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This Technical Brief focuses on current principles and approaches to Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) management, highlighting key constraints, gaps in knowledge and areas still lacking consensus. ... more
The report offers an analysis of the broader challenges to securing humanitarian action and reco ... more
The guide aims to provide health and DRM practitioners, planners and policymakers across sectors with targeted information to help them strengthen ... more
The objectives of NAP are aligned with the global action plan based on national needs and priori ... more
The Government of Malawi, in fulfilling its primary role of protecting the lives ... more
Asia-Pacific Human Development Report
A United Nations System Commitment for Action to assist Member States delivering on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
At a time when the world is reeling from the deepest global disruption and health crisis of a li ... more
The Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) provides a scientific foundation for understanding, implementing and monitoring LDN. It has been designed to create a bridge ... more
Version 2 (unedited). The Basic Needs Analysis (BNA) is a multi-sector needs analysis approach that can be applied in both sudden onset and protracted emergencies. ... more
The Lab identifies, develops, and launches sustainable finance instruments that can drive billions to a low-carbon economy. The 2019 Global Lab C ... more
The Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC presents a set ... more

The World Climate and Security Report 2021

Brock, S.; Barrett, O.L.; Birkman, L.; et al. International Military Council on Climate and Security (2021) CC
The World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021 from the Expert Group of ... more

The World Climate and Security Report 2021_2

Brock, S.; Barrett, O.L.; Birkman, L.; et al. International Military Council on Climate and Security (2021) C1
The World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021 from the Expert Group of ... more
Looking forward, the 2019-2020 Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) for the DRC situation aims at addressing the needs ... more
The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022;00: 100248 Published online xxx https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100248. The Lancet Countdown report, discuss ... more
Guinea’s 450 megawatt Souapiti dam, scheduled to begin operating in September 2020, is the most advanced of several new hydropower projects planned by t ... more
Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2013) 10(5):210-229
Plants are important sources of medicines. Herbal medicines in Lesotho are exposed to excessive exploitation and habitat destruction. C ... more
Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022: Health situation analysis of the WHO African Region Since 2019, we have been implementing Phase 2 ... more
A comprehensive compilation is provided of the medicinal plants of the Southeast Asian country ... more
he refugee flow to Ethiopia continued during 2018, with 36,1351 persons seeking safety and protection within the country’s borders. At the start ... more
This paper aims to contribute to the reflection on effective practices to address protracted displacement, in support of the GP20 Plan ... more
Reporting on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific: A Handbook for Journalists. UNESCO Series on Journalism education ... more

Nutrition Cluster Handbook

Josephine Ippe, Diane Holland, Leah Richardson, et al. The Global Nutrition Cluster, UNICEF (2013) C1
The purpose of the handbook is to provide those involved in nutrition coordination with relevant tools, guidance, information ... more
Forests, trees and green spaces, hereinafter ‘forests and trees’ for short, provide multiple goods and services that contribute to human health ... more
This document should be used in conjunction with the WHO checklist for influenza preparedness planning published by the World Health Organization ... more

Nutrition Policy and Programs in Ghana

A.B. Ghartey The World Bank, et al. (2010) C1
The limitation of a single sector approach. HNP Discussion Paper
Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Strategic Actions:
1 Endorse and disseminate key policies and regulations
2 Improve maternal n ... more
Special issue: WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health -Vol. 5, Issue 1, April 2016.This special This issue contains a rich collection of articles, demonstrating ... more
The DHS report itself explains the purpose was, “to obtain and provide information on basic indicators ... more
The intent of these guidelines is to develop a holistic, coordinated, proactive and technology driven strategy for management ... more
National Guidelines on Nutrition, Care, Support, and Treatment (NCST) for Adolescents and Adults These guidelines are intended to: • Establish a consistent set ... more
สื่อ “สาร” ให้เข้าถึง : คู่มือนักข่าวส าหรับการรายงานเกี่ยวกับการเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศและการพัฒนาอย่า ... more
Spread of resistance to antimicrobial agents (AMR) does not know national borders and has reached dimensions, which require immediate actions at the ... more
A Training Curriculum for Multidisciplinary Healthcare Teams. This innovative training package aims to empower multidisciplinary health workers to have the confidence and skills to provide comprehen ... more
Early damage assessments indicate that at least 800,000 people could be directly exposed to minor to severe damages, including communication, access, security, loss of livelihoods, infrastructure, and ... more
With the increase in frequency of disasters, there is a need to improve early warning systems (EWS) for EA to reduce the risks faced by children ... more
This working paper is a case study on South Sudan as an important refugee country of origin. The case study looks at issues of forced displacement ... more
There has been important progress for the rights of adolescent girls and women in recent decades, yet millions still struggle to access ... more
According to the International Science Council, the report focuses on identifying the scope of h ... more
The goals and objectives of the Sudan National Action Plan on AMR can only be achieved through i ... more
Rabies is a devastating and societally important zoonotic disease, which is transmitted principally to humans through the bite of infected dogs. Th ... more
The Ukrainian translation of the Handbook was done by the Rev Marian ... more
Zambia has recognised the Public Health threat of antimicrobial resistance and its impact on morbidity ... more
Antimicrobial resistance is a global crisis that threatens a century of progress in health and achievement of ... more
The GHS Index is intended to be a key resource in the face of increasing risks of high-consequen ... more
Over the period 2015 to 2019, scaling up a package of selected nutrition-specific and nutrition sensitive interventions to cover 90 per cent ... more
The fifth World Food Safety Day (WFSD) will be celebrated on 7 June 2023 to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect ... more
Guidelines. The guidelines set out essential actions that humanitarian actors must take in order to effectively identify and respond to the needs ... more
COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Everything has been impacted. How we live and interact with each other, how we work and communicate, how ... more
Antimicrobial resistance has become a serious public health threat for effective treatment of an ever increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses ... more
This report summarizes the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global work on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) during 2022. It describes how ... more
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world. Nearly four years of conflict ... more
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is occurring everywhere in the world, compromising the ability to treat infectious diseases, as well as undermining many other advances in health ... more
The 2023 Country Presence Report provides an overview of what WHO does in countries to advance towards the SDGs ... more
Europe and Central Asia Economic Update. The Russian Federation’s war with Ukraine has triggered a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and threaten ... more
This document provides the Humanitarian Country Team’s shared understanding of the crisis, including ... more
This document is the third iteration of the Flash Appeal for Ukraine, which was originally published on 1 March 2022 ... more
In this review, the editors will investigate the impact of eight WASH interventions in preventing (reducing ... more
Maternal and child malnutrition is a significant public health problem in South Sudan. Among children aged 6-59 months, 31% are stunted, 28% are underweight, and nearly 23% are acutely malnourished ... more
This topic brief highlights how nutrition and healthy diets support the achievement of education and ... more
This topic brief highlights how nutrition and healthy diets support the achievement of education and ... more
The purpose of the report is to present some first recommendation for the development ... more
Women have less access to the development services and support – such as adequate healthcare, education and modern technology – that make peop ... more
The Facilitator's Guide has been piloted in Borno (Nigeria) and in Fafan zone (Somali region, Ethiopia) and improved iteratively after each test. ... more
This report details the nutrition situation in Namibia. It provides information on what needs to be done! The situation calls for a consorted action. Nutrition is everyone’s business. ... more
Climate change presents the single biggest threat to human development, and its widespread impacts disproportionately burden the poorest ... more
PlosOne https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196799; Zoonotic diseases continue to be a public health burden globally. Uganda is especially vulnerable due to its location, biodiversity, and population. Given these concerns, ... more
In an ambitious new era for health development under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, WHO and its partners have a solid foundation of ... more
What at first glance appears to be simple causality – climate change leading to more and more migration – has triggered intense academic debate over the past ten years because ... more
Slavery on fishing vessels, degradation of ecosystems, overfishing, debt bondage, human trafficking and child labour in peeling sheds – the scand ... more
A multidisciplinary and multisectoral collaboration, through a One Health approach is required to effectively prepare for, detect, assess, and respond to emerging ... more

Syria Crisis Common Context Analysis

Hugo Slim and Lorenzo Trombetta IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2014)
Report commissioned by the IASC Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations Steering Group as part of the Syria Coordinated Accountability ... more
Cambodia drafted and adopted the National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction 2014-2018 in 2014. This plan finalized the required policies ... more
Antimicrobials are precious agents for combating infectious diseases and had saved millions of lives throughout the world. However, ... more
The Event-based Surveillance Framework is intended to be used by authorities and agencies responsible for surveillance and response. This framewo ... more

Planetary Health Basics

Liebau, L. The MEDBOX Team (2022) CC
Issue Brief No. 29: Planetary Health is an interdisciplinary academic collective of many scientific disciplines. In addition to the fields of en ... more
: Development assistance for health (DAH) is one of the most important means for Japan to promote diplomacy with developing countries and contribu ... more
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a global public health concern and Lebanon is of no exception to this issue. The spread ... more

Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance

EuroHealth Observer European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Eurostation (2020) C2
The focus of the current quarterly edition of Eurohealth (from ... more
The Indonesian government has reformed its laws, policies, and institutions to better manage disaster risk since the significant 2004 Indian Ocean ... more
Issue Brief 31: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can occur when viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi change over time. There is no longer a response to medicines, and ... more
Antibiotics have been useful in fighting infectious diseases in our country for decades, but because of the overuse and misuse ... more
The National Strategy for Natural Disaster, Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020, which outlines Vietnam’s main disaster risk management objectives ... more
The Philippine Government, International Non-government Organizations (INGOs) and local NGOs are all making attempts to address the impact ... more
Rabies is fatal, vaccine-preventable disease responsible for an estimated 59,000 human deaths each year. Most cases are transmitted by dogs, and most deaths occur in underserved populations in Africa and ... more
Climate change, increasing population densities, and intensified globalisation in trade, travel and migration are among the most important factors ... more
The project will support preventive actions, traditional medicine and the coordination and impl ... more
Recently, Sri Lanka has been impacted by multiple natural disasters. Sri Lanka experienced a landslide in October 2014, and flooding in December 2014.8 Sri Lanka withstood the worst drought conditio ... more
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), also referred to as Laos, or Lao, is exposed to natural disasters such as flooding, typhoons, cyclones, drought, and earthquakes. The country is vulnera ... more
Between 1992 and 2012, disasters caused more than 1.3 million deaths, affected more than 4.4 billion people and led to US$ 2 trillion in economic damages ... more

Global Nutrition Report

Haddad L., Verburg G., Fore H., et al. Development Initiatives Poverty Research Ltd. (2020) CC
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten health and food systems around the world, ... more
While “sustainability” has become a central aspect of social action and responsibility around the world, its complex ... more
The report offers an overview of the progress the humanitarian sector has made ... more
Promoting health and preventing disease is a critical component of the effort required to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). to date, efforts ... more
Camps is intended to help address the absence of public and standardized training resources for those seeking to use high resolution satellite imag ... more
This document is an output of a WHO cross-programme initiative aiming to improve the prevention, diagnosis and management ... more
Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It is a periodic report that summari ... more