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Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to Migration: Training Guide

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR (20023) CC

This training guide is designed to enable participants to understand the human rights perspective on migration, and how human rights laws and standards can be operationalized to make migration safer and an empowering experience for all. It provides an introduction to related principles and issues an... more

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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and girls are disproportionately affected and shoulder t...he consequences of protracted neglect, with unconscionable impacts on their safety, life chances and agency. Gaining a holistic view of the gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is difficult. This is due to a lack of data and prioritization, and the large geographical and socioeconomic terrain covered by both regions. However, what we do know about this crisis is more than enough to urgently address the needs of women and girls. An OCHA discussion paper on this topic (which will be published imminently, and from which this policy brief is drawn) found that there is: A strong risk of profound regression in gender equality gains made to date in the countries of concern, including on education, sexual and reproductive health, and the economic independence of women and girls (with knock-on effects on broader humanitarian and development outcomes). An increasing challenge to reverse what must be recognized as a protracted and growing gender-based violence (GBV) emergency in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is protracted, multidimensional and highly gendered, with spiralling impacts on gender equality and food security outcomes. It is driven by interwoven and overlapping factors, including climate change, political instability, conflict, socioeconomic conditions, migration and displacement and, more recently, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Interlinked with these factors are gendered structural drivers of food insecurity, including deeply entrenched gender inequalities and harmful social norms. Gendered risks and impacts of food insecurity include alarming limitations on access to education, sexual and reproductive health rights, women’s agency and participation, and dramatic increases in different existing forms of GBV and the emergence of new ones. Recognition of such gendered dimensions of food insecurity and of the need for a multisectoral approach in the response is key to addressing the crisis, along-side sustained commitment and adequate allocation of resources. This policy brief draws out key findings from the OCHA discussion paper on this topic, which includes a desk review of studies, assessments and reports, and interviews with local women’s organizations on the front lines of the food insecurity crisis in communities across both regions. Below are the most pressing gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity (not in order of priority), as well as key gaps in the current humanitarian response to food insecurity, and recommendations to take forward. 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 was certified free of wild poliovirus. In the area of... more

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Global Appeal 2021 update

UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency (2021) CC

The Global Appeal provides updated information for government, private donors, partners and other readers interested in UNHCR's priorities and budgeted activities for 2021 to protect and improve the lives of tens of millions of people of concern (refugees, internally displaced people, stateless pers... more

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The Case for the Digital Transformation of Circulatory Health

World Heart Federation (2020) CC

This paper explores the angles and opportunities of digital health, with a look at digital innovation and its potential to support patients with circulatory diseases. In reviewing developments in the field, current applications as well as gaps, the paper aims to support policymakers in leveraging ... more

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Global alcohol action plan 2022-2030

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Alcohol use is deeply embedded in the social landscape of many societies, and some 2300 million people drink alcoholic beverages in most parts of the world. At the same time, more than half of the global population aged 15 years and older reported having abstained from drinking alcohol during the pr... more

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Countdown to 2023: WHO report on global trans-fat elimination 2022 WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This fourth annual report monitors global progress towards the 2023 target for global elimination of industrially produced trans-fatty acids (TFA), highlighting achievements during the past year (October 2021 – September 2022). Countries are responding to the World Health Organization (WHO) call t... more

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Humanitarian Supply Management And Logistics In The Health Sector
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Pan American Health Organization (2001)

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Technical Note Supplementary Foods for the Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Infants and Children 6-59 months of age
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WHO WHO (2012)

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Shelter Accountability Resources: A guide to improving accountability to disaster-affected populations during the implementation of humanitarian shelter programmes

Hugh Earp The Emergency Capacity Building Project, Oxfam (2013)

Emergency Capacitiy Building Project agencies, led by CARE, have developed the Shelter Accountability Resources for project managers and decision-makers in humanitarian shelter programs. As a guide it is also intended to be useful for Shelter Cluster coordinators, and other staff who would like t... more

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Updates on the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children
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World Health Organization (2013) C_WHO

This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on a number of specific issues related to the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children, including in the context of HIV.

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Humanitarian Supply Management System SUMA

Pan American Health Organization (2000)

Manual Logistical Management of Humanitarian Supply The flood of relief supplies that arrive in the aftermath of large-scale disasters often poses serious logistic and management problems for national authorities. SUMA is a tool for the management of humanitarian relief supplies, from the time pled... more

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SOP Standard Operating Procedures for Coordinating Public Health Event Preparedness and Response in the WHO African Region
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World Health Organization, Regional Office Africa (2014) C_WHO

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Addressing Undernutrition in Emergencies. A Roadmap to Response

European Commission (2014)

Accessed September 4th, 2014

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Gender in Humanitarian Aid: Different Needs, Adapted Assistance

European Commission (2013)

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Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) Côte d’ivoire (ECHO/CIV/BUD/2014/91000) Last update: 03/12/2014 Version 3

European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (2014)

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Benin: Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) n° MDRBJ014 - Preliminary DREF Operation Final Report 1

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2015)

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Benin: Ebola Virus Disease - n° MDRBJ014 - DREF Final Report

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2015)

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Disaster Response and Preparedness in Southern Africa - A guide to international tools and services available to governments

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2015)

The Guide has been developed to enhance the knowledge capabilities of NDMAs and their local partners. This is accomplished by exposing them to the existing tools and services developed by the international community to facilitate effective disaster response to any scale of disaster (small, medium an... more

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Guidance on Critical Facilities

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project (2015)

Disaster Recovery Toolkit

Humanitarian Supply Management And Logistics In The Health Sector recommended

Technical Note Supplementary Foods for the Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Infants and Children 6-59 months of age recommended

Updates on the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children recommended

SOP Standard Operating Procedures for Coordinating Public Health Event Preparedness and Response in the WHO African Region recommended

Humanitarian Supply Management And Logistics In The Health Sector
recommended

Technical Note Supplementary Foods for the Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Infants and Children 6-59 months of age
recommended

Updates on the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children
recommended

SOP Standard Operating Procedures for Coordinating Public Health Event Preparedness and Response in the WHO African Region
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