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Framework towards tuberculosis elimination in low-incidence countries

World Health Organization (2014) C_WHO

This Framework offers a coherent approach for eliminating tuberculosis (TB) in low-incidence countries. It is designed to guide national policy-makers and those responsible for technical aspects of the national TB response in accelerating efforts towards elimination. The document will also be inform... more

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No Place to Call Home. Protecting children´s rights when the changing climate forces them to flee. For every child in danger.

UNICEF UNICEF (2015)

Around the world, approximately 1 in 45 children are on the move – nearly 50 million boys and girls that have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced within their own countries.1 Climate-related events and their impacts are already contributing significantly to these staggering numbers... more

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Global influenza strategy 2019-2030

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

The goal of the strategy is to prevent seasonal influenza, control the spread of influenza from animals to humans, and prepare for the next influenza pandemic. The new strategy is the most comprehensive and far-reaching that WHO has ever developed for influenza. It outlines a path to protect popul... more

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Protecting Civilians from the Effects of Explosive Weapons - An Analysis of International Legal and Policy Standards

Brehm, M United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)ESEARCH (2012) C3

The use of explosive weapons, such as bombs, rockets, and mortar and artillery shells, in cities, towns and villages and in other populated areas has devastating humanitarian consequences. Explosive weapons act mainly through the projection of blast and fragmentation wi... more

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Vulnerability in Myanmar: A Secondary Data Review of Needs, Coverage and Gaps

Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Programme Facility (HARP-F) & Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) (2018) C1

Based on the Vulnerability Index developed in this review, an estimated 22.7 million persons in Myanmar, or 44% of the population, were found to have some form of vulnerability related to human development and/or exposure to active conflict/violence. These people experience varying combinations of p... more

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Syria: 2016 Humanitarian Response Plan Monitoring Report, January-June 2016

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2016) C1

Now entering its sixth year, the conflict in Syria continues to take a drastic toll on the lives of the Syrian people and to drive an unprecedented humanitarian and protection crisis: some 13.5 million people are now in need of humanitarian assistance and protection, including 6 million children. Ha... more

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Survey Report on 2015 Floods: The Project on Establishment of End-to-End Early Warning System for Natural Disaster

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR), Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)) (2016) C1

Torrential rains and the onset of Cyclone Komen triggered severe and widespread floods and landslides in July and August 2015 across 12 out of 14 states and regions in Myanmar. An estimated 1.6 million individuals were recorded as having been temporarily displaced from their homes by the disaster, a... more

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Childhood, War, Refugeedom and 'Trauma': Three Core Questions for Mental Health Professionals

Derek Summerfield McGill University - Medical Foundation Series (2000) C1

The rise of the discourse of 'trauma' as a major articulator of suffering within Western culture is a facet of the medicalization of life that has gathered pace in the last century. In recent years, Western mental health professionals have been increasingly involved in services addressing the plight... more

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2018-2019 Mozambique Humanitarian Response Plan (November 2018 - June 2019) - Revised following Cyclone Idai, March 2019
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Resident Coordinator for Mozambique, UN Country Team in Mozambique (2019) C1

While the full extent of Cyclone Ida’s impact is still being assessed, early reports indicate significant damage to infrastructure and livelihoods, with an estimated 3,000km2 of land submerged. Preliminary government reports as of 24 March indicate that more than 58,600 houses have been damaged, i... more

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South Sudan Response Plan April 2020–March 2021

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2020) CC

Previous crises, such as the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa in 2014, indicate the direct impact movement restrictions and disease containment efforts have on food availability, access, utilization and violence – particularly gender-based violence (GBV). The importance of maintaining and ... more

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Quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings: taking action

World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC

In fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings, delivery of quality health services faces significant challenges, including disruption of a routine health service organization and delivery systems, increased health needs, complex and unpredictable resourcing issues, and vulnerability to multi... more

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Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2021) C1

2 March 2021 Protracted displacement, socio-economic crises aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, dire humanitarian needs and protection threats continue to affect the Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. In Syria, the protracted conflict has left 91 per cent of the 438,000 Palestine re... more

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Guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan for COVID-19 vaccines

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This global guidance provided the framework for over 100 countries to develop their NDVPs. This updated (second) version supersedes the previous version published in 16 November 2020. New information has been added on the following areas: the COVID-19 Partners Platform; the use of COVID... more

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Central African Republic Humanitarian Fund Annual Report 2020

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2021) CC

Almost two years after the signing of the Political Accord for Peace and Reconciliation (APPR), the Central African population is still hostage to an unstable and unpredictable security environment. Continuing conflicts in several areas of the country, structural weaknesses combined with the socio-e... more

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Philippines: Consolidated Needs Assessment Report Revision Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) (24 Jan 2022)

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2022) CC

Eight years after Super Typhoon Haiyan, the most destructive storm to ever hit the Philippines, Super Typhoon Rai brought similar torrential rains, violent winds, mudslides, floods and storm surges to central parts of the Philippines, leaving a wide path of destruction and debris in its wake. While ... more

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Guiding Principles for Children on the Move in the Context of Climate Change

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2022) CC

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Georgetown University, and the United Nations University have today launched new guidelines to provide the first-ever global policy framework that will help protect, include, and empower children on the ... more

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Manual for case management of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

World Health Organization WHO WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (2014) CC

This publication represents a key step forward in translating Control of the leishmaniases (WHO Technical Report Series, No. 949) into a more practical tool for health personnel directly involved in the case management of cutaneous leishmaniasis. With this manual, countries will have, for the first ... more

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Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2016

Brown C.M., Slavinski S., Ettestad P. et al National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control Committee (2016) C2

Rabies is a fatal viral zoonosis and serious public health problem.1 All mammals are believed to be susceptible to the disease, and for the purposes of this document, use of the term animal refers to mammals. The disease is an acute, progressive encephalitis caused by viruses in the genus Lyssavirus... more

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Health needs assessment of the adult population in Ukraine: survey report September 2022

World Health Organisation WHO (2023) C_WHO

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has caused a deterioration in the level of access to health-care services and medicines in the country, particularly for people living in regions close to the front line and areas that are not partially or fully controlled by the Government of Ukraine, and for peop... more

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Report on refugee health: assessment of the Bulgarian health system’s needs within the context of the crisis in Ukraine

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis on 24 February 2022, WHO has supported Government-led efforts and initiatives alongside key partners on the ground. Building on efforts to date, and working alongside Bulgaria’s health authorities to bring added value to existing mechanisms, the WHO Countr... more

2018-2019 Mozambique Humanitarian Response Plan (November 2018 - June 2019) - Revised following Cyclone Idai, March 2019 recommended

2018-2019 Mozambique Humanitarian Response Plan (November 2018 - June 2019) - Revised following Cyclone Idai, March 2019
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