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Joint External Evaluation Tool- International Health Regulations (2005)

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Third edition. The main changes within the third edition of the JEE tool include the split of the technical area National legislation, policy, and financing into two technical areas (Legal instruments and Financing); the drop of the technical area ... more
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National Union of Disability Organisations of Rwanda - STRATEGIC PLAN: 2015 - 2020

National Union of Disability Organisations of Rwanda (NUDOR) (2015) C2
NUDOR’s first strategic plan (2010-2016) focused on establishing NUDOR as a viable, well-run organisation. Significant progress has been made towards these aims and therefore the strategy and has been reviewed by NUDOR board, secretariat and member organisations. The updated strategic plan now cov ... more
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A gender analysis of the right to a nationality in Myanmar

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UN Women et al. (2018) C1
According to 2014 Census data, almost a third of the population in Myanmar do not have adequate identity and civil documentation. Of these, 54 percent are women.
Women who live in remote or conflict affected areas, who are displaced or belong to stateless ethnic and religious minorities face the ... more
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The Democratic Republic of Congo Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) January 2019 - December 2020

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2018) C1
Looking forward, the 2019-2020 Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) for the DRC situation aims at addressing the needs of new arrivals of Congolese refugees in the region, and those in protracted situations. By supporting livelihoods opportunities and through a resilience-based approach, refugees w ... more
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Zambia Refugees Economies: Livelihoods and Challenges

M. Nyamazana, G. Koyi, P. Funjika and E. Chibwili UNHCR; Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR), University of Zambia; Refugee Studies Centre, UK (2017) C1
The study on refugee economies shows that refugees and former refugees are contributing positively to Zambia’s economy in various ways and have the potential to contribute even further if legal and other obstacles are removed. The study targeted ... more
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Colombia: Situational Report - June 2019

Respuesta a Venezolanos RAV (2019) CC
According to official figures from Migración Colombia by the end of June 2019, there were more than 1.4 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants living in Colombia. The majority of people have settled in the border departments of La Guajira and Norte de Santander, continuing to cities along the Car ... more
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Working with men and boys survivors of sexual and gender based violence in forced displacement

UNHCR UNHCR (2012) CC
Refugee 1 men and boys can be subjected to sexual and gender‑based violence (SGBV). Survivors have specific health, psychosocial, legal, and safety needs, but often find it hard to discuss their experience and access the support they need. It is i ... more
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Taking a Multisectoral, One Health Approach:A Tripartite Guide to Addressing Zoonotic Diseases in Countries

FAO, OIE, WHO (2019) C_WHO
A multidisciplinary and multisectoral collaboration, through a One Health approach is required to effectively prepare for, detect, assess, and respond to emerging and endemic zoonotic diseases. However, external and internal health system evaluations continue to identify major gaps in ... more
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Integrated care for older people (‎ICOPE)‎: guidance for person-centred assessment and pathways in primary care
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World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
The ICOPE guidance for person-centred assessment and pathways in primary care (ICOPE Handbook) helps community health and care workers put the recommendations outlined in the ICOPE Guidelines into practice. The Handbook assists with setting person-centred goals, screening for loss in a range of doma ... more
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Towards intensified African Union–United Nations cooperation for the elimination of sexual and gender-based violence and protecting the health and rights of women and children in humanitarian settings

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS); African Union; H6 Partnership (2018) C2
Vanquishing violence and vulnerability in humanitarian settings Background paper for the joint African Union–UNAIDS (in capacity of serving Chair of H6) high-level side event at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly, 24 September 2018, at ... more
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Burkina Faso Country Strategy 2016-2020

Roniger R. Light for the World Burkina FasoInternational (2016) C1
Burkina Faso remains one of the poorest countries in the world, with 44.5% of the population living below the poverty line. To promote the rights of persons with disabilities, the country has adopted almost all of the relevant initiatives and international ... more
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Checklist for hospitals preparing for the reception and care of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) patients
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) C1
This checklist has been developed to support hospital preparedness for the management of COVID-19 patients. Elements to be assessed have been divided into the following areas: Establishment of a core team and key internal and external contact points Human, material and facility ... more
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Birth registration for every child by 2030 - Are we on track?

UNICEF (2020) C1
Society first acknowledges a child’s existence and identity through birth registration. The right to be recognized as a person before the law is a critical step in ensuring lifelong protection and is a prerequisite for exercising all other rights. A birth certificate is proof of that ... more
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Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19 Addendum

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2020) C1
Sudan recorded the first COVID-19 case on 13 March 2020 and, at the beginning of July, the Federal Ministry of Health had confirmed that nearly 10,000 people had contracted the virus, including over 600 who died from the disease across the country. Although more than 70 per cent of the confirmed cas ... more
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COVID-19 Guidance and Toolkit for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Teams

International Organization for Migration IOM (2020) C1
This brief document compiles existing material related to mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for the COVID-19 crisis, as well as other resources that can be applicable to the context. Documents are divided into different sections, based on the ‘’spaces of new vulnerability” inheren ... more
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National Training Guidelines and Standards for Treatment of Female Genital Fistula

The Department of Clinical Services, Ministry of Health Government of Uganda (2012) C1
There is a crucial need to initiate and sustain fistula programs that increase access and strengthen the capacity of the health care system to provide high quality services for repair and care of women living with female genital fistula. Therefore, ... more
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State of the world's sanitation: An urgent call to transform sanitation for better health, environments, economies and societies. Summary

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
For the first time WHO and UNICEF bring together the data on sanitation coverage and investment, and how it impacts health, economies, and the environment. Citing evidence on what works from successful countries and global guidelines, WHO and UNICEF call for strong government leadership and investme ... more
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State of the Global Climate 2020

World Meteorological Organization (2020) C1
Concentrations of the major greenhouse gases, CO2 , CH4 , and N2 O, continued to increase despite the temporary reduction in emissions in 2020 related to measures taken in response to COVID-19. 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record. The past six years, including 2020, have been the si ... more
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Best Practices and Experience of Mauritius Preparedness and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa, Government of Mauritius (2021) C_WHO
his Inter Action Review report for the COVID-19 outbreak in Mauritius documents and assesses the country’s capacity to respond to the outbreak and identifies the best practices, strengths, gaps and challenges of the national response. Areas requir ... more
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WHO public health checklist for controlling the spread of COVID-19 at ground crossings

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2021) CC
This checklist helps to identify the necessary measures to be implemented to mitigate infection transmission among travellers and ground-crossing staff in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It features key questions and considerations for gauging the ca ... more
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Emergency medical teams: minimum technical standards and recommendations for rehabilitation

World Health Organization WHO; Handicap International, CBM; et al. (2016) C_WHO
his document, a first of its kind, clearly sets out the standards for rehabilitation and provides guidance on building or strengthening the capacity of EMTs in this area.The importance of early rehabilitation for functional outco ... more
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Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment
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World Health Organization WHO; UN Environment; UNICEF (2021) C_WHO
Almost 25% of deaths worldwide could be prevented if the actions in the compendium were fully implemented This compendium provides a systematic compilation of published guidance from WHO and other UN organizations on health and environment. Guidance on policies and actions as well as awareness rais ... more
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Target product profile for a rapid test for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer at the primary health-care level

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
In 2009, WHO’s Second International Conference on Buruli Ulcer Control and Research resolved to strengthen the capacity of national laboratories to confirm cases of the disease, but advised that “efforts are still needed to develop simple diagno ... more
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Compendium of practics in climate-smart agriculture and solar irrigation
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GGGI The Global Green Growth Institute (2021) CC
this publication serves as a practical guide and useful resource for practitioners, farmers, scientists, and technicians to better understand the initiative undertaken by GGGI. In this compendium, GGGI provides the latest knowledge and capacity buil ... more
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Operational manual on leishmaniasis vector control, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
Despite the significant role of vector control in national leishmaniasis control programmes, the programmatic community perceives vector control as the weakest component of leishmaniasis control strategies in terms of resources, scientific evidence of the usefulness of interventions and ... more
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Guidance on Law and Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2023) CC
The domestic regulation of public health emergencies (PHEs) is inextricably linked to the regulation of other types of disaster. PHEs are usually governed at least partly by general disaster and emergency laws. Moreover, there is significant overlap in the ... more
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WHO tool for benchmarking ethics oversight of health-related research involving human participants: user guide

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Jointly developed by WHO’s Regulatory System Strengthening, Regulation and Safety Unit and the Health Ethics & Governance Unit, it is intended to assist countries in evaluating their capacity to provide appropriate ethical oversight of health-rela ... more
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Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment: version with International Classification of Health Intervention (‎ICHI)‎ codes

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
In this version of the compendium, each guidance is coded using the International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI). The compendium provides a systematic compilation of published guidance from WHO and other UN organizations on health and environment. Guidance on policies and actions a ... more
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Standards and recommendations for burns care in mass casualty incidents

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
Caring for burns patients from the incident scene to definitive treatment can be a complex, resource-consuming process with the potential to overwhelm health system capacity.This document provides practical guidance for building ... more
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Ebola virus disease exit screening at airports, ports and land crossings

World Health Organization (2014)
This document provides information to assist countries in developing exit screening plans and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). This includes the method, tools, and sequence of screening; determining resource needs; communication messages; and the legal ... more
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A Clinical Governance Handbook for District Clinical Specialist Teams
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Health Systems Trust (2014) C1
This handbook was designed primarily as a tool for district clinical specialist teams (DCSTs), and for the provincial specialists who will guide and support their work. This handbook will also be useful to managers of health facilities, heads of clinical units and nurses, doctors and allied health w ... more
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Community Preparedness: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH and GENDER

Women's Refugee Commission (2015) C2
This provisional Facilitator's Kit provides a complete framework for a 3-day training on Community Preparedness for Reproductive Health and Gender. The goal is to build community capacity to prepare and respond to risks and inequities faced by wome ... more
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WHO Bangladesh Country Cooperation Strategy: 2020–2024

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2022) C_WHO
Notable progress has also been made on other key health indicators such as reducing maternal, infant and child deaths and malnutrition, increasing immunization coverage, eliminating infectious diseases such as polio and reducing the incidence of malaria, tuberculosis and diarrhoeal diseases. But ... more
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Baseline Study Report Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Child Marriage among the Rendille, Maasai, Pokot, Samburu and Somali Communities in Kenya

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2017) C_UNICEF
In recognition that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is not only a harmful practice but a violation of human rights, Kenya has adopted a robust legal framework. The country has ratified several international ... more
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Climate-Smart Healthcare : Low-Carbon and Resilience Strategies for the Health Sector

The World Bank Group (2017) CC
Climate change is damaging human health now and is projected to have a greater impact in the future. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing the worst effects as they are most vulnerable to climate shifts and least able to adapt given weak health systems and poor infrastructure. Low-carbon appro ... more
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mhGAP Training Manuals - for the mhGAP Intervention Guide for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings, version 2.0
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World Health Organization WHO WHO (2017) C_WHO
As part of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme, WHO has developed training manuals (Training of trainers and supervisors training manual and Training of health-care providers training manual) to support implementation of the mhGAP Intervention Guide for mental, neurological and substance use (MNS ... more
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Chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events: The humanitarian response framework of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Malich, G; Coupland, R; Donnelly, S; Johnny, N (2016) C2
Mounting an effective international humanitarian response to a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) event, especially if the response is undertaken on an ad hoc basis, would be extremely difficult and would pose many risks to the responders. The International Committee of the Red Cro ... more
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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, soci ... more
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WHO Interim Guidance for Ebola Virus Disease: Exit Screening at Airports, Ports and Land Crossings

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO
This document provides information to assist countries in developing exit screening plans and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). This includes the method, tools, and sequence of screening; determining resource needs; communication messages; and the legal ... more
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Rwanda: one health strategic plan (2014-2018)

Republic of Rwanda (2014) C2
The strategic plan reflects shared commitments to enhance collaboration between environmental, animal (wildlife and domestic) and human health, and building new One Health workforce capacity through higher institutions of learning. The strategy also ... more
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Global action plan on HIV drug resistance 2017–2021

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
The goal of this Global Action Plan is to articulate synergistic actions that will be required to prevent HIVDR from undermining efforts to achieve global targets on health and HIV, and to provide the most effective treatment to all people living with HIV including adults, key populations, pregnant ... more
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Conservation and Sustainable Use of Traditional Medicinal Plants in Zimbabwe

Chapeyama, Oliver (2009) C1
Final Evaluation
The project objectives were to promote the conservation, sustainable use and cultivation of endangered medicinal plants in Zimbabwe, by demonstrating effective models at the local level, and developing a legal framework for the ... more
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National Disaster Management Guidelines. Management of Floods

Government of India, National Disaster Management Authority (2008) C1
The guidelines are presented in the form of the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Floods status and context
Chapter 2: Institutional framework and financial arrangements
Chapter 3: Flood prevention, preparedness and mitigation
Chapter 4: Flood forecasting and warning in India
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Managing climate risks for people’s health and well-being

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation; Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) (2017) C1
Policy Guidance Brief 2
• The potential health risks from climate change include: increase of waterborne and vector-borne diseases, heat-related illnesses, injuries and deaths, food insecurity and increased malnutrition. The poor, women, children and the elderly, as well as communities living ... more
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Myanmar Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation 200299: “Supporting Transition by Reducing Food Insecurity and Undernutrition Among the Most Vulnerable” (2013-2017)

World Food Programme (WFP) (2017) C1
An evaluation of WFP’s operation. Evaluation Report
The Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) main components include: relief assistance; food assistance for assets (FFA); nutrition support to women, children and HIV/TB patients; school feeding (SF) and ... more
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An Invisible Crisis: Exploring Mental Health needs in the Syrian and Iraqi Crises

Médecins du Monde (2018) C1
It highlights the numerous challenges to quality service provision, along with the organisation’s response to mental health needs, and recommendations for international and regional decision-makers including: - Advocating and working towards mental health policies that support adequate funding f ... more
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Standard operating procedure for care and protection of children in street situations

Save the Children (2017) C1
India | The ‘Standard Operating Procedures for Care, Protection and Rehabilitation of Children in Street Situations’, is a unique endeavour to streamline the processes and interventions regarding Children in Street Situations, based on the prevailing l ... more
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Abortion care guideline

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The objective of this guideline is to present the complete set of all WHO recommendations and best practice statements relating to abortion. While legal, regulatory, policy and service-delivery contexts may vary from country to country, the recommen ... more
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Forcibly Displaced : Toward a Development Approach Supporting Refugees, the Internally Displaced, and Their Hosts

World Bank (2017) CC
The report depicts the reality of forced displacement as a developing world crisis with implications for sustainable growth: 95 percent of the displaced live in developing countries and over half are in displacement for more than four years. To help the displaced, the report suggests ways to rebuild ... more
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Burden sharing or burden shifting? - HIV and TB

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (2019) C1
MSF provides treatment for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in more than 20 countries around the world. The report Burden sharing or burden shifting? How the HIV/TB response is being derailed examines the situation in nine countries where MSF runs programmes: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic ... more
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Laboratory readiness and response for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in expert laboratories in 30 EU/EEA countries

Reusken C. B. E. M., E. K. Broberg, B. Haagmans et al. Eurosurveillance (2020) C2
Timely detection of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection cases is crucial to interrupt the spread of this virus. We assessed the required expertise and capacity for molecular detection of 2019-nCoV in specialised laboratories in 30 European Union ... more
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A practical guide for developing Child Friendly Spaces

UNICEF (2016) CC
This guide is designed to assist UNICEF staff and partners, in establishing and operating Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) in an emergency. It attempts to provide readers with the main principles of a CFS and the processes on how to establish one. The overall aim is to improve the standards and ... more
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Quick Tips on COVID-19 and Migrant, Refugee and Internally Displaced Children (Children on the Move)

UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF
This document will be continuously updated. Version as of April 27th, 2020 Migrant and displaced children are at heightened risk to the immediate and secondary impacts of COVID-19. They often live in cramped conditions with limited access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), may be in immig ... more
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Protecting Persons with Diverse Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities

UNHCR (2015) CC
The document at hand presents key findings from a project undertaken globally between July 2014 and May 2015 to assess progress made by UNHCR country and regional operations to effectively protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) asylum-seekers and refugees. Globally, 10 ... more
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Protecting the blood supply during infectious disease outbreaks: guidance for national blood services

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This guidance document has been produced by WHO to assist blood services in the development of national plans to respond to any emerging infectious threats to the sufficiency or safety of the blood supply, whether from an existing infectious agent that is changing in incidence and spread, or from a ... more
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Development of the human rights situation in Germany July 2018–June 2019 Executive Summary

Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte (2019) CC
The German Institute for Human Rights annually submits a report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany to the German Federal Parliament (in accordance with sec. 2 para. 5 of the Act regarding the Legal Status and Mandate of the ... more
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Health financing for the COVID-19 response: Process guide for national budgetary dialogue. ACT-A Health Systems Connector

World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank, Global Financing Facility (GFF) et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) CC
Annual and medium-term budget preparation processes are the platforms through which specific plans are transformed into actual resource allocation decisions. The aim of this Process Guide is to support key stakeholders involved in these processes (such as the Cabinet, Ministries of Finance and Healt ... more
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Core components for IPC - Implementation tools and resources

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Based on scientific evidence, expert consensus and country experiences, the WHO core components for infection prevention and control (IPC) are the foundation for establishing or strengthening effective programmes at the national and facility level. These new guidelines on core components of infecti ... more
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Medical PPE production in Africa: Promoting Local Manufacturers to support the COVID-19 Response (Workshop report)

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
The global pandemic has highlighted fragility in international supply chains and the dependency of many African countries on imported personal protective equipment (PPE). Market pressures have also increased prices for imported supplies and put additional pressure on areas with limited resources for ... more
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Executive Summary: Development of the human rights situation in Germany. July 2019 — June 2020

Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte (2020) CC
Institute for Human Rights annually submits a report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany to the German Federal Parliament (in accordance with sec. 2 para. 5 of the Act regarding the Legal Status and Mandate of the German Inst ... more
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Guidelines for establishing a poison centre

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This update of the Guidelines for poison control, entitled Guidelines for establishing a poison centre, reflects the development of the role of poison centres in public health and the sound management of chemicals, described in section 1, and the opportunities provided by new technology. Assessments ... more
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Implementing Afghanistan’s Elimination of Violence against Women Law

Human Rights Watch (2021) CC
The international reconstruction effort in Afghanistan after 2001 created an opportunity to advance human rights, and women’s and girls’ rights in particular. Although its achievements have fallen short of what was envisioned, significant improvements in ... more
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on seven neglected tropical diseases: a model-based analysis

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Since the launch of the 2012–2020 World Health Organization (WHO) road map for the control, elim-ination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) (1), considerable progress against NTDs has been made. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of people requiring interventions against NTDs glo ... more
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State of the world's hand hygiene

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO
This report is the first of its kind. It brings together various data sets to present the current status of hand hygiene, highlight lagging progress, and call governments and supporting agencies to action, offering numerous inspiring examples of change. During the COVID-19 pandemic, hand hygiene ... more
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Person-centred communication for female genital mutilation prevention: a facilitator’s guide for training health-care providers

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Evidence shows that FGM can cause several physical, mental and sexual health complications in girls and women, and in newborns. Health-care providers play an important role in supporting girls and women living with FGM, and improving their health and well-being. They are in a unique position to infl ... more
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WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis Module 5: Management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The practical guidance in the operational handbook aims to inform the development or revision of national policies and related implementation guidance on the management of TB in children and adolescents under programmatic circumstances and at different levels of the health system. The operational ha ... more
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Pandemic influenza preparedness framework: progress report

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework is a World Health Assembly resolution adopted unanimously by all Member States in 2011. It brings together Member States, industry, other stakeholders and WHO to implement a global approach to pandemic influenza preparedness and response. The Frame ... more
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Practical manual on tuberculosis laboratory strengthening, 2022 update

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The Practical manual on laboratory strengthening, 2022 update provides practical guidance on implementation of WHO recommendations and best practices for TB laboratory strengthening. It is an updated version of the GLI Practical Guide to Laboratory Strengthening published in 2017 and provides the la ... more
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Transforming APOC into a new regional entity for Oncho & LF elimination and support to other PC/NTD

World Health Organization WHO; African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control APOC (2013) C_WHO
In May the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA66.12 (1) on 17 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Among other measures, the resolution urges Member States to: • ensure country ownership of prevention, control, elimination and eradication programmes; • expand and implemen ... more
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National Disability Mainstreaming Strategy and Implementation Plan (NDMS&IP) 2018-2023

Department of Disability and elderly affairs Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare (2019) CC
The NDMS&IP focuses on mainstreaming disability to promote equitable access to services in the six thematic areas of health, education, livelihoods, empowerment, and social inclusion and cross-cutting issues. The first part of the NDMS&IP outlines incongruences between national and sectoral policie ... more
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STAR-H: Strategic Toolkit for Assessing Risks in Health Facilities

Pan American Health Organization (2023) CC
Health facilities in the Region of the Americas frequently suffer the effects of health emergencies and disasters, which jeopardize their ability to provide services to the population. The STAR-H methodology helps staff responsible for health emergency and disaster risk management to identify and as ... more
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Guidance for country validation of viral hepatitis elimination and path to elimination

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Building on the 2021 Interim guidance, this second version and update, incorporates the lessons and feedback from the hepatitis pilots that successfully demonstrated the feasibility of measuring hepatitis B and C impact targets to demonstrate elimination, whilst highlighting challenges caused by hig ... more
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Guidelines for Addressing Disease Risks in Wildlife Trade

World Organisation for Animal Health WOAH (2024) CC
For thousands of years, humans have been using wildlife for commercial and subsistence purposes. Wildlife trade takes place at local, national and international levels, with different forms of wildlife, such as live animals, partly processed products and finished products. Wildlife is a vital source ... more
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Integrating the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexual and reproductive health programmes

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The WHO document "Integrating the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexual and reproductive health programmes: implementation guidance" provides a framework for integrating noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) into existing health programs for HIV/AIDS, tub ... more
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Epidemiology and Challenges of Managing COPD in sub-Saharan Africa

Magitta, N.F.; Sciences, A. Acta Scientific Medical Sciences​ (2018) CC2
There is paucity of data on the burden and specific drivers operative in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the African setting and populations. Lack of awareness and inadequate knowledge on the aetio-pathogenesis of the disease together with inadequate ... more
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Refugee and Migrant Health System Review: Challenges and Opportunities for Long-term Health system Strengthening in Uganda

Government of Uganda; World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
Uganda is Africa's largest refugee-hosting country and ranks fifth globally. Over the decades, Uganda has hosted refugees from nations including South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Burundi, and Rwanda. As of early 2024, it hosts 1 600 000 refugees, primarily in re ... more
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Antimicrobial Resistance Curriculum Assessment Tool for Medical Education

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO
The Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) calls for making AMR a core component of professional education and training. In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) published Competency framework for health workers’ education and training on AMR to ensure that academic institutions ... more
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Dublin-III-Regulation (English version)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (2013) CC2
The Dublin Regulation (Regulation No. 604/2013; sometimes the Dublin III Regulation; previously the Dublin II Regulation and Dublin Convention) is a European Union (EU) law that determines the EU Member State responsible to examine an application for asylum seekers seeking international protection u ... more
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National Guidelines for Accreditation, Supervision and Regulation of ART Clinics in India

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India; Indian Council of Medical Research; National Academy of Medical Sciences (2005) C1
Combination file of all the documents related to the national guidelines for accreditation, supervision and regulation of ART clinics in India. Documents included: National Guidelines for Accreditation, Supervision & Regulation of ART Clinics in India | Preliminary Pages | Corrigendum | Chapter 1 ... more
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Nepal: Urban Housing Sector Profile
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Steekelenburg, E. V. et al. UN-Habitat (2010) C1
Based on research by a team of Nepalese and international experts, this report carries an analysis of the five key elements in the sector - land, basic services, housing finance, building materials and construction technologies, and labour. It gives an assessment of how these components are governe ... more
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Country Profile Nepal. Disaster Management Institution and System in Nepal

Koirala, Pradip Kumar Asian Disaster Reduction Centre (ADRC) (2014) C1
The report provides an overview of the disaster risk reduction and management in Nepal, a country under threat of multiple natural hazards: earthquakes, floods, landslides, fires, storms, the epidemics, and others. It presents background information on the country, its disaster profile, its ... more
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Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG) / Residence Act - English Version
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Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection; juris GmbH (2008) CC2
Act on the Residence, Economic Activity and Integration of Foreigners in the Federal Territory Residence Act. Translation provided by the Language Service of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Version information: The translation includes the amendment(s) to the Act by Article 3 of the Act of 6 ... more
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National disaster management guidelines. Management of biological disasters

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of India (2008) C1
The intent of these guidelines is to develop a holistic, coordinated, proactive and technology driven strategy for management of biological disasters through a culture of prevention, mitigation and preparedness to generate a prompt and effective response in the event of an emergency. Th ... more
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2018 South Sudan Humanitarian Needs Overview
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2017) C1
This document provides the Humanitarian Country Team’s shared understanding of the crisis, including the most pressing humanitarian needs and the estimated number of people who need assistance. It represents a consolidated evidence base and helps inform joint strategic response planning. As ... more
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Young Children with Special Needs - Training for early childhood caregivers and teachers

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) & Hilton Foundation (2016) C1
MODULE 5 RESOURCE GUIDE | This guide is part of a series of manuals that focuses on six topics in Early Childhood Development (ECD): different programming approaches, basic concepts, assessments, early childhood environments, children with special needs and child protection, and the health, safety a ... more
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Build back better in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction (Consultative version)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) (2017)
This consultative version of the guideline is the product of literature reviews, discussions and contributions from diverse stakeholders, as well as UNISDR-nominated experts appointed specifically for the development of the Words into Action guideline for Build back better in recovery, rehabilitatio ... more
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HEPSA - health emergency preparedness self-assessment tool: User Guide

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2018) C1
ECDC launched the HEPSA (Health Emergency Preparedness Self-Assessment) tool, in order to support countries in improving their level of public health emergency preparedness. The tool is worksheet-based and is targeted at professionals in public health organisations responsible for emergency planning ... more
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Expanding the Roles of Nurses in Primary Health Care

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Americas (WHO) (2018) C_WHO
[Preface]. For more than forty years Primary Health Care (PHC) has been recognized as the cornerstone of an effective and responsive health system. The Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 reaffirmed the right to the highest attainable level of health, with equity, solidarity and the right to health as its ... more
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Beyond the Rhetoric: Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival in Nepal

Sharma, G. & Pandey, S.R. Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (NJOG) (2015) CC
Nepal has performed exceptionally in improving reproductive, maternal and child health outcomes over the past two decades. In this article, we discuss these achievements and outline a vision for the future of maternal, newborn and child survival in Nepal after the era of the Millennium Development G ... more
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Towards a Common Language for Functioning, Disability and Health: ICF (The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health)

World Health Organization (WHO) (2002) C_WHO
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, known more commonly as ICF, provides a standard language and framework for the description of health and health-related states. Like the first version published by the World Health Organization for trial purposes in 1980, ICF is ... more
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Green Climate Fund Proposal Toolkit 2017: Toolkit to develop a project proposal for the GCF

Fayolle, Virginie; Odianose, Serena Acclimatise, Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) (2017) C1
The GCF aims to support developing countries in achieving a paradigm shift to low-emission and climate-resilient pathways. This is achieved by funding innovative and transformative lowemission (mitigation) and climate-resilient (adaptation) projects and programmes developed by the public and private ... more
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Understanding the challenges of disability in Myanmar

Bawi, Salai Vanni (2012) C1
This predominantly qualitative research on disability and development in Myanmar was conducted between August 2011 and February 2012, in three commercial centres of Yangon, Mandalay and Taunggyi. Stakeholders of service providers, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and families of disabled people were ... more
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Papua New Guinea: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2016) C1
The 2012 NDRMP lays out the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) architecture of the country and provides guidance for DRM intervention at all levels. However, implementation has been slow and resource challenges exist throughout the government.
The PNG government’s policy and institutional framework ... more
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Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition MIYCN Guidelines

Republic of South Sudan (2017) C1
Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Strategic Actions:
1 Endorse and disseminate key policies and regulations
2 Improve maternal nutrition
3 Protect, promote, and support optimal infant and young child feeding practices
4 Support optimal infant and young child feeding in ... more
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The Venezuelan Exodus

Human Rights Watch (2018) C1
The Need for a Regional Response to an Unprecedented Migration Crisis. This report provides an overview of where the more than 2 million Venezuelans who have left the country since 2014, at least half of them in the past year and a half alone, are now living, the conditions they face, their prospe ... more
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Facilitating inclusion in disaster preparedness: A practical guide for CBOs

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Give2Asia (2018) C1
In disaster preparedness, the participation of women, children, older people, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and other minority groups and sectors is important because they are the most vulnerable against disasters. Inclusive disaster preparedness provides technical and logical frameworks that as ... more
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Situation of child and adolescent health in Europe (2018)

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Europe (2018) C_WHO
The report focuses on several key areas where health outcomes are falling short, and provides insight into ways in which countries can improve the situation for their children and adolescents. Areas in focus include mental health, overweight/obesity and adolescent risk-taking behaviour. The report ... more
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Compendium of resources: A Supporting Document to UNICEF's Operational Guidance: Community based Child Protection

Hijazi, Z. UNICEF (2015) CC
For applying the new operational guidance on CB-MHPSS in the field, UNICEF country offices and partners will need ready access to tools and resources that can be used to implement the programs. By bringing together resources from different contexts, the compendium makes options available to country ... more
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On the Margins. Education for Children with Disabilities in Kazakhstan

Human Rights Watch (2019) C1
The government of Kazakhstan has committed to ensuring that children with disabilities have access to inclusive education and it has taken the important step of ratifying international human rights treaties enshrining the rights of people with disabilities, including the right of children with disab ... more
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Rapid Evaluation of the Medicines Registration System in Benin

Diadié Maïga, Bedel Evi, Angélique Gbaguidi USAID, SIAPS (2016) C_WHO
The primary role of Benin’s Department of Pharmacy and Medicines (DPMED) is to develop and apply the national pharmaceutical policy. The main objective of this policy is to ensure the availability and accessibility of quality medicines for the population. To fulfill its mandate, DPMED aims to stre ... more