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Counselling for maternal and newborn health care

World Health Organization World Health Organization (2013) C_WHO

A handbook for building skills, Updated 2013

The UNHCR Tool for Participatory Assessment in Operations

UNHCR (2006)

Outbreak Communication

World Health Organization (2005)

Best practices for communicating with the public during an outbreak

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Where there is no psychiatrist : a mental health care manual

Patel, Vikram Royal College of Psychiatrists (2003) C2

This book is a practical manual of mental health care for community health workers, primary care nurses, social workers and primary care doctors, particularly in developing countries.Helpful features include: over 50 illustrations and case studies, jargon-free explanations and descriptions, flow-cha... more

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Coping with disasters : a guidebook to psychosocial intervention

Ehrenreich, John H; McQuaide, Sharon Mental Health Workers Without Borders (2001) C2

This manual is a guide to psychosocial interventions to help people cope with the emotional effects of disasters. Some are direct responses to the trauma of disasters, while others are longer-term responses. Even more than the physical effects of disasters, the emotional effects cause long-lasting s... more

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Guidelines for creating barrier-free emergency shelters

Curtin, M. Handicap International Nepal (2009) C1

This manual provides guidance on the design and building of barrier-free emergency shelters that are used by all people within a community following a natural disaster, such as a flood or landslide. It provides information with examples of the essential aspects to consider when designing and buildin... more

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HIV and adolescents: Guidance for HIV testing and counselling and care for adolescents living with HIV

World Health Organization (2013)

These guidelines provide specific recommendations and expert suggestions — for national policy-makers and programme managers and their partners and stakeholders— on prioritizing, planning and providing HIV testing, counselling, treatment and care services for adolescents

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Raising Clean Hands

UNICEF Joint Call to Action for WASH in Schools (2012) C_UNICEF

Advancing Health, Learning and Equity through WASH in Schools

First Aid in armed conflicts and other situations of violence

International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC (2006)

A practical manual presenting the specific knowledge, skills and practices that First Aiders should have to act safely and effectively when caring for people caught up in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, such as internal disturbances and tensions.

War Wounds: Basic Surgical Management

Gray, Robin ICRC (1994)

The principles and practice of the surgical lmanagment of wounds produced by missiles or explosions

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Integration of HIV/AIDS activities with food and nutrition support in refugee settings: specific programme strategies

UNHCR (2004)

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Double dividends: Exploring how water, sanitation and hygiene programmes can contribute to peace- and state-building

Michelle Kooy, Leni Wild, Nat Mason et al. Tearfund (2013)

It is a pressing question for donors and NGOs alike: is funding development and humanitarian work in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) the equivalent of pouring money into a bottomless pit, if achievements are only going to be undone by further cycles of violence? There is, of course, a st... more

Guidelines for Implementing Collaborative TB and HIV Programme Activities

Stop TB Partnership. Working Group on TBHIV. Scientific Panel WHO (2003) C_WHO

The main aim of these guidelines is to enable the central units of national TB and HIV/AIDS programmes to support districts to plan, coordinate and implement collaborative TB/HIV activities. These guidelines reinforce current medical understanding, that highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART)... more

Policy Guidelines for Collaborative TB and HIV Services for Injecting and Other Drug Users: An Integrated Approach

World Health Organization, UNAIDS, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2008)

These policy guidelines provide a strategic approach and new recommendations for integrated TB and HIV services for patients suffering from substance-abuse addiction. The key recommendations fall under three main categories: joint planning, key interventions, and overcoming barriers.

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Guide for local adaptation - Guidelines for an Integrated Approach to the Nutritional care of HIV-infected children (6 months-14 years)

World Health Organization WHO (2009)

In the area of nutrition and HIV, children deserve special attention because of their additional needs to ensure growth and development and their dependency on adults for adequate care. It was therefore proposed to first develop guidelines for children and thereafter consider a similar approach for... more

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Guidelines for Accreditation of private health facilities for Providing RCH Services

Maternal Health Division Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India Maternal Health Division Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India (2010) C1