Learning from earthquake relief and recovery operations
Including a Tool to Assess the Adolescent Health and Development Component in Pre-Service Education of Health-Care Providers
Biennial Report. SUBMITTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON HIV AND AIDS
Reporting period: January 2012 – December 2013
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD011386. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011386.pub2
Free access from the website http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011386.pub2
Watch a short film which accompanies this Cochrane Review and talks about applying ...the findings in relevant clinical settings at http://www.cochrane.org/news/new-evidence-helps-health-workers-fight-against-ebola
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Summary of research into the consequences of the Ebola outbreak for children and communities in Liberia and Sierra Leone
The report reveals weak national mental health services overburdened by the demands placed on them by the Syria crisis. Health facilities which previously provided integrated mental health services in Syria have themselves become casualties of war, with most either destroyed, damaged or not function...ing. The shortage of trained mental health care providers is viewed as critical, both in Syria and in the neighboring countries where refugees now reside. Strengthening and expanding these services is crucial for Syria’s longer term recovery because the need for treatment will last for years after the war ends.
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Interim emergency guidelines
The Integrated Management of Adolescent/Adult Illness (IMAI) approach
WHO guidelines for pandemic preparedness and response in the nonhealth sector
Strengthening health-system emergency preparedness.
International Journal of Mental Health Systems2011,5:17http://www.ijmhs.com/content/5/1/17
Bulletin of the World Health Organization Volume 93, Number 9, September 2015, 589-664
What are the common health problems of refugees and migrants arriving in the European Region?