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Including Children with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action - Child protection

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2017)
Guidance | Preparedness - Response and early recovery - Recovery and reconstruction
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Including children with disabilities in humanitarian action - Education

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2017)
Guidance | Preparedness - Response and early recovery - Recovery and reconstruction
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Communication for Behavioural Impact (COMBI)

UNIECF; WHO; FAO (2012)
A toolkit for behavioural and social communication in outbreak response
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Ebola outbreak in West Africa 23 months on: Sierra Leone university students’ views on the crisis

ACAPS (2015) CC
ACAPS Primary Data Collection report: November 2015. This report reflects the views and voices of 53 university students in Sierra Leone and results from a focus group discussion held at the Geogra ... more
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Recovering from the Ebola Crisis: A summary report

UN Development Programme (2015)
In response to a call by the United Nations Secretary-General and the Governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, an international team conduc ... more
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Global AIDS Monitoring 2018

Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS (UNAIDS) (2018) C1
Indicators for monitoring the 2016 United Nations Political Declaration on Ending AIDS
UNAIDS supports countries to collect information on their national HIV responses through the Global AIDS Monitoring (GAM) framework—an annual collection of 72 indicators on the ... more
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Communication with the Public in a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency (available in multiple languages)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (2013)
The aim of this publication is to provide practical guidance for public information officers on the preparation for and response to a nuclear or radiological emergency, ... more
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Considerations for school-related public health measures in the context of COVID-19
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World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO
In response to COVID-19, countries around the world have implemented several public health and social measures (PHSM), such as movement restrictions, closure of schools ... more
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Kerala Antimicrobial Resistance Strategic Action Plan (KARSAP)

Department of Agriculture Development & Farmers Welfare; Health & Family Welfare, Government of Kerala (2018) C1
One health Response to AMR Containment. In a significant move for the public health sector, Kerala has become the first state in India to launch an action plan to combat the growing cases of antimicrobial immunity, arising primarily from irrational ... more
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Mapping of Communication Resources COVID-19
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Communication for Devleopment4 Network (2020) C1
This resource mapping contains signposting and direct links to a range of resource sites and content online; this includes information about the main sources for trustworthy information about the pa ... more
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UNICEF 2021 World AIDS Day Report - Stolen childhood, Lost Adolescence
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF Unicef (2021) C_UNICEF
UNICEF's 2021 World AIDS Day report provides global and regional statistical updates on children, adolescents and pregnant women. It further provides a brief history of the HIV epidemic ... more
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Prevailing against pandemic by putting people at the centre
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UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO
Five years after a global commitment to Fast-Track the HIV response and end AIDS by 2030, the world is off track. A promise to build on the momentum created in the first decade of the twenty-first c ... more
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Prevailing against pandemics by putting people at the centre — World AIDS Day report 2020

UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO
Five years after a global commitment to Fast-Track the HIV response and end AIDS by 2030, the world is off track. A promise to build on the momentum created in the first decade of the twenty-first c ... more
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National Guideline For Emergency Nutrition Intervention (May 2022)

Government of Ethiopia (2022) CC
Humanitarian crises exacerbate nutritional risks and often lead to an increase in acute malnutrition. Emergencies include both manmade (conflict) and natural disasters (floods, drought, cyclones, ty ... more
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Time is running out

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2019) CC
Technical Note on Antimicrobial Resistance This document reflects UNICEF’s response to the growing global threat of AMR to child survival, growth and development. It identifies UNICEF’s AMR-spe ... more
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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 ... more
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Social Science in Epidemics: Ebola Virus Disease lessons learned. Summary

Social Science in Humanitarian Action: A Communication for Development Platform (2019) C1
This brief draws out some recommendations for Ebola response actors in North Kivu. It includes lessons learned primarily from (i) historical outbreaks in Congo; (ii) outbreaks in Uganda in 2000-01 and ... more
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Responding to a poliovirus event or outbreak - Part 1: General SOPs

Global Polio Eradication Initiative WHO (2017) C_WHO
Responding to a poliovirus event and outbreak, Part 1: General (SOPs) describes the general principles and steps to facilitate timely and effective ... more
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Responding to COVID-19: Guidance for humanitarian agencies

ALNAP; CERAH; LSHTM (2020) C2
How should humanitarian organisations prepare and respond to COVID-19 in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries? This Rapid Learning Review outlines 14 actions, insights ... more
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iSupport
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
iSupport is a self-help skills and training programme for carers of people with dementia. Worldwide, around 55 million people have dementia. Dementia causes significant psychological and emotional i ... more
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Antibiotic resistance: using a cultural contexts of health approach to address a global health challenge

Ledingham, K. World Health Organization Europe (2020) C_WHO
This policy brief has been developed in response to the contemporary challenge of antibiotic resistance (‎ABR)‎. ABR poses a formidable threat to global health and sustainable development. It is ... more
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North-east Nigeria: Case study

Edwards, Jon Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (2017)
This case study examines the humanitarian response to the conflict-related crisis in the North-East of Nigeria, focusing primarily on the period from 2015 to the end of 2016. The aim is test the central hypotheses of the Emergency Gap project: that ... more
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Start Fund: Learning from disease outbreaks

Start Fund (2018) C1
This learning report attempts to understand the drivers for, and barriers to, effective implementation as well as review the experiences of Start Fund members in responding to these outbreaks to support evidence-based decision-making within the Star ... more
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Collective Voices Report: Qualitative Case Study Report

Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG) (2017) C1
Civil Society Organisations’ contribution towards community engagement to access and demand health services and encourage communities to practice appropriate health-seeking ... more
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Collective Voices: Qualitative Case Study Report

Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG) (2018) C1
Civil Society Organisations’ contribution towards community engagement to access and demand health services and encourage communities to practice appropriate health-seeking ... more
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South Sudan Health Cluster Bulletin 12, December 2018

World Health Organization, Health Cluster (2019) C_WHO
Emergency WASH in Health Facilities in Conflict Affected Locations 756 health workers trained on disease surveillance and outbreak response. Around 142 health workers trained on integrated health ( ... more
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Pertussis Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance Standards

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
The objectives of pertussis surveillance are to:hmonitor disease burden and the impact of the pertussis vaccination programme, with a special focus on understanding the morbidity and mortality in ch ... more
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In Control: A Practical Handbook for Professionals Working in Health Emergencies Internationally RKI

Robert Koch Institut RKI (2023) CC
The greatest risk to persons engaging in international medical emergency response is poor preparation. The In Control handbook hopes to provide a remedy. At the time of writing, we are living through the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a heal ... more
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Pakistan AIDS Strategy III 2015-2020

Ministry of Health, Pakistan (2015) C1
The purpose of the PAS III is to guide Pakistan’s overall national response for HIV and AIDS through 2020, through focused interventions with set targets, costs, roles ... more
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Age-friendly Primary Health Care (PHC) Centres Toolkit

World Health Organization WHO (2008) C_WHO
The toolkit's purpose is to: improve the primary health care response for older persons. sensitize and educate primary health care workers about the specific needs of their older clients. ... more
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UNAIDS Data 2019

UNAIDS (2019) C_WHO
UNAIDS 2019, Reference This edition of UNAIDS data shows the results of some of those successes, but also the challenges that remain. It contains the very latest data on the world’s response to HIV, consolidating a small part of the huge volume o ... more
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Workplace Pandemic Preparedness. Training Manual
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Ministry of Health Ghana; NADMO Ghana GiZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (2013) C1
A training manual for identifying, assessing, preventing and controlling the risks of pandemics in the workplace. This training manual has been developed for both medical and non-medical personnel ... more
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Responding to a polio outbreak. Guidelines
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Polio Global Eradication Intiative (2011)
The occurrence of a case of wild polio in a previously polio free area as presently in Syria, whether through importation, laboratory accident, or mutation of vaccine virus (VDPV), should be considered a public health emergency, that requires a rapid and ... more
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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 ... more
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Understanding the challenges of disability in Myanmar

Bawi, Salai Vanni (2012) C1
This predominantly qualitative research on disability and development in Myanmar was conducted between August 2011 and February 2012, in three commercial centres of Yangon, Mandalay ... more
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Dietary salt intake survey in the Republic of Moldova, 2016

World Health OrganizationEurope (2018) C_WHO
High salt consumption is an important determinant of high blood pressure and reducing it would improve health outcomes by lowering cardiovascular disease and therefore death rates. Reducing salt int ... more
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Overview of Mtoto Mwerevu Stunting Reduction Toolkit

IMA World Health (2021) CC
The Mtoto Mwerevu Stunting Reduction Toolkit is a resource for government and organisations involved in addressing stunting and broader nutrition issues in Tanzania. The toolkit was developed in con ... more
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HIV Prevention in Ethiopia National Road Map 2018 - 2020

Federal HIVAIDS Prevention and Control Office, Ethtiopia (2018) C1
This National Prevention Road Map addresses the above-mentioned challenges and aims to guide, focus and reinvigorate the HIV prevention respo ... more
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Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2014 WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2014) C_WHO
This global status report on prevention and control of NCDs (2014), is framed around the nine voluntary global targets. The report provides data on the current situation, identifying bottlenecks as well as opportunities ... more
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Manual for developing national malaria strategic plans

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2019) C_WHO
The aim of the framework is to provide guidance to Member States and partners on region-specific priority actions towards the goals, targets and milestones of the GTS. The central pillar of the fram ... more
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UNFPA Global Technical Brief - Implications of COVID-19 for Older Persons: Responding to the Pandemic

reliefweb; UNFPA (2020) C2
This technical brief was developed by the UNFPA Global Ageing Network to complement the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs' (UN DESA) Issue Brief: Older Persons and COVID-19, which emphasi ... more
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Dangerous inequalities: World Aids report 2022

UNAIDS (2022) C_WHO
The world is not on track to end the AIDS pandemic. New infections are rising and AIDS deaths are continuing in too many communities. This report reveals why: inequalities are holding us back. In frank terms, the report calls the world’s attention ... more
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Dementia - A public health priority

World Health Organization; Alzheimer's Disease International (2012) C_WHO
The report “Dementia: a public health priority” has been jointly developed by WHO and Alzheimer's Disease International. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of dementia as a public health priority, to articulate a public health app ... more
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Measles outbreak guide
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
This guide also draws on the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to apply for measles outbreak response support from the Measles & Rubella Initiative Outbreak Response Fund (17) ... more
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Public health resource pack for countries experiencing outbreaks of influenza in animals: revised guidance

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
This resource pack was developed for the country offices of the World Health Organization and national Public Health institutions, as an overview of the key information needed for advising their Member States in ... more
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Rumour has it: a practice guide to working with rumours
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Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities (CDAC) (2017) C1
The CDAC Network commissioned a practice guide to draw both on their experiences and many others’ in order to document approaches, practices and tools to working with rumors. It is aimed primarily ... more
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State of the Global Climate 2020

World Meteorological Organization (2020) C1
Concentrations of the major greenhouse gases, CO2 , CH4 , and N2 O, continued to increase despite the temporary reduction in emissions in 2020 related to measures taken in response to COVID-19. 2 ... more
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Quality criteria for the evaluation of climate-informed early warning systems for infectious diseases

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The frequency of infectious disease epidemics is increasing, and the role of the health sector in the management of epidemics is crucial in terms of response. In the context of infectious disease ep ... 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 part ... more
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Action plan (2022–2030) to effectively implement the global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol as a public health priority

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Alcohol consumption is deeply embedded in the social landscape of many societies. Several major factors have an impact on levels and patterns of alcohol consumption in populations – such as historical trends in alcohol consumption, the availabilit ... more
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Guidance on temporary malaria control measures in Ebola-affected countries

World Health Organization (2014)
Malaria is a prevalent cause of febrile illnesses in areas with high transmission, and its clinical presentation overlaps with initial signs of Ebola disease. For this reason, the effectiveness of the Ebola ... more
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Attitudes of Parents towards Behavioural Management of Children with Intellectual Disability

Amina Mushtaq, Attiya Inam, Muhammad Abiodullah Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2015) CC
The study was designed to understand the attitudes of parents of children with intellectual disabilities, with regard to the management of problematic behaviour of their children, and to identify wh ... more
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Ebola virus disease preparedness strengthening team Ghana country visit 10–15 Novmeber 2014

World Health Organization (2014)
The preparedness strengthening team deployed to Ghana focused on specific objectives in order to assist the country in becoming as operationally prepared as possible to detect, investigate and report potential EVD cases effectively ... more
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UNICEF Evaluation Brief No. 2014/2 - Protecting Children in Emergencies: A Comprehensive Evaluation of UNICEF Programmes

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2014)
In December 2013, UNICEF published its first comprehensive evaluation assessing how well its global and country strategies and programmes have worked to protect children in emergencies. The ‘Ev ... more
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Communication for Behavioural Impact (COMBI) Toolkit

World Health Organization (2012)
This field workbook supports the implementation of the interagency (FAO, UNICEF, WHO) “Communication for Behavioural Impact (COMBI): A toolkit for behavioural and social communication in outbreak respons ... more
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OPERATIONAL UPDATE BANGLADESH 11 - 15 December 2018

UNHCR UNHCR (2018)
16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence campaign ended on 10 December. A series of events organized by UNHCR and other agencies operating in the Rohingya response ... more
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Evaluation of UNICEF Programmes to Protect Children in Emergencies - Executive Summary

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2013)
EVALUATION REPORT | This evaluation is the first comprehensive global exercise to examine UNICEF’s programme response in protecting children in emergencies. Its purpose is to strengthen child protection programming by assessing performance in rece ... more
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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 ... more
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A Wake-Up Call: Lessons from Ebola for the world’s health systems
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Save the Children (2015)
Almost 30 countries vulnerable to a new Ebola-style Epidemic, jeopardising the future of millions of Children. The report ranks the world’s poorest countries on the state of their public health systems, finding that 28 have weaker defences in place than Liberia where, alongside Sierra Leone ... more
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Paediatric anaesthesia: Challenges with induction

Kelly L, Cooper M, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (2017) C1
The conduct of paediatric anaesthesia presents many unique challenges. One of the most striking is the variabilityof behaviour and responses of children ... more
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Strategy to respond to antimalarial drug resistance in Africa

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The Strategy to respond to antimalarial drug resistance in Africa is a technical and advocacy document, grounded in the best available evidence to date and aimed at minimizing the threat ... more
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Development Co-operation Report 2020

OECD (2020) CC
The annual Development Co-operation Report brings new evidence, analysis and ideas on sustainable development to members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the international com ... more
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Framework towards tuberculosis elimination in low-incidence countries

World Health Organization (2014) C_WHO
This Framework offers a coherent approach for eliminating tuberculosis (TB) in low-incidence countries. It is designed to guide national policy-makers and those responsible for technical aspects of the national TB ... more
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WHO research for hand hygiene in health care 2023–2030: summary

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
Hand hygiene is vital for safe health care delivery, yet practices at the point of care remain suboptimal worldwide. A comprehensive research agenda is therefore necessary to improve our understanding of factors influencing hand hygiene behaviour ... more
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Rapid Risk Assessment of Acute Public Health Events
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World Health Organization 2012 (2011) C_WHO
This manual has been developed to guide rapid risk assessment of acute public health risks from any type of hazard in response to requests from Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO). The manual is aimed primarily at national departmen ... more
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Containment strategies: lessons from early COVID-19 responses in five African countries

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa; AHOP WHO Regional Office for Africa (2021) C_WHO
The number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise again, with South Africa nearing half of all confirmed cases in the WHO African Region. Threats of new variants loom and low vaccination coverage raises questions on the future of the ... more
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EVALUATION OF UNICEF PROGRAMMES TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN EMERGENCIES - Synthesis Report

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2013) C3
EVALUATION REPORT | The purpose of the evaluation is to strengthen child protection programming in the context of emergencies by assessing UNICEF’s performance and drawing lessons and recommendati ... more
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Impact of WASH Interventions during Disease Outbreaks in Humanitarian Emergencies: A systematic review protocol
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Tufts University, Oxfam (2016) CC
In this review, the editors will investigate the impact of eight WASH interventions in preventing (reducing the risk of) and controlling outbreaks in LMIC, with particular focus on three diseases of current concern to the ... more
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Limited Access Humanitarian Programming

Sandisan, P. Oxfam (2017) C1
Operational guidance for managing programme quality. These guidelines are about implementing the programme-quality standards of the Core Humanitarian Standard in limited access humanitarian response. They have been developed using approaches ... more
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WHO Bangladesh Country Cooperation Strategy: 2020–2024

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2022) C_WHO
Notable progress has also been made on other key health indicators such as reducing maternal, infant and child deaths and malnutrition, increasing immunization coverage, eliminating infectious disea ... 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 ... more
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Women´s Mental Health: An evidence based review

WHO WHO (2000) C_WHO
This document adopts a health determinants framework for examining the evidence related to women’s poor mental health. From this perspective, public policy including economic policy, socio-cultural and environmental factors, community ... more
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The ACT-Accelerator: Two years of impact

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The two-year impact report for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator details impact, case studies and timelines of key milestones for the Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Vaccines pillars, as ... more
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Remote Psychological First Aid during COVID-19 – May 2020

IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support (2020) CC
Psychological first aid (PFA) is a method of helping people in distress so they feel calm and supported to cope better with their challenges. It is a way of assisting someone to manage their situation and ... more
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National hiv testing services communication strategy 2015 - 2019

National AIDS STI Control Programme (NASCOP), Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya (2015) C1
Strategic communication is used to raise awareness of issues among specific target populations. It aims to provide timely, evidence-based, authoritative information and guidance needed for public health action. Prope ... more
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Modelling the health impacts of disruptions to essential health services during COVID-19

UN Children's Fund UNICEF; Umited Nations Popuilation Fund UNFPA; World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
- Module 1: Understanding modelling approaches for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, and nutrition Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a wide range of docume ... more
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State of the world's hand hygiene

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO
This report is the first of its kind. It brings together various data sets to present the current status of hand hygiene, highlight lagging progress, and call governments and supporting agencies to ... more
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Global alcohol action plan 2022-2030

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Alcohol use is deeply embedded in the social landscape of many societies, and some 2300 million people drink alcoholic beverages in most parts of the world. At the same time, more than half of the global population aged 15 years ... more
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Counselling for Caregivers Unit 9: Coping with Stress

Commonwealth of Learning (2021) CC
This unit is written so that you will have the opportunity to learn from mistakes.The unit will take you on a journey of personal stress management, one step at a time Each lesson covers a number of topics and provides various activities for you to ... more
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Person-centred communication for female genital mutilation prevention: a facilitator’s guide for training health-care providers

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Evidence shows that FGM can cause several physical, mental and sexual health complications in girls and women, and in newborns. Health-care provide ... more
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Accelerating WHO FCTC Implementation in the WHO South-East Asia Region: A Practical Approach

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East-Asia (2017) C_WHO
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (‎WHO FCTC)‎ is an evidence-based treaty that reaffirms the right of all people to the highest standard of health and was developed in response to ... more
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Bahrain - National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance

Kingdom of Bahrain - Ministry of Health (2019) C2
In the kingdom of Bahrain, the national antibiotic committee will set the framework for the national response to AMR, especially bacterial resistance to antibiotics. It will be aligned with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Action Plan ... more
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Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) protocol

World Health OrganizationEurope (2016) C_WHO
The WHO Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative in more than half the countries in the Region for routine monitoring of the policy response to the emerging obesity epidemic. The aim of the Initiative ... more
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Faith Sector Key HIV Messages for Mainstreaming

Ministry of Health, Kenya; National AIDS Control Council (2018) C1
The National AIDS Control Council recognizes the growing, organized and progressive inter-faith religious voice in the spheres of governance and development in Kenya. Across the country, the Faith S ... more
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Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) - Data collection procedures

World Health OrganizationEurope (2016) C_WHO
The WHO Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative in more than half thecountries in the Region for routine monitoring of the policy response to the emerging obesity epidemic. The aim of the system is to ... more
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GO pre-deployment training: participant handbook
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World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO
This is a pre-deployment training, tailored specially to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, offered to WHO personnel, consultants, and key partners. The material covered in modules 1-4 is applicable and ... more
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Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the COVID-19 context
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
1 June 2020 Countries around the world are facing the challenge of increased demand for care of people with COVID-19, compounded by fear, misinformation and limitations on movement that disrupt the delivery of health care for all conditions. Mainta ... more
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UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines

UNAIDS (2024) CC
Language influences the way we think, how we perceive reality, and how we behave. With respect to HIV, language can embody stigma and discrimination, which impacts access to testing, acquisition of ... more
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Determinants Of Coital Frequency Among Married Women In Central African Republic: The Role Of Female Genital Cutting

Stewart H.; L. Morrison; R. White Journal of Biosocial Science (2002) C1
Journal of Biosocial Science / Volume 34 / Issue 04 / October 2002, pp 525 - 539 DOI: DOI:10.1017/S0021932002005254, Published online: 24 September 2002 This paper examines determinants of one aspect of sexual behaviour – coital frequency – ... more
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Strategic framework for collaboration on antimicrobial resistance

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Together for One Health. Building on the momentum of increased collaboration, the WHO, FAO, OIE and UNEP have developed a Strategic Framework for collaboration on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This Framework reflects the joint work of the four org ... more
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Modelling the pandemic: attuning models to their contexts

Rhodes, T.; K. Lancaster; S. Lees et al. WHO (2020) C_WHO
BMJ Global Health2020;5:e002914. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002914 The evidence produced in mathematical models plays a key role in shaping policy decisions in pandemics. A key question is therefore how well pandemic models relate to their implementation contexts. Drawing on the cases of Ebola ... more
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Ghana Annual Report 2019

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
The WHO country office for Ghana, began the year 2019 with a 4-day staff retreat at the Busua Beach Resort in the Western Region from 04 to 08 March 2019. The theme for the retreat was ‘Impacting the Health and Lives of the people of Ghana through ... more
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Migration health: 2019 activities overview - Leave no migrant behind

International Organization for Migration IOM (2020) C1
Every year, nearly 250 million people move across borders temporarily or permanently for a job opportunity, studying, to flee a crisis back home, or for other reasons. Another 750 million move for similar reasons within the borders of their countries. With the understanding that human mobility affec ... more
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Бригады чрезвычайной медицинской помощи: минимальные технические стандарты и рекомендации по реабилитации

World Health Organization WHO; Handicap International, CBM; et al. (2016) C_WHO
This document, a first of its kind, clearly sets out the standards for rehabilitation and provides guidance on building or strengthening the capacity of EMTs in this area.The importance of early rehabilitation for functional outc ... more
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Caregiver skills training for families of children with developmental delays or disabilities - Introduction

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
This is the first part of a five-part package that provides guidance on caregiver skills training for families of children aged 2–9 years with developmental delays or disabilities. The Caregiver skills training for families of children with developmental delays or disabilities (CST) aims to pro ... more
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Interim Guiding Document to Support Countries for the Development of their national cholera plan

World Health Organization WHO Global Task Force on Cholera (2020) C_WHO
The Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) launched Ending Cholera: A Global Roadmap to 2030 (Global Roadmap) (1), a strategy that aims to reduce global cholera deaths by 90% and eliminate the disease in at least 20 countries by 2030. It i ... more
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2020 Global AIDS Update ⁠— Seizing the moment ⁠— Tackling entrenched inequalities to end epidemics

UNAIDS (2020) CC
UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply unequal success; COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off course. Missed targets have resulted in 3.5 million more HIV infections and 820 000 more ... more
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HIV prevention 2025 road map

UNAIDS World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Getting on track to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. This new Road Map charts a way forward for country-level actions to achieve an ambitious set of HIV prevention targets by 2025. Those targets emerged from the 2021 Political Declaration on HIV ... more
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WHO competency framework, risk communication and community engagement

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
The risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) competency framework is a resource that details the essential behaviours and activities necessary for effective communication ... more
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Malawi National Communication and Advocacy Strategy for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

United States Agency for International Development; President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; National AIDS Commission MAlawi (2022) CC
Evidence shows that oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) reduces the risk of contracting HIV during sexual intercourse by more than 90% when taken daily. It is for this reason the National HIV Prevention Strategy 2015-2020 (2018 Revision) emphasises the role of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in ... more