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Reference Module for Cluster Coordination at the Country Level - Revised July 2015

IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2015)

ASEAN Disaster Management Reference Handbooks

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2022) C1

Disaster Management Reference Handbook Series Overview. Floods, storms, and wind account for large proportions of displacement compared to other disasters. Floods are the most frequent type of disaster whereas wind-related disasters constitute the biggest losses in terms of economic damage, displac... more

Effect of employment on rate and severity of domestic violence against women in Swaziland

Charles I Azih (2007) C1

Rational for Environmental Safeguard Policies and Strategies

J.-G. Kühling; C. Hamelmann UNDP (2015) C1

Healthcare Waste Management Toolkit for Global Fund Practitioners and Policy Makers: Part A

Migration in Kenya: A Country Profile 2015

International Organization for Migration IOM (2015) C1

Epidemic meningitis surveillance in the African meningitis belt

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

WHO guidelines for investigation of human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1)

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO

Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (5 edition)

World Health Organization WHO (2015)

This document is part of the process for improving the quality of care in family planning. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC), the first edition of which was published in 1996, prsents current World Health Organization (WHO) guidance on the safety of various contraceptive e- m... more

Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health, 2016-2030
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Flavia Bustreo, Shyama Kuruvilla, Marleen Temmerman et al Every Woman Every Child (2015) C_WHO

The new Global Strategy aims to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for all women, children and adolescents, transform the future and ensure that every newborn, mother and child not only survives, but thrives.

Accountability for women’s and children’s health

Flavia Bustreo, Marie-Paule Kieny, Lale Say et al. World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

Progress Report

Young People and Alcohol. A resource book

Yvonne Bonomo, Cornelius Goos, John Howard et al. World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region (2015) C_WHO

Guideline on when to start Antiretroviral Therapy and on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV

Elaine Abrams, Tsitsi Apollo, Janet Bhila et al. World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

The new WHO guidelines recommend that people living with HIV be started on antiretrovirals (ARVs) as soon as possible after being diagnosed. Currently, many people living with the virus globally must wait until their CD4 counts fall to 500 to start treatment. According to the WHO, the move to early ... more

Best practice guidelines for mental health promotion programs: Refugees

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Toronto Public Health (2012) C1

This resource is the third in a series of online guides for promoting positive mental health across the lifespan. This resource provides health and social service providers (“practitioners”) with current evidence-based approaches in the application of mental health promotion concepts and princip... more

Health Guide To Switzerland - The Swiss healthcare system in brief – a guide for immigrants to Switzerland

Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz (2017) C1

Where must I go if I feel unwell or have had an accident? Is medical treatment free in Switzerland or must I pay for it? What should I do in an emergency? What types of insurance do I need? How can I protect myself from illness? Where can I find health information in my own language? The Health Guid... more

Preparedness: saves time, money and lives

Inter-Agency Standing Committee; World Food Programme (2011) C2

This document addresses preparedness as an important investment against natural and man-made disasters. Through good practices, it urges the humanitarian community, governments and regional bodies to use preparedness thinking to be aware of risks, to reduce them and to plan ahead to combat them in o... more

Challenges to the reintegration of affected groups into communities

ACAPS (2015) C1

Improving nutrition outcomes with better water, sanitation, &hygiene: Practical solutions for policy and programmes

Renuka Bery, Sophie Boisson, Lizette Burgers et al. WHO, USAID, UNICEF (2015) C_WHO

This document provides an overview of the evidence of nutrition gains that can be achieved with improved WASH, a description of key WASH practices, and practical knowledge and guidance on how to integrate WASH into nutrition programmes, including important monitoring and evaluation (M&E) aspects. Th... more

Cancer
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Hellen Gelband,Jha Prabhat, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan et al. The World Bank (2015) C1

This volume presents the complex patterns of cancer incidence and death around the world and evidence on effective and cost-effective ways to control cancers. The Disease Control Priorities Volume 3 evaluation of cancer will indicate where cancer treatment is ineffective and wasteful, and offer alte... more

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh: Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth?

Iffat Mahmud and Nkosinathi Mbuya The World Bank (2016) C1