2nd edition. Essential guideline for humanitarian assistance
Guidelines for WHO Representatives and Country
Offices in the Western Pacific Region
This guidance is intended to be one stop shop to improve the quality and effectiveness of health interventions in emergency, to respond to the most frequent scenarios and conditions.
The main document contains the most common elements to be found in emergencies. As much as possible they are one pag...e tables on one topic each with the key elements that ensure quality in column 2 of the table. Column 1 is about key information. Column 3 contains suggested indicators and column 4 helps decision making. This is a document to consult as needed, not really to read from front to last page
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This report presents an overview of the transition process in Azerbaijan, some sustainability aspects and challenges stemming from donor withdrawal from TB-related activities, along with recommendations on how to overcome transition-related difficulties and ensure sustainability.
Evaluation of hand hygiene practices and related perception and knowledge at a health-care facility is one vital element of the strategy to improve hand hygiene. Continuous monitoring is very helpful in measuring the changes induced by implementation and to ensure that the interventions have been ef...fective in improving hand hygiene practices, perception and knowledge among health-care workers.
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An ICRC Guidance Document
The purpose of the handbook is to provide those involved in nutrition coordination with relevant tools, guidance, information and resources to support their roles in facilitating predictable, coordinated and effective preparation for, and responses to, nutrition needs in humanitarian emergencies. Ra...ther than being prescriptive, the handbook aims to raises key issues encountered to date.
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Healthcare Waste Management Toolkit for Global Fund Practitioners and Policy Makers: Part A
Healthcare Waste Management Toolkit for Global Fund Practitioners and Policy Makers. Part B
Background paper 9
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
May 2021
Preliminary version for country introduction