American Red Cross COVID-19 Preparedness Profile(As Of
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American Red Cross COVID-19 preparedness profile (as of May 5, 2020) Risk & Hazards 7 11 MHPSS target populations: Population: 306,771,529 Adolescents, Children, Older persons, Families of INFORM COVID-19 Risk Index1 Population over 65:7 16% missing persons, Internally displaced persons, Migrants, Other community helpers, People who are homeless, 7 Hazard & Lack coping Income level: High income Post-release detainees, Other (Disaster affected), Vulnerability Risk class Families of persons with mental health conditions Exposure capacity 7 Urban (percentage): 81% (including alcohol and substance abuse) 2.8 6.1 0.5 Low 19, 20, 6, 21, 22, 23 INFORM COVID-19 risk rank: 177 of 191 countries IFRC Operations (last 5 years) Other programming DREF & Appeals11 Highlighted INFORM COVID-19 sub-components People reached Socio-Economic Vulnerability: 0.8 Epidemics Non-Epidemics Total Program: Active: Direct: Indirect: Count 0 0 0 Food Security: 0.2 CHF 0 0 0 Epidemic/Pandemic: No - - All IFRC supported responses (last 5 yrs): Gender Based Violence (GBV): 1.3 CBS: No - - - Movement (international & national): 6.8 Health (all program): No - - Behaviour (awareness & trust)): 3.3 American Red Cross WASH: No - - Governance (effectiveness & corruption): 2.5 Mandate and resources13, 9, 6 DRR: Yes - - Access to healthcare: 1.5 NS Auxiliary role recognized: - Social Inclusion: No - - Health context IDRL Law/Mechanism: - Long-term Yes 4,763,060 4,763,060 Global Health Security Index:2 1 out of 195 Branches and warehouses: 1,500 programmes: Staff (% accidental insurance): 33,824 (0%) First Aid: No (0 volunteers trained) Global Health Security preparedness levels: Volunteers (% a. insurance): 529,291 (0%) National Society capacity strenghtening Preventing pathogens: Most prepared 24 Youth (6-29 yrs) (% volunteers): - (-%) and development processes Early detection/reporting of epidemics: Most prepared 14 Continuity of care (MHPSS: - Responding & mitigating spread: Most prepared MH and PSS support for Staff. MH and PSS support for Volunteers. Treat the sick & protect health workers: Most prepared About: Country profiles 15, 16 Commitments (HR, funding & norms): Most prepared Medical services The purpose of this document is to help outline National Society risk as well Pre-hospital care: Yes Risk/vulnerability to biological threats: Least at risk as capacities for preparedness, containment, and mitigation of COVID-19. Health Centre(s): - This document pulls existing IFRC and public information to inform about ReadyScore:3 87 out of 100 country-level risk and hazards, health context, Movement representation, Hospital(s): - National Society programs and services, and coordination mechanisms. GHS process engagement4, 5 INFORM and GHSI methodology and details on how to read the Higher Education: - severity scales are available in the link below, in the links in the data Joint External Evaluation (JEE): Completed source section. Programmes For more information on National Society capacity strengthening and National Action Plan for Health Security: Completed development processes, please contact: • National Society Development (NSD) for Organisational Capacity Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA): Yes Community-based Health & First Aid Assessment and Certification (OCAC) and Branch Organizational (CBHFA)17 Capacity Assessment (BOCA) 8, 7 • Disaster and Crisis Prevention, Response and Recovery (DCPRR) Healthcare system capacity (per 1,000 population) Is CBHFA active: for National Society Preparedness for Effective Response (PER) No and cash preparedness - Hospital bed(s) (2020) • Logistics team for Logistics assessments No CBHFA activities: 3 Physician(s) (2016) - Data Sources 9 Nurse(s) and midwi(ves) (2015) No Health topics taught: 1 INFORM COVID-19 Risk Index (v0.1.2) - 2 Global Health Security Index (GHSI) (2019) - Community healthcare worker(s) (-) 3 Prevent Epidemics ReadyScore (2019) 4 WHO Strategic Partnership for International Health Regulations (2005) Community Engagement & Accountability and Health Security (2020) RCRC Movement Presence 18 5 Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) (2020) (CEA) 6 IFRC Federation-wide databank and reporting system (2018) 9, 10 7 World Bank Open Data IFRC Region: Americas 8 Imperial College London (ICL) and London School of Hygiene & HR Capacity: Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) IFRC CCST:9, 10 Northern Cluster Liasion - 9 IFRC Disaster Law Database (IDRL) (2020) 10 IFRC National Society Directory (2018) 11 IFRC Go (2020) IFRC Country Office:9, 10 - Structure: 12 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2020) - 13 IFRC COVID-19 Government Actions (2020) 9, 10 14 IFRC MHPSS: Survey (2019) IFRC Status agreement: - 15 Global Advisory Panel on Corporate Governance and Risk No Programs: Management of Blood Services in Red Cross and Red Crescent IFRC Bank account:9, 10 - - Societies. Global Mapping - Red Cross / Red Crescent National Society involvement in country blood programs, 2018. 9, 10 16 Business Continunity Planning/Medical capacity mapping (2020) Corresponding language: English Mental Health and Psychosocial Support 17 IFRC CBHFA: Survey (2019) (MHPSS)14 18 IFRC Community Engagement & Accountability: Map (2019) ICRC Presence:12 Yes 19 IFRC Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program 20 IFRC Community-based Surveillance (2020) 21 IFRC Global Safe Water Initiative (GWSI) Portal (2018) Number of volunteers trained in: 22 IFRC Disaster Risk Reduction: Global mapping (2018) Basic Psychosocial support (PSS): 10 23 IFRC Social Inclusion capacity mapping (2019) Psychological First Aid (PFA): 4,000 24 IFRC National Society Development (2019) Partner National Societies (financial support):6 The Canadian Red Cross Society, Colombian Red Cross Number of highly skilled volunteers: Found incomplete, incorrect, or out of date Society, Costa Rican Red Cross, Danish Red Cross, Social Workers (1,200), Psychologist (600), Psychiatrist information?Ideas on how to improve? Please share Finnish Red Cross, German Red Cross, Magen David (20), Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs) (0) your feedback. Adom, Mexican Red Cross, Spanish Red Cross, Swiss 12 current Psychosocial (PSS) activities: Red Cross Colombian Red Cross Society, German Restoring Family Links, Addressing basic needs Red Cross, Haiti Red Cross Society, Honduran Red for volunteers, Awareness Campaigns, Caring for Cross, Indonesian Red Cross Society, Kenya Red Cross staff and volunteers, Centres or gathering points, Society, Mexican Red Cross, Mozambique Red Cross Child friendly spaces, Information activities, Peer Society, Myanmar Red Cross Society, Nepal Red Cross support, Psychoeducation, Psychological first aid, Society, Pakistan Red Crescent, Philippine Red Cross, Stress management activities, Volunteer support Salvadorean Red Cross Society, Senegalese Red Cross Society, Ukrainian Red Cross Society 4 current Mental Health (MH) activities: Psychological assessment, Psychological support home visit, Specialized psychological support, Training of Demography community actors in basic psychological support.