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Getting to know cerebral palsy
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International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; CBM; et al. (2014)
Working with parent groups – a training resource for facilitators, parents, caregivers, and persons with cerebral palsy. TThis manual aims to increase knowledge and skills in caring for a child w ... more
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Barriers to Healthcare Services for People with Disabilities in Developing Countries: A Literature Review

Judith Baart, J., and F. Taaka Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2017) CC
Conclusion: To ensure that people with disabilities can successfully access the necessary health services, the barriers on the demand side (the individuals requiring healthcare) as well as the barriers that are part of the healthcare system, should be attended to.
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Community-Based Rehabilitation for Children with Intellectual Disability: Experiences from Endosulfan Affected Areas in India

Augustine, A. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2016) CC
This article describes a Community-Based Participatory Approach (CBPA) for children with intellectual disability in Endosulfan affected areas of Kasaragod district in Kerala state of India. The CBPA strategy evolved from Community Based Rehabilitati ... more
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A lifeline to learning - Leveraging technology to support education for refugees

UNESCO Education 2030 (2020) CC
Education is UNESCO’s top priority because it is a basic human right and the foundation on which to build peace and drive sustainable developm ... more
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Person-centred recovery planning for mental health and well-being: self-help tool: WHO QualityRights

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
Ensuring mental health and well-being has become a worldwide imperative and an important target of the Sustainable Development Goals. But in all countries around the world, our response has been woe ... more
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Disability Inclusion: Tip sheet for GHRP update

Global Nutrition Cluster (2020) C2
In April 2020, the UN launched a coordinated global humanitarian response plan (GHRP) to fight COVID-19 in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries and address the needs of the most vulnerable people. This tips sheet provides practical tips t ... more
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Promoting Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2023) C_WHO
This Handbook is primarily for educators, to help them learn about mental health issues and better support them in educational environments. The Handbook aims to provide training to teachers, administrators, ... more
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“Complicit in Exclusion” South Africa’s Failure to Guarantee an Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities

Human Rights Watch (2015) C2
This report from Human Rights Watch found that South Africa has failed to guarantee the right to education for many of the country’s children and young adults due to widespread discrimination agai ... more
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“I Would Like To Go To School”. Barriers to Education for Children with Disabilities in Lebanon

Human Rights Watch (2018)
This report finds that although Lebanese law bars schools from discriminating against children with disabilities, public and private schools exclude many children with disabilities. For those allowed to enroll, schools often lack reasonable accommod ... more
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Chronic Care for Neglected Infectious Diseases: Leprosy/Hansen’s Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Trachoma, and Chagas Disease

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
This manual provides a framework for morbidity management and disability prevention of patients affected by NIDs and gives specific guidance for th ... more
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Chronic Care for Neglected Infectious Diseases: Leprosy/ Hansen’s Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Trachoma, and Chagas Disease
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Pan American Health Organization PAHO PAHO, WHO (2021) C_WHO
This manual provides a framework for morbidity management and disability prevention of patients affected by NIDs and gives specific guidance for th ... more
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Model disability survey (MDS): survey manual

World Health Organization (WHO) & The World Bank (WB) WHO (2017) CC
The World Health Organization's Model Disability Survey (MDS) Manual is a tool to help implement the MDS in countries and to improve the quality of the interview process. This manual is intended to ... more
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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 ... more
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Disability Considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO
In March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be a pandemic, due to the speed and scale of transmission. WHO and public health ... more
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Disability Inclusive Get Ready Guidebook

USAID Atullya Foundation (2021) CC
Due to Nepal’s difficult geographic structure, rapid urbanization, varied groundwater level, and increasing population the country is prone to earthquakes, floods, landslides, fires, lightning, hailstone, drought, epidemic, ... more
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The sociodemographic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean

United Nations ECLAC (2022) C1
Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by a matrix of social inequality whose axes —such as socioeconomic stratum, gender, stage in the life cycle, ethnicity and race, territory, ... more
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Global child and adolescent mental health: The orphan of development assistance for health

Lu C., Li Z.; Patel V. PLOS Medecine (2018) CC
More than 40% of the world population is 24 years old or younger, the vast majority of whom live in low- and lower middle–income countries. Globally, a quarter of disability-adjusted life years (D ... more
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Core Competencies in Adolescent Health and Development for Primary Care Providers

Pierre André Michaud, Valentina Baltag, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2015)
Including a Tool to Assess the Adolescent Health and Development Component in Pre-Service Education of Health-Care Providers
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Promotion of Savings and Loan groups in Community Based Rehabilitation Programmes CBM Livelihood Technical Guideline

Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2016)
The main objectives of these guidelines are: A. To create awareness among the CBM family (International Office, Member Associations, Regional Offices, Country Offices and partners) on the opportunity savings groups create to attain socio-economic e ... more
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Paediatric Oncology Nursing Care in low- and middle-income countries: a need for baseline standards

Day S., Challinor J., Hollis R., et al. (2015) CC
This article looks at the Baseline Standards developed by the International Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) for paediatric oncology nursing care in low- and middle-income countries. The Baseline Standards lay the foundation for effective ca ... more
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Framework for an Integrated Multisectoral Response to TB, HIV, STIS and Hepatitis in the WHO African Region 2021–2030

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
Disability inclusive shelter programming enables persons with disabilities to contribute more to their communities, participate more in consultations and decision-making, ... more
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The Future Is Inclusive – How to Make International Development Disability Inclusive

Mary Keogh, Monika Brenes, Priska Gronenberg et al. Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2014)
Series on Disability-Inclusive Development. This publication introduces the key concepts for disability-inclusive development and highlights practi ... more
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Improving the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents: guidance on scheduled child and adolescent well-care visits

UN Children's Fund UNICEF; World Health Organization WHO (2024) CC
To survive and thrive, children and adolescents need good health, adequate nutrition, security, safety and a supportive clean environment, opportun ... more
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Assessing the Impact of Nepal’s 2015 Earthquake on Older People and Persons with Disabilities and How Gender and Ethnicity Factor into That Impact

HelpAge International, CBM International and NDRC Nepal (2016)
STUDY REPORT | This study of the impact of the Nepal earthquake of 25 April, 2015, aims to understand the impact factors leading to the exclusion of older people and persons with disabilities from humanitarian action, barriers to their inclusion, ... more
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On the Margins. Education for Children with Disabilities in Kazakhstan

Human Rights Watch (2019) C1
The government of Kazakhstan has committed to ensuring that children with disabilities have access to inclusive education and it has taken the important step of ratifying international human rights ... more
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Key Messages and Actions for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools
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World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF; IFRC (2020) C_UNICEF
The guidance provides critical considerations and practical checklists to keep schools safe. It also advises national and local authorities on how to adapt ... more
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Survive and Thrive: Transforming care for every small and sick newborn

World Health Organization (2019) C_WHO
Just about everyone has experienced the joy that a healthy newborn child brings to parents, families and communities. But the arrival of a newborn who is small or sick often results in immediate worry and ... more
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Refugee and migrant health: Global Competency Standards for health workers

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
This Global Competency Standards sets the benchmark for the health workforce in providing equality of care to refugees and migrants. Refugee and migrant populations are highly diverse, with signific ... more
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National Policy and Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery Services

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Public Health (2011) C1
Draft May 2011
The first ever nursing and midwifery services policy document in the history of MoPH was developed with the following aims:
1. Create a positive environment for Nursing and ... more
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Disability Data Collection in Community-based Rehabilitation

Sunil Deepak, Franesca Ortali, Geraldine Mason Halls, Tulgamaa Damdinsuren, Enhbuyant Lhagvajav, Steven Msowoya, Malek Qutteina, Jayanth Kumar Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2016) CC
Today there are Community-based Rehabilitation (CBR) programmes in a large number of countries. In many countries, the CBR approach is a part of the national rehabilitation services. However, there is a lack of reliable data about persons with disabilities who benefit from CBR ... more
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Addressing comorbidity between mental disorders and major noncommunicable diseases

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Europe (2017) C_WHO
Reduced healthy life expectancy due to the high burden of both mental ill health and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is a major public health concern in the European Region. The links between mental disorders ... more
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Build to last - A framework in support of universal quality pre-primary education

2020 (2020) C1
Today, the world is facing a learning crisis: While millions of children have entered education systems for the first time, many of them cannot read, write or do basic mathematics, even after several years of primary school.1 This global learning cr ... more
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Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness, Part 1 Blended Learning Module for the Health Extension Programme

HEAT, UNICEF, Open University, AMREF, WHO Ministry of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (2011) C1
These Blended Learning Modules cover the full range of health promotion, disease prevention, basic management and essential treatment protocols to improve and protect the health of rural communities ... more
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Guidance and technical packages on community mental health services: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health serv ... more
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Rights-based knowledge creation in sexual and reproductive health. An introductory guide

B. Subha Sri Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) (2022) C2
Human rights-based approaches to the creation of knowledge involve application of human rights principles to both the content and process of knowledge creation. Human rights-based approaches have special significance for the sexual ... more
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Snakebite envenoming: a strategy for prevention and control: executive summary World Health Organization

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that is responsible for enormous suffering, disability and premature death on every continent. As over 5.8 billion people are at risk of en ... more
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Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular disease in 20 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study

Rosengren, A.; Smyth, A.; Rangarajan, S. et al. The Lancet Global Health (2019) CC
Socioeconomic status is associated with differences in risk factors for cardiovascular disease incidence and outcomes, including mortality. However, it is unclear whether the associations between cardiovascular disease ... more
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Technical Note on Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (2020) CC
This is the first version of the INEE technical guideline to support education during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a living document that will be regularly updated to meet the learning and well-bein ... more
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Mycetoma: epidemiology, treatment challenges, and progress

Taha, H.; Fahal, A.; Van de Sande, W. Dovepress open access to scientific and medical research (2015) CC
Mycetoma is a specific chronic, granulomatous, inflammatory disease. It usually involves the subcutaneous tissue, most probably after traumatic inoculation of the causative organism. It has a prolonged, progressive, and indolent course, ... more
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Advancing gender equality and climate action: A practical guide to setting targets and monitoring progress

Climate & Development Knowledge Network (2022) C1
Women have less access to the development services and support – such as adequate healthcare, education and modern technology – that make peop ... more
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Case Management for Survivors and At-risk Women, Children and Youth with Disabilities.

Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) and UNICEF Lebanon (2018) CC
This resource is a product of a partnership project between the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) and UNICEF Lebanon entitled “Strengthening Child Protection and Gender-based Violence Prevention ... more
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Guidance and technical packages on community mental health services: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches: executive summary

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health serv ... more
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I See That It Is Possible - Gender-based Violence Disability Toolkit
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Women's Refugee Commission, et al. (2015) C1
This toolkit is intended to support GBV staff to build disability inclusion into their work, and to strengthen the capacity of GBV practitioners to use a survivor-centered approach when providing se ... more
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A human rights-based approach to disability in development - Entry points for development organisations

Ilse Worm Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) & Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2012) C2
This study has been produced jointly by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a federally owned enterprise, implementing development programmes on behalf of the German Government, and CBM, a non-governmental organisation. Accor ... more
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Snakebite envenoming -- A strategy for prevention and control

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
The core of the strategy is the goal for all patients to have better overall care, so that the numbers of deaths and cases of disability are reduced by 50% before 2030. For this to be achieved, fou ... more
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WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour provide evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents, adults and older adults on the amount of physical acti ... more
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Planetary health and the role of community health workers

Manas R. , Behera R., Satpathy S.K. J Family Med Prim Care (2020) C1
In this era, grand challenges lies in biodiversity loss, climate change, and global noncommunicable diseases signify that planet and humanity are in crisis. Scholarly evidence from human ... more
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Public knowledge of cardiovascular disease and response to acute cardiac events in three municipalities in Brazil

Bartlett, E. S.; Flor, L.S.; Souto Medeiros, D. et al. Open Heart (2020) CC
Objective: To conduct a landscape assessment of public knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk factors and acute myocardial infarction symptoms, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated ex ... more
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Legal capacity and the right to decide: WHO QualityRights core training: mental health and social services: course guide

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
Ensuring mental health and well-being has become a worldwide imperative and an important target of the Sustainable Development Goals. But in all countries around the world, our response has been w ... more
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IASC Guidelines for mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2007) C1
Specific action sheets offer useful guidance on mental health and psychosocial support and cover the following areas coordination assessment monitoring an ... more
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Comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control

World Health Organization (2013) C_WHO
This WHO Guidance Note advocates for a comprehensive approach to cervical cancer prevention and control and is aimed at senior policy makers and pr ... more
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Guideline on Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Early Warning and Accessible Broadcasting

Dion, Betty; Qureshi, Aqeel Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES), Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, Asia Disaster Preparedness Center (2014) C1
- Build community resilience to coastal hazards by improving capacity of inclusive disaster management systems.
- Reduce the mortality rate of persons with disabilities in situations of risk.
- Raise awareness about inclusive policies, practices ... more
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A JOURNEY TO END NTDs: Elimination and Care

Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2017)
LEAVING NO-ONE BEHIND | “A Journey to End NTDs – Elimination and Care” records what we have achieved over the last year and where we are now. It presents our plan of action for the coming year ... more
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Global Strategy for dengue prevention and control, 2012–2020

R. Velayudhan World Health Organization WHO (2012) C_WHO
During the past five decades, the incidence of dengue has increased 30-fold. Some 50–100 million new infections are estimated to occur annually in more than 100 endemic countries, with a documented further spread to previously unaffected areas; every year hundreds of thousands of severe cases ari ... more
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Population mobility and malaria

World Health Organization ( WHO), Regional Office for South-East-Asia (2017) C_WHO
Review of International, Regional and National Policies and Legal Frameworks that Promote Migrants and Mobile Populations' Access to Health ... more
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Integrating Primary Care And Public Health

Bernd Rechel Eurohealth (2020) CC
There are many calls for improved integration between primary care and public health, but also sizeable obstacles to achieving this, such as differences in the ways the two sectors are organised and ... more
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Menstrual Health & Hygiene for Girls and Women with Disabilities

Unicef (2021) C_UNICEF
Menstruation is a natural fact of life and a monthly occurrence for 1.8 billion girls and women of reproductive age. Yet millions of menstruators across the world are denied the right to manage thei ... more
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Dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean: Prevalence, Incidence, Impact, and Trends over Time

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The chapter Dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean: Prevalence, Incidence, Impact, and Trends over Time, is part of the publication series titled “Decade of Healthy Aging: situation ... more
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Guidance: Integrating MHPSS and Peacekeeping: a Mapping and Recommendations for Practitioners - IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (January 2024)

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2024) C1
A major problem facing the world is how to build peace following the ravages of increasingly protracted armed conflict. Armed conflicts leave behind shattered, divided societies that are at risk of repeating cycles of violence, and therefore need co ... more
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Vector-borne diseases: a handbook for pharmacists - Disease prevention, control, management and treatment

Gromek K., Hung M., Montero N. et al International Pharmaceutical Federation FIP (2020) C2
The Pharmaceutical Forum of the Americas (PFA) has previously published guidelines and organised campaigns for community pharmacists on the prevention, detection and control of arbovirus infections ... more
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Curriculum guide to support the operationalization of Refugee and Migrant Health: Global Competency Standards for Health Workers

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
This Curriculum Guide accompanies the Refugee and Migrant Health: Global Competency Standards for Health Workers and the Knowledge Guide to support the operationalization of the Standards. The Curri ... more
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Training Manual: Climate and Health

International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) (2016) C1
The project was developed by the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA), in line with the Federation’s statement “a world in which students are equipped with knowledge, skills and value to take on ... more
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Guidelines on mental health promotive and preventive interventions for adolescents

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The Guidelines on promotive and preventive mental health interventions for adolescents - Helping Adolescents thrive (HAT), provide evidence-informed recommendations on psychosocial interventions to promote mental health, prevent mental disorders, ... more
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Mental health crisis services: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health serv ... more
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Community mental health centres: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health serv ... more
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African Regional Convening to Support Parents and Caregivers

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The African Regional Convening of the Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP) stimulated the interest or engagement of almost 1500 individuals from 742 unique organizations in the fields of health, education, social welfare, women’s affairs, e ... more
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WHO recommendations on home-based records for maternal, newborn and child health

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
The primary audience for the guideline is policy makers and health programme managers of MNCH and immunization programmes in ministries of health where decisions are made ... more
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Urogenital Schistosomiasis among Schoolchildren and the Associated Risk Factors in Selected Rural Communities of Kwara State, Nigeria

Sundar, S.; Abdulkareem, B.; Habeeb, K. et al. (2018) CC
Urogenital schistosomiasis is a common neglected tropical disease in many rural communities in African countries, with patches of infection in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Globally, an estimated 239 million people are currently infected, with burden estimated at more than 3.5 million ... more
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Guidance on Racism and Xenophobia: How UNHCR can address and respond to situations of racism and xenophobia affecting persons under its mandate

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2023) CC
States have committed and assumed obligations to address multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers, returnees ... more
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Asthma management in low and middle income countries: case for change

Mortimer, K.; Reddel, H. K.; Pitrez, P. M.; et al. (2022) CC2
Asthma is the most common noncommunicable disease in children, and among the most common in adults. According to the most recent estimates from the Global Asthma Network Phase I study, around one in 10 children ... more
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Global consultation of National Leprosy Programme managers, partners and affected persons on Global Leprosy Strategy 2021–2030

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The World Health Organization organized a Consultation of National Leprosy Programme managers, partners and affected persons to discuss the draft Global Leprosy Strategy, 2021--2030. This virtual event took place from 26 to 30 October 2020. It was a ... more
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Supported living services for mental health: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health serv ... more
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National User Guide on the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults at the PHC Level 2021

Health Department: Republic of South Africa (2021) CC
Hypertension is referred to as a “silent killer”. Most people with hypertension are unaware of their condition as in most cases, they experience no warning signs or symptoms hence they are not identified or treated. Hypertention is associated with a number of conditions, ... more
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Community outreach mental health services: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health serv ... more
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Trend analysis of cardiovascular disease mortality, incidence, and mortality-to-incidence ratio: results from global burden of disease study 2017

Amini, M.; Zayeri, F.; Salehi, M. BioMed Central (2021) CC
Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the global leading causes of concern due to the rising prevalence and consequence of mortality and d ... more
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Plan of Action for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control 2018-2030

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2018) C_WHO
This Plan envisions a future with the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem as a result of universal access to sexual health and STI prevention services, HPV vaccines, effective screening ... more
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WHO consolidated guideline on self-care interventions for health: sexual and reproductive health and rights

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a health systems perspective ... more
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Children with disabilities - Ensuring their inclusion in COVID-19 response strategies and evidence generation

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) CC
The publication draws on pre-COVID data to highlight how children with disabilities face greater risks in the midst of this pandemic. It documents what has happened to services for children and adults with disabilities across the world ... more
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Hospital-based mental health services: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health serv ... more
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Comprehensive mental health service networks: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health serv ... more
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Peer support mental health services: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health serv ... more
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WHO Guideline on self-care interventions for health and well-being

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a health systems perspective ... more
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Prevention, Screening and Control of Common Non-Communicable Diseases: Hypertension, Diabetes an Common Cancers (Oral, Breast, Cervix)

National Health Mission (2016) CC
Comprehensive Primary Health Care has an important role in the primary and secondary prevention of several disease conditions, including non-communicable diseases which today contribute to over 60% of the mortality in India. The provision of Compreh ... more
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Guidance on mainstreaming biodiversity for nutrition and health

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This report aims to support countries in the necessary transition toward healthier, more sustainable diets by integrating biodiversity in food-based interventions to support nutrition and health. It is intended to help guide decision-makers in the h ... more
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Roadmap on human resource strategies to improve newborn care in health facilities in low- and middle-income countries

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Every year, an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm – before 37 weeks of pregnancy. That is more than 1 in 10 live births. Approximately 1 million children die each year worldwide due to complications from their early birth. Those that survive often face a lifetime of ill-health including ... more
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Resilience Building: A guide to flood, cyclone, earthquake, drought and safe schools programming

Action Aid (2016) CC
This guidance document is meant to support practitioners working in disaster prone contexts to develop and implement more effective integrated resilience programming. It promotes programming that cuts across different fields of work like rights awar ... more
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Beat the heat: Child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2024) CC
Beat the heat: child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia finds that half of these children died from heat-related illnesses in their first year of life. Most children died during the summer months. "Around half of children across Eur ... more
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Cardiovascular diseases in Africa in the twenty-first century: Gaps and priorities going forward

Minja, N.W.; Nakagaayi, D.; Aliku, T. et al. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2022) CC
In 2015, the United Nations set important targets to reduce premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths by 33% by 2030. Africa disproportionately bears the brunt of CVD burden and has one of the highest risks of dying from non-communicable dise ... more
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WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: module 4: treatment: tuberculosis care and support
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The consolidated guidelines are complemented by an operational handbook which is designed to assist with implementation of the WHO recommendations by Member States, technical partners and others who are involved in the management of patients with DR ... more
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Care for Mental Health Conditions in Jamaica: The Case for Investment. Evaluating the Return on Investment of Scaling Up Treatment for Depression, Anxiety, and Psychosis

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO
Mental health is critical to personal well-being, interpersonal relationships, and successful contributions to society. Mental health conditions consequently impose a high burden not only on individuals, families ... more
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Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook

Steve Broach, Luke Clements and Janet Read (2016) C1
Disabled children: a legal handbook is an authoritative yet accessible guide to the legal rights of disabled children and their families in England and Wales. The handbook aims to empower disabled ... more
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Educational equity for individuals with disabilities

Libby Cohen Commonwealth Education Partnerships (2009) C2
Education for respect and understanding – inclusion and equity
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Living Conditions among People with Disabilities in Lesotho: A National Representative Study

SINTEF Technology and Society Global Health and Welfare (2011) C2
This research report provides results from the study of living conditions among people with disabilities in Lesotho. Comparisons are made between disabled and non-disabled in household level and i ... more
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Rwanda: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Ministry of Education, Rwanda (2011) C2
The Early Childhood Development Policy and its Strategic Plan seek to provide a framework to ensure such a holistic and integrated approach to the development of young children. International resear ... more
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Cost-effectiveness of a Community-based Rehabilitation Programme in Nepal

Kelsey Vaughan & Aradhana Thapa Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2015) CC
This study aimed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of a community-based rehabilitation (CBR) programme known as Inspire2Care (I2C), implemented in Nepal by Karuna Foundation Nepal. In the absence of any gold standard methodology to measure cost-effectiveness, the authors developed a new methodology ... more
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Sink or Swim. Barriers for children with disabilities in European School System

Human Rights Watch; European Disability Forum (2018) C2
This report found that while European Schools are paying increasing attention to inclusion, children with disabilities continued to face problems. They are rejected, pressured into changing schools, or are not provided with appropriate accommodations and ... more
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Health promotion for Latin Americans with intellectual disabilities

G.C Frey, and V. A Temple (2008) CC
salud pública de méxico / vol. 50, suplemento 2 de 2008, pp.167-177. In response to the emerging global concern regarding health and people with intellectual disabilities (ID), several developed countries have established national initiatives to ... 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 and ... more
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Sustainability Criteria for CBR Programmes – Two Case studies of Provincial Programmes in Vietnam

Mijnarends DM, Pham D, Swaans K, et al. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2011) CC
This paper aims to explore the conditions needed for sustainable community based rehabilitation (CBR) programmes for persons with disabilities in Vietnam, and to identify the conditions and opportun ... more
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The Status of the Wheelchair in Uganda

Mary Florence Mukisa Uganda National Action on Physical Disability (UNAPD); Uganda Ministry of Health; et al. (2010) C1
A Report of A survey study conducted to determine the demand, availability, quality of production, usage, and affordability of wheelchairs in Uganda. Accessed Febr. 12,2015