This report sets out ways to make pre-hospital care and ambulance services operating in areas of armed violence safer. Written by the Norwegian Red Cross with support from the ICRC and the Mexican Red Cross, the report summarizes field experience in over 20 countries.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                The purpose of this pocketbook is to provide clear guidance on current best management practices for VHF across health-care facilities
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Results from a High Frequency Cell Phone Survey November 19, 2014
Ebola has substantially impacted all sectors of employment in the Liberian economy, in both affected and non-affected counties, according to the most recent round of mobile phone surveys conducted by the World Bank Group in partnersh
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                                        ip with the Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services and the Gallup Organization. In all, nearly half of those working in Liberia when the Ebola outbreak began are no longer working as of early November 2014
                                    
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                                A book of methods, aids, and ideas for instructors at the village level 
An indispensable resource for health educators, this book provides hundreds of methods, aids, and learning strategies to make health education engaging and effective, encouraging community involvement through participatory edu
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                                        cation.
You can download chapter by chapter free of charge
The previous version (2005) is freely available here
                                    
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                                The document is intended to facilitate the detection, evaluation and management of incident EVD cases in Germany. It primarily addresses public health service staff and health care workers in hospitals, outpatient clinics and emergency services in Germany. It is a work in progress, intended to evolv
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                                        e over time.  Updated 14 August 2015
                                    
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                                The Global status report on violence prevention 2014, which reflects data from 133 countries, is the first report of its kind to assess national efforts to address interpersonal violence, namely child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner and sexual violence, and elder abuse. Jointly publis
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                                        hed by WHO, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the report reviews the current status of violence prevention efforts in countries, and calls for a scaling up of violence prevention programmes; stronger legislation and enforcement of laws relevant for violence prevention; and enhanced services for victims of violence.
You can download summaries in different languages, single chapters and graphics
                                    
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                                What are the local beliefs and practices around illnesses and death, the transmission of disease and spirituality, which affect decision-making (around health-seeking behaviour, caring for relatives and nature of burials) and can inform effective behaviour change interventions for preventing Ebola i
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                                        n Sierra Leone?
                                    
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                                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 comprehensive, youth-friendly HIV services that support adolescents’ healthy development, psychosocial well b
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                                        eing, retention, adherence, sexual and reproductive health, and eventual transition to adult HIV services.
                                    
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                                The curriculum, which complements the national pediatric ART training, was finalized in 2011 and was subsequently implemented nationally. The training curriculum includes a 15-module Trainer Manual, a Participant Manual, and accompanying PowerPoint slides. 
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                International Journal for Equity in Health 2014, 13:24  
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Glob Health Sci Pract February 1, 2014 vol. 2 no. 1 p. 103-116
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                The purpose of this document is to share good practices and processes concerning the inclusion of disability issues in HIV policy and programming, drawing on specific experiences in Senegal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Cambodia and on lessons learned at international AIDS conferences.