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Safe use of personal protective equipment in the treatment of infectious diseases of high consequence

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2014) C1

A tutorial for trainers in healthcare settings Version 2: 2 Dec 2014 "The document focuses on an extended set of PPE components, which includes goggles, respirators, gloves, coveralls and footwear. Used properly, these PPE components can provide effective protection even from airborne transmissi ... more

Community-Based Rehabilitation - Promoting ear and hearing care through CBR

World Health Organization (WHO) (2012) C_WHO

Preparing for the Journey - A Cooperative Approach to Service Provision for Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Cambodia

Jennifer Carter (2009) C2

Visual Impairments, including Blindness

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) (2012) C2

Disability Fact Sheet #13 (FS13)

Educational Support for Vision Impaired Students with Additional Impairments

Blazé, M., Bowen, G., Godfrey-Magee, A., Lewis, D., et al. Statewide Vision Resource Centre (2015) C2

The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya

Bunning K, Gona JK, Newton CR, Hartley S PLoS ONE (2017) CC

Inclusion Counts The Economic Case for Disability-Inclusive Development

Banks, L.M. & Keogh, M. Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2016)

02 - Series on Disability-Inclusive Development

Manual for First Responders to a Radiological Emergency (available in multiple languages)

CTIF, IAEA, PAHO, WHO (2006) C_WHO

The aim of this publication is to provide practical guidance for the first responders who will respond during the first few hours to a radiological emergency and for the national officials who would support this early response. This publication provides guidance in the form of action guides, instruc ... more

Guidelines for Handling Decedents Contaminated with Radioactive Materials

Wood MC, DePaolo, F, Whitaker RD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2007) C_CDC

Detonation of a nuclear weapon or activation of a radiological dispersal device could cause radioactively contaminated decedents. These guidelines are designed to address both of these scenarios. They could also be applicable in other instances where decedents’ bodies are contaminated with radioa ... more

The impact of myopia and high myopia

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

Report of the Joint World Health Organization–Brien Holden Vision Institute Global Scientific Meeting on Myopia | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 16–18 March 2015

Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation

Interagency Policy Coordination Subcommitee for Preparedness & Response to Radiological and Nuclear Threats (2010)

The purpose of this guidance is to provide emergency planners with nuclear detonationspecific response recommendations to maximize the preservation of life in the event of an urban nuclear detonation. This guidance addresses the unique effects and impacts of a nuclear detonation such as scale of ... more

Landmines, Explosive Remnants of War and IED Safety Handbook

United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) (2015) C1

A manual for people working in environments contaminated by landmines and other explosive hazards including improvised explosive devices.

How to use the ICF: A practical manual for using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

World Health Organization (WHO) (2013) C_WHO

Exposure draft for comment October 2013

Explosive Weapon Effects - final report

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) (2017) C3

States, the United Nations and civil society organisations continue to raise concerns about the humanitarian impact caused by the use of explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA). This issue is currently being examined from political, legal, socio-economic and humanitarian perspectives. The GICHD ... more

Guidelines for cognitive and pilot testing of questions for use in surveys

Statistics Division Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific Region Washington Group on Disability Statistics (2010) CC

ESCAP Project on improving disability measurement and statistics in the Asia Pacfic Region

Assistance to Victims of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War: Guidance on Child-focused Victim Assistance. Chapter 5.1.: Data collection and analysis

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2014)

Assistance to Victims of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War: Guidance on Child-focused Victim Assistance. Chapter 5.4.: Psychological and psychosocial support

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2014)

A handbook on mainstreaming disability

D. Jones and Li Webster VSO UK; VSO Indonesia; Cordaid (2006) CC

This handbook aims to give practical guidance to support development organisations to mainstream disability into their work. It is primarily intended for VSO programmes, but could be useful to other development actors interested in mainstreaming disability, such as NGOs, gover ... more

Children with disabilities in South Africa: The hidden reality

The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) (2011) C1

Children with disabilities in South Africa: The hidden reality is part of a multiple-country study conducted by ACPF. The study seeks to analyse how cultural, social, physical and other societal barriers prevent children with disabilities from enjoying their constitutional rights to equality, freedo ... more

Education in Emergencies: Including everyone

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (2010) CC

INEE pocket gu ide to inclusive education. This guide is aimed at anyone working to provide, manage or support education services in emergencies and complements the INEE Minimum Standards. The Pocket Guide to Inclusive Education outlines useful principles for an inclusive education approach in ... more