Strengthening HIV prevention among most-at-risk populations (MARPs) in the Syrian Arab Republic:
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                A review of current literature and up date data from the field, April 2015.
This report has been published in part in J Hosp Inf. 2015;90:1-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=ebola+nosocomial+shears
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Euro Surveill. 2015 Mar 26;20(12). pii: 21073.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                The context of the Ebola epidemic presented extreme challenges for Oxfam, as it did for many organisations. At the onset of the epidemic, there was a general lack of understanding of the disease and how to respond to it effectively and safely. A pervasive and persistent climate of fear, coupled with
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                                         changing predictions about the likely evolution of the epidemic, influenced analysis and response at all levels. There was strong pressure to treat the epidemic as a medical emergency requiring a medical response – organised through topdown processes – rather than standard humanitarian coordination
                                    
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                                SOP- Quality Assurance of Malaria Diagnostic Tests
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Conceived as part of the CWS-A/P project on regional security and risk management, this book presents a
collection of testimonies from aid workers in some of the most insecure and volatile environments in the world.
The participants recount a broad array of security incidents, such as kidnappings,
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                                         suicide bombings, mob
violence, road ambushes, and point-blank range shootings. Their narrative provides valuable information on
how organizations can manage security risks and streamline safety policies. 
                                    
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                                The Minimum Standards for Protection Mainstreaming are a set of international standards designed to provide	practical assistance to humanitarian actors to mainstream protection	in the assessment,	design,	implementation,	monitoring	and	 evaluation	of humanitarian programmes,	projects and activities.	
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                                        All humanitarian actors are	expected to mainstream protection in	their humanitarian	assistance activities as	a component of a broader commitment to quality	and	accountability	in humanitarian response.
                                    
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