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Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Internationl Committee of the Red Cross ICRC (2018) C1

These ICRC guidelines outline the organization’s approach to mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) during and after armed conflict and other situations of violence. They provide a framework for harmonizing MHPSS programmes within the organization, and an insight into its strategic process... more

Care of girls and women living with female genital mutilation

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

This handbook is for health care providers involved in the care of girls and women who have been subjected to any form of female genital mutilation (FGM). This includes obstetricians and gynaecologists, surgeons, general medical practitioners, midwives, nurses and other country-specific health profe... more

Skills development for youth living with disabilities in four developing countries

Kett, M. UNESCO (2012) CC

Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2012 Reports from Kenya, Sierra Leone, China and Sri Lanka

Access to School and the Learning Environment Vol. II - Universal Design for Learning. Webinar 11: Companion Technical Booklet

Johnstone, C. (2014)

2018 Global reference list of 100 core health indicators (‎plus health-related SDGs)‎

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators is a standard set of core indicators prioritized by the global community to provide concise information on the health situation and trends, including responses at national and global levels. This second (2018) edition builds on the previous ... more

Rwanda Malaria Indicator Survey 2013

Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division (MAL & OPD Division-RBC) [Rwanda] and ICF International (2014) C2

The 2013 RMIS is a nationally representative, household-based survey that provides data on malaria indicators, which are used to assess the progress of a malaria control program. The primary objective of the 2013 Rwanda Malaria Indicator Survey (2013 RMIS) was to provide up-to date information on th... more

Rwanda Service Provision Assessment Survey 2007

National Institute of Statistics (NIS) [Rwanda], Ministry of Health (MOH) [Rwanda], and Macro International Inc. (2008) C2

The 2007 Rwanda Service Provision Assessment (RSPA) was a national representative survey conducted in 538 health facilities throughout Rwanda. The survey covered hospitals, health centers, dispensaries and health posts, including all public facilities such as government and government-assisted heal... more

Maternal Health Indicators in High-Priority Counties of Kenya

Samwel Mbugua, Kerry L. D. MacQuarrie ICF (2018) C2

Levels and Inequities
DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 110
This study shows large variations in maternal health indicators across high-priority counties in Kenya. Nairobi exceeds the national average on all maternal health indicators in this study, while other highpriority counties consist... more

A Comparison of Summary Measures of Quality of Service and Quality of Care for Family Planning in Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania

Mallick, Lindsay, Wenjuan Wang, Temsah, Gheda (2017) C1

DHS Methodological Report No. 20

This study used Service Provision Assessment (SPA) and Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania to compare traditionally used additive methods with a data reduction method—principal component analysis (PCA).
We scored ... more

Disability-inclusive social protection research in Vietnam

Banks, Lena M., Walsham, Matthew and others International Centre for Evidence in Disability (2018) C1

A national overview with a case study from Cam Le district
The overall aims of this study are (1) to assess the extent to which social protection systems in Vietnam address the needs of people with disabilities; and (2) to identify and document elements of good practice, as well as challenges, ... more

Malawi Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Needs Assessment, 2014

Ministry of Health (Malawi), USAID, UNFPA, UNICEF, Save the Children International, Clinton Health Foundation (2015) C2

In 2014, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Malawi conducted a nationwide assessment of emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) services. This cross-sectional facility-based survey used 10 data collection modules. Data collection began on 23rd September 2014 and concluded on 17th October 2014, in ... more

Hospital-based birth defects surveillance: facilitator guide

World Health Organization ( WHO), Regional Oﬃce for South-East-Asia (2016) C_WHO

Birth defect has been an emerging major cause of child mortality in the region. Scarcity of the birth defects information hampers policy decisions and control measures at national level. In order to create evidence for action for birth defects prevention in the region, WHO-SEARO in collaboration wit... more

Recognizing neglected tropical diseases through changes on the skin: a training guide for front-line health workers
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The skin of a patient is the first and most visible structure of the body that any health-care worker encounters during the course of an examination. To the patient, it is also highly visible, and any disease that affects it is noticeable and will have an impact on personal and social well-being. Th... more

National Standard Therapeutic Guidelines and Essential Medicines List Liberia 2017, 2nd ed.
recommended

Republic of Libera, Ministry for Health and Social Welfare (2017) C1

Using Performance Incentives to Improve Health Outcomes

Gertler, P. & Vermeersch, C. The World Bank (2012) C2

Policy Research Working Paper 6100 | Impact Evaluation Series No. 60 | This study examines the effect of performance incentives for health care providers to provide more and higher quality care in Rwanda on child health outcomes. The authors find that the incentives had a large and significant effec... more

Evaluation of the Capacity Project's Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Strengthening Process in Swaziland, Uganda and Rwanda

de Vries D, Blair G, Morgan K (2009) C2

The Capacity Project worked to strengthen HRIS in several low-resource countries to assist decision-makers and human resources managers in identifying and responding to critical gaps in HRH. The findings and recommendations in this report cover the Capacity Project’s implementation of HRIS in Swaz... more

CBR Workers’ Training Needs for People with Communication Disability

Yeap, C.E., Ibrahim, H., Van Dort, S., et al. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2016) CC

This study, although not generalizable, builds up the literature on worker training needs in developing countries, and would be of benefit for speech-language pathologists and worker trainers. This paper aimed to investigate the training needs of Malaysian workers in relation to people with communic... more

2015 Size Estimation of Key Affected Populations in the Philippines

Philippines, Department of Health, Epidemiology Bureau (2016) C1

Estimating the size of key affected populations (KAP) provides important data for planning and implementing an effective response to the HIV epidemic. In the Philippines, these KAP include males who have sex with males (MSM), female sex workers (FSW), and injecting drug users (IDU). Given the diffic... more

Monitoring Guide and Toolkit for Key Population HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment Programs

FHI 360 (2016) C1

This publication provides guidance to governments, civil society organizations (nongovernmental organizations and community-based organizations) and other partners implementing HIV prevention, care and treatment programs with key populations. This guide is designed to assist these programs in the de... more

Integrated Biological & Behavioral Surveillance in Pakistan 2016-17

National AIDS Control Program (2017) C1

2nd Generation HIV Surveillance in Pakistan, Round 5