the aid library

Guide to developing disaster recovery frameworks

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery; World Bank; et al. (2015)

Preventing Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) Through Nutrition-Specific Interventions

Michelle Jimenez; Maryanne Stone-Jimenez CMAM Forum (2014)

This Technical Brief reviews current practice and evidence on nutrition-specific preventive approaches to MAM, providing practical guidance for implementers and programme managers, and highlighting gaps in evidence and guidance.

Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

Healthy communities rely on well-functioning ecosystems. They provide clean air, fresh water, medicines and food security. They also limit disease and stabilize the climate. But biodiversity loss is happening at unprecedented rates, impacting human health worldwide, according to a new state of knowl ... edge review of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and WHO. The report synthesizes the available information on the most important inter-linkages between biodiversity, ecosystem stability, and epidemic infectious diseases such as the Ebola virus; and the connection between biodiversity, nutritional diversity and health. It also covers the potential benefits of closer partnerships between conservation and health, from improved surveillance of infectious diseases in wildlife and human populations, to promoting access to green spaces to promote physical activity and mental health. It also highlights the many areas in which further research is needed. The Joint report hopes to provide a useful reference for the Sustainable Development Goals and post-2015 development agenda, which represents an unique opportunity to promote integrated approaches to biodiversity and health by highlighting that biodiversity contributes to human well-being, and highlighting that biodiversity needs protection for development to be sustainable. more

Connecting global priorities: biodiversity and human health: a state of knowledge review

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

Connecting global priorities: biodiversity and human health: a state of knowledge review

No Place to Call Home. Protecting children´s rights when the changing climate forces them to flee. For every child in danger.

UNICEF UNICEF (2015)

Around the world, approximately 1 in 45 children are on the move – nearly 50 million boys and girls that have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced within their own countries.1 Climate-related events and their impacts are already contributing significantly to these staggering numbers ... ,with 14.7 million people facing new internal displacement as a result of weather-related disasters in 2015 alone. The annual average since 2008 is higher still, at 21.5 million, equivalent to almost 2,500 people being displaced every single day.2 more

Keep fit for life. Meeting the nutritional needs of older persons

World Health Organization WHO (2002) C_WHO

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.

Nutrition Guidelines for Care and Support of People with HIV

Zambia Ministry of Health, National Food and Nutrition Commission and Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project (FANTA) (2017) C1

Evaluation, assistance-conseil, et soutien en nutrition (NACS)

Ministère de la Santé Publique, République Démocratique du Congo; USAID; Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA); et al. (2016) C1

Pour la formation du personnel des établissements sanitaires