Interim operational considerations for implementing the shielding approach to prevent COVID-19 infections in humanitarian settings

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Updated July 26, 2020
  
  This document presents considerations from the perspective of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) for implementing the shielding approach in humanitarian settings as outlined in guidance documents focused on camps, displaced populations and low-resource settings.1,2 This approach has never been documented and has raised questions and concerns among humanitarian partners who support response activities in these settings. The purpose of this document is to highlight potential implementation challenges of the shielding approach from CDC’s perspective and guide thinking around implementation in the absence of empirical data. Considerations are based on current evidence known about the transmission and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and may need to be revised as more information becomes available. Please check the CDC website periodically for updates.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections/prevention & Control COVID-19 Delivery Of Health Care Developing Countries Global Health Hygiene Pandemics Refugees
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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