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Unequal, unprepared, under threat -World AIDS Day Report, 1 Dec 2021

UNAIDS (2021) C_WHO
Why bold action against inequalities is needed to en AIDS, stop COVID-19 and prepare for future pandemics
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Inequality Kills

Oxfam (2022) CC
The unparalleled action needed to combat unprecedented inequality in the wake of COVID-19. New billionaire minted every 26 hours, as inequality contributes to the death of one person every four seconds Available in English, French, Spanish and Ara ... more
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Ouagadougou Declaration on Primary Health Care and Health Systems in Africa

WHO WHO (2008) C_WHO
It focuses on nine major priority areas, namely: Leadership and Governance for Health; Health Service Delivery; Human Resources for Health; Health Financing; Health Information Systems; Health Technologies; Community Ownership and Participation; ... more
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Ending Preventable Child Deaths from Pneumonia and Diarrhoea by 2025

World Health Organization; UNICEF (2013) C_WHO
The integrated Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD)
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World Report on Ageing and Health

John Beard, Alana Officer, Andrew Cassels et al. World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO
Comprehensive public health action on population ageing is urgently needed. This will require fundamental shifts, not just in the things we do, but in how we think about ageing itself. The World report on ageing and health outlines a framework for ... more
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Bridging the emergency gap

Monica de Castellarnau and Velina Stoianova Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (2018) C2
Reflections and a call for action after a two-year exploration of emergency response in acute conflicts
There is general consensus that the humanitarian sector is failing to mount timely and adequate responses in the acute phase of conflict-rel ... more
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Mental health policy development in Africa

O. Gureje & A. Alem Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2000) C_WHO
Mental health issues are usually given very low priority in health service policies. Although this is changing, African countries are still confronted with so many problems caused by communicable diseases and malnutrition that they have not woken up ... more
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Prevention of Depression and Promotion of Resilience. Consensus Paper

Pim Cuijpers, Laura Shields-Zeeman, Bethany Hipple Walters, Ionela Petrea European Union EU (2016) CC
EU Compass for Action on Mental Health and Well-being
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HIV and social protection assessment tool

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS); Unicef; World Health Organization; et al. (2017) C2
UNAIDS 2017 / Reference Generating evidence for policy and action on HIV and social protection
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The Challenge of Oral Disease.

FDI World Dental Federation (2015) C1
A all for global Action. The Oral Health Atlas. Second edition
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COVID-19 Rumors and misinformation

USAID (2020) CC
A Technical Brief for Breakthrough ACTION Field Teams
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National Comprehensive Guidelines on HIV Testing Services

Kenya MInistry of Health, Community Development, Elderly and Children (2019) C1
These guidelines provide a framework for effective action to facilitate access to safe and ethical testing services for different population groups. The implementation of the a comprehensive approach, known as HIV Testing Services (HTS) is cardina ... more
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Our duty of care

Abdul Rahim, H.F.; M. Fendt-Newlin, S. T. Al-Harahsheh, et al. Quatar Foundation; Wolrd Innovation Summir ofr Health WISH (2022) CC
A global call to action to protect the mental health of health and care workers
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Implementation manual to prevent and control the spread of carbapenem-resistant organisms at the national and health care facility level
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This manual presents a compelling case for action on carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs) and describes the linkages between the prevention and control of CROs and the Global Action Plan on Antimic ... more
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The Global Diabetes Compact

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
This short guide to the Global Diabetes Compact explains what diabetes is and why action to improve prevention efforts, diagnosis and treatment is so urgent. It outlines the key asks associated with the Compact and emphasizes that increasing access ... more
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Community Discussion Guide for Maternal and Newborn Health Care

Mobilising Access to Maternal Health Services in Zambia Programme, District Health Management Teams UK Aid; Health Partner International, MOH Zambia (2012) C1
A training manual for safe motherhood action groups (MAMaZ)
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The Use of Poo Bags for Safe Excreta Disposal in Emergency Settings

Oxfam (2010)
Safe excreta disposal is a top priority in an emergency, but one that takes time and extensive resources to implement. This Technical Briefing Note examines the use of poo bags for safe excreta containment and disposal in urban emergency settings. T ... more
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Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Zambia: The Case for Investment

Ministry of Health, Zambia (2020) CC
The Government of the Republic of Zambia has placed priority on ensuring that Zambians are healthy and productive as a catalyst to the attainment of socioeconomic development . The Vision 2030 aims to transform Zambia into a prosperous middle-income ... more
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Improving Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2017) CC
Guidance to implement the Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises (CFS-FFA) | Background Note
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Interim National Guidelines for Monkeypox Outbreak Response

Federal Ministry of Health - Nigeria Centre for Disease Contro (2017) C2
This document provides information and recommendations for action, based on the current available knowledge around monkeypox. It is a first draft which will be updated in light of evolving evidence and additional information as they become available ... more
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Accountability in education: meeting our commitments (GLOBAL EDUCATION MONITORING REPORT SUMMARY)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2017) CC
The Education 2030 Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action specifies that the mandate of the Global Education Monitoring Report is to be ‘the mechanism for monitoring and reporting on SDG 4 and on education in the other SDGs’ with the respo ... more
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National Strategy For Scale-Up Of Chlorhexidine in Nigeria

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2016) C2
Building on Nigeria’s Call to Action to Save Newborn Lives, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has developed the National Strategy and Implementation Plan for Scale-up of Chlorhexidine. The Ministry incorporated existing maternal, newborn, and ... more
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WHO LIBERIA 2016 Annual Report

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
This year marked the beginning of the WHO biennium 2016-2017 action plan; this annual report highlights WHO’s key achievements in 2016 It also documents the extraordinary efforts by a broad coalition of government ministries, municipalities, int ... more
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Cambodia: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2017) C1
Cambodia drafted and adopted the National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction 2014-2018 in 2014. This plan finalized the required policies and legal processes to strengthen DRM in Cambodia. It also focused on capacity building at national and su ... more
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Sri Lanka National Strategic Plan for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2022

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (2017) C2
Antimicrobials are precious agents for combating infectious diseases and had saved millions of lives throughout the world. However, the current trend of increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a global health problem with increased morbidity and mortality in infectious diseases. Sri La ... more
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Primary Health Care As An Enabler For “Ending The Epidemics” Of High-Impact Communicable Diseases

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) showed that global commitment and collective action could significantly reduce the disease burdens of three deadly communicable diseases: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. The MDGs helped focus eff ... more
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Protection of health and safety of health workers. Checklist for healthcare facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This checklist is the first step in identifying and prioritizing areas of action for improving the protection of health and safety of health workers in line with WHO–ILO Global Framework for National Occupational Health Programmes for Health Worke ... more
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Supporting the global biodiversity agenda

United Nations - Environment Management Group (EMG) (2020) C2
A United Nations System Commitment for Action to assist Member States delivering on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
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What's Next? Lessons on Education Recovery: Findings from a Survey of Ministries of Education amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

OECD; UNICEF; UNESCO; et al. (2021) CC
1 in 3 countries are not taking action to help students catch up on their learning post-COVID-19 school closures
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Gap Analysis in Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion

Bastable, Andy and Russell, Lucy Oxfam (2013)
The emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) gap analysis project was funded by The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), a program managed by Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA) in partnership with the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Per ... more
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Nutrition matters: Guidance for nutrition programming

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2016) CC
This guidance highlights tangible, evidence-based priority actions in health and WASH programs to achieve the Global Targets for nutrition. Throughout the guidance the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration within and outside the Red Cross Red C ... more
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To Stay and Deliver - Good practice for humanitarians in complex security environments

Jan Egeland, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs; Adele Harmer and Abby Stoddard, Humanitarian Outcomes Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2011) C2
The report offers an analysis of the broader challenges to securing humanitarian action and recommends areas for improvement. This study will contribute to improving the way humanitarians ‘do business’ in complex security environments. Document ... more
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Learning from experience: a summarised review of early warning systems

World Vision, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (2016) C1
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 and their families. As a consequence, the term early warning, early action (EWEA) has become increasingl ... more
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Build back better in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction (Consultative version)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) (2017)
This consultative version of the guideline is the product of literature reviews, discussions and contributions from diverse stakeholders, as well as UNISDR-nominated experts appointed specifically for the development of the Words into Action guideli ... more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Guideline (India)
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Balaji, V., P. Rupali, K. Walia, et al. Indian Council of Medical Research (2018) C2
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health challenge, which is recognized as high priority area by the Government of India. The increasing consumption of antibiotics is one of the key drivers of antimicrobial resistance seen in bugs of ... more
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Catalysing the HIV response for adolescents

Unicef; UNAIDS (2018)
In eastern and southern Africa #EndAdolescentAIDS July 2018 - A global call to action - Case studies - Blogs - Next steps
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COVID-19: Health Emergency Preparedness Simulation Exercise

World Health Organisation (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme (2020) C_WHO
General Objectives 1. Share information on the progress of your preparation, including response capabilities, plans and procedures to identify and respond to an imported case of COVID-19 in your country. 2. Identify areas of interdependence between health actors and other sectors 3. Conduct g ... more
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Use of the WHO Access, Watch, and Reserve classification to define patterns of hospital antibiotic use (AWaRe): an analysis of paediatric survey data from 56 countries

Hsia Y., B. R Lee, A. Versporten, et al The Lancet (2019) C2
Improving the quality of hospital antibiotic use is a major goal of WHO’s global action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance. The WHO Essential Medicines List Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification could facilitate simple stewardship ... more
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2020 Global AIDS Update ⁠— Seizing the moment ⁠— Tackling entrenched inequalities to end epidemics. Executive summary

UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO
The UNAIDS 2020 global report is a call to action. It highlights the scale of the HIV epidemic and how it runs along the fault lines of inequalities.
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Resource considerations for investing in hand hygiene improvement in health care facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Investment in all the drivers and facilitators of hand hygiene action in health care to ensure that it occurs at the point of care and other critical moments requires a multidisciplinary, multifaceted approach. WHO describes such an approach as a ... more
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The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crisis of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19

Oxfam (2021) CC
24 Nov. 2021 Action against gender-based violence being pushed to the outlying margins of the global COVID-19 response A new Oxfam report shows an undeniable increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic around the world t ... more
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DGE position statement on a more sustainable diet

Renner B.; Arens-Azevêdo U.; Watzel B.; et al. (2021) CC
While “sustainability” has become a central aspect of social action and responsibility around the world, its complex and multi-di- mensional nature requires further explanation.
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Updated recommendations on treatment of adolescents and children with chronic HCV infection, and HCV simplified service delivery and diagnostics 
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
These guidelines provide updated evidence-based recommendations on the priority HCV-related topics from the 2018 WHO Guidelines for the care and treatment of persons diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C infection and the 2017 WHO Guidelines on hepatit ... more
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Responding to communicable and noncommunicable diseases: progress report 2020-2022

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Significant progress has been made in the eradication of three priority diseases in the African Region, as a result of extensive collaboration between the Regional Office, WHO country offices and countries. For example, in August 2020, the region wa ... more
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Policy Snapshot: Cholesterol Control and Management in Brazil

World Heart Federation (2015) CC
Worldwide, there are about 17 million deaths due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) each year and at least two or three times as many non-fatal events. Raised cholesterol greatly increases the risks of stroke and heart disease, causing a large health burden across the world. The World Health Organizat ... more
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Fortalecendo a vigilância para a Variante de Preocupação (VOC) Ômicron (B.1.1.529): Informe técnico e ações prioritárias para estados-membros Sede da Organização Mundial da Saúde

Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) OPAS (2022) C_WHO
Strengthening surveillance for Variant of Concern (VOC) Omicron (B.1.1.529): technical brief and priority actions for member states World Health Organization Headquarters, 28 November 2021
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COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The 10 recommendations in the COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health propose a set of priority actions from the global health community to governments and policy makers, calling on them to act with urgency on the current climate and healt ... more
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Antimicrobioal resistance in G7 countries and beyond

Cecchini, M.; J. Langer and J. Slawomirski OECD (2015) C1
Economic Issues, Policies and Option for Action
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Philippines Humanitarian Bulletin Issue 1 | February 2018

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2018) C1
Mayon Volcano continues to show high levels of unrest. Local authorities have evacuated over 82,000 people to safety and have requested the Humanitarian Country Team to assist with addressing priority needs and issues. • Severe Tropical Storm Tem ... more
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mhGAP Training of Health-care Providers (ToHP) training manual. For field testing.
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World Health Organization WHO WHO (2017) C_WHO
Overview Learning objectives • Understand the mental health treatment gap in low-, middle- and high-income countries. • Understand the principles and aims of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme. • Acquire an introduction to mhGAP Interv ... more
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Reducing the humanitarian impact of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2017) C1
Reducing the humanitarian impact of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas is a key priority for the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), civil society and an increasing number of Member States. The Unite ... more
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Reaching the every newborn national 2020 milestones: country progress, plans and moving forward

World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF (2017) C_WHO
To complement the Global Strategy progress reporting, this report provides a detailed look at country leadership and action toward the Every Newborn National Milestones by 2020. Countries have taken the initiative to show the way forward and have de ... more
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Protection, Participation and Potential: Women and Girls in Yemen’s War

International Rescue Committee (2019) C1
Women and girls are paying the price of the war in Yemen – Humanitarian actors must increase the priority given to women and girls’ needs, with specific attention to GBV prevention and response, and reproductive health services
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Prudent and efficient use of antimicrobials in pigs and poultry

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2019) C2
This manual will contribute directly to the fourth focus area of the FAO Action Plan by promoting the prevention of infections and the prudent use of antibiotics in the pig and poultry sectors. The pig and poultry sectors are addressed together, as ... more
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Alcohol and COVID-19: what you need to know

World Health Organization (Europe) (2020) C_WHO
Facing the COVID-19 (new coronavirus disease) pandemic, the countries of the world must take decisive action to stop the spread of the virus. In these critical circumstances, it is es- sential that everyone is informed about other health risks and h ... more
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (‎COVID-19)‎ strategic preparedness and response plan: Accelerating readiness in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This document has been developed for the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean to establish a regional plan of action to support the countries of the Region to rapidly accelerate the scaling up of their capaciti ... more
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Remote Capacity Strengthening in Syria for Better Child Protection (RISE)

Save the Children (2010) CC
Child protection in emergencies The prevention of and response to abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence against children in emergencies. An emergency is defined as threatening condition that requires urgent action. Emergencies often have d ... more
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We’ve got the power — Women, adolescent girls and the HIV response

UNAIDS (2020) CC
This publication marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. It is dedicated to the women leaders and allied community mobilizers who have devoted their lives to advancing the human rights and dignity of all people ... more
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Basic Needs Assessment and Response Analysis Framework & Toolkit

CaLP; Danish Refugee Council DRC, Mercy Corps, et al. (2020) C1
The Basic Needs and Response Analysis Framework and Toolkit (known as the Framework & Toolkit) is part of the ECHO ERC funded project to increase the uptake of multi-purpose cash grants (MPGs) in emergency responses for more efficient and effective humanitarian ... more
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Supporting improvement of infection prevention and control programmes at national and facility levels in Ukraine during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: report

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2021) CC
This report offers a summary of the provided support and recommendations on priority activities for IPC improvement at national and facility levels. The COVID-19 pandemic spotlighted areas for improvement in the IPC programme at national and facilit ... more
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Polio transition planning and polio post-certification: Report by the Director-General

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The Executive Board at its 150th session noted an earlier version of this report.1 The present report provides an update on the implementation of the Strategic Action Plan on Polio Transition (2018–2023)2 at the start of 2022, within the context o ... more
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Protect the promise: 2022 progress report on the every woman every child global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030)

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
This global progress report attempts to lay the groundwork for the kind of accelerated action needed. Section 1 presents key data, trends and developments in women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being. That is followed in Secti ... more
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Data for impact_ How UNADIS data is guiding the world to end AIDS

UNAIDS (2022) C_WHO
As part of the UN’s data strategy—which seeks to nurture data as a strategic asset for insight, impact and integrity—UNAIDS plays an indispensable role in generating data for effective action against the AIDS pandemic. It leads the world’s ... more
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WHO Guide to conducting programme reviews for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Sound periodic programme reviews provide opportunities for countries to objectively assess progress and take corrective action to sustain or get back on track towards achieving their medium and long-term programme goals. It reflects people’s diver ... 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 fo ... more
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Strategic Response Plan for the measles emergency in the WHO European Region, September 2019–December 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
This Strategic Response Plan for the measles emergency in the WHO European Region (SRP) articulates the overall status of measles resurgence in the WHO European Region and the priority actions needed to ensure an effective response to interrupt tran ... more
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Nurses and midwives: a vital resource for health

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2022) C_WHO
This European compendium was produced to provide operational examples of the new nursing and midwifery roles and new service delivery models currently being employed across the Region. The case studies directly relate to the priority areas in Health ... more
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Climate-smart agriculture, fisheries and livestock for food security

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation; Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) (2017) C1
Policy Guidance Brief 1
• Climate change has already challenged the agriculture sector in Myanmar by afecting rice yields and livestock production, while disasters such as foods and cyclones have caused massive destruction in rural areas.
• Without adaptation, the long-term consequenc ... more
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Making the European Region Safer: developments in alcohol control policies, 2010–2019

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2021) C_WHO
Available in Russian A detailed overview is provided of the implementation of alcohol policies described in the 10 action areas of the European Action Plan to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol 2012 ... more
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PAHO’s Health Emergency Appeal 2023

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
This document outlines PAHO’s regional priorities for the year 2023 to sustain and scale up health emergency and humanitarian assistance in the Americas, with a focus on five priority countries currently facing a prolonged humanitarian crisis and ... more
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Guidance Note on Using the Cluster Approach to Strengthen Humanitarian Response

Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC (2006) C1
The cluster approach is a mechanism that helps to address identified gaps in response and enhance the quality of humanitarian action
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Participation handbook for humanitarian field workers - Involving crisis-affected people in a humanitarian response

ALNAP, Groupe URD - Groupe Urgence Rehabilitation Developpement (2009)
The Participation Handbook for humanitarian field workers contains detailed practical advice on the participation of affected people in humanitarian action. It has three sections: Developing a participatory approach (main issues, key factors, ... more
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Communiqué adopted at end of Ebola Virus Meeting 3 July 2014

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa; (2014)
The Emergency Ministerial meeting on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) with Health Ministers agreeing on a range of priority actions to end the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The scale of the ongoing outbreak is unprecedented with reports of over 750 cases ... more
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2019 Antibacterial agents in clinical development: an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline
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World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
Of the 50 antibiotics in the pipeline, 32 target WHO priority pathogens but the majority have only limited benefits when compared to existing antibiotics. Two of these are active against the multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria, which are spr ... more
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Technical meeting to support Ebola affected countries on the recovery and resilience plans with a focus on GAVI, the Global Fund and other partners' funding - Report, 9-11 June 2015

World Health Organization (2015)
The objectives of the meeting were to agree on coordinated and aligned support to the 3 countries’ national health recovery plans (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone); to identify cross-cutting areas and opportunities for integration; to identify ways to improve implementation modalities; and to identi ... more
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Making every baby count: audit and review of stillbirths and neonatal deaths

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
The approach is in line with two of the five objectives outlined in the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP): Strategic Objective 2 – Improve the quality of maternal and newborn care; and Strategic Objective 5 – Count every newborn through measureme ... more
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Working with Individuals, Families and Communities to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health. Module 5

World Health Organization WHO; PAHO Pan American Health Organization, Enfant du Monde (2017) C_WHO
A Toolkit for Implementation. Module 5: Finalizing, monitoring and evaluating the IFC action plan
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Global Plan to End TB 2023-2030

Stop TB Partnership; UNOPS; END TB (2022) C1
This Global Plan builds on the previous edition, which laid out priority actions for 2018-2022, informed by global commitments member states endorsed at the 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on TB. The resource needs estimates from this ... more
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TB and the NSP - Are we on track?

Spotlight NSP (2013) C2
NSP Review Engaging with South Africa’s National Strategic Plan for HIV, STIs and TB Edition 7 July – August 2013 A publication of the Treatment Action Campaign and SECTION27 GeneXpert: An imperfect rollout TB in South African prisons: Whe ... more
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POLICY BRIEF - Stepping up Investments in Human Capital Development to unleash Rwanda’s Demographic Dividend

e National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) and UNFPA (2017) C2
The Demographic Dividend study on Rwanda assessed the socio economic and human development potential of our country in the short, medium and long-term period using a comprehensive approach. It generated relevant policy and programme information to guide a well informed polciy required to propel Rwan ... more
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Maternal and Newborn Health in Urban India: A Monograph based on Literature Review Exercise

Save the Children (2016) C2
India contributes to 16% of the global maternal deaths and around 27% of global newborn deaths. Reducing the burden of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity in urban poor settings today requires an expansion of effective Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) care services and lowering the barrier ... more
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Global vector control response 2017–2030

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
The Global vector control response 2017–2030 (GVCR) provides a new strategy to strengthen vector control worldwide through increased capacity, improved surveillance, better coordination and integrated action across sectors and diseases.
In Ma ... more
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#WhatWomenWant: a transformative framework for women, girls and gender equality in the context of HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights

UNAIDS (2017) C1
This report brings attention to achieving gender equality in the context of women, girls, and the HIV response. This six-month consultation in 2016 with adolescent women and young girls found that #WhatWomenWant is: collaboration and joint action by ... more
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) (2015) CC
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 outlines seven clear targets and four priorities for action to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks: (i) Understanding disaster risk; (ii) Strengthening disaster risk governance to ... more
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National Disaster Management Guidelines. Management of Floods

Government of India, National Disaster Management Authority (2008) C1
The guidelines are presented in the form of the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Floods status and context
Chapter 2: Institutional framework and financial arrangements
Chapter 3: Flood prevention, preparedness and mitigation
Chapter 4: Flood forecasting and warning in India
C ... more
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Antimircrobial resistance - Policy insights 

OECD (2016) C2
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a complex issue of global concern. AMR is not simply a problem of medical science being beaten by nature; human action and perverse incentives play a major role in its development. The misuse of antibiotics in the m ... more
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Module: Essential care and practice

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO
Overview Learning objectives • Name the general principles of essential care and practice. • Name management principles of priority MNS conditions. • Use effective communication skills in interactions with people with MNS conditions. • ... more
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No Time to Wait: Securing the future from drug-resistant infections

IACG Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicral Resistance (2019) C_WHO
UN, international agencies and experts released a groundbreaking report demanding immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to avert a potentially disastrous drug-resistance crisis. If no action ... more
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Manual for developing national malaria strategic plans

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2019) C_WHO
The aim of the framework is to provide guidance to Member States and partners on region-specific priority actions towards the goals, targets and milestones of the GTS. The central pillar of the framework is the adoption of programme phasing and tran ... more
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Reducing Protracted Internal Displacement: A Snapshot of Successful Humanitarian-Development Initiatives

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2019) C1
This paper aims to contribute to the reflection on effective practices to address protracted displacement, in support of the GP20 Plan of Action roll-out. It expands on the research conducted by Walter Kälin and Hannah Entwisle Chapuisat for the 20 ... more
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Operational Guidance Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Programming for Refugee Operations

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2013) C1
This operational guidance on MHPSS provides a practical orientation and tools for UNHCR country operations. It covers specific points of good practice to consider when developing MHPSS programming and offers advice on priority issues and practical d ... more
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Antibacterial agents in preclinical development: an open access database

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
The pre-clinical pipeline shows more innovation and diversity, with 252 agents being developed to treat WHO priority pathogens. However, these products are in the very early stages of development and still need to be proven effective and safe. Th ... more
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AMR Policy Insights

OECD (2016) C2
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a complex issue of global concern. AMR is not simply a problem of medical science being beaten by nature; human action and perverse incentives play a major role in its development. The misuse of antibiotics in the m ... more
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Ethiopia: Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Containment Strategic Plan: The One Health Approach 2021-2025

Ethiopian Food, Medicine and Healthcare Administration and Control Authority (2021) C2
To understand the national situation, Ethiopia did a situation assessment, launched its first strategy in 2011, and took action to contain AMR, as detailed in the blue boxes found throughout this strategy. This updated version of the strategy was in ... more
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Resource mobilisation for antimicrobial resistance (AMR): Getting AMR into plans and budgets of government and development partners / Ghana country level report

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
The Ghanaian Cabinet approved the antimicrobial resistance (AMR)Policy and Implementation plan(hereafter referred to as the national action plan or NAP)in December 2017, whilst the country case study was in progress. This has set in motion the impl ... more
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Resource mobilisation for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Getting AMR into plans and budgets of government and development partners / Nigeria country level report

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
The most significant finding of the case study for integrating antimicrobial resistance (AMR)into existing programs and mobilising resources for funding in Nigeria, is that most of the AMR activities within the Nigerian National Action ... more
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WHO guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals - Executive Summary

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO
In May 2015, the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly recognized the importance of the public health problem posed by antimicrobial resistance by adopting the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance (“global ... more
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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 the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies) is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and contains the following articles: • Strengthening implementation of AMR national action ... more
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Rapid hospital readiness checklist: Interim Guidance
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Updated 20 Nov. 2020 Countries can use this checklist of hospital governance, structures, plans and protocols to rapidly determine the current capacities of hospitals to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify gaps and major areas that require investment and ... more
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Better food and nutrition in Europe – Progress report

World Health OrganizationEurope (2018) C_WHO
This report on progress achieved in the WHO European Region and Member States in implementing the European food and nutrition action plan 2015–2020 presents selected epidemiological data on the nutritional status of populations throughout the Regi ... more