Caring for the Sick Child age 2 months up to 5 years. Chart Booklet
The objective of this study is to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, sustainability, and impact of the tsunami response in Sri Lanka and Indonesia 10 years later. A cross cutting theme of this study is the assessment of whether communities are now better prepared to respond to and cope with disaster....
Three key lessons for the future of humanitarian response are highlighted:
Lesson 1: Participation is the cornerstone of humanitarian response and recovery;
Lesson 2: Partnership as a prerequisite for long-term change;
Lesson 3: Creating momentum for risk reduction.
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Supplement October 2010
HIV/AIDS, security and conflict: making the connections
AACAP OFFICIAL ACTION | This Practice Parameter identifies best approaches to the assessment and management of children and adolescents across all phases of a disaster. Delivered within a disaster system of care, many interventions are appropriate for implementation in the weeks and months after a d...isaster. These include psychological first aid, family outreach, psychoeducation, social support, screening, and anxiety reduction techniques. The clinician should assess and monitor risk and protective factors across all phases of a disaster. Schools are a natural site for conducting assessments and delivering services to children. Multimodal approaches using social support, psychoeducation, and cognitive behavioral techniques have the strongest evidence base. Psychopharmacologic interventions are not generally used but may be necessary as an adjunct to other interventions for children with severe reactions or coexisting psychiatric conditions
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Newsletter No. 15 | Highlighting the gender dimensions of education for children with disabilities
UNICEF’s support for data collection: the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
Part of the CBM Prevention Toolkit on “How to Improve the Health and Development of your Child”
Adapted from Disability Task Force. General protections and inclusion principles of injured persons and people with disabilities
A discussion tool on improving access & inclusion for displaced persons with disabilities