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Measuring changes in household resilience as a result of BRACED activities in Myanmar

Yaron, Gil; Wilson, Dave; Dumble, Sam; Murphy, Ben BRACED Myanmar Alliance (2018) C1

The BRACED Myanmar Alliance was a three-year project aiming to ‘build the resilience of 350,000 people across Myanmar to climate extremes’. The project worked in 7 states, 8 townships and 155 communities. The main impact for project populations was intended to be ‘improved well-being and reduc... more

WHO country cooperation strategy 2014-2018, Myanmar

World Health Organization (WHO), Country Office for Myanmar (2014) C_WHO

The strategic priorities of the CCS 2014–2018 are:
(1) Strengthening the health system.
(2) Enhancing the achievement of communicable disease control targets.
(3) Controlling the growth of the noncommunicable disease burden.
(4) Promoting health throughout the life course.
... more

Health Systems in Action: An eHandbook for Leaders and Managers - CHAPTER 8 - Managing Medicines And Health Products

Malcolm Clark; Andy Barraclough Management Sciences for Health (2010) C1

Full eHandbook under: http://www.msh.org/resources/health-systems-in-action-an-ehandbook-for-leaders-and-managers Effective supply management has the potential to make a powerful contribution to the reliable availability of essential medicines, which are a crucial part of the delivery of highqualit... more

Quantification of Health Commodities - A Guide to Forecasting and Supply Planning for Procurement

USAID USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 4 (2014) C1

The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 4, developed this guide for quantifying health commodities; it will assist technical advisors, program managers, warehouse managers, procurement officers, and service providers in (1) estimating the total commodity needs and costs for successful implementation... more

The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus. A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High STI/HIV Prevalence Settings. Trainer's Guide, 3rd ed.

Population Council (2015) C1

Malaria surveillance strengthening in Myanmar: Implementation plan

Cox, Jonathan; Mellor, Steven Malaria Consortium (2014) C1

This implementation plan sets out a series of programmatic objectives, activities and outcomes for malaria surveillance strengthening in Myanmar over the next two years. This period represents a key phase as the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) strives to build on recent achievements in str... more

Assessment of Malaria Surveillance in Myanmar: Consultancy Report

Malaria Consortium (2013) C1

The primary aim of this assessment is to evaluate current approaches to malaria surveillance in Myanmar and to provide a set of practical and feasible recommendations to further strengthen the surveillance system in the short to medium term. The assessment focuses on the surveillance of malaria case... more

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

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

Vulnerability in Myanmar: A Secondary Data Review of Needs, Coverage and Gaps

Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Programme Facility (HARP-F) & Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) (2018) C1

Based on the Vulnerability Index developed in this review, an estimated 22.7 million persons in Myanmar, or 44% of the population, were found to have some form of vulnerability related to human development and/or exposure to active conflict/violence. These people experience varying combinations of p... more

Cyclone Shelter Assessment

UN-Habitat (2012) C1

The purpose of this study was to document a technical assessment of a sample of these existing shelters on their functionality, accessibility, operation and management, community perspectives in Myanmar; identify gaps, needs and further the linkages with community-based disaster risk reduction (CDBR... more

Community Management of Acute Malnutrition CMAM Guidelines

Republic of South Sudan (2017) C1

Maternal and child malnutrition is a significant public health problem in South Sudan. Among children aged 6-59 months, 31% are stunted, 28% are underweight, and nearly 23% are acutely malnourished of which 13% are estimated to suffer from moderate acute malnutrition and 10% from severe acute malnut... more

Manual on Flood: Causes, Effects & Preparedness

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Relief and Resettlement Department; UN-Habitat (2010) C1

No publication year indicated.

"We like being taught" - a study on teacher absenteeism in Papua and West Papua

UNCEN, UNIPA, SMERU, BPS, UNICEF (2012)

Indonesia: Rapid Assessment of the Child Social Welfare Program (PKSA)

UNICEF (2015)

Key considerations: the context of North Kivu province, DRC

Social Science in Humanitarian Action: A Communication for Development Platform (2018) C1

This brief focuses specifically on the Grand Nord (Great North): the Beni and Lubero territories of northern North Kivu that are the epicentre of the outbreak. Further participatory enquiry should be undertaken with the affected populations, but given ongoing transmission, conveying key consideratio... more

Antimicrobial stewardship in a rural regional hospital – growing a positive culture

Juanid, E.; L. Jenkins, H. Swanepoel, et al. (2018) CC

S Afr Med J 2018;108(7):546-550. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i7.13149 Antimicrobial stewardship programmes have been introduced worldwide in response to the rise in antimicrobial resistance. The World Health Organization has mandated each Member State to produce a plan to address this problem. We rep... more

Professional Standards for Protection Work
recommended

International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC (2018) C1

Carried out by humanitarian and human rights actors in armed conflict and other situations of violence This guideline (third edition) constitutes a set of minimum but essential standards aimed at ensuring that protection work is safe and effective. The standards reflect shared thinking and common ... more

Managing epidemics
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Key facts about major deadly diseases.This manual provides concise and up-to-date knowledge on 15 infectious diseases that have the potential to become international threats, and tips on how to respond to each of them. You can download an interactive version directly at the website http://www.who.... more

Uganda: Population Movement - Emergency Appeal (Revised) n° MDRUG040

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2018) C1