Quick links to numerous pediatric infectious disease resources and special features.
Emerging Infections and Outbreaks |
- Policy
- Infection Prevention and Control in Pediatric Ambulatory Settings
- Parental Presence During Treatment of Ebola or Other Highly Consequential Infection
- Ensuring the Health of Children in Disasters
- Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department
- Medical Countermeasures for Children in Public Health Emergencies, Disasters, or Terrorism
- Disaster Preparedness in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
- Providing Psychosocial Support to Children and Families in the Aftermath of Disasters and Crises
- Supporting the Grieving Child and Family
- Education
- OpenWHO: WHO’s new interactive, web-based, knowledge-transfer platform offering online courses to improve the response to health emergencies.
- CDC/SHEA Outbreak Response Training Program (ORTP): This program is designed to give US hospital epidemiologists who oversee infection control programs the skills, knowledge, and tools to provide effective leadership during facility-level outbreaks and large-scale public health emergencies.
- Tools/Resources
- AAP Disaster Preparedness website
- Check for Practices
Pediatricians need to be ready to provide care for their patients even when normal operations are disrupted. View the new checklist. - Pediatric Preparedness Resource Kit
Strategies to promote collaborative discussions and decision making about pediatric preparedness planning. - AAP Post-Disaster Considerations for Pediatricians in Practice
- AAP Pediatric Disaster Preparedness and Response Topical Collection
- Chapter 5: Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Zika Resources
- Check for Practices
- AAP Disaster Preparedness website
