidity management (EN); RAMA II Gestion de morbidité de la FL (FR) ; RAMA II Manejo da Morbidade da FL (PT))  
• Guidance on Resuming WASH BCC activities_V3 (English) – (Sightsavers)
•   Act West Covid19 MDA Supervision checklist  - (FHI360)
• Act West Covid19 DSA Supervision checklist  – (FHI360)

 Domains to Consider Restarting NTD Activities  - (FHI360)

• COVID-19 Programming Restart Checklist  - (FHF)
• The Fred Hollows Foundation: COVID-19 Restart assessment tool and clinical guidance – FHF

SOP evaluation forms

• Evaluation of proposed national program COVID-19 mitigation SOPs for lymphoedema case finding and management (Sightsavers)
• Evaluation of proposed national program COVID-19 mitigation SOPs for hydrocele case finding and surgeries (Sightsavers)
• Evaluation of proposed national program COVID-19 mitigation for MDA (EN); Évaluation proposée par le programme national quant à l'atténuation du COVID-19 pour la MDA (FR) (Sightsavers)
• Evaluation of proposed national program COVID-19 mitigation SOPs for undertaking surveys (EN); Évaluation du programme national proposé pour la POS d'atténuation du COVID-19 quant à la réalisation d'enquêtes (FR)(Sightsavers)
• Evaluation of proposed national program COVID-19 mitigation SOPs for resuming trichiasis case finding & outreach (EN); Proposition de procédures opérationnelles standard pour la reprise des activités du programme de lutte contre le trichiasis (FR) (Sightsavers)
• WHO Mass Gathering Event Database Survey (WHO)

Health facility
assessments

• Checklist for suitability of facility for outreach TT surgery (ICTC)
• Hydrocele surgery facility assessment tool (HSFAT) – Protocol (LSTM)

Job
aides

• Trichiasis management programme resumption (EN); Proposition de procédures opérationnelles standard pour la reprise des activités du programme de lutte contre le trichiasis (FR) (Sightsavers)
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Activities and Adaptation for NTD Programs to Respond to COVID-19 – resources (Sightsavers)
• CDD To-Do list in the context of COVID-19 (EN);  (Sightsavers)
• Supervisor To-Do list in the context of COVID-19 (EN); Liste de contrôle pour la supervision du dépistage du TT Liste de contrôle pour la supervision du dépistage du TT (FR) (Sightsavers)
• Examination of eyelids of case finders (EN); Examen des paupiéres par les deisteurs de cas de trichiasis (FR)(Sightsavers)

• Recommendations for safely restarting MDA for NTDs in settings with heightened risk of COVID-19 Community transmission (EN); Recommandations pour le redémarrage en toute sécurité de la DMM pour les MTN dans les milieux à risque accru de transmission communautaire de la COVID-19 (FR) (WHO-AFRO, ESPEN)
• Practical Approaches to Implementing WHO Guidance for Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Programs in the Context of COVID-19:Mass Drug Administration (MDA) (EN)- (USAID, Act to End East and West, FHI360, RTI)
• Considerations for implementing mass treatment, active case-finding and population-based surveys for neglected tropical diseases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (EN)(WHO)   
• Materials developed for MDA in Nigeria (CBM): Covid Aide-memoire V2
• CDD Aide Memoire for MDA (CBM)
• Digital Toolkit (Access Challenge) 
• 2020 guidance from WHO on the use of medical masks (WHO)  
• Aide memoire: use of medical and non-medical/fabric masks for community outreach activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on current WHO guidance, 31 May 2021 (WHO)
• Training material to accompany MDA Practical Approaches document (EN) (USAID/ Act to End NTDs|East &|West )
• Practical Approaches resource document for LF surveys + Accompanying training material for LF surveys (EN) (USAID/ Act to End NTDs|East &|West)

COVID-19 BCC resources

• Hygiene HUB
• COVID Communication Network
• One by One: Target COVID-19 Digital Media Toolkit
• The importance of handwashing
• Proper quarantine practices
• The importance & impact of test, treat, & tracing (Africa CDC’s PACT initiative)
• Protecting vulnerable individuals
• COVID-19 What you need to know PowerPoint Slides  (International SOS)- multiple languages