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Myanmar (Burma): Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2017) C1

Myanmar has made significant progress in its disaster management policies, plans, and procedures since 2008, when Cyclone Nargis impacted the country leaving devastation in its aftermath. The Government of Myanmar (GoM) has modified the government structure and created new authorities and plans to i... more

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Vietnam: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2015) C1

The National Strategy for Natural Disaster, Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020, which outlines Vietnam’s main disaster risk management objectives and the National Target Program (NTP) form the overarching policy framework for disaster risk management and climate change adaption activities... more

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Bangladesh: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2017) C1

Climate change is a growing concern for Bangladesh because 90 percent of the country is approximately 10 feet above sea level. An evaluation was completed which discovered that high tides in Bangladesh were increasing 10 times more rapidly than the global average. This predicted rapid increase in se... more

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Papua New Guinea: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2016) C1

The 2012 NDRMP lays out the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) architecture of the country and provides guidance for DRM intervention at all levels. However, implementation has been slow and resource challenges exist throughout the government.
The PNG government’s policy and institutional framework... more

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Timor-Leste: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2016) C1

Timor-Leste’s vulnerability to natural hazards means if particular care is not taken in the development of the country’s infrastructure, it will remain at risk to disruption.
Timor-Leste developed the 2008 National Disaster Risk Management Policy, which lays out the government’s vison of ... more

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National Guidelines on TB/HIV Management and Program Collaboration and Implementation Manual, 2nd ed.

Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Directorate General of Health Services (2016) C1

National Tuberculosis Control Program; Mycobacterial Disease Control National AIDS/STD Program

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National Guidelines and Operational Manual for Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB (PMDT), 2nd ed.

Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Directorate General of Health Services (2013) C1

Specific measures are being taken within the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) to address the MDR TB problem through appropriate management of patients and strategies to prevent the propagation and dissemination of MDR TB.
The term "Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB" (PMD... more

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Integrated Water Resources Management in Myanmar: Water usage and introduction to water quality criteria for lakes and rivers in Myanmar. Preliminary report

Mjelde, Marit; Ballot, Andreas; Swe, Thida; Eriksen, Tor Erik; Nesheim, Ingrid; Aung, Toe Toe Norsk institutt for vannforskning (NIVA) (2017) C1

The purpose of the report is to present some first recommendation for the development of Myanmar ecological quality criteria using the system of the EU Water Framework Directive (EU WFD) as baseline, with main focus on the characterization and classification processes. As background for the recommen... more

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The Case for Investment in Nutrition in Sudan

Sibanda-Mulder, Flora; De Beni, Davide UNICEF Sudan (2014)

Over the period 2015 to 2019, scaling up a package of selected nutrition-specific and nutrition sensitive interventions to cover 90 per cent of Sudan would:
- Reduce the under-five mortality rate to 49/1,000 live births
- Reduce the prevalence of stunting to 25 per cent
- Reduce the ... more

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Consolidated Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Checklist. Revision 1
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World Health Organization (2015)

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WHO guidance to protect health from climate change through health adaptation planning

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

This guidance document is designed to ensure that the process of iteratively managing the health risks of climate change is integrated into the overall National Adaptation Planning (NAP) process, including through assessing risks; identifying, prioritizing, and implementing adaptation options; and m... more

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The economic impact of shelter assistance in post-disaster settings

Stephen Sheppard, Richard Hill CHF International, USAID (2005)

This report addresses the impact of emergency shelter programs in the development of post-relief economies and in building incomes of affected populations. It provides a review and analysis of the available literature relevant to understanding the economic impact of emergency shelter programs, addit... more

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Comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment, care and support

Nina Urwantzoff, Ellen Schmitt, Piet Reijer Misereor (2014) C1

Good practice examples from India

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Hepatitis B (chronic): Diagnosis and management of chronic hepatitis B in children, young people and adults

Aftab Ala, Elizabeth Boxall, Steven Bradley et al. National Clinical Guideline Centre (2013)

Clinical guideline, Methods, Evidence and Recommendations In this guideline the following is covered: information needs of people with chronic hep titis B and their carers; where children, young people and adults with chronic hepatitis B a- should be assessed; assessment of liver disease, includi... more

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FAO South Sudan Emergency Livelihood Response Programme January 2014 ‐ December 2015

Food and Agriculture Organization (2014)

Consolidated Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Checklist. Revision 1 recommended

Consolidated Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Checklist. Revision 1
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