This handbook offers guidance in creating a disaster preparedness and recovery plan for programs that provide treatment for mental illness and substance use disorders. It describes the planning process, preparing for a disaster, roles and responsibilities, training, and testing.

The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly evolving, and outbreak investigations are ongoing. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is closely monitoring this outbreak, providing risk assessments, public health guidance, and advice on response activities to EU Member States and the EU Commission. Their website is being continuously updated with the latest information about the changing climate.

The following pages give a brief overview of the current situation:

• Latest situation update, epidemiological curve and global distribution
• Situation dashboard: the latest available...

Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, the American Hospital Association has worked closely with the CDC, and other federal, state and local partners to respond to this challenge and to make sure hospitals and health systems have the most up-to-date information.

The following tools include resources and developments related to COVID-19.

Find out information about:

Protecting healthcare workers

Coverage and reimbursement

Supplies and personal protective equipment

CDC, FDA and CMS Guidance

Information for Patients and Communities

AHA Member Resource

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers this situational summary and latest updates page for Coronavirus COVID-19.

The page includes information regarding:

• How coronvirus is spread
• Symptoms
• Prevention and treatment
• Stigma and resilience
• What to do if you are sick
• Frequently asked questions

There is also a section specifically for people seeking information on traveling during the outbreak and a map that outlines travel health notices for each country.

As large Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are canceled, fellowship migrates online. “Addiction is an illness of isolation, and the antidote is community,” one expert says. Above, Alcoholics Anonymous use sobriety coins representing the amount of time the member has remained sober.

Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) offers this public dashboard of worldwide confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths aggregating WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC and DXY data in real time.

This source is unique, not only because of the currency and quality of the confirmed case data, but also because it provides comprehensive global surveillance summaries.

This includes city level points in the United States.