This overview of the current situation summarizes the links between nutrition and disability and identifies potential areas where the global partnership may influence the global agenda
Disability Fact Sheet #13 (FS13)
This consultative version of the guideline is the product of literature reviews, discussions and contributions from diverse stakeholders, as well as UNISDR-nominated experts appointed specifically for the development of the Words into Action guideline for ...Build back better in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Disaster impacted countries and communities are oftentimes much better equipped to Build Back Better during the extended period of recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction when they have taken actions to strengthen recovery capacity and decision-making effectiveness prior to the onset of disaster.
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"This document has been developed for outpatient oncology
facilities to serve as a model for a basic infection
control and prevention plan. It contains policies
and procedures tailored to these s...ettings to meet minimal
expectations of patient protections as described
in the CDC Guide to Infection Prevention in Outpatient
Settings."
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(kurdish version) Information brochure for parents on how to help traumatized children.
This guidance document provides basic broad principles for a spokesperson
of any health authority on how to respond to vocal vaccine deniers.
The suggestions are ...t medbox">based on psychological research on persuasion,
on research in public health, communication studies and on WHO risk
communication guidelines.
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Nice multilingual information brochure for refugee women arriving in Germany/Bremen. Includes Information on:
- Learn German
- Education & Employment
- Healthcare & Pregnancy
- Protection agains...t Violence
- Asylum for Women
- Conversation and Contacts in the City
All chapters are translated into german, english, kurmanji (kurdish), arabic, farsi, russian
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Mosala na biso eza po na matangisi ya bokólogónu ya mwana. Likasa oyo likolo ya Ebola na mayebisi 20 esalamaki na bato oyo ...-to-highlight medbox">ba salaki na bana na ekolo ya Sierra Leone na tango ya kokoso ya Ebola na 2014. CfH azali na mayebisi mosusu 100 po na kotanga pe
pona bana bapanza likolo ya mayebisi 10 po na bokólóngónu
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The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) 2011-2020, endorsed by Member States during the May 2012 World Health Assembly, has set ambitious targets to improve access to immunization and tackle vaccine-preventable diseases. This responsibility has ...class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">been translated into firm commitments in February 2016, through the signature of the Addis Declaration on Immunization (ADI) by African Ministers and subsequently endorsed by the Heads of States from across Africa at the 28th African Union Summit held in January 2017. This commitment from the highest level of government comes as a catalyst to immunization efforts on the continent to deliver on the promise of universal immunization
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This report documents the findings from the Behavioral Surveillance Survey conducted among youuth aged 15-24 in Rwanda in 2009. The 2009 Youth BSS documented HIV knowledge, attitudes, and ...ss="attribute-to-highlight medbox">behaviors (KAB) among youth in Rwanda. The data provided a cross-sectional look at the current HIV KAB among youth, and allowed for changes over time to be detected when analyzing these data against the results of the 2006 Youth BSS.
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Save the Children in collaboration with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the state National Health Mission (NHM) undertook this study in the urban slums of ...ighlight medbox">Bhubaneswar city to generate learnings for designing a city-specific public health approach to improve MNH services for the urban poor.
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Birth defect has been an emerging major cause of child mortality in the region. Scarcity of the birth defects information hampers policy decisions ...and control measures at national level. In order to create evidence for action for birth defects prevention in the region, WHO-SEARO in collaboration with CDC, USA has developed and launched a regional electronic database on birth defects. This surveillance database allows data collection on newborn health, birth defects and stillbirths cases and provides real time information at hospitals and national level.
Training of the hospital health staffs and data managers in the birth defects surveillance network; at regional, national and at hospital levels is recognized as essential for expansion of this database and to assure quality of data. A two days training module for hospital based birth defects surveillance was developed using a guide for operation and facilitator guide.
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