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Laboratory Biorisk Management: Strategic Framework for Action 2012–2016

World Health Organization WHO (2012)
This document presents a strategic framework, aimed towards the development of sustainable global, regional and national plans relating to laboratory biorisk management.
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Guidelines on the Conservation of Medicinal Plants

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), World Health Organization (WHO) (1993) C_WHO
The aim of these Guidelines is to provide a framework for the conservation and sustainable use of plants in medicine. To do this, the Guidelines describe the various tasks that should be carried out to ensure that where medicinal plants are taken fr ... more
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Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants: problems, progress, and prospects

Shi‑Lin Chen; Hua Yu; Hong‑Mei Luo (2016) CC
Chinese Medicine, (2016) 11:37
Medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products, and they are disappearing at a high speed. This article reviews global trends, developments and prospects for the strategies and methodologies concerning the conservation and ... more
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Ethiopia Crisis Response Plan 2021

International Organization for Migration IOM (2021) CC
IOM Ethiopia plans to provide timely and tailored humanitarian assistance and resilience programming for crisis-affected populations in Ethiopia and vulnerable migrant returnees, aiming towards durable and sustainable solutions.
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Fast Facts on Climate Change and Health

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Climate change is resulting in poorer health outcomes, increasing mortality and is a driver of health inequities. However, health is well placed to be a significant part of the solution; the positive health impacts from stronger climate change action can motivate stronger global ambition; health sys ... more
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South Sudan: IDP Site Multi-Sector Needs and Vulnerabilities Survey (FSNMS+): Bentiu IDP Camp, October 2021 - South Sudan

IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix - South Sudan (2022) C2
Assessment in English on South Sudan about Education, Food and Nutrition, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 22 Jul 2022 by IOM
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Noncommunicable diseases and mental health in small island developing states

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
Small island developing states (SIDS) are a set of islands and coastal states that share similar sustainable development challenges, as a result of their size, geography and vulnerability to climate change. Thirty-nine WHO member states in four regi ... more
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Annual Report of the WHO Country Office in Zimbabwe, 2022

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
This report highlights the work of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Zimbabwe towards contributing to the triple billion targets in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs
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WHO mid-term programmatic and financial report for 2016-2017 including audited financial statements for 2016

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
In an ambitious new era for health development under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, WHO and its partners have a solid foundation of success on which to build. Health plays a fundamental role in development and is the central focus of ... more
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Africa CDC Reproductive Health | Strategic Priorities 2022-2026

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2023) CC
In 2006, the Special Session of African Union Health Ministers adopted the Maputo Plan of Action for implementing the Continental Policy Framework on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), which expired at the end of 2015. The goal was for all stakeholders and partners to join forces and ... more
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Policy statement and recommended actions for reducing fat intake and lowering heart attack rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2014) C_WHO
The materials focus on promoting healthy eating habits and reducing risk factors for non-communicable diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. They emphasize actions to limit sugar, salt, and fat intake, including policy recommendations for eliminating trans-fats, reducing saturated fa ... more
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Planetary Health Report Card

International Medical School Initiative (2022) C2
The Planetary Health Report Card is a student-driven, metric-based initiative to inspire planetary health and sustainable healthcare education engagement in medical schools. In addition to inspiring expansion of medical school curricula, we hope to ... more
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Protecting health in Europe from climate change: 2017 update

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (2017) C_WHO
Current evidence that the climate is changing is overwhelming. Impacts of climate change and variability are being observed: more intense heat-waves, fires and floods; and increased prevalence of food- water- and vector-borne diseases. Climate chang ... more
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The role of soil in defining planetary boundaries and the safe operating space for humanity

Kopittke, P.M.; et al. (2021) CC
Environment International Volume 146, January 2021, 106245. We use soils to provide 98.8% of our food, but we must ensure that the pressure we place on soils to provide this food in the short-term ... more
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Humanitarian Accountability Report

James Darcy, Jessica Alexander, Maria Kiani et al. Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) (2013)
The report offers an overview of the progress the humanitarian sector has made and the obstacles it has faced over the past 10 years. Accountability is no longer just a fashionable term, there is now a shared understanding of what it takes to be accountable. From changes at policy level, to concrete ... more
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RIASCO action plan for Southern Africa - Revised regional response plan for the El Niño-induced drought in Southern Africa December 2016 - April 2017

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Regional Interagency Standing Committee, Southern Africa (2016) C1
El Niño conditions persisting during the 2015/16 planting season have caused the worst drought in 35 years in Southern Africa, resulting in a second consecutive failed harvest. This has created severe food shortages and compounded existing vulnerab ... more
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WHO guidelines on good agricultural and collection practices (GACP) for medicinal plants

World Health Organization (WHO) (2003) C_WHO
The main objectives of these guidelines are to:
1. contribute to the quality assurance of medicinal plant materials used as the source for herbal medicines to improve the quality, safety and efficacy of finished herbal products; 2. guide the formulation of national and/or regional GACP guideli ... more
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The Socio-Economic Impact of People Living with HIV at the Household Level in Myanmar

Cercone, James; Pinder, Étoile; Pothuis, Michal et al. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports; UNDP (2016) C1
The study collected data on the impact of HIV-related diseases on income, revenues, economic dependency, consumption, education, health, food security, stigma, discrimination, quality of life, and migration. The study also assessed people living wit ... more
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Managing climate risks for people’s health and well-being

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation; Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) (2017) C1
Policy Guidance Brief 2
• The potential health risks from climate change include: increase of waterborne and vector-borne diseases, heat-related illnesses, injuries and deaths, food insecurity and increased malnutrition. The poor, women, chil ... more
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Forcibly Displaced : Toward a Development Approach Supporting Refugees, the Internally Displaced, and Their Hosts

World Bank (2017) CC
The report depicts the reality of forced displacement as a developing world crisis with implications for sustainable growth: 95 percent of the displaced live in developing countries and over half are in displacement for more than four years. To help ... 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 health leadership roles locally and globally so to ... more
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WHO recommendation on calcium supplementation before pregnancy for the prevention of pre-eclampsia and its complications
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Updated 17 April 2020 Improving care for women during pregnancy and around the time of childbirth to prevent and treat pre-eclampsia and eclampsia is a necessary step towards the achievement of the health targets of the Sustainable Development Goal ... more
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World Drug Report 2019 Booklet 5 Drugs and the environment

United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODC (2022) C2
The booklet starts with a general overview of how illicit drugs and the environment are linked within the bigger picture of the Sustainable Development Goals, climate change and environmental sustainability. It highlights direct and indirect linkage ... more
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Antibiotic use, resistance and the link to nutrition

ReAct (2018) C2
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are spreading at an alarming rate and some bacterial infections may once again be untreatable. Antibiotic resistance (ABR), conservatively calculated, causes more than 500 000 deaths every year. This number is projected to rise dramatically if radical actions are not ta ... more
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Uganda: Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plan 2018-2023

Government of Uganda (2018) C2
The current trend in AMR in Uganda and globally is rising and calls for immediate action. The 71st UN General Assembly (UNGA), the 68th World Health Assembly, and organizations including the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture ... more
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Guidelines for the use of antibiotics in production animals: Cattle, pigs, sheep and goats

The Swedish Veterinary Association SVS (2017) C2
In 1998 the Swedish Veterinary Association decided to adopt a general policy for the use of antibiotics in animals. Since then specifi c policies for the use of antibiotics in dogs and cats have been adopted and in 2011 Guidelines for the use of Antibiotics in Production animals – Cattle and Pigs, ... more
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COVID-19 and the Rights of Older People in Developing Countries, December 2020

Dorcas Aid International (2020) CC
The COVID-19 pandemic and in fact all crises – acute or prolonged – remind us that human rights need to be central in all recovery and development efforts. The Sustainable Development Goals will only be achieved if we are able to create equal op ... more
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Mapping the health system response to childhood obesity in the WHO European Region. An overview and country perspectives (2019)

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2019) C_WHO
Childhood obesity is a major public health problem globally, which could undermine progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Prevention is recognized as the most efficient means of curbing the epidemic; however, given the scale o ... 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 awareness, ... more
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Tracking progress on health and climate change in Europe

Romanello M., van Daalen K., et al. (2021) C2
Left unabated, climate change will have catastrophic effects on the health of present and future generations. Such effects are already seen in Europe, through more frequent and severe extreme weather events, alterations to water and food systems, an ... more
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Circular Economy and Health: Opportunities and Risks

World Health Organisation WHO (2018) C_WHO
The extensive use of natural resources threatens to exceed the carrying capacity of the Earth. The concept of a circular economy offers an avenue to sustainable growth, good health and decent jobs, while saving the environment and its natural reso ... more
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Stockholm+50: what does it mean for global health?

Willets, L. The Lancet Planetary Health (2022) C2
The Lancet Planetary Health Volume 6, ISSUE 5, e388-e390, May 01, 2022. As the Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment turns 50, the role of the health stakeholder community in forward-looking environmental agendas is more important than ever. Breathing air, drinking water, and eating ... 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 woefully insufficient, and we have made little progre ... more
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Nutrition Strategic Shift Thin Piece

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF
UNICEF Syria’s series of think pieces. Every day counts. An outlook on child protection for the most vulnerable children in Syria.To navigate the complex and continuously changing context and attain sustainable results for children, UNICEF – alo ... 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 woefully insufficient, and we have made little prog ... more
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Summary on environment, climate change and health for WHO representatives and other country staff

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
Globally, environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24% of all deaths, and these deaths are largely preventable. A shift towards policies and actions that minimize risks to health and promote health and sustainable personal and soc ... more
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WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants and children under 5 years

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) is advancing the global fight against acute malnutrition in children under 5 with the launch of its new guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition). This milestone is a crucial response to the persistent ... 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 community more broadly. The objectives are to promote ... more
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Addressing Inequalities in Global Health: UNU IIGH Strategic Plan 2024–2028

United Nations University UNU (2024) C1
The 2019-2023 Strategy for UNU-IIGH, developed in 2018, built on UNU-IIGH’s strategic advantage and position vis-à-vis the UN and global health ecosystem. The Strategy set a goal to advance evidencebased policy on key issues related to sustainable ... more
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Policy statement and recommended actions to lower national salt intakes and lower death rates from high blood pressure and strokes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2014) C_WHO
The document outlines strategies for reducing salt intake to combat high blood pressure, strokes, and heart disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It highlights the need for progressive reductions in salt consumption, particularly in staple foods like bread, while promoting public awareness, e ... more
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Policy statement and recommended actions for lowering sugar intake and reducing prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO
The documents focus on promoting healthier nutrition by addressing issues like sugar, salt, and fat intake, emphasizing their role in non-communicable diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and heart diseases. They include educational tools for children and adults to support balanced diets and public h ... more
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Guidance note for practitioners leveraging climate-smart agriculture for peace: Insights from a bundle of interventions in Ghana

Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT; CGIAR (2024) CC
Climate change is one of the biggest crises of our time. Climate threats range from higher temperatures, heavy rainfalls and floods, erratic precipitation, droughts, desertification, and land degradation. This has negative implications on the quality and quantity of natural resources, such as land a ... 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 and evaluation protection and human rights standards human resources community mobilisation and support health services education dissemination of i ... more
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Guide national pour la prise en charge et le soutien alimentaire et nutrionnels des personnes vivant avec le VIH en Haiti
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Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population, Haiti Fanta project (2010) CC
FANTA provided technical support to Haiti’s Ministry of Public Health and Population for the development of national guidelines and an accompanying flipchart, which provide practical solutions to nutrition problems for people living with HIV, as well as guidance on nutritionally managing the sympt ... more
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The Africa Health Transformation Programme 2015–2020 - A Vision for Universal Health Coverage

WHO Regional Office for Africa (2015) C_WHO
The new five-year agenda of WHO in Africa, The Africa Health Transformation Programme, 2015–2020: a vision for universal health coverage, is the strategic framework that will guide WHO’s contribution to the emerging sustainable development platf ... more
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Integrated surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in foodborne bacteria

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
Application of a One Health approach . The present guidance was developed with the support of the WHO Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (AGISAR) to assist countries and other stakeholders in the establishment and development of programmes of integrated surveillan ... more
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Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the ICRC (1995)
This Code of Conduct seeks to guard our standards of behaviour. It is not about operational details, such as how one should calculate food rations or set up a refugee camp. Rather, it seeks to maintain the high standards of independence, effectivene ... more
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WHEELCHAIR SERVICE TRAINING PACKAGE - For Managers (Reference Manual and Workbook)

Sarah Frost, Chapal Khasnabis, Kylie Mines, and Lourdes de la Peza WHO (2015) C_WHO
WHO published and launched the third part of the Wheelchair Service Training Package (WSTP) series consisting of two sub-packages: the Wheelchair Service Training Package for Managers (WSTPm) and the Wheelchair Service Training Package for Stakeholders (WSTPs). WHO recognises that in order to develo ... more
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WHEELCHAIR SERVICE TRAINING PACKAGE - For Stakeholders (Trainer’s Manual)

Sarah Frost, Chapal Khasnabis, Kylie Mines, and Lourdes de la Peza WHO (2015) C_WHO
WHO published and launched the third part of the Wheelchair Service Training Package (WSTP) series consisting of two sub-packages: the Wheelchair Service Training Package for Managers (WSTPm) and the Wheelchair Service Training Package for Stakeholders (WSTPs). WHO recognises that in order to develo ... more
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Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2017

Government of Sierra Leone, Action Contre la Faim France, Irish Aid (2018) C1
(August 28 – October 10, 2017)
A nutrition and mortality assessment using SMART methodology was applied and the survey covered 15 statistical (14 districts plus 1) domains countrywide. The main objective of the survey was to assess the current nutrition status of the population, especially ch ... more
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Poverty Trend Analysis Report 2010/11-2013/14

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) (2016) C2
In 2015, the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda published the Rwanda Poverty Profile Report 2013/2014,which provided a detailed portrait of the extent and nature of poverty in the country, based on information collected by an integrated household living conditions survey (EICV4) undertaken b ... more
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Rwanda: one health strategic plan (2014-2018)

Republic of Rwanda (2014) C2
The strategic plan reflects shared commitments to enhance collaboration between environmental, animal (wildlife and domestic) and human health, and building new One Health workforce capacity through higher institutions of learning. The strategy also outlines interventions to be undertaken by governm ... more
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Review/Assessment of Implementation of Child Death Surveillance and Response (CDSR) in Myanmar

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports, Department of Public Health, Child Health Division (2018) C1
March - June 2018
Myanmar introduced Child Death Surveillance and Response (CDSR) in 2015 as an initiative to reduce child (under-5) mortality, an initiative that will contribute to the country’s efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Go ... more
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Undernutrition in Myanmar. Part 1: A Critical Review of Literature

Cashin, Jennifer Leveraging Essential Nutrition Actions to Reduce Malnutrition (LEARN) (2016) C1
Despite improvements in recent years, the prevalence of undernutrition among women and children in Myanmar remains unacceptably high. One in three children are stunted and about 8% are acutely malnourished. Micronutrient deficiencies are common among infants, young children and pregnant women. In fa ... more
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Venezuelan Survival Migration as a Development Opportunity

Betts, A. Oxford Research Group (2019) C1
Research in Brief. The international community’s predominant response to the Venezuelan migration crisis remains focused on humanitarian relief. This is important, for two populations: a) the over 50,000 ‘pendular’ migrants who go back and forth across the border every day in order to access ... more
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National Health in All Policies Strategic Framework 2017-2021

Ministry of Health, Zambia (2018) CC
The attainment of Zambia’s goal of being a prosperous and middle-income country by 2030 as stipulated in its Vision 2030 is dependent on among others, a healthy and productive population. Therefore, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has prioritized health as a key socio-economic inves ... more
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National Earthquake Preparedness and Response Plan

Government of Myanmar European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2019) CC
It aims to minimize damage to property, reduce injury and lives lost, and normalize the lives of those affected in a timely manner in the case of a damaging earthquake in the country. It also seeks to contribute to the achievements of Myanmar Sustainabl ... more
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Breathe - Let’s end TB and AIDS by 2030

UNAIDS (2018) C1
“It has never been more urgent for us to come together to end HIV and tuberculosis. We achieve the most when we work together, using all of our strengths, harnessing all of our collective potential to end HIV and tuberculosis for a healthier world as part of the ... more
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Delivering Universal Health Coverage 2030 Health: A political choice

Ilona Kickbusch WHO (2019) CC
At least half of the world’s population does not have full coverage of essential health services. Health expenses push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty each and every year, forcing them into terrible choices that no one should ever have to make: Buy medicine or ... more
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The Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
Specifically the Strategy focuses on five strategic objectives: commitment to action on Healthy Ageing in every country; developing age-friendly environments; aligning health systems to the needs of older populations; developing sustain ... more
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Surveillance of water, sanitation and hygiene in schools. A pratical tool

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe (2019) C_WHO
This publication provides a practical tool to support countries in strengthening surveillance of WASH in schools. The findings will inform the development of supportive regulations and improvement planning to safeguard children’s health, well-being, dignity and cognitive performance. The tool also ... more
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2020 South Sudan Humanitarian Needs Overview

Humanitarian Programe cycle 2020 Humanitarian Programe cycle 2020 (2019) CC
Context and impact of the crisis A year after the signing of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS),1 the ceasefire holds in most parts of the country. Armed conflict between State security forces and opposition armed groups has been contained to a sma ... more
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Addressing the antibiotic resistance threat– the role of water, sanitation and hygiene

ReAct (2020) C2
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are spreading at an alarming rate and some bacterial infections may once again be untreatable. Antibiotic resistance (ABR), conservatively calculated, causes more than 500 000 deaths every year. This number is projected to rise dramatically if radical actions are not ta ... more
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WASH - Facts & Figures whole of Syria: End of the year 2019

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) CC
SITUATION ANALYSIS • In Syria, nine years into the crisis, access to sucient quantities of safe water remains limited, with increased water quality assurances and support to water systems rehabilitation, operation and maintenance unconditionally needed. • There is a need to maintain the provis ... more
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Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Bacteria:Application of a One Health Approach

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
The purpose of this guidance is to assist WHO Member States, and other stakeholders, in the establishment and development of programmes of integrated surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in foodborne bacteria (i.e., bacteria commonly transmitted by foo ... more
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Antimicrobial resistance in the Asia Pacific region: a development agenda

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious public health concern with economic, social and political implications that are global in scope, and cross all environmental and ethnic boundaries. As a global threat, AMR risks the achievements of modern medicine, and has the po ... more
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Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Together Working Paper 1.0: Multisectoral coordination

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
This working paper was conceived to offer practical tips and suggestions on how to establish and sustain the multisectoral coordination needed to develop and implement National Action Plans on AMR (NAPs). It is intended for anyone with responsibility for addressing AMR at country level. Drawing on b ... more
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Barbados National Action Plan on Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2022

MINISTRY OF HEALTH, BARBADOS (2017) C_WHO
Barbados currently has a rudimentary framework and capacity to address the issue of antimicrobial resistance. There however needs to be coordination of efforts and improvement in areas where gaps have been identified.Actions required include improved antibiotic stewardship in healthcare settings, pr ... 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 on Antimicrobial Resistance, and with standards and ... more
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Libya: National Action Plan on Prevention and Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance

State of Libya (2019) C_WHO
The Libyan national action plan has been aligned with WHO five objectives. Analysis of the current situation and addressing the gaps and the needs to reach the main goal “one health” approach involves several national sectors and actors, including human and veterinary health, agriculture and ... more
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Estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on global poverty

Sumner,A.; C. Hoy, and E. Ortiz-Juarez UNU-WIDER (2020) C1
In this paper they make estimates of the potential short-term economic impact of COVID-19 on global monetary poverty through contractions in per capita household income or consumption. The estimates are based on three scenarios: low, medium, and high global contractions of 5, 10, and 20 per cent; ... 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 now increasingly recognized that the systematic ne ... more
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A UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19

United Nations (2020) C2
The “United Nations Framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19: Shared responsibility, global solidarity and urgent action for people in need” calls for protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods to set in motion a safe recovery of societies and economies as soon as possibl ... more
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Investing in and building longer-term health emergency preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Interim Guidance This document is to help Member States build on actions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve national medium- to long-term preparedness for future threats. It maps COVID-19 preparedness and response actions to the building of sus ... more
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Impact of COVID-19 in Africa: a scenario analysis to 2030 - July 2020

Cilliers, J.; et al. Institute for Security Studies ISS (2020) CC
This report presents three scenarios on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa using economic growth forecasts, mortality and efforts to ameliorate impact through social grants. Likely effects are examined on per capita income, poverty and the attainment of selected ... more
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Ethiopia Country Refugee Response Plan - The integrated response plan for refugees from Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia 2020

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2020) C1
Refugee protection in the country is provided within the framework of these international and national refugee laws as well as the core international human rights treaties that have been ratified by the country. Continued insecurity within neighbouring states has resulted in sustained refugee moveme ... more
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Monitoring global progress on antimicrobial resistance: Tripartite AMR country self-assessment survey (TrACSS) 2019-2020

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The Tripartite AMR Country Self-Assessment Survey (TrACSS) helps to monitor country progress on the implementation of AMR national actions plans and has been administered on an annual basis by the Tripartite organizations (Food and Agriculture Organ ... more
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Climate Change, Health, and Equity: A Guide For Local Health Departments

Rudolf,L-; C. Harrison et al. Public Health Institute (2018) CC
This 400 page guide, created by PHI’s Center for Climate Change and Health and the American Public Health Association (APHA), with support from the California Department of Public Health helps local health departments prepare for and mitigate climate change effects—from drought and heat to flood ... more
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Ecosystem services and agriculture: tradeoffs and synergies

The Royal Society Publishing (2010) C2
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B (2010) 365, 2959–2971; doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0143. Agricultural ecosystems provide humans with food, forage, bioenergy and pharmaceuticals and are essential to human wellbeing. These systems rely on ecosystem services provi ... more
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The CAP and climate change

European Commission EC (2019) C2
Agriculture is highly exposed to climate change, as farming activities directly depend on climatic conditions. Agriculture also contributes to climate change through the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Two powerful greenhouse gases are by-products of agricultural activity: Methan ... more
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South-East Asia regional strategy for primary health care: 2022-2030

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
This South-East Asia Regional Strategy for Primary Health Care: 2022-2030 aims to accelerate progress in all countries of the Region towards universal health coverage (UHC), health security and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ... more
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South African MATERNAL, PERINATAL, and NEONATAL Health Policy

National Department of Health (NDoH) South Africa NDoH South Africa (2021) CC
As a lower-middle-income country (LMIC), South Africa (SA) bears the burden of maternal and neonatal mortality similar to other sub- Saharan African countries. According to the Saving Mothers Report 2017/19, there has been a progressive and sustained reduction in institutional maternal mortality ... more
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Agricultural adaptation: Six categories of good practices and technologies in Africa

Unique Kulima Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (2021) C1
The threats posed by climate change to agriculture are now well known. Climate change has already resulted in a negative trend in mean crop yield per decade, and this is likely to continue as the century unfolds. In Africa, 650 million people are currently dependent on rain- fed agriculture and, des ... more
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A better classification of wet markets is key to safeguarding human health and biodiversity

Bing Lin A. B., M.L Dietrich, R.A.Senior, et al. The Lancet, Planetary Health (2021) CC
Wet markets have been implicated in multiple zoonotic outbreaks, including COVID-19. They are also a conduit for legal and illegal trade in wildlife, which threatens thousands of species. Yet wet markets supply food to millions of people around the ... more
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Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000-2020: Five years into the SDGs

World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF (2021) C_WHO
The Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report – Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000 - 2020 – presents estimates on household access to safely managed drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services over the past five years, and assesses progress toward achieving the s ... more
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Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility

Al Delaimy W., Ramanathan V., Sanchez Sorondo M. et al. (2020) CC
This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related health impacts that range from heat stress, vector-borne diseases, ... more
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Opting out of the growth society?

Kommission Weltkirche der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz (2018) C2
Studien der Sachverständigengruppe „Weltwirtschaft und Sozialethik“ Nr. 21 On the basis of a reflection on social ethics, the German Bishops’ Conference expert panel on "Global Economy and Social Ethics" has analyzed the role of economic growth in relation to environmental issues and ... more
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Global impact of the war in Ukraine: Billions of people face the greatest cost-of-living crisis in a generation

UN United Nations (2022) C1
More than three months since the start of the war in Ukraine, people globally are facing a cost-of-living crisis not seen in more than a generation, with escalating price shocks in the global food, energy and fertilizer markets - in a world already ... more
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Considerations to integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation into health care system strengthening

USAID (2022) CC
Addressing gaps and improving health system performance is simply not enough to prepare a health system to tackle the effects of the climate crisis. Climate change’s impact on the health and well-being of people globally is reaching catastrophic levels. As the earth continues to warm, tens of mill ... more
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The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic

Sachs, J., Karim, S., Aknin, L. et al. The Lancet Commissions (2022) CC
This Commission report aims to contribute to a new era of multilateral cooperation based on strong UN institutions to reduce the dangers of COVID-19, forestall the next pandemic, and enable the world to achieve the agreed goals of sustainable develo ... more
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Eswatini Country Cooperation Strategy 2022-2026

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
The World Health Organization's fourth Country Cooperation Strategy 2022-2026 is an outcome of a consultative process with inputs from the Ministry of Health, various agencies in the health sector, and other relevant stakeholders. It has been developed to provide strategic direction and support towa ... more
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Ethiopia - National Cholera Control Operational Plan 2022/23

Government of Ethiopia (2023) CC
Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholera. The infection primarily spreads through contaminated water and food. Symptoms include the onset of acute diarrhea and/or vomiting, muscle cramps, and body weakness. If untreated, ... more
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Emergency health response plan for drought in Somalia: Early action to protect health and save lives April-December 2022

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
Nearly 260 000 people died in parts of Somalia between October 2010 and April 2012, including 133 000 children under five during the famine and food crisis in Somalia making it the worst famine in history. A study commissioned and funded by the ... more
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Regional action framework for noncommunicable disease prevention and control in the Western Pacific

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The Regional Action Framework for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control provides a unified vision of objectives and recommended actions to combat the noncommunicable disease (‎NCD)‎ epidemic in the Western Pacific Region. Implementation should be supported by cross-sectoral coordination ... more
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The path that ends AIDS: UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2023
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2023) CC
This report makes clear that there is a path to end AIDS. Taking that path will help ensure preparedness to address other pandemic challenges, and advance progress across the Sustainable Development Goals. The data and real-world examples in the rep ... more
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2024–2028

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
This country cooperation strategy (CCS) outlines how the World Health Organization (WHO) will work with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic over the next five years (2024–2028), supporting the implementation of the five-year health sector development plans and the Health Sector Reform Strategy ... more
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Ethiopia Health Cluster Strategy 2024-2025

World Health Organization WHO; Health Cluster (2024) CC
Ethiopia has been repeatedly affected by conflict, flooding, drought, and disease outbreaks in the past years. As of January 2024, the country is actively responding to the longest recorded cholera outbreak which started in August 2022, recurrent measles outbreaks which started in August 2021, and t ... more
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Preventing and responding to an HIV-related human rights crisis — Guidance for United Nations agencies and programmes

UNAIDS (2024) CC
This Guidance was developed in response to the increase in HIV-related human rights crises and the shrinking civic space for rights-related responses to HIV in recent years across the world. This document builds upon existing guidance documents, offering updated guidance for country-based United Nat ... more
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Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
Public health emergencies, including pandemics, highlight the need for health systems and services that are prepared, resilient and ready to respond to health security threats. Endorsed by Member States in 2023, the Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework (‎APHSAF)‎ is designed to engage m ... more
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Taking Stock: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Climate Commitments - an East and Southern Africa Review

UNFPA (2024) CC
Women, girls and marginalized groups who are largely dependent on natural resources for livelihoods are among the hardest hit by extreme weather patterns. These weather patterns limit their access to food, water, shelter, education and access to ess ... more