Minimum standards of home care for older people in Red Cross Red Crescent volunteer-based programming in the Europe Zone
The report discusses the epidemiological and social aspects of ageing, health and functional changes experienced with ageing, the impact of physical activity, assessment of the nutritional status of older persons, and nutritional guidelines for healthy ageing.
Child Survival Working Group
Accessed: 30.10.2019
Practical Guideline for collaborative interventions
Practical Guidance for collaborative interventions
Practical Guidance for collaborative interventions
UNAIDS Series: Engaging uniformed services in the fight against AIDS - Case Study 1
Fighting AIDS
Developed in collaboration with the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO)
Vision 2030
Accessed: 17.11.2019
Overwhelming evidence shows that a range of health concerns—mental illness, substance dependence, HIV/AIDS, and noncommunicable diseases—affect prisoners disproportionately. But, while incarceration poses risks to health—including inadequate nutrition and exposure to violence—prisons also pr...esent important opportunities to promote health and risk reduction that need to be tapped.
Some recommended remedies:
Health ministries, not ministries of justice, should manage health care responsibilities
Ensure that testing is available, but not mandatory, for infectious diseases
Make prison health part of the broader public health agenda
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