A brief guide for those using social media in humanitarian organizations
Hand Hygiene is one of the most effective actions to reduce the spread of pathogens and prevent infections, including the COVID-19 virus. This document promotes the WHO global hand hygiene campaign S...>AVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands in the context of other hand hygiene initiatives launched by WHO for COVID-19, and provides rapid technical guidance.
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Integritas 4.3 (Fall 2014), pp. 1-30.
doi: 10.6017/integritas.v4i3p1
A paper presented during a conference on The Catholic Social Teaching and its Social and Political impact on the Development 9thto 10th December, in S...pan>chloss Eichholz Koln/Cologne/GermanyPresented by Sr. Dr. Elizabeth Nduku
accessed July 2020
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In Catholic Social Teaching, (hereafter CST) the term “solidarity” makes explicit what is implicit in the Gospel sayings about losing ourselves... for the sake of others – and in this way finding our true selves. It is about what it means to be fully human: we cannot be our own true selves outside of right relationships with others and with our environment. But the Gospel saying is not just an anthropological statement; it is a moral requirement; it leads to having life, or losing it; and it is a requirement of Christian discipleship. (cf Luke 9:23,24)
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Fact Sheet 3
accessed 23 July 2020
This briefing pack serves this purpose by sharing RCCE/humanitarian coordination experience from country level, feedback from global consultations and addressing frequently asked questions. In paral...lel, the RCCE Core Group has been working to revise the RCCE Collective Service Strategy. Where possible, we have tried to integrate feedback from relevant stakeholders into this document.
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Agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa needs to improve to reduce hunger, poverty, and the destruction of biodiversity.
In the early morning of 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern Türkiye near the northern
border of Syria. The earthquake was... followed 11 minutes later by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock. Many aftershocks
continue to be felt across the region. Whilst the impact is still being assessed, initial reports evidence significant
damage in the areas of southern Türkiye and northern Syria.
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In the early morning of 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred in southern Türkiye near the
northern border of Syria. The earthquake was followed 11 minutes later by a magnitude 6.7 ...aftershock. Many
aftershocks are still being felt across the region. Whilst the impact is still being assessed, initial reports evidence
significant damage in the areas of southern Türkiye and northern Syria.
In response, the Syria Ministry of Health (MoH) activated its emergency operations centre (EOC) on 6 Feb 2023
under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister. In all affected governorates, public and private health facilities
and medical convoys have been repurposed to support the response and are being managed by the National
Ministry of Health (MoH) and Directorate of Health (DoH) at governorate level. Support has been directed to
affected areas, with medical convoys including 28 ambulances and 7 mobile clinics, deployed from the health
directorates of Damascus, Rural Damascus, Quneitra, Homs, Tartous, Aleppo and Latakia
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How to detect signs of Asthma
In Malawi, the national Social Cash Transfer Programme provides unconditional monthly cash payments to the most vulnerable and ultra-poor households.
Introduction, preparations to submit, submission procedure, requirements, main narrative of the protocol, definition of terms. | For Research and ethics clearance in Lesotho
La silla de ruedas es uno de los medios de asistencia de uso más frecuente para mejorar la movilidad personal, condición previa para disfrutar de los derechos humanos y una vida digna, y ayuda a las personas con discapacidad a convertirse en miemb...ros más productivos de sus comunidades. Para muchos, una silla de ruedas adecuada, bien diseñada y armada puede constituir el primer paso hacia la inclusión y participación en la sociedad.
Este documento ha sido publicado con el fin de ayudar a los Estados Miembros de la OMS a crear y desarrollar un sistema local de suministro de sillas de ruedas y poner así en ejecución los Artículos 4, 20 y 26 de la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con discapacidad.
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