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FGM in Burkina Faso: Key findings

28 Too Many (2015) C2
With an FGM prevalence of 75.8% among women aged 15-491, Burkina Faso is classified by UNICEF2 as a ‘moderately high prevalence’ country. FGM is practised across all regions, ethnic groups and religions in Burkina Faso. There are distinct regional variations; FGM prevalence ranges from 54.8% ... more
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RCCE Action Plan Guidance COVID-19 Preparedness and Response
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World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF; IFRC (2020) C_WHO
Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) is an essential component of your health emergency preparedness and response action plan. This tool is designed to support risk communication, community engagement staff and responders working with national health authorities, and other partners to ... more
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KENYA: COVID-19 Guidelines from Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa on Safe Mass Gatherings

AMECEA (2020) C1
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COVID-19: Recommended Preventative Practices and FAQs for Faith-based and Community Leaders

The Partnership Center (2020) C1
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Africa CDC: Event based Surveillance Framework

Africa CDC (2018) C_CDC
Event-based surveillance (EBS) is defined as the organized collection, monitoring, assessment and interpretation of mainly unstructured ad hoc information regarding health events or risks, which may represent an acute risk to health. Both indicator-based and event-based surveillance components serve ... more
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Considerations related to the safe handling of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) C1
This document aims to support public health preparedness planning and response activities on the safe handling of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19: at the site of death, during transport, storage and preparation before burial/cremation, and during burial/cremation.
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Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C2
Accessed: 02.04.2020
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Health Advisory for Elderly Population of India during COVID19 Pandemic

Ministery of Health and Family Welfare - Government of India (2020) C2
Elderly people are at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection due to their decreased immunity and body reserves, as well as multiple associated comorbidities like diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Also, course of disease tends to be more severe in ... more
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COVID-19: Guidelines on Dead Body Management

Government of India; Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; Directorate General of Health Services (EMR Division) (2020) C2
This guideline is based on the current epidemiological knowledge about the COVID-19. India is currently having travel related cases and few cases of local transmission. At this stage, all suspect/ confirmed cases will be isolated in a health care facility. Hence the document is limited in scope to h ... more
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Tips for Engaging Communities during COVID-19 in Low-Resource Settings, Remotely and In-Person
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GOARN Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Coordination Working Group, et al. (2020) C_WHO
This brief provides key considerations for engaging communities on COVID-19 and tips for how to engage where there are movement restrictions and physical distancing measures in place, particularly in low-resource settings.
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Role of Frontline Workers in Prevention and Management of Coronavirus

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; Government of India; National Health Mission Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; Government of India; National Health Mission (2020) C2
Accessed: 08.04.2020
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COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement

Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC; World Health Organization (WHO); UNICEF; et al. (2020) C1
Women, the elderly, adolescents, youth, and children, persons with disabilities, indigenous populations, refugees, migrants, and minorities experience the highest degree of socio-economic marginalization. Marginalized people become even more vulnerable in emergencies.1 This is due to factors su ... more
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Including migrants and displaced people in preparedness and response activities

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2022) C1
Guidance for Asia Pacific National Societies. This document provides guidance for Asia Pacific National Societies on how to include migrants and displaced people in COVID-19 preparedness and response activities.
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Guidance on COVID-19 for the care of older people and people living in long-term care facilities, other non-acute care facilities and home care

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, this guidance provides information on infection and prevention control (IPC) for older people, their friends and families, carers, and healthcare providers. Anyone who manages, works, volunteers or provides care at any type of facilities where older people recei ... more
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COVID-19 Global Response Risk Communication & Community Engagement (RCCE) Strategy

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC; Unicef; World Health Organization WHO (2020) C2
This strategy, produced by IFRC, UNICEF and WHO, provides an overview of RCCE coordination approach and priorities across the different phases of the COVID-19 preparedness and response
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Developing Key Messages for Communities on GBV & COVID-19

Protection Cluster, UNFPA (2020) CC
In humanitarian settings, tailoring community engagement interventions for gender, language, and local culture improves communities’ uptake with interventions. Measures taken to prevent and respond to COVID-19 pandemic such as confinement may increase GBV, especially domestic violence and Intimate ... more
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UNFPA Global Technical Brief - Implications of COVID-19 for Older Persons: Responding to the Pandemic

reliefweb; UNFPA (2020) C2
This technical brief was developed by the UNFPA Global Ageing Network to complement the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs' (UN DESA) Issue Brief: Older Persons and COVID-19, which emphasized the humanitarian imperative of addressing older persons' specific needs within preparedness and re ... more
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A Roadmap for Ending Exploitation, Abuse of Talibés in Senegal

Human Rights Watch (2020) C2
For over a decade, Senegalese and international journalists, human rights advocates, and child protection experts have documented and denounced the ongoing exploitation, abuse and neglect of children living in many of Senegal’s traditional Quranic schools, or daaras. Thousands of these children, k ... more
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Survivors and heroines: Women in the crisis in Burkina Faso

Oxfam; reliefweb (2020) C2
Over 1 million women in Burkina Faso caught between conflict and COVID-19 More than a million women and girls in Burkina Faso are facing increased sexual violence, hunger and water shortage as a result of the coronavirus pandemic on top of the existing conflict, said Oxfam today. In its report “ ... more
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Effective Implementation of Public Health and Social Measures in Guinea: Situational Analysis

WHO; Africa CDC; World Economic Forum et al. PERC (2020) C_WHO
PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.
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Effective Implementation of Public Health and Social Measures in Liberia: Situational Analysis

WHO; Africa CDC; World Economic Forum et al. PERC (2020) C_WHO
PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.
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Effective Implementation of Public Health and Social Measures in Nigeria: Situational Analysis

WHO; Africa CDC; World Economic Forum et al. PERC (2020) C_WHO
PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.
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Effective Implementation of Public Health and Social Measures in Sudan: Situational Analysis

WHO; Africa CDC; World Economic Forum et al. PERC (2020) C_WHO
PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.
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Effective Implementation of Public Health and Social Measures in Zambia: Situational Analysis

WHO; Africa CDC; World Economic Forum et al. PERC (2020) C_WHO
PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.
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Community Engagement During COVID-19: A Guide for Community-Facing Staff

Oxfam (2020) C2
This guide is intended to support teams working directly with communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. It provides general guidance on community engagement during outbreak responses, including how to support an integrated response, as well as outbreak prevention and response.
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Risk Communication and Community Engagement Guidance for Physical and Social Distancing

World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO
Physical and social distancing measures are associated with limiting contact between people during disease outbreaks. These measures when applied are often enhanced by lockdowns or shutdowns as part of broader risk communication and community engagement strategies to halt the transmission of disease ... more
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What Are We Learning About Protecting Children in the Community? An inter-agency review of the evidence on community-based child protection mechanisms in humanitarian and development settings

Mike Wessells Save the Children (2008) CC
How to respond to, mitigate, and prevent risks to children’s protection and well-being is a profound, if unanswered, question. Practitioners agree that it is necessary to develop or strengthen protective factors at multiple levels, such as the family, community, and national levels.
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Child Protection - Fact sheet

Save the Children (2007) CC
Children in every country, every culture and at every social level face various forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence1. The abuse takes place at home, in school, in institutions, at work, in the community, in armed conflict and natural disasters. Much violence against children, such ... more
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Best Practices for Engaging Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms and Establishing Synergies with the Education Sector: Learning from Protracted Refugee Settings in Uganda and Rwanda

Child Protection in Crisis Save the Children (2013) CC
The education sector forms an important part of the child protection response in refugee settings, and UNHCR’s Education Strategy (2012-16) reflects a focus on refugee education as a core component of UNHCR’s protection mandate. The right to education for all children also forms part of the Unit ... more
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Sustainable Development and the Future of Work in the Context of the Jubilee of Mercy: Statement of Commitment and Action

Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Caritas Internationalis (2016) C1
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Just Money: How Catholic Social Teaching can Redeem Capitalism

Longley, C. Theos (2014) C1
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Strategies and interventions on preventing and responding to violence and injuries among refugees and migrants (2020)

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This technical guidance outlines current evidence, knowledge and best practice relating to incidences of violence and injuries among refugees and migrants in the WHO European Region. It highlights key principles, summarizes priority actions and challenges, maps existing international commitments and ... more
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Guidance to reduce COVID-19 stigma on Health workers and families
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Yemen COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Snapshot as of 4 July 2020

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2020) C1
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Housing at the forefront of the response to COVID-19: Discussion paper on policy options for Myanmar

UN-HABITAT (2020) C1
Urban poor communities including the homeless, residents of informal settlements, residents at risk of being evicted, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), undocumented persons, low-income renters, as well as homeowners are perhaps at greatest risk from both COVID-19 and the response interventions to ... more
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Bringing the crucified down from the cross

Buffel, O. Missionalia (2015) C1
Preferential option for the poor in the South African context of poverty Missionalia 43:3  (349–364)
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Communities Getting Involved: Supporting Community Leadership in the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2020) CC
The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for forcibly displaced persons and the humanitarian organizations working to support them. With restrictions on movement and limited access to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and stateless persons across the globe, UNHCR is s ... more
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Spiritual Care Education of Health Care Professionals

Baldacchino, D. University of Malta (2015) CC
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics ([1], p. 5) specifies the nurse’s role of promoting “an environment in which the human rights, values, customs and spiritual beliefs of the individual, family and community are respected”. The Malta Code of Ethics supports this for nurse ... more
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Spiritual care training in healthcare: Does it really have an impact?

Daudt, H. et al Cambridge University Press (2019) C2
Spiritual care has formed an integral part of palliative care since its inception. People with advanced illnesses, however, frequently report that their spiritual needs are not attended to by their medical care team. The present study examines and describes the impact of a spiritual care training pr ... more
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The Spiritual Care Team: Enabling the Practice of Whole Person Medicine

Koenig, H.G. Duke UniversityMedical Center, Durham (2014) C2
We will soon be piloting a project titled “Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care” that will form “spiritual care teams” to assess and address patients’ spiritual needs in physician outpatient practices within Adventist Health System, the largest Protestant healthcare system ... more
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Spiritual Needs and Care of Patients from Nurses’ Perspectives on ICU

Ku, Ya Lie Journal of Nursing Care (2016) C2
The semi-structured guided interviewing on ICU nurses in a medical center of southern Taiwan wasapproved by the IRB at the research department of the hospital and data collection was carried out from January toJune 2012. The investigator repeatedly read the transcribed text, and found statements rel ... more
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Spirituality and medical practice: a Christian perspective

Benson Igboin Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (2015) C2
Everyday experience shows that there is a commonality between spirituality and medical practice. A text message I received from a friend recently read, "Please pray for me. I've been getting a mysterious headache for some days now. I will be seeing the doctor today." This clearly speaks of a relatio ... more
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Spirituality in the Healthcare Workplace

Baldacchino, D. Religions (2017) C2
Spirituality involves a sense of connectedness, meaning making and transcendence. There is abundant published research that focuses on the importance of spirituality to patients and their families during times of illness and distress. However over the last decade there has also been a growing awaren ... more
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The Impact of Professional Spiritual Care

The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education et al (2020) C2
Our spiritual health profoundly impacts our physical health, well-being, and quality of life. Just as medical professionals care for our bodies and minds, spiritual care practitioners care for our spirits. The increasing need for spiritual care makes these practitioners even more crucial. However, m ... more
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Catholic Social Teaching and Social Development in Africa

Centre for Social Justice and Ethics, CUEA (2020) C2
A paper presented during a conference on The Catholic Social Teaching and its Social and Political impact on the Development 9thto 10th December, in Schloss Eichholz Koln/Cologne/GermanyPresented by Sr. Dr. Elizabeth Nduku accessed July 2020
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Reflection on Catholic Social Teaching

Trocaire (2018) C2
The call to justice and peace has always been an essential part of the life of the Christian. Our sacred texts offer a constant reminder of the centrality of this call. In the Old Testament the prophet Micah tells us: “this is what Yahweh asks of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly, a ... more
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Checklist on practical actions in cities to strengthen preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
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Controlling the spread of COVID-19 at ground crossings

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
COVID-19: Travel, Points of Entry and Border Health
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Spirituality and Palliative Care

Broeckaert, B. (2011) CC
Indian J Palliat Care. 2011 Jan; 17(Suppl): S39–S41. doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.76241
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Spirituality as an essential domain of palliative care: Caring for the whole person

Puchalski, C.M. (2013) CC
Progress in Palliative Care, 20:2, 63-65, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/0969926012Z.00000000028
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Integrating Spiritual Care into Palliative Care: A Whole Person Approach

Puchalski, C.M. (2017) CC
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Pastoral Care in a Clinical Setting: the Role Hospital Chaplaincy Plays as Part of a Broader Medical Team.

Atherstone D. (2011) C1
A thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Theology at the South African Theological Seminary
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Spiritual Care at the End of Life

University of Hull (2010) C1
This s a systematic review of English language literature from 2000 to 2010 covering spiritual care in end of life care settings which includes spiritual assessment tools and ongoing intervention models.
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What is Advocacy?

Catholics Confront Global Poverty (2016) C1
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The Catholic Church's perspective of human dignity as the basis of dialogue with the secular world

Alva, R. Nanzan University, Japan (2017) CC
The Catholic Church maintains that the Imago Dei is the ground for human dignity. The secular world, too, endorses human dignity as the foundation for human rights without referring to Imago Dei. The Catholic Church and the secular world both agree on the importance of human dignity, ev ... more
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The Common Good

Tasmanian Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (2019) C2
4 priciples that can change the world accessed July 2019
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Community, Reciprocity, and Collaboration: Reflections on Catholic Social Teaching’s Notions of Subsidiarity and Participation

Beckman, M. University of Notre Dame, Indiana (2016) C2
This paper poses two applications of Catholic social teaching’s concepts of subsidiarity and participation to academic community engagement. The first pertains to the very general use of the term community. The second refers to a distinction between reciprocity and collaboration. ... more
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Ministry on the Frontlines: Reflections on Pastoral Care in Africa

Magezi, V. (2016) CC
Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry
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Covid-19 RCCE Strategies for Cross-Border Movement in Eastern and Southern Africa

Social Science in Humanitarian Action (2020) CC
Key Considerations This brief focuses on cross-border movement in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and its implications for development of risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategies aimed at preventing transmission of COVID-19 in the ESA region. Given the extensive risk of cross ... more
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National Policy and Strategic Plan of Action on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Nigeria

Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria (2013) CC
As part of our commitment to the fight against NCDs, Nigeria was signatory to the political declaration at the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on NCDs in September 2011. Thus, the purpose of this document is to develop and ensure the implementation of policies and p ... more
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Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion In Burkina Faso: Causes and Consequences

Bankole A., Hussain R., Sedgh G. et. al. Guttmacher Institute (2014) C2
Induced abortion is permitted in Burkina Faso only to save the life and protect the health of a pregnant woman, or in cases of rape, incest, and severe fetal impairment. As a result, the vast majority of women who end unintended pregnancies do so in secrecy, out of fear of prosecution and to avoi ... more
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Sexual Violence Against Men, Boys, and Transgender Women in the Syrian Conflict

Human Rights Watch HRW; HELEM (2020) C1
“They Treated Us in Monstrous Ways”. Since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011, men and boys and transgender women have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence by the Syrian government and non-state armed groups, including the extremist armed group Islamic State (also kno ... more
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Countering Stigmatization in the Humanitarian Response to COVID-19

InterAction (2024) CC
In most contexts, the social stigma surrounding mental health issues exists because of cultural norms and a lack of understanding of mental health’s complexities and realities, resulting in isolation, increased vulnerability, and lack of support for people with mental health problems. This stig ... more
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COVID-19 Planning Guide for Adapting Risk Communication and Community Engagement as Public Health and Social Measures Shift

IFRC; Save the Children andJohn Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (2020) CC
With Safety Tips for Conducting Community Meetings Updated July 2020 This document includes key Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) considerations during shifting lockdown measures, safety measures for conducting in-person community meetings, and a template that brings both of these ... more
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Community Empowerment Manual

We World GVC (2020) C1
The present Community Empowerment Manual draws upon the lessons learned of the Community Protection Approach implementation in Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory and Central America during the period 2015-2020 by WeWorld – GVC and its partners. The Manual means to accompany Field Staff i ... more
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Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in the context of COVID-19: first update

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) C1
The first update of the ECDC ventilation guidance document contains: key new findings that emphasise four bundles of NPIs to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in closed spaces; updated references on the evidence of transmission in closed spaces; recommendations based on the n ... more
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Church agencies and faith-based organisations in COVID-19 humanitarian response

Churches Agencies Network Disaster Operations (2020) CC
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COVID-19 Risk Communications and Community Engagement (RCCE) and the Humanitarian System: Briefing Pack

Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC (2020) C1
This briefing pack serves this purpose by sharing RCCE/humanitarian coordination experience from country level, feedback from global consultations and addressing frequently asked questions. In parallel, the RCCE Core Group has been working to revise the RCCE Collective Service Strategy. Where possib ... more
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Guidance for implementing non pharmacological public health measures in populations in situations of vulnerability in the context of COVID-19

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO
The purpose of this guide is to offer recommendations for improving the implementation of non‑pharmacological public health measures during the COVID-19 response and compliance with these measures by population groups in situations of vulnerability. This requires determining the main barriers to i ... more
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Humanitarian Action for Children: Rwanda

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF
Rwanda first confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in March 2020. Although the number of cases has been low, health system resources are being redirected to respond and an increasing number of children are affected by the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic, including disruptions ... more
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COVID-19 Communication Vaccine Strategy
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (2021) C1
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Paediatric anaesthesia: Challenges with induction

Kelly L, Cooper M, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (2017) C1
The conduct of paediatric anaesthesia presents many unique challenges. One of the most striking is the variabilityof behaviour and responses of children and their parents at induction. Behavioural problems, the need for restraint,difficult IV accessandco-morbiditiesadd complexity and ... more
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Catalogue of interventions addressing vaccine hesitancy

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2017) C1
This catalogue provides tools and information resources to support EU/EEA countries in addressing the challenging issue of vaccine hesitancy. The catalogue provides examples of practices that can serve as a resource for other countries. The project was developed in the context of ECDC’s support fo ... more
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Vaccine Hesitancy in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Potential Implications for the COVID-19 Response

Bhopal,S., and M. Nielsen British Medical Journal (2020) C1
The authors state that researchers, governments and global agencies should proceed with particular care in the evaluation of candidate SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in LMICs, with effective communication to build trust and avoid generation of vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine efficacy is often highly variable betwee ... more
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COVID-19 in Malawi: lessons in pandemic preparedness from a tertiary children’s hospital

Chaziya J, Freyne B, Lissauer S et al. (2021) CC
Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106:238-240.
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy worldwide: a systematic review of vaccine acceptance rates

Sallam, M. (2021) CC
Vaccines 2021, 9(2), 160; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020160
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COVID 19 Vaccine Perceptions: A 15 country study
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; World Health Organization WHO, et al. (2021) CC
Initial public health responses to control the pandemic focused on promoting protective behaviors among the general population, including frequent hand washing, physical distancing and the use of face masks in public spaces However, many saw these only as interim measures to reduce the spread of the ... more
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Baseline Study Report Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Child Marriage among the Rendille, Maasai, Pokot, Samburu and Somali Communities in Kenya

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2017) C_UNICEF
In recognition that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is not only a harmful practice but a violation of human rights, Kenya has adopted a robust legal framework. The country has ratified several international legal instruments that have become part of the Kenyan law as provided for in Article 2 of the ... more
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Actions for Heroes, A Guide for heart-to-heart chats
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC; World Health Organization (WHO); UNICEF; et al. (2021) C_WHO
The Actions for Heroes Guide is developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC MHPSS RG) to accompany reading the children’s storybook My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19! Available in English, French, ... more
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Framework for the Implementation of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis of HIV In Kenya

Ministry of Health, Kenya Ministry of health (2017) C1
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United Republic of Tanzania and Kenya’s simulation of Rift Valley fever outbreak yields valuable lessons: case study

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
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Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity

World Council of Churches WCC and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) (2021) CC
A Christian Call to Reflection and ActionDuring COVID-19 and Beyond The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) released a joint document, “Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity: A Christian Call to Reflection and Action During ... more
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Gewaltschutz in Deutschland - Ratgeber für geflüchtete und neuzugewanderte Männer - alle Sprachen

Ethno-Medizinisches Zentrum e. V. Ethno-Medizinisches Zentrum e. V. (2018) CC
Dieser 40-seitige Ratgeber richtet sich an geflüchtete und neuzugewanderte Männer und möchte helfen, die Orientierung in Deutschland bei Fragen zum Thema Gewalt zu erleichtern. Er möchte über die Schutz- und Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten informieren, sowie über Möglichkeiten, gewalttätiges V ... more
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Expressive therapy in contextual pastoral care and counselling

Du Plessis, A.L.; and G. Breed (2020) CC
June 2020In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi 54(1) DOI: 10.4102/ids.v54i1.2562
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A caregiver's guide to avoid burnout

Agency for Integrated Care (2021) CC
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How to respond to vocal vaccine deniers in public: best practice guidance
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World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2021) C_WHO
This guidance document provides basic principles for a spokesperson of any health authority on how to respond to vocal vaccine deniers. The suggestions are based on psychological research on persuasion, on research in public health, communication studies and on WHO risk communication guidelines.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Worldwide: A Concise Systematic Review of Vaccine Acceptance Rates

Sallam, M. (2021) CC
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COVID-19 immunization in refugees and migrants: principles and key considerations: interim guidance, 31 August 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
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Ethical Decision-Making in Humanitarian Health in Situations of Extreme Violence. Report and Recommendations

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Syrian American Medical Society, et al. (2019) C1
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Spiritual Themes and Challenges in Global Health

Addiss, D. (2018) CC
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Risk communication and community engagement guidance on COVID-19 vaccines for marginalised populations

Collective Service RCCE (2021) CC
This inter-agency guidance document aims to supplement the COVAX demand creation package for COVID-19 vaccines with key considerations for humanitarian contexts and marginalized populations with specific access and communication needs. 21 Sept.2021
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Technical note: Girls’ Education, Empowerment, and the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global and gendered crisis that is compounding existing inequalities and disproportionately affecting girls and women. Emerging evidence from the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 shows school closures, disruptions in essential services and rising ... more
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Spirit-guided care: christian nursing for the whole person

Murphy; L.S.; and M.S. Walker (2013) CC
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COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (6 July 2022)

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1
This bi-weekly brief details the latest developments in scientific knowledge and public health policy from around the world as well as updates to the COVID-19-related guidance from Africa CDC, WHO and other public health agencies.
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care

National Consensus Project for Quality of Palliative Care (2018) CC
4th edition
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Enhanced COVID-19 Surveillance at the Community Level in Africa

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC
The strategy recommends that AU Member States should enhance, where feasible, existing COVID-19 surveillance to include: Community-based surveillance to detect symptomatic cases early for treatment and to avert viral transmission; Sentinel surveillance in high-risk populations to detect ... more
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Codes of ethics for pharmacists

International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) (2014) C1
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Human Rights and disAbility

SAHRC (2012) CC
Leaflet from the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)
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Faith for Earth, A Call for Action

UN Environment Programme (2020) CC
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Kairos for Creation - Confession Hope for Earth

Andrianos, L.; M.Biehl, R. Gütter ,et al. Brot für die Welt; WCC; EKD; et al. (2019) CC
The “Wuppertal Call” – Contributions and Recommendations from an International Conference on Eco-Theology and Ethics of Sustainability Wuppertal, Germany, 16 – 19 June 2019