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This briefing paper provides an overview of the approach underlying EA, how and by whom it is applied and its problems and consequences. It concludes that policy makers, rather than be guided by its assumptions and conclusions, must instead concentrate on understand-i...ng the confounding structural causes of interdependent global challenges and aim at their long-term solution, within an overarching human rights framework.
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NICE guideline | This guideline covers recognising, assessing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve quality of life by reducing s...>ymptoms of PTSD such as anxiety, sleep problems and difficulties with concentration. Recommendations also aim to raise awareness of the condition and improve coordination of care.
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Diese dienen als Leitlinien zur Entwicklung, Umsetzung und dem Monitoring von unterkunftsspezifischen Schutzkonzepten. Differenziert nach zentralen Handlungsfeldern zeigen die Mindeststandards einen Weg auf, wie der bedarfsgerechte ...ibute-to-highlight medbox">Schutz von geflüchteten Menschen in Unterkünften für Geflüchtete sichergestellt werden kann. Annexe zur Umsetzung der Mindeststandards für LSBTI* Geflüchtete, geflüchtete Menschen mit Behinderung und geflüchtete Menschen mit Traumafolgestörungen komplementieren die Mindeststandards. In einem mehrstufigen Prozess unter Beteiligung der Partner:innenorganisationen der Bundesinitiative, Vertreter:innen aus Landesministerien, Landes- und kommunalen Behörden sowie Gewaltschutzkoordinator:innen und -multiplikator:innen wurden die Mindeststandards 2021 aktualisiert (April 2021).
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Trainer Manual Introduction (Section 1-3)
COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the biggest hindering threats to education service delivery worldwide which requires innovative solutions to overcome this ...box">situation and deliver education services to children. This pandemic has put the country in an emergency state compiled with the ongoing conflicts and return of refugees from neighboring countries such as Pakistan and Iran whom are suffering from this pandemic in great numbers and its estimated that many returning Afghan refugees will be affected by this virus that requires immediate attention.
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In an effort to limit transmission and achieve pandemic control on the continent, Africa CDC is proposing the following measures to be taken by all Member States:
Remain vigilant
Countries shoul...d adapt or adopt best practices, strategies, guidelines and recommendations proposed by the Africa CDC and World Health Organization (WHO), aimed at limiting transmission. Measures taken should strike a balance between saving lives and minimizing the impact of the pandemic on the economy and social wellbeing of citizens.
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Diskriminierungssensibler Umgang mit Patient*innen ermöglicht allen Menschen gesundheitliche Hilfe aufzusuchen. Im Gesundheitssystem gibt es Menschen, die weniger sichtbar sind als andere. Damit ...pan class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">sich Ärzt*innen, Therapeut*innen, Pflegende und andere im Gesundheitssystem
Tätige stärker mit individuellen Bedürfnissen von Patient*innen auseinandersetzen, gibt dieser
Leitfaden Impulse.
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This expansive facilitator's guide deals with psychosocial interventions concerning multiple causes of trauma such as HIV and AIDS and post-conflict s...an>ituations. The guide offers technical advice to the implementor which is usefully augmented by diagrams, ideas for games and other useful interventions
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the Principles for Dose-Sharing provide a framework for higher-income economies to make additional volumes secured via bilateral deals available through the Facility primarily to AMC participants, o...n an equitable basis. These principles outline that such doses must be safe and effective, available as early as possible and should be available in substantive volumes as early as possible in 2021 to enable rapid and flexible deployment by the Facility – supporting the overall goal of equitable access.
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How far apart should the doses of vaccines be? What if I miss my second dose? Can I get two doses from two different manufacturers? How was safety ...of vaccines ensured? WHO’s Chief Scientist, Dr Soumya Swaminathan explains in Science in 5.
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One of the many gender inequities in the health and care workforce that COVID-19 has exposed is around the fit and design of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The rapid onset and scale of COVID-19 led to ...">shortages of PPE in most countries, causing preventable infection and mortality among healthcare workers and others on the front lines. Even though most health workers are women, manufacturing specifications for medical PPE are usually drawn up based on the male body and there have been many reports of PPE not designed for women's bodies. WGH undertook a global research project to document the challenges women health workers have faced.
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Providing improved water supply to low-income urban communities is a difficult challenge faced by water utilities throughout Africa and Asia.
This guide provides an introduction to available options for s...erving these communities.
The guide draws on sector experience in general, and more particularly on WSUP’s extensive experience of implementing urban WASH programmes in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.
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he central Sahel region—Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger—is facing a severe humanitarian and protection crisis.
Massive displacement, most of it driven by intense and largely indiscriminate violenc...e perpetrated by a range of armed actors against civilian populations, is taking place across the region. While internal displacement is on the rise substantial numbers of refugees have fled to neighboring countries, and the situation risks spilling over into the coastal countries of Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo.
This context is exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is already affecting areas hosting refugees and IDPs
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Guidelines on optimising oxygen use and ventilatory support in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (updated on 11/06/2021)