Health

Japan: Health Center Real-time information-sharing System on COVID-19 (HER-SYS)

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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (17.07.2020) The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare introduces a new coronavirus infected person information grasp and management system (HER-SYS) as an urgent response in order to reduce the work burden of public health centers and to speed up information sharing.

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japan
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Health
Information and communication technology
ICT governance
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Sudan: How 'nafeer' help Sudan out of its coronavirus crisis | Coronavirus pandemic

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Al Jazeera (09.06.2020) The government started distributing food packages to vulnerable communities.

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sudan
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Health
Food and nutrition
Shocks & extreme events
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Sudan: Managing COVID-19 Pandemic During a Time of Transition

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Arab Reform Initiative (29.05.2020) The government gave all governmental employees aged 55 and above as well as pregnant and nursing women paid leave until further notice.

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sudan
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Employment
Human resource management
Shocks & extreme events
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Yemen: Holistic Health Mobilization and Volunteering to Face the Corona Virus

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The Ministry of Public Health and Population (21.03.2020) The Ministry of Public Health and Population announces the state of comprehensive health mobilization for doctors, health personnel, technicians, and preventive quarantine experts, in preparation for facing the Corona virus. The opportunity to volunteer for colleges and health institutes has been opened as a proactive measure to respond to any emergency or outbreak of the Corona virus.

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yemen
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Health
Human resource management
Shocks & extreme events
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Slovakia: Pandemic nursing benefits

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Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Family (17.07.2020) Parents are entitled to pandemic nursing who, during a crisis situation (from 12 March 2020 until its end) related to the spread of Covid-19: treat a sick child up to the age of 16, provide personal and full-time care for a child under 11 years of age, or 18 years of age with a long-term unfavorable health condition. 

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slovakia
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Health
Family benefits
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Slovakia: Pandemic sickness benefit

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Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Family (16.07.2020) If you are an employee and you have been confirmed temporary incapacity for work due to ordered quarantine or isolation, you contact the attending physician (by phone or e-mail), who will confirm your temporary incapacity for work due to quarantine or isolation on the prescribed form and send him to the Social Insurance Agency. From the first day of temporary incapacity for work, in cases where quarantine or isolation has been ordered (employee, SZČO, voluntarily insured person), the Social Insurance Agency will pay a benefit of

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slovakia
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Health
Cash sickness benefits
Service quality
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