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Climate Change 101: climate science basics

Public Health InstituteCenter for Climate Change and Health (2016) CC
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Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals
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Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Perrotta, Kim (2019) C1
This toolkit consists of eight modules which have been prepared as stand-alone documents that can be read by themselves, but they have also been prepared to complement one another. It has been designed as a tool for health professionals and students in the health care and public health sectors who ... more
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Zambia country strategic plan (2019–2024)

World Food Programme WFP (2019) C1
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Family Planning. Blended Learning Module for the Health Extension Programme

OpenLearn Create UNICEFAMREF; Ministry of Health, Ethiopia (2010) CC
You can also register into a free online course https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/course/view.php?id=13
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Hunger Strike: The climate and food vulnerability index (August 2019)

Christian Aid (2019) C1
Top 10 hungriest countries contribute just 0.08% of global CO2. -Climate & Food Vulnerability Index shows 10 most food insecure countries emit less than half a tonne of CO2 per person -Burundi is the world's most food insecure and smallest per capita emitter -The average Briton gener ... more
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Guidance Note on Health Disaster Risk Management with Indigenous Peoples

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2019) C_WHO
For centuries, indigenous peoples around the world have used their traditional knowledge to prepare for, cope with and survive disasters. Their methods and practices originated within their communities and have been maintained and passed down over generations. Until recently, policy makers have larg ... more
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Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE): a global strategy, 2017-2026

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
The EYE strategy is a comprehensive and long-term strategy built on lessons learned that aims at ending yellow fever epidemics by 2026, and consists of three strategic objectives: protect at-risk populations; prevent international spread; and contain outbreaks rapidly.
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Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals

Engagement Global (2017) C1
Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals” provides information about the SDGs, their background, the global reality and offers assistance and suggestions on how to teach and support learning for sustainable development.
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The Cost of Doing Nothing: The Humanitarian Price of Climate Change and How it Can be Avoided

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2019) C1
A new report by the world’s largest humanitarian network warns that the number of people needing humanitarian assistance every year as a result of climate-related disasters could double by 2050. It estimates that the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance as a result of storms, droug ... more
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Hidden cities: unmasking and overcoming health inequities in urban settings

WHO, UN-HABITAT (2010) C_WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) and United NationsHuman Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) joint globalreport, Hidden cities: unmasking and overcoming healthinequities in urban settings, exposes the extent to whichcertain city dwellers suffer disproportionately from a wide range of diseases and ... more
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The global climate in 2015–2019

World Meteorological Organization (2019) CC
Compared to the previous five-year assessment period 2011–2015, the current five-year period 2015–2019 has seen a continued increase in carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions and an accelerated increase in the atmospheric concentration of major greenhouse gases (GHGs), with growth rates nearly 20% high ... more
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UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office Annual Report 2017

Unicef (Eastern and Southern Africa Office) (2017)
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World Drug Report 2019 Booklet 1 Executive summary / Policy implications

United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODOC (2022) C1
The World Drug Report 2022 is aimed not only at fostering greater international cooperation to counter the impact of the world drug problem on health, governance and security, but also, with its special insights, at assisting Member States in anticipating and address-ing threats from drug markets an ... more
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International Guidelines Human Rights and drug policy

M. Stoffregen UNAIDS; World Health Organization; UNDP; et al. (2019) C2
Accessed: 07.11.2019
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Guidelines on lobby and advocacy

H. Sloot; M. Gaanderse; R. Knottneruset al. icco (Partner to enterprising people) (2010) C2
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Turkey: Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan in Response to the Syria Crisis

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2020) C1
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Democratic Republic of Congo Urbanization Review

World Bank (2020) C1
Productive and Inclusive Cities for an Emerging Democratic Republic of Congo
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Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19

United Nations UN (2020) C2
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Conference: "Global Responsibility 2030: The MDGs and the Post-2015-Process as a challenge for the Universal Church

Turkson P. Pontificium Consilium de Iustitia et Pace (2016) C1
Catholic social teaching, integral ecology and sustainable development
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Encyclical Letter LAUDATO SI’OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME

Holy Father Francis Vatican Press (2015) C2
Letter of the holy father