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Building the Evidence Base in Disability Research Summary

International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (2014) C2
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Case Study Methodology to Monitor & Evaluate Community Mental Health Programs in Low-Income Countries

Cohen, A., Eaton, J., Radtke, B., et al. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and CBM (2012) C2
Case Studies Project
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The Premium Counselling Relationship Manual

N. Chowdhary, H. Dabholkar; R. Velleman, et al. Sangath; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2013) CC
his manual is for people who have had no formal training in counselling but wish to learn the necessary components to establishing an effective counselling relationship. It will be useful for anyone who is involved in counselling people with a mental health problem. h ... more
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Healthy Activity Program

A. Anand; N. Chowdhary, S.Dimidji and V. Patel Sangath; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2013) CC
The Healthy Activity Program manual aims at providing counsellors like you with information about counselling patients with moderate to severe Depression in primary care settings.
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Pharmacies and Drug Shops: Expanding contraceptive choice and access in the private sector

Dwyer, S.C.; et al. HIP Family Planning High Impact Practices (2021) CC
this Service Delivery brief provides evidence-based strategies that can help support drug shops and pharmacies in providing a wider variety of family planning methods and information. Evidence shows that with training and support, pharmacy and drug shop staff can facilitate the use of a broad range ... more
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Health Care Waste Management National Guidelines

Federal Ministry of Health, Hygiene and Environment Health Department Ethiopia (2008) C1
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The Impacts of Climate Change on Health

The EcoHealth Alliance, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Reckitt (2021) CC
The new review paper, The Impacts of Climate Change on Health, identifies the extent to which increasing emissions, extreme weather and temperatures elevate health risks, from infectious disease to malnutrition, and assesses the associated health burden. It concludes that the health burden will exce ... more
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Childhood Disability and Malnutrition in Turkana Kenya

International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; et al. CBM (2014)
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Closing the immunisation gap in Ethiopia: a formative evaluation of ‘The Fifth Child Project’

Shiferaw Dechasa Demissie, et al. International Rescue Committee, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Assosa Referral Hospital (2019) C1
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Measuring disability in surveys and programmes : a summary

International Centre for Evidence in Disability; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, et al. (2014) C1
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Evaluating the impact of a community–based parent training programme for children with Cerebral Palsy in Ghana

International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; University of Malawi , et al. CBM (2017)
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Barriers and enablers to inclusion in education for children with disabilities in Malawi

International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; NAD (2015) C1
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Getting to know cerebral palsy
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International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; CBM; et al. (2014)
Working with parent groups – a training resource for facilitators, parents, caregivers, and persons with cerebral palsy. TThis manual aims to increase knowledge and skills in caring for a child with cerebral palsy. Research highlighted the significant needs of the caregivers, and how they can gai ... more
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Childhood Disability and Malnutrition in Turkana Kenya A Summary Report for Stakeholders and Policy

Kenyan Red Cross Society; CBM East Africa Regional Office; International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2014) C2
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The Handwashing Handbook

The Global Public Private Partnership for Handwashing The World Bank Group (2020) CC
A guide for developing a hygiene promotion program to increase handwashing with soap
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WHO Save Lives: Clean your Hands in the Context of COVID-19
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Hand Hygiene is one of the most effective actions to reduce the spread of pathogens and prevent infections, including the COVID-19 virus. This document promotes the WHO global hand hygiene campaign ... more
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Caregiver: Standard precautions
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Henninger, B.; and S. Mauder The MEDBOX Team (2022) CC
Issue Brief 28: Cargiver Toolbox Part 2 A collection of important documents from the category "Standard precautions", including hand hygiene, waste management, infection and prevention control (IPC) measures.
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WASH for Schoolchildren in Emergencies: A Guidebook for Teachers

Murat Sahin, Emily Bamford, Lisa Bender et al. UNICEF (2011)
This guidebook for people in school settings is intended to offer strategies for use and adaptation with children and families to re-establish routines of hygiene with basic access to water and sanitation services through an approach that visibly sh ... more
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Ten Immediate WASH Actions in Healthcare Facilities for COVID-19 Response
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This page describes ten immediate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) actions that low-resource healthcare facilities can undertake with limited budget in the near-term (0-3 months) to prepare for and address COVID-19. On the second page, WHO and U ... more
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Handwashing compendium for Low Resource Settings - A living document

The Sanitation Learning Hub (2020) CC
The compendium provides guidance on low-cost handwashing facilities that can be widely used in low and middle-income countries. We hope that this can be shared extensively as governments and agencies tackle the crisis in low and middle-income countries where handwashing facilities are urgently neede ... more
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Outbreak Communication

World Health Organization (2005)
Best practices for communicating with the public during an outbreak
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Inclusion made easy in eye health programs

Christoffel-Blinden Mission (CBM) Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2015) CC
Disability inclusive practices for strengthening comprehensive eye care
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WASH Climate Resilient Development: Appraising and prioritising options for climate resilient WASH

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Global Water Partnership (GWP) (2017)
This Technical Brief focuses on appraising and prioritising options for climate resilience with a view to informing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme and project design.
This Technical Brief:
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Ageing & Disablility In Humanitarian Response

Waqas Ashfaq Qureshi Ageing and Disability Task Force (ADTF) (2011) C2
A Resource Book of Inclusive Practices
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Practical Manual for Implementation of the National Infection Prevention and Control Strategic Framework - 2020

National Department of Health South Africa (2020) CC
The strategic framework gives guidance to public and private health facilities and health workers on compliance with standards relating to IPC practices. To further assist health facilities to implement the IPC strategic framework, this practical im ... more
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Phòng lây nhiễm Vi-rút Corona

See text (2020) C2
Infection preventions Hygiene
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Manual for the care and management of patients in Ebola Care Units/ Community Care Centres - Interim emergency guidance, January 2015
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World Health Organization (2015)
This manual provides guidance on best practices to be followed in Ebola Care Units (ECUs)/Community Care Centres (CCCs). It is intended for health aid workers (including junior nurses and community health-care workers) and others providing care for ... more
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Safe return to work: Guide for employers on COVID-19 prevention

International Labour Organisation (2020) CC
This guide contains recommendations for health and safety practices and approaches to COVID-19 prevention, based on materials developed by many organisations.
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Household Water Treatment and Storage

Oxfam (2008) C1
This technical brief presents the current options for safe storage and point of use water treatment. It is intended to help field staff working in a variety of locations to decide upon the most appropriate course of action for providing safe water for the communities in which they work. The effectiv ... more
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Infection Control outside the VHF Treatment Facility

MSF (2008)
This section deals with implementing and improving infection control practices in hospitals, health centres and other health services in the outbreak area. It explains the need for, and implementation of, effective triage procedures, and basic requi ... more
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Follow-up Mandona Guidelines for Practitioners 2016

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (2016) C_WHO
A field guide for accelerating and sustaining open defecation free communities through a Community-Led Total Sanitation approach Follow-up MANDONA (FUM) is an action-oriented approach for accelerating community-wide sanitation and hygiene behaviour ... more
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Collaboration entre le secteur WASH et le secteur de la santé
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Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2019) C_WHO
GUIDE PRATIQUE À L’INTENTION DES PROGRAMMES DE LUTTE CONTRE LES MALADIES TROPICALES NÉGLIGÉES This toolkit provides step-by-step guidance to NTD programme managers and partners on how to engage and work collaboratively with the WASH community to improve delivery of water, sanitation and ... more
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Early Moments Matter for every child

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2017)
This report presents data and outlines best practices and policies that can put governments on the path to providing every child with the best start in life. It outlines the neuroscience of early childhood development (ECD), including the importance ... more
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Safe management of wastes from health-care activities: A summary

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) CC
This document highlights the key aspects of safe health-care waste management in order to guide policy-makers, practitioners and facility managers to improve such services in health-care facilities. It is based on the comprehensive WHO handbook Safe management of wastes from health-care activities ( ... more
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Risk factors of Cholera mortality

Global Task Force On Cholera Control (GTFCC) (2022) CC
To better adapt current case management practices and address excess mortality in otherwise treatable cases will require better knowledge of the demographic characteristics of the patients and comorbidities which can make severe dehydration harder ... more
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Soap Stories and Toilet Tales from Schools

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2012) CC
Water, sanitation and hygiene education in schools – WASH in Schools – provides safe drinking water, improves sanitation facilities and promotes lifelong health. WASH in Schools enhances the well-being of children and their families, and paves t ... more
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HIV and Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Operational Guidance

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO
The duration of breastfeeding and support from health services to improve feeding practices among mothers living with HIV
This operational guidance, developed by WHO, UNICEF and ENN, outlines the duration of breastfeeding and support from healt ... more
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Global status report on water safety plans

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) CC
A review of proactive risk assessment and risk management practices to ensure the safety of drinking-water
Based on information gathered from 118 countries representing every region of the globe, this report provides a picture of WSP uptake wor ... more
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Good practice guide: embedding inclusion of older people and people with disabilities in humanitarian policy and practice

Supriya Akerkar and Rhea Bhardwaj ADCAP Age an& Disability Capactiy (2018) C1
Lessons learnt from the ADCAP programme | This guide shares good practices and challenges that have emerged through the experience of the Age and Disability Capacity Programme (ADCAP) implementing partners, in embedding inclusion of older people an ... more
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Reducing Protracted Internal Displacement: A Snapshot of Successful Humanitarian-Development Initiatives

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2019) C1
This paper aims to contribute to the reflection on effective practices to address protracted displacement, in support of the GP20 Plan of Action roll-out. It expands on the research conducted by Walter Kälin and Hannah Entwisle Chapuisat for the 20 ... more
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Learning Route in Senegal

Palma, G. Learning Route (LR), SUN (Scaling Up Nutrition) (2020) C2
Strengthening the capacities of SUN Countries by sharing and disseminating good practices in the fight against malnutrition. This report is a summary of the results of the preparation and implementation of the Learning Route (LR) organized joint ... more
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Making Health Care Safer – Antibiotic Rx in Hospitals: Proceed with Caution

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2019) C_CDC
Antibiotics save lives, but poor prescribing practices are putting patients at unnecessary risk for preventable allergic reactions, super-resistant infections, and deadly diarrhea. Errors in prescribing decisions also contribute to antibiotic resis ... more
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Music Video for Children about Coughing Etiquette

Compass; USAID (2020) C2
This music video, subtitled in English, shows children following COVID-19 prevention practices, especially covering their mouths/faces when sneezing or coughing.
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Catalogue of interventions addressing vaccine hesitancy

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2017) C1
This catalogue provides tools and information resources to support EU/EEA countries in addressing the challenging issue of vaccine hesitancy. The catalogue provides examples of practices that can serve as a resource for other countries. The project ... more
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Guide de formation: Agents communautaires

Quinn, V., and A. Guyon (2015) CC
Le Guide de formation aux actions essentielles de nutrition et aux actions essentielles d'hygiène : Travailleurs communautaires renforce la capacité des travailleurs communautaires à fournir et à promouvoir les actions essentielles en matière d ... more
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Communication in neglected Tropical Diseases' elimination: A scoping review and call for action

Nieto-Sanchez C., Hatley DM, Gijalva MJ., et al. (2022) CC
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16(10): e0009774. Although the practice of communication is often called upon when intervening asn involgvingcommunties affected by NTD's, the disciplinary framewokr of healt communication research has been largely absent from NTD strategies. To illustrate how ... more
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Safety and quality of water use and reuse in the production and processing of dairy products: meeting report

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
At its 48th session of Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), the Committee noted the importance of water quality and safety in food production and processing. CCFH requested the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and th ... more
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WASH FIT: Manual for Trainer

UN Children's Fund UNICEF; World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
The Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT) presents a framework and acts as a guide to support multisectoral action to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care. Central to the WASH FIT methodology is ... more
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Yemen - WASH Needs Assessment Report, February 2018

Relief and Development Peer Foundation (2018) C1
RDP conducted a water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) needs assessment in three areas (Bani Ahmed, Al-Aqiba, Al-Ahmol) located in Far Al Udayn district, Ibb Governorate (December 23th , 2017 to January 7th, 2018).
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Look Back Study of Community-based Development Initiative project

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) (2015) C1
The Look Back Study (LBS) focuses on the water and sanitation and hygiene (WASH) component of the project but some additional information was collected along side the WASH data. This data has been compared to the baseline survey data that was report ... more
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Functionality and sustainability of community latrines under the health urban programme

Ahsan, T., Islam, S. and Ryan, P. Water Aid and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (2008)
In: Beyond construction : use by all : a collection of case studies from sanitation and hygiene promotion practitioners in South Asia. Chapter 2
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Clinical management of patients with viral haemorrhagic fever. A pocket guide for the front-line health worker
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World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa; (2016) C_WHO
The purpose of this pocketbook is to provide clear guidance on current best management practices for VHF across health-care facilities
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WASH Package for Ebola Care and Treatment Centres/Units

UNICEF (2014)
Guidance Note. The recommended actions are presented under the different components (water supply, hygiene and hand washing, disinfection, solid waste management, latrine and wastewater management, and dead body management) of the defined Ebola Care ... more
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Ebola virus disease (EVD) – Key questions and answers concerning health care waste

World Health Organization (2021) C_WHO
Update September 2021. Safe management of health care waste practices play an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks. This question and answer document provides p ... more
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Children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa

R. Smart; HIVAIDS Consultant Save the Children (UK) South Africa Programme; The Department of Social Development (2003) C2
A Rapid Appraisal of Priorities, Policies and Practices
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National Strategic Plan for Newborn and Child Health Development (2015-2018)

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health, Department of Health, Child Health Division World Health Organization (WHO), Country Office for Myanmar (2015) C_WHO
No publication year indicated
The specific objectives of the plan are to:
- Scale up evidence-based, cost effective interventions through effective strategies within a HSS approach and provide equitable coverage with quality.
- Reduce neonatal mortality by improved home-based newborn ... more
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Undernutrition in Myanmar. Part 2: A Secondary Analysis of LIFT 2013 Household Survey Data

Zaw Win; Cashin, Jennifer Leveraging Essential Nutrition Actions to Reduce Malnutrition (LEARN) (2016) C1
In order to better understand the contributing factors of undernutrition in LIFT program areas and the links between child nutritional status and independent variables of programmatic importance to LIFT (such as income, livelihoods, food security, and water, sanitation and ... more
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Fighting Cholera - Operational Handbook: Response to outbreaks and risk prevention in endemic areas

Solidarités International (2018) CC
Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease that is usually contracted when drinking water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The fight against this disease requires a multidisciplinary approach that combines a water, hygiene and sanitation (WaSH) resp ... more
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WASH and infection prevention and control measures in schools

Global Handwashing Partnership; UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF
This guidance note developed by UNICEF is intended to help WASH staff in their preparedness and response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. It provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and its intersection with water, sanitation and hyg ... more
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COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response: WASH and Infection Prevention and Control Measures in Schools

reliefweb; Unicef (2020) C_UNICEF
This guidance note is for UNICEF Regional and Country Office WASH staff to help them in their preparedness and response to the current COVID-19 global pandemic. It provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and its intersection with water, sanitation and ... more
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Infection prevention and control - Guidance to action tools

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
No country can claim to be free from health-care associated infections, therefore, improvement of infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies is essential. WHO recommends the use of multimodal improvement strategies to implement IPC interventions. These include each item of standard and transm ... more
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First Aid in armed conflicts and other situations of violence

International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC (2006)
A practical manual presenting the specific knowledge, skills and practices that First Aiders should have to act safely and effectively when caring for people caught up in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, such as internal disturbance ... more
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Preparedness: saves time, money and lives

Inter-Agency Standing Committee; World Food Programme (2011) C2
This document addresses preparedness as an important investment against natural and man-made disasters. Through good practices, it urges the humanitarian community, governments and regional bodies to use preparedness thinking to be aware of risks, t ... more
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A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities

Maxwell, J.; J. Watts Belser, D. David Hesperian (2007) C1
This book provides basic information to help women with disabilities stay healthy, and will also help those who assist women with disabilities to provide good care. You can help us improve this health guide. So, if you are a woman with a disability, a caregiver, or anyone with ideas or suggestions a ... more
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Humanitarian inclusion standards for older people and people with disabilities
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Age and Disability Consortium CBM International, HelpAge International,and Handicap International (2018)
The Standard consists of nine key inclusion standards, and seven sets of sector-specific inclusion standards for protection – water, sanitation and hygiene, food security and livelihoods, nutrition, shelter, settlement and household items, health ... more
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Out of Step in EECA: TB Policies in 8 Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Médecins sans Frontières MSF Stop TB Partnership (2017) C1
A survey of prevention, testing and treatment policies and practices
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Developing drinking-water quality regulations and standards: general guidance with a special focus on countries with limited resources

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) CC
Drinking-water quality regulations and standards developed or revised in accordance with this guidance will reflect the best practices identified in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality to most effectively protect public health. Moreover, t ... more
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Myanmar Family Planning Landscape Analysis

Jhpiego (2017) C1
This landscape analysis aims to:
1. Identify and document supportive policies and best practices in family planning program implementation
2. Assess the quality of family planning service provision
3. Propose recommendations for scali ... more
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WASH and Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care Facilities

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF
This guidance note developed by UNICEF helps WASH staff in their preparedness and response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. It provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and its intersection with water, sanitation and hygiene (W ... more
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Waste Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic: from response to recovery

UNEP (2020) CC
A new publication - Waste Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic: from response to recovery - reviews current practices for managing waste from healthcare facilities, households and quarantine locations accommodating people with confirmed or suspec ... more
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Involving male partners in maternity care in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial

Daniele M.A., Ganaba R., Sarrassat S. et. al. Research (2018) C2
Bull World Health Organ 2018;96:450–461 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.17.206466 The aim of our study was to determine whether an intervention designed to involve the male partners of pregnant women in Burkina Faso in facility-based maternity care influences care-seeking and healthy ... more
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Comprehensive COVID-19 Slideset: Diagnosis and Transmission

Kim, A.; S.R. Lewin and R. Sherer Clinical Care Options (2021) CC
29 Dec 2021. Comprehensive slideset updated regularly to include the latest data and guidance on best practices for COVID-19 diagnosis and prevention of COVID-19 transmission.
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List of Priority Medical Devices for the First Level of Care for the Countries of the Americas. Third version, November 2021

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO PAHO (2021) C_WHO
n the countries of the Region of the Americas, there are different forms of organization of health services at the first level of care. Some countries include certain laboratory, dental and diagnostic imaging practices in the first level of care, wh ... more
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Ne polluez pas mon avenir ! L'impact environnemental sur la santé infantile

World Health Organisation WHO (2017) C_WHO
En 2015, 5,9 millions d'enfants de moins de cinq ans sont décédés (1). Les principales causes de mortalité infantile dans le monde sont la pneumonie, la prématurité, les complications durant l'accouchement, la septicémie néonatale, les anomalies congénitales, la diarrhée, les tra ... more
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Safety and quality of water used with fresh fruits and vegetables

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO; World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO
During fresh fruit and vegetables (FFV) production, water is used for a variety of purposes. Even the water was conventionally treated and disinfected, it may still potentially contain human pathogens, albeit at low concentrations. A risk assessment, appropriate to the national or local production c ... more
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WHO benchmarks for strengthening health emergency capacities
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World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
Benchmarking is a strategic process often used by businesses and institutes to standardize performance in relation to the best practices of their sector. The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have developed a tool with a list of benchmark ... more
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Health worker Ebola infections in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

World Health Organization (2015)
This preliminary report summarizes the impact of the Ebola epidemic on the health workforce of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It investigates the determinants of infection and describes safe practices put in place to protect health workers during ... more
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National integrated comprehensive cholera prevention and control plan. Fiscal years (2017/18-2021/22)

Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda World Health Organisation (WHO); UNICEF (2017) C1
The major areas of focus for the plan will be:
- Social mobilization and community empowerment (health promotion & education for disease prevention);
- Promotion of access to safe water, good sanitation and hygiene;
- Surveillance an ... more
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Guidance on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in the Health Sector, Myanmar - Rural Setting

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR), Ministry of Health (2011) C1
The guidance aspires
• To emphasize the 'need' to mainstream disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the health sector initiatives.
• To identify key approaches for mainstreaming DRR in the health sector in Myanmar, particularly in rural areas, based on the good ... more
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Cholera in Yemen: A case study of epidemic preparedness and response

The Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Healt (2018) C1
The report offers 20 top recommendations for getting ahead of future outbreaks in Yemen and similarly complex humanitarian settings. In 2015, Yemen was declared a Level 3 emergency by the UN, kicking into gear the highest level of humanitarian support. A massive cholera outbreak followed, leading t ... more
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Water under fire

UNICEF UNICEF (2019)
UNICEF trucks water to the camps where people displaced by the conflict have temporarily settled. UNICEF also installed latrines, showers and water storage tanks in the camps and distributed family hygiene kits to protect children against waterborne ... more
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WASH in Health Care Facilities- Global Baseline Report 2019

World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund (2019) C_WHO
The WHO/UNICEF JMP report, WASH in Health Care Facilities, is the first comprehensive global assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities. It also finds that 1 in 5 health care facilities has no sanitation service*, i ... 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 ... more
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Strengthening the health systems response to COVID-19 - Technical guidance #5

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This guidance is targeted to primary health care policy-makers and only addresses issues relevant for primary health care providers. It has been prepared on the basis of a systematic review of the best available evidence and emergent country practices ... more
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Ready to Come Back: Teacher Preparedness Training Package
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF
The package provides practical, concise yet crucial information about the impact of COVID-19 on daily teaching practices as well as tips and suggestions to improve safety, well-being and learning, with students in face-to-face or remote settings. ... more
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Global analysis of health care waste in the context of COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to large increases in healthcare waste, straining under resourced healthcare facilities and exacerbating environmental impacts from solid waste. This report quantifies the additional COVID-19 healthcare waste generated, describes current healthcare waste management syst ... more
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The Somali strategy for Cholera prevention and control 2020-2024
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Government of SomaliaWorld Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Cholera is an acute gastrointestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae serogroup O1 or O139, and is often linked to unsafe drinking water, lack of proper sanitation and personal hygiene. It adversely affects mostly the poor and vulne ... 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
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Immunization Essentials a practical Field Guide

USAID USAID (2004) CC
This guide provides a comprehensive overview of essential information related to immunization, including technical information about vaccines, a review of immunization program management best practices, guidance on the delivery of immunization servi ... more
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Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Infection Prevention and Control Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Ebola Care Centres
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Government of Liberia; Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (2014)
Keep Safe – Keep Serving; Liberia: Updated Sept 25 2014. This document is intended to inform infection prevention and control practices and supply needs in healthcare facilities. As the Ebola outbreak evolves, the document will need to be adapted ... more
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Ebola checklist for pastors and other church leaders

United Methodist Church (2014)
A ‘checklist’, intended for Christian church leaders in West Africa, with relevant bible passages and advice regarding church practices and the education and support of communities.
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Special Issue: Newborn Health in Uganda

Kate Kerber, Stefan Peterson & Peter Waiswa Global Health Action (2015)
This special issue on Newborn Health in Global Health Action is being launched to share the experience of how to scale up a cost-effective package of newborn care that involves families, community health workers and health facilities. The results of this community randomized trial, the Uganda Newbor ... more
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Ready to Respond: Skills gaps for responding to humanitarian crises in urban settings in the WASH and shelter sectors
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RedR UK (2014) C1
This paper has been commissioned by RedR to identify gaps in skills, technology, and knowledge in urban humanitarian response in order to inform RedR’s project Ready to Respond which is looking to address these gaps in two specific areas: Water supply, sanitation, and ... more
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APHIAplus End-of-Activity Performance Evaluation

USAID Kenya (2015) C1
USAID/KENYA Evaluation Services and Program Support (ESPS)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has a solid track record of supporting health and development initiatives in Kenya. AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance (APHIA) is the agency’s flagship hea ... more
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Guideline on Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Early Warning and Accessible Broadcasting

Dion, Betty; Qureshi, Aqeel Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES), Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, Asia Disaster Preparedness Center (2014) C1
- Build community resilience to coastal hazards by improving capacity of inclusive disaster management systems.
- Reduce the mortality rate of persons with disabilities in situations of risk.
- Raise awareness about inclusive policies, practices ... more
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“They Stay until They Die” A Lifetime of Isolation and Neglect in Institutions for People with Disabilities in Brazil

Human Rights Watch (2018) C1
This report found that many people with disabilities enter institutions as children and remain there for their entire lives. Most of these institutions visited by Human Rights Watch researchers did not provide for more than people’s basic needs, such as food and ... more
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Children and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: UNICEF’s Response in Indonesia (2005-2008) - Child Protection

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2009)
EVALUATION REPORT. This report is a synthesis of the evaluation of UNICEF's response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Indonesia that was undertaken in August 2008 to July 2009. The evaluation assessed UNICEF's response in four sectors where it had major involvement: child protection; basic educat ... more