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The Livelihood and Poverty Mapping Analysis at Regional Level in Pakistan

Begum, Shazia Wageningen University and Research Centre (2015) C1

An attempt has been made to map the incidence of uni-dimensional and multi-dimensional poverty simultaneously arguably for the first time in Pakistan. While multi-dimensional poverty map is calculated using PSLM 2010-11; small area estimation technique is utilized to map uni-dimensional poverty usin... more

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Guidance for managing ethical issues in infectious disease outbreaks

World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

Infectious disease outbreaks are periods of great uncertainty. Events unfold, resources and capacities that are often limited are stretched yet further, and decisions for a public health response must be made quickly, even though the evidence for decision-making may be scant. In such a... more

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World report on child injury prevention

World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Peden, Margie et al. (2008) C_WHO

Every year, around 830 000 children die from unintentional or "accidental" injuries. The vast majority of these injuries occur in low-income and middle-income countries. However, dozens of prevention strategies and programmes exist. If they were integrated into other child survival programmes and im... more

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The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Thematic Report on Population Dynamics

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2016) C1

Census Report Volume 4-E
As no census has been undertaken in over 30 years, many aspects of the demographic situation in the country were unknown. For instance, before the Census it was thought that the country had a population of about 60 million, but the 2014 Census showed that the population... more

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The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Policy Brief on The Older Population

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2017) C1

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Children in disasters - games and guidelines to engage youth in risk reduction

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), South East Asia Regional Office (2010) C1

This guideline consists of two main parts:
i.) Guidelines for Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies on how to start up and engage with other stakeholders in country in rolling out disaster risk reduction (DRR) education and awareness activities for children - not only in school, but also... more

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Cardiovascular risk in Mozambique: who should be treated for hypertension?

Damasceno, A; Padrão P; Silva-Matos, C; et al (2014) C1

This study aimed to estimate the proportion of Mozambicans eligible for pharmacological treatment for hypertension according to single risk factor and total cardiovascular risk approaches. It concluded that a total of 19.8% of 40–64-year-olds would be eligible for pharmacological treatment of hype... more

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“Eles ficam até morrer”.Uma vida de isolamento e negligência em instituições para pessoas com deficiência no Brasil

Human Rights Watch (2018) C1

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Child Protection Action Plan 2015-2020

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2016) C1

This document aims to define a practical plan of action for the IFRC Secretariat to effectively integrate child protection, as a minimum standard, within its organizational systems and development, protracted crisis and emergency operations. The timeline for the action plan is 2015 to the end of 202... more

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The ‘global health’ education framework: a conceptual guide for monitoring, evaluation and practice

Bozorgmehr, K.; VA.Saint, and P. Tinnemann (2011) CC

Global Health. 2011 Apr 18;7:8. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-7-8 Results: Currently, ‘new’health challenges and educational needs as a result of the globalisation process are discussed and linked to the evolving term‘global health’. The lack of a common definition of this termcomplicates attempts... more

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Long-acting injectable vs oral antipsychotics for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

Kishimoto T., Robenzadeh A, Leucht C, et al. (2014) CC

Schizophr Bull. 2014 Jan;40(1):192-213. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbs150. Epub 2012 Dec 17.

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Child protection psychosocial training manual
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Terre des hommes TDH (2008) C1

The Terre des hommes Child Protection Psychosocial Training Manual has been developed for use in the field in order to train animators who work with children and other child protection programme staff. It has been written in response to the needs which exist in Terre des hommes child protection pr... more

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‘ELIMU KWANZA!’ - A Brighter Future for the Children of DRC Safe Education for Internally Displaced Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo

War Child Holland War Child Holland (2014) C1

Prioritise education in conflict-affected areas: Across the world 28 million1 primary school-age children living in conflict-affected countries are out-of-school, and they form half of the world’s total out-of-school population. During conflict, infrastructure assets such as schools are damaged... more