A Reference Guide for Program Managers and Policy Makers. Recently, a renewed interest in large-scale community health worker (CHW) programs has been seen globally. This renewal provides an opportune moment to take stock of issues ...bute-to-highlight medbox">and challenges such programs face and what can be done to make them as effective as possible. With this in mind, this manual is intended to be used a practical guide for policymakers and program managers wishing to develop or strengthen a CHW program, drawing lessons from other countries that have implemented CHW programs at-scale
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This paper examines how diaspora and local organisations have responded to the crisis in Syria, how they evolved and the challenges that they face - and...span> how international aid organisations and disapora and local groups can better work together in a new aid model.
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National Operational Guidelines
Core Knowledge for Emergency Preparedness and Response
The document introduces a simple classification, minimums standards and a registration form for Foreign Medical Teams (FMTs) that may provide surgical and trauma care arriving within the aftermath o...f a sudden onset disaster. These can serve as tools to improve the coordination of the foreign medical team response, and be the reference for registration on arrival as well as a possible global registration mechanism similar to what exists for urban search and rescue teams
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Insecurity Insight Report 13-1.
Globalization and Health201612:63; DOI: 10.1186/s12992-016-0195-3