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Build back better in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction (Consultative version)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) (2017)

This consultative version of the guideline is the product of literature reviews, discussions and contributions from diverse stakeholders, as well as UNISDR-nominated experts appointed specifically for the development of the Words into Action guideline for Build back better in recovery, rehabilitatio... more

Joint Radiation Emergency Management Plan of the International Organizations

International Atomic Energy Agency (2017) C1

This Joint Emergency Management Plan of the International Organizations (Joint Plan) describes the interagency framework of preparedness for and response to an actual, potential or perceived nuclear or radiological emergency independent of whether it arises from an acci... more

Communication with the Public in a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency (available in multiple languages)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (2013)

The aim of this publication is to provide practical guidance for public information officers on the preparation for and response to a nuclear or radiological emergency, and to fulfil in part functions assigned to the IAEA in the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a... more

Disability in Humanitarian Context: A Case Study from Iraq

Handicap International (2018) CC

This brief presents and addresses some of the challenges that prevent internally displaced persons with disabilities and other vulnerable population groups (elderly, injured persons, pregnant women, etc.) in camp settings from accessing humanitarian services in Iraq and impede on the development of ... more

Community-based Inclusive Education: Best Practices from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

Pförtner, K. (2014) CC

Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, Vol.25 (2014) pp.72-81 This article highlights some lessons about the strategy of community-based inclusive education, drawn from different programmes in Latin America.

Outreach, Safe Identification and Referral of Women, Children, and Youth with Disabilities. Tool 7: Inclusive Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) Materials

Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) and UNICEF Lebanon (2018) CC

Guidance on Disability Inclusion for GBV Partners in Lebanon

Explosions and Blast Injuries: A Primer for Clinicians

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; US Dept. of Health and Human Services (2013) C1

"Explosions can produce unique patterns of injury seldom seen outside combat. When they do occur, they have the potential to inflict multi-system life-threatening injuries on many persons simultaneously. The injury patterns following such events are a product of the composition and amount of the ... more

Landmine Monitor 2017

International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) (2017) C3

This is the 19th annual Landmine Monitor report. It is the sister publication to the Cluster Munition Monitor report, first published in November 2010. Landmine Monitor 2016 provides a global overview of the landmine situation. Chapters on developments in specific countries and other areas are ava... more

Epilepsies: diagnosis and management
recommended

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2012) C2

Clinical guideline | Published: 11 January 2012 | nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137

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

Situation Overview: Area-Based Assessment of Ar-Raqqa City, March 2018

REACH Initiative (2018) C1

CDC in Mozambique (Factsheet)

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2013) C1

This factsheet describes the work and activities of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Mozambique as well as its impact in this country.

Accessible information, education and communication (IEC) materials

Women's Refugee Commission (WRC); International Rescue Comittee (2016) CC

Building Capacity for Disability Inclusion in Gender-Based Violence Programming in Humanitarian Settings, Tool. 7

Navigating the landscape of child disability measurement: A review of available data collection instruments

C. Cappa, N. Petrowski , J. Njelesani (2015) CC

ALTER, European Journal of Disability Research 9(2015)317–330. The purpose of this paper is to describe the varying scope and content of data collection instruments on child disability and to provide a historical snapshot of the rates of reported disability among children. A total of 716 data sou... more

Humanitarian inclusion standards for older people and people with disabilities
recommended

Age and Disability Consortium CBM International, HelpAge International,and Handicap International (2018)

The Standard consists of nine key inclusion standards, and seven sets of sector-specific inclusion standards for protection – water, sanitation and hygiene, food security and livelihoods, nutrition, shelter, settlement and household items, health and education. Each standard comes with key actions... more

All under one roof. Disability-inclusive shelter and settlements in emergencies

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies; CBM: Handicap Internationl (2015)

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

From Rights to Realities: Confronting the Challenge of Educating Persons with Disabilities in Developing Countries

Beckmann, P.J.; N. Abera, T. Saballa, et al. (2016) CC

Global Education Review, 3(3).4-27

Rethinking disability policy

Morris, J. Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2011) CC

WHO and partners working with national health authorities to contain new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

World Health Organization WHO (2018)