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‘Asks’ to the private sector in the response to COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The 'asks' have been prepared for private businesses to take concrete actions in the COVID19 pandemic.

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The Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020 - Executive Summary
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UNICEF; WHO; et al. (2020) C_UNICEF

The report – Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020 – is the first of its kind, charting progress in 155 countries against the “INSPIRE” framework, a set of seven strategies for preventing and responding to violence against children. The report signals a clear need... more

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COVID-19 and pregnancy

COVID-19 Health Literacy Project Harvard Health Publishing (2020) CC

This fact sheet explains how COVID-19 affects you if you are pregnant, or planning to become pregnant - in 35 languages

Fact sheet — Zero discrimination against women and girls

UNAIDS (2020) CC

On Zero Discrimination Day and as part of the global movement for equality for women and girls, UNAIDS is highlighting seven areas where discrimination against women and girls persists, raising awareness and calling for change.

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Spirituality as an essential domain of palliative care: Caring for the whole person

Puchalski, C.M. (2013) CC

Progress in Palliative Care, 20:2, 63-65, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/0969926012Z.00000000028

Because We Matter: Addressing COVID-19 and Violence Against Girls in Asia-Pacific

Plan International; Save the Children (2020) CC

Asia is home to more than half of the world’s 1.1 billion girls. Gender inequality in many parts of the region means that girls are often systematically disadvantaged and oppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. Girls’ development is hampered by child, early and forced marri... more

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Protecting Children from Violence in the Time of COVID-19: Disruptions in prevention and response services

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

As daily lives and communities are upended by COVID-19, concern is mounting that children’s exposure to violence may increase. Children with a history of abuse may find themselves even more vulnerable – both at home and online – and may experience more frequent and severe acts of violence. Oth... more

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Provincial Guide to Cultural and Religious Practices in managing COVID-19 Deaths

Western Cape Government, South Africa (2020) CC

One Health: human, animal and environmental health form one unit - and affect sustainable development

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau KfW (2020) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a dramatic illustration of the extent to which the health of people, animals and the environment is interdependent, which is why “One Health” is now high on the political agenda. This document provides an overview of KfW Development Bank’s approach to promoti... more

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Protection Response Under the Restrictions of COVID-19

INTERSOS (2020) C1

COVID-19 pandemic has taken the entire world by surprise, creating the greatest global catastrophe since WWII, impacting all spheres of our societies, including health, economy, social protection, as well as security, and human rights. The virus affects people and communities indiscriminately in all... more

Continuity of essential health services: Facility assessment tool
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Interim guidance. 12 May 2021. The Continuity of essential health services: Facility Assessment Tool can be used by countries to rapidly assess the capacity of health facilities to maintain the provision of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. It can help to alert the authorities ... more

COVID-19 An informative guide. Advice for journalists

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

This document offers tools to help journalists practice responsible coverage of the pandemic using evidence-based information. It also proposes ways to approach coverage and encourages journalists to provide advice and solutions that can help reduce health risks and save lives.

Communicable Diseases: Part 4 Other Diseases of Public Health Importance and Surveillance.

HEAT, UNICEF, Open University, AMREF Ministry of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (2015) C1

Blended Learning Modulef or the Health Extension Programme In this study session, you will learn about the general features of faeco-oraldiseases: the main types commonly found in Ethiopia, their general symptomsand signs, how to treat mild cases and when to refer patients with severeconditions for... more

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Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness, Part 1 Blended Learning Module for the Health Extension Programme

HEAT, UNICEF, Open University, AMREF, WHO Ministry of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (2011) C1

These Blended Learning Modules cover the full range of health promotion, disease prevention, basic management and essential treatment protocols to improve and protect the health of rural communities in Ethiopia. A strong focus is on enabling Ethiopia to meet the Millennium Development Goals to reduc... more

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Principles for sharing COVID-19 doses with COVAX

Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and WHO (2021) C_WHO

the Principles for Dose-Sharing provide a framework for higher-income economies to make additional volumes secured via bilateral deals available through the Facility primarily to AMC participants, on an equitable basis. These principles outline that such doses must be safe and effective, available a... more

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A Deadly Divide: TB Commitments vs. TB Realities

Stop TB Partnership (2021) C_WHO

A Communities Report on Progress Towards the UN Political Declaration on the Fight Against TB and a Call to Action to Close the Gaps in TB Targets This report documents how - – two years on from the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB and the Political Declaration on the Fight Against Tubercu... more

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Point-of-use fortification with micronutrient powders (mnp)improving the nutrition of infants and young children aged 6-23 months (Healthcare Providers)

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2020) C1

The micronutrient powders will be distributed at the health facilities where instructions on use will be provided by Health Care Providers. Community Health Volunteers will educate, counsel, and mobilize caregivers at the community level to visit health facilities for nutrition assessment and provis... more

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World Happiness Report 2021

Helliwell, John F., Richard Layard, Jeffrey Sachs, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2021) CC

The World Happiness Report 2021 focuses on the effects of COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared. Our aim was two-fold, first to focus on the effects of COVID-19 on the structure and quality of people’s lives, and second to describe and evaluate how governments all over the world ha... more