Coronavirus are a large family of viruses that includes viruses that may cause a range of illness in humans, from the common cold to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
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Staying Healthy When Working With Graphic Imagery and Content
It's not about being strong or weak. It’s about recognising the real impacts of encountering traumatic material and finding ways of dealing with it. This document seeks to support you in that aim by suggesting concrete and practical ways in which you can maintain your wellbeing.
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Rabies
Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease transmitted by exposure to the saliva of infected warm-blooded animals.
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Ebola
Ebola causes a significant amount of fear - it's important to replace fear of the unknown with accurate knowledge of prevention and treatment.
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Sexual Violence And Aid Workers
From the European Interagency Security Forum, this can help agencies prevent, prepare and respond to incidents of sexual violence against staff.
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Depression
All of us have times in our lives when we feel low. Feeling sad or drained is a normal part of life. Depression, like most mental health conditions falls along a spectrum, but is different than normal grief or sadness. How can we recognize when we’ve tipped into a more damaging type of depression requiring adjustment and support? Fortunately, depression is treatable.
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Vicarious Trauma (Arabic)
هل تشاهد أو تدعم أو تقرأ بانتظام عن الأفراد الذين يعانون من الصدمات أو يتعرضون لها؟
هل أنت عامل في المجال الإنساني أو مراسل إخباري أو تعمل في خدمة الأشخاص الذين يقاسون المعاناة؟سيكون هذا المستند نافعًا لك.
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Suicide prevention
How to help a co-worker who may be suicidal: If you have never had thoughts of ending your life, it can be difficult to relate with someone who is. It is always important to take your co-worker (or anyone else) seriously if they say something about ending their life or not wanting to live.
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Vicarious Trauma
Traumatic events may produce powerful emotions: fear, anger, disgust, shame. Strong emotions like these don’t just dissipate into thin air but may be shared and transferred wherever encountered.
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Bereavement and Grief
The death of a friend, colleague or family member is very distressing, even devastating. And depending on the nature of your loss, the impact and grieving process will be unique to each person.