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Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in Syria Crisis: A Journalist's Handbook [EN/AR]

UN Population Fund (2015)

UNFPA launches Journalist’s Handbook: Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in Syria Crisis Amman, 9 March 2015 – Under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Rym Ali, UNFPA launched a handbook on Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in the Syria Crisis to help journalists better understand ... more

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Disability checklist for emergency response

Handicap International (2014) CC

Adapted from Disability Task Force. General protections and inclusion principles of injured persons and people with disabilities

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Spirituality in the Healthcare Workplace

Baldacchino, D. Religions (2017) C2

Spirituality involves a sense of connectedness, meaning making and transcendence. There is abundant published research that focuses on the importance of spirituality to patients and their families during times of illness and distress. However over the last decade there has also been a growing awaren... more

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Developing Key Messages for Communities on GBV & COVID-19

Protection Cluster, UNFPA (2020) CC

In humanitarian settings, tailoring community engagement interventions for gender, language, and local culture improves communities’ uptake with interventions. Measures taken to prevent and respond to COVID-19 pandemic such as confinement may increase GBV, especially domestic violence and Intimate... more

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Still Unprotected: Humanitarian Funding for Child protection

Protection Cluster Save the Children The Alliance for Child Protection; et al. (2020) C1

Children living in humanitarian crises face an increased risk of abuse. While the threats of harm are increasing, the established systems in place to protect them are breaking down. Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts, vulnerable families suffer multiple hardships. Schools are closed an... more

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Abduction Management

Pete Buth, European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2010) C2

Abduction of aid workers has risen sharply in particular contexts in the past decade. Abduction is a “unique form of critical incident”, characterised by its ongoing, “live” nature, often extended duration, the pressure of decision-making and uncertainty. This EISF Briefing Paper explores ... more

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The State Of The World’S Children 2013: Executive Summary - Children with Disabilities

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2013)

The State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities examines the barriers – from inaccessible buildings to dismissive attitudes, from invisibility in official statistics to vicious discrimination – that deprive children with disabilities of their rights and keep them from partic... more

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Keeping women who use drugs healthy

M. Gaventa; S. McLean; D. Bajpai; et al. International HIVAIDS Alliance (2013) C2

Case study Alliance Ukraine’s experience integrating HIV, harm reduction and sexual and reproductive health programming

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Healing the World

World Council of Churches WCC (2021) CC

The global coronavirus pandemic, which has brought death to hundreds of thousands and serious illness to millions more, also poses profound spiritual questions and real challenges to Christians everywhere. The pandemic itself has become a fundamental test of our faith in God and God’s providence,... more

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Crisis Management of Critical Incidents

Pete Buth, European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2010) C2

This EISF Briefing Paper seeks to outline the requirements of crisis management structures, providing a general guideline of crisis management planning, Crisis Management Teams (CMTs) and post-crisis follow-up. It is followed by the May 2010 EISF Briefing Paper, Abduction Management, that will focu... more

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Cancellation of elective surgical procedures in the university teaching hospital center Yalgado Ouedraogo in Burkina Faso: incidence, reasons and proposals for improvement

Lankoande M., P. Bonkoungou, S. Traore et al. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia (2016) C2

Cancellation of scheduled surgery leads to operating theatre under-occupancy and is recognised as a major cause of emotional trauma to patients and their families. This study aimed to assess the incidence of elective surgery cancellation in order to make proposals for healthcare improvement.

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A Handbook for AIDS Awareness Activities - For Clubs

J. Lentfer UNIFEC (2001)

This manual was designed to support the GRN-UNICEF Youth Health and Development Programme with the aim of sustaining My Future is My Choice graduates and other young people’s peer education activities. It was written and reviewed in a three-day workshop in November 1999 and in the following weeks ... more

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Action research participatory PM&E tools 'I deal' Intervention - Summary

Eiling, E., Mulder, A. & Blommestein, N. War Child Holland (2012) C1

This case description elaborates on the pilot implementation of the innovative, participatory PM&E tools of War Child Holland’s psychosocial life skills intervention ‘ I DEAL’. The action research aimed to identify ways that work best for I DEAL facilitators to learn and act on basis of their ... more

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Handbook for Disaster Recovery Practioners

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

The ‘Toolkit’ is targeted at practitioners responsible for implementing recovery programmes, their objective to provide a ‘how to’ guide on development, implementing and managing complex post-disaster recovery programmes. Disaster Recovery Toolkit

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Start Free Stay Free AIDS Free - 2017 progress report

Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS (UNAIDS) (2017) C1

This progress report reflects achievements made during the first year of implementation (through December 2016), as countries have taken actions in line with new or existing national strategies. The most recent data on country progress in 2016 are based on country-reported data and country-developed... more

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Living Conditions among People with Activity Limitations in Malawi. A National Representative Study.

ME Loeb, Arne H Eide SINTEF Health Research (2004) C1

This research report provides results from the study on living conditions among people with disabilities in Malawi. Comparisons are made between individuals with and without disabilities and also between households with and without a disabled family member. Results obtained in Malawi are also comp... more

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Forced Migration Review Issue 57 February 2018: Syrians in displacement
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Couldrey, M.; J. Peebles Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford (2018) C1

This important issue of Forced Migration Review draws our attention to the current challenges facing displaced Syrians and the continuing search for solutions. The statistics of Syrian displacement are staggering – and the numbers continue to rise. Half of Syria’s population has been displaced: ... more

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Guidelines for Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Children at Nutrition Rehabilitation Center

Government of Gujarat (GoG), Department of Health & Family Welfare, National Rural Health Mission (2012) C1

The purpose of this Operational Guideline is to support state health authorities, programme managers and health care professionals with recommendations on appropriate management of children with SAM in the health facilities. Facility based management includes setting up and managing within the healt... more

Forced Migration Review Issue 57 February 2018: Syrians in displacement recommended

Forced Migration Review Issue 57 February 2018: Syrians in displacement
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