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INEE Minimum Standards Handbooks

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (2010) CC

This resource presents "the minimum level of educational quality and access in emergencies through to recovery. The aim of the handbook is to enhance the quality of educational preparedness, response and recovery; to increase access to safe and relevant learning opportunities for all learners, regar ... more

Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery (Available Languages)

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) (2010) CC

The INEE Minimum Standards Handbook is the only global tool that articulates the minimum level of educational quality and access in emergencies through to recovery. The Minimum Standards express a commitment that all individuals—children, youth and adults—have a right to education. There are ... more

Staying alive: safety and security guidelines for humanitarian volunteers in conflict areas

David Lloyd Roberts International Comitee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2005) C1

With its expert practical advice on security in situations of armed conflict, this updated set of guidelines will prove invaluable to humanitarian personnel working at the operational level. Following on from the success of the first edition, published in 1999, it addresses new and developing threat ... more

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 disturbances and tensions.

Integrated National Disability Strategy: White Paper

Office on the Status of Disabled Persons, South Africa (1997) C2

Myanmar: 2018 Humanitarian Needs Overview

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2017) C1

South Sudan: 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) January - December 2018, December 2017

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2017) C1

“No one was left” - Death and Violence Against the Rohingya in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Médecins sans Frontières MSF (2018) CC

A Handbook on the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Marianne Schulze Handicap International (2010) C1

Understanding The UN Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities

Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (2012) C2

The health and humanitarian case for banning and eliminating nuclear weapons

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), World Medical Association, World Federation of Public Health Associations, International Council of Nurses (2016) C1

In this paper, we review the most significant health and environmental facts and explain why — from a medical perspective — a proper understanding of what nuclear weapons will do invalidates all arguments for continued possession of these weapons and requires that they urgently be pro ... more

First Situation Report

World Health Organization (2000)

Background Note for the Global Partnership on Children with Disabilities - Inclusive Nutrition for Children and Mothers with Disabilities

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2012)

This overview of the current situation summarizes the links between nutrition and disability and identifies potential areas where the global partnership may influence the global agenda

Guidance Note on Disability and Emergency Risk Management for Health (Thai Version)

World Health Organization; UNICEF; UNISDR; et al. (2013) C_WHO

แนวปฏิบัติในการจัดการความเสี่ยง ดานภาวะฉุกเฉินและความพิการเพื่อสุขภาพ

Kherson Rapid Assessment: Civilian protection needs & responses (November 2022)

Nonviolent Peaceforce (2022) C2

On November 9, the Russian military announced a full retreat of all their forces from the right bank of Dnipro River; by November 11, 41 settlements, including Kherson city, were de-occupied by Ukrainian forces. Civilians who live in these areas have endured months of combat and occupation. Services ... more

Guidance Note on Disability and Emergency Risk Management for Health

World Health Organization; UNICEF; UNISDR; et al. (2013) C_WHO

This guidance note is intended primarily for health actors working in emergency and disaster risk management (hereafter 'emergency risk management') at the local, national or international level, and in governmental or nongovernmental agencies. People with disabilities, those ... more

Guidelines for training personnel in developing countries for prosthetics and orthotics services
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2005) C_WHO

1.Orthopedics - education 2.Prostheses and implants - utilization 3. Orthotic devices - utilization 4.Developing countries 5.Guidelines 6.Teaching materials I.World Health Organization II.International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics

Yemen: 2018 Humanitarian Needs Overview at a Glance

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Country Team in Yemen (2017) C1

Disability Rights in Southeast Asia

Sida (2014) C2

This brief focuses on disability rights in the ASEAN countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.

Compilation of community-based rehabilitation practices in the WHO South-East Asia Region

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for South East Asia (2013) C_WHO