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Ebola- local beliefs and behaviour change

Grant, C. HEART (2014)

What are the local beliefs and practices around illnesses and death, the transmission of disease and spirituality, which affect decision-making (ar... more

Health statistics in the Western Pacific Region 2023: monitoring health for the SDGs

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) CC

Health Statistics in the Western Pacific Region 2023: Monitoring health for the SDGs is the third biennial report providing an overview of the progress of the World ... Organization (‎WHO)‎ Western Pacific Region towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goal (‎SDG)‎ targets. This edition also serves as a baseline assessment for the implementation of the global WHO Fourteenth General Programme of Work 2025–2028 (‎GPW14)‎ within the Western Pacific Region and the for the Regional Vision “Weaving Health for Families, Communities, and Societies of the Western Pacific Region: Working Together to Improve Health, Well-Being and Save Lives”. more

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Story of change in four countries Building capacity for integrating mental health care within health services across humanitarian settings

World Health Organization WHO; mGAP (2021) C_WHO

The world is facing an unprecedented range of emergencies. In reaction to these complex adversities, many people experience considerable distress and impairment, and a minority may even go on to dev... more

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Package of Essential Noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care in low-resource settings

World Health Organization WHO (2013) CC

Effective implementation of WHO PEN, combined with other very cost effective population-wide interventions, will help even resource constrained settings to attain the global voluntary targets related to reduction of premature mortality and preventio... more

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HIV in Central Asia: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

D. Wolfe; R. Elovich; A. Boltaev Research Gate; Springer Science+Business Media (2008) C2

Chapter · January 2009 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72711-0_25 D.D. Celentano and C. Beyrer (eds.), Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Mi... more

Life expectancy, death, and disability in Haiti, 1990- 2017: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Fene, F.; et al. (2020) CC

7. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2020;44:e13 Haiti faces a double burden of disease. Infectious diseases continue to be an issue, while non-communicable diseases have become a significant burden of disease. More attention must also be focused on the increase in worrying public ... issues such as road injuries, exposure to forces of nature and HIV/AIDS in specific age groups. To address the burden of disease, sustained actions are needed to promote better health in Haiti and countries with similar challenges. more

Don’t pollute my future! The impact of the environment on children’s health

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

In 2015, 5.9 million children under age five died (1). The major causes of child deaths globally are pneumonia, prematurity, intrapartum-related complications, neonatal sepsis, congenital anomalies, diarrhoea, injuries and malaria (2). Most of these... more

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Young Children with Special Needs - Training for early childhood caregivers and teachers

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) & Hilton Foundation (2016) C1

MODULE 5 RESOURCE GUIDE | This guide is part of a series of manuals that focuses on six topics in Early Childhood Development (ECD): different programming approaches, basic concepts, assessments, early childhood environments, children with special needs an... child protection, and the health, safety and nutrition of young children. The series was prepared within a three-year CRS-led project called “Strengthening the Capacity of Women Religious in Early Childhood Development,” or “SCORE ECD.” Funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the project helps Catholic sisters in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia in their work with children aged 0-5 years and their families. The project is being implemented from January 2014 to December 2016 more

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Integrating Early Childhood Development (ECD) activities into Nutrition Programmes in Emergencies. Why, What and How

UNICEF, WHO (2012) C_WHO

This document is written for local and international staff running nutrition programmes in emergencies, and for local, regional and national autho... more

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Glaube in Aktion. Wie religiöse Organisationen den demografischen Wandel in Westafrika voranbringen

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (2022) CC

In Westafrika wird die Bevölkerung in den nächsten Jahrzehnten noch stark wachsen. Bis 2050 dürfte sich die Einwohnerzahl der 16 Staaten von heute 402 auf rund 797 Millionen Menschen nahezu verdoppeln. Der Grund dafür sind vor allem hohe Geburtenraten: Frauen bekommen zwischen Mauretanien und... more

Kenya Endline Service Delivery Point Survey 2014

Measurement, Learning & Evaluation of the Kenya Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (Tupange), et al. (2015) C1

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Community Engagement through Women’s Self-Help Groups: Leveraging mobile technology for capacity building during COVID-19 lockdown in India

Lok Swasthya SEWA Trust and World Health Organization WHO India (2021) C_WHO

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Use of COVID-19 evidence in humanitarian settings: the need for dynamic guidance adapted to changing humanitarian crisis contexts

Odlum, A.; R. James; A. Mahieu; et al. Conflict and Health (2021) CC

For humanitarian organisations to respond effectively to complex crises, they require access to up-to-date evidence-based guidance. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of updating global guidance to context-specific and evolving needs... more