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DREF Final Report Cote d'ivoire: Ebola virus disease preparedness

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; Canadian Red Cross (2014)

A FAMILIAR FACE: Violence in the lives of children and adolescents

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2017)

This report presents the most current data on four specific forms of violence – violent discipline and exposure to domestic abuse during early childhood; violence at school; violent deaths among adolescents; and sexual violence in childhood and adolescence. The statistics reveal that children expe ... more

Ebola Regional Response Plan January-December 2015, Supplementary Appeal 2015

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2015)

The funding requested in this supplementary appeal will enable UNHCR to enhance preventive, preparedness and response measures against EVD, participate in the regional and country inter-agency response and ensure continuity of operations, including preparations for the resumption of the voluntary re ... more

Emergency Appeal - Kenya April - September 2020

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; Humanitarian Response et al. (2020) C2

Kenya reported its first case of COVID-19 on 12 March 2020 and, as at 7 April 2020, 172 cases had been confirmed and 6 deaths reported. The Government of Kenya has taken a number of measures to curb the spread of the virus, including implementing a curfew, restricting movement out and into four coun ... more

Spirituality and medical practice: a Christian perspective

Benson Igboin Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (2015) C2

Everyday experience shows that there is a commonality between spirituality and medical practice. A text message I received from a friend recently read, "Please pray for me. I've been getting a mysterious headache for some days now. I will be seeing the doctor today." This clearly speaks of a relatio ... more

Sanitation_and_Hygiene_Research_Symposium_Malawi_July2015_

Emma Mbalame University of Malawi (2015) CC

Presentation on WASH in Malawi

Mali: Ebola virus disease preparedness EPOA: Final Report Operation n° MDRML010

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; (2015)

Ebola - Traditional healers, witch doctors, burial attendants

HEART (2015)

The burden of cancers and their variations across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016

ndia State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Cancer Collaborators (2018) CC

Lancet Oncol 2018 Published Online September 12, 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30447-9

Data synthesis: public perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccinations

Niederberger,E.; V. Turmine, C. Homm RCCE Collective Service (2021) CC

A series of data syntheses from the RCCE Collective Service. It focuses on public perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccinations, bringing together 66 data sources from quantitative surveys across 107 countries and six regions, underpinned by a rapid review of additional studies and community feedback dat ... more

India: Targeted Interventions for Truckers, Operational Guidelines

National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) (2007) C1

HIV and AIDS in Zambia (2017)

Avert (2018) CC

Managing stress in the field

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2009) C1

The nature of humanitarian work has also drastically changed over the last decade. Humanitarian workers have paid dearly in the face of violence and terrorism. Burn out and after-effects of traumatic experiences constitute a major risk for humanitarian workers. After ten years of experience with ... more

Assessing post-traumatic stress disorder in South African adolescents: using the child and adolescent trauma survey (CATS) as a screening tool

Suliman, S., Kaminer, D., Seedat, S. & Steinm D.J. Annals of General Psychiatry (2005) CC

Background: Several studies have demonstrated that South African children and adolescents are exposed to high levels of violent trauma with a significant proportion developing PTSD, however, limited resources make it difficult to accurately identify traumatized children. Conclusions: Our result ... more

Development and pilot evaluation of a home-based palliative care training and support package for young children in southern Africa

S. N. Naicker; A. Stein; L. Richter; et al. BMC Palliative Care (2016) CC

Naicker et al. BMC Palliative Care (2016) 15:41 DOI 10.1186/s12904-016-0114-7

Ukraine Flash Appeal (March to December 2022)

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2022) C1

This document is the third iteration of the Flash Appeal for Ukraine, which was originally published on 1 March 2022 and revised once in mid-April. This updated Flash Appeal covers the period of 10 months following the onset of the war in Ukraine that started on 24 February 2022 (i.e., from March to ... more

National Disaster Management Guidelines - Management of Chemical (Terrorism) Disasters

National Disaster Management Authority Government of India (2009) C1

"National Disaster Management Guidelines: Management of Chemical (Terrorism) Disasters (are intended to focus on all aspects of the disaster management cycle, including prevention measures such as surveillance and intelligence, mitigation of direct and indirect risks, preparedness in terms of ... more