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Hand Hygiene Observation Form

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO

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 ... more

SADC Regional Humanitarian Floods Appeal in Response to Tropical Cyclone IDAI
recommended

Southern African Development Community (2019) CC

The floods caused by the Tropical Cyclone IDAI has affected 3 million people in the Republics of Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe leaving 839 people dead, and this figure continued to rise as the rains stopped and water subsided. To date, over 201,476 people (Table 1) have been displaced and about 31 ... more

Implementation science in low-resource settings: using the interactive systems framework to improve hand hygiene in a tertiary hospital in Ghana

Kallam, B.; C. Pettitt-Schieber, M. Owen, et al. (2019) CC

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2018, 30(9), 724–730 Promoting hand hygiene in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Ghana 2017 Maternal Health Survey

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Health Service (GHS), and ICF (2018) CC

Pilot study findings on the provision of hygiene kits with reusable sanitary pads: Testing the appropriateness and acceptability of AFRIpads reusable sanitary pads in southwestern (Ugandan) refugee co

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2019) CC

Results from the baseline study indicated that schoolgirls in the southwestern refugee settlement context lacked access to the menstrual hygiene knowledge and products required for them to manage their menstruation in a healthy and dignified manner. Although UNHCR mandates that all women and girls o ... more

The global doctor

Willott C et al. UCL Institute for Global Health and Development Education Research Centre, Institute of Education (2012) C2

This report explores the reasons why global health is critical to medicine and what this means for medical education. It argues that an understanding of global health is important for all students and practicing doctors, rather than being an ‘add-on’ or ‘option’ for specialization.

UNICEF Zimbabwe Cyclone Idai Situation Report #5 (3 May 2019)

UN Children's Fund (2019)

UNHCR Jordan: Azraq Refugee Camp - Factsheet, January 2021

UNHCR UNHCR (2021) CC

Family Case Management: Family-centered care training for care-providers of children and families living with and affected by HIV

FHI360 (2009) CC

This six-day training is intended for case managers/community health volunteers/field supervisors who help households affected by HIV in India.

Migration flows in Latin America and the Caribbean - Situation Report 5

UNICEF UNICEF (2019)

As of June 2019, the number of Venezuelans leaving their country reached 4 million, with Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Brazil hosting the vast majority of Venezuelans in Latin America. The end of the first half of the year was marked by the announcement of tighter immigration measures in Peru ... more

Albania - Demographic and Health Survey

Institute of Statistics Institute of Public Health; Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft; UNFPA; UN Women; Unicef; et al. (2018) C2

2017-2018 Republic of Albania

Rwanda: Ebola Preparedness Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) Final Report - DREF Operation n° MDRRW017

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2019) C1

Eleven (11) districts in Rwanda were initially were considered most at risk of the outbreak, namely: • Rusizi, Nyamasheke, Karongi, Rutsiro, Rubavu (bordering DRC) • Musanze, Burera, Gicumbi and Nyagatare (bordering Uganda) • Kigali city (comprised of 3 localities) due to the presence of Ki ... more

Twice invisible: Accounting for internally displaced children

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (2019) C1

Internally displaced children are twice invisible in global and national data. First, because internally displaced people (IDPs) of all ages are often unaccounted for. Second, because age-disaggregation of any kind of data is limited, and even more so for IDPs. Planning adequate responses to meet ... more

Time is running out

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2019) CC

Technical Note on Antimicrobial Resistance This document reflects UNICEF’s response to the growing global threat of AMR to child survival, growth and development. It identifies UNICEF’s AMR-specific and AMR-sensitive actions in reducing infections, promoting access to and optimal use of antimic ... more

Improving health and learning through better water, sanitation and hygiene in schools

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe; UNICEF; UNESCO (2019) C_WHO

An information package for school staff

Menstrual Hygiene Management
recommended

Save the Children (2018) C2

Operational Guidelines. Guidelines for the development of educational programmes for MHM, including tips on the topics to address and methods to assess girls’ practices in a respectful way with practical tools

Surveillance of water, sanitation and hygiene in schools. A pratical tool

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe (2019) C_WHO

This publication provides a practical tool to support countries in strengthening surveillance of WASH in schools. The findings will inform the development of supportive regulations and improvement planning to safeguard children’s health, well-being, dignity and cognitive performance. The tool also ... more

Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV.

AIDSinfo; CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Institutes of Health; et al. (2019) C2

Downloaded from https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines on 11/27/2019 Visit the AIDSinfo website to access the most up-to-date guideline. Register for e-mail notification of guideline updates at https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/e-news.

Rapid needs assessment of older people Venezuela

Help Age International Convite A.C. (2019) CC

HelpAge International is a global network of organisations promoting the right of all older people to lead dignified, healthy and secure lives. Convite is a humanitarian, independent, nonprofit, non-governmental organisation that works to guarantee and promote social, economic and cultural rights ac ... more

We need to talk

Translators without Borders (2019) CC

Effective Ebola risk communication requires respect and transparency and remains as vital as ever. An assessment of changing communication needs and preferences in Beni, North Kivu. In the second year of the current Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), people at ris ... more