The assistive technology capacity assessment (ATA-C) is a system-level tool to evaluate a country’s capacity to finance, regulate, procure and provide assistive technology. It can be used for awareness raising, policy and programme design, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation. This manual provide...s guidance and practical information on the ATA-C implementation process. The ATA-C is intended to be implemented by an experienced team, in collaboration with relevant ministries and users’ organizations.
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Why bold action against inequalities is needed to en AIDS, stop COVID-19 and prepare for future pandemics
This Curriculum Guide accompanies the Refugee and Migrant Health: Global Competency Standards for Health Workers and the Knowledge Guide to support the operationalization of the Standards. The Curriculum Guide provides guidance for institutions, health organizations and individuals engaged in the ed...ucation and training of health practitioners and health administrators to support incorporation of the knowledge, skills and attitudes set out in the Knowledge Guide into curricula and for assessment of the achievement of the relevant learning outcomes and Competency Standards.
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his profile is part of a series of Climate Risk Country Profiles developed by the World Bank Group (WBG). The country profile
synthesizes most relevant data and information on climate change, disaster risk reduction, and adaptation actions and policies
at the country level. The country profile ser...ies are designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better
integrate climate resilience in development planning and policy making.
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Geflüchtete Kinder haben Rechte - auch in Aufnahmeeinrichtungen. terre des hommes und JUMEN, ein Verein zum Schutz der Grundrechte in Deutschland, veröffentlichen ein Rechtsgutachten zum Anspruch auf Entlassung aus einer Erstaufnahmeeinrichtung für Kinder und ihre Familien
In der von medica mondiale e. V. veröffentlichten Handreichung "Stärkende Gruppenangebote" wird vorgestellt, wie stärkende Gruppenangebote für geflüchtete Frauen* stress- und traumasensibel gestaltet werden können. Auf Grundlage langjähriger Erfahrungen und in Kooperation mit einem Referent:i...nnenpool hat medical mondiale e.V. Konzepte für Gruppenangebote zur Stärkung von geflüchteten Frauen* entwickelt, die in der Handreichung vorgestellt werden: Von einer Einführung des STA – stress- und traumasensibler Ansatz® über die Vorstellung verschiedener Gruppenformate bis hin zu konkreten Praxisbeispielen finden sich hhilfreiche Hinweise zur Gestaltung von stärkenden Gruppenangeboten.
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n dem von medica mondiale e. V. veröffentlichten Konzeptpapier "Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen zu Stress- und Traumasensibilität für multidisziplinäre Teams im Kontext von Flucht" werden Erfahrungswerte für die Entwicklung und Umsetzung einer stress- und traumasensiblen Organisationskultur vorgestel...lt. Das Konzeptpapier ist gedacht für Organisationen, die Fortbildungen zu Gewalt und Trauma für Mitarbeitende im Kontext Flucht, insbesondere in Geflüchteten-Unterkünften, durchführen (möchten)
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8 January 2021
Sequencing enabled the world to rapidly identify SARS-CoV-2 and develop diagnostic tests and other tools for outbreak management. Continued genome sequencing supports the monitoring of the disease’s spread and evolution of the virus. Accelerated integration of genome sequencing int...o the practices of the global health community is required if we want to be better prepared for the future threats. This document provides guidance for laboratories on maximizing the impact of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing now and other emerging pathogens in the future.
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Die gemeinsame Befragung von UNHCR und UNICEF Deutschland gibt einen Einblick in die Bildungssituation begleiteter asylsuchender Kinder in Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen und sogenannten AnkER-Zentren (Ankunfts-, Entscheidungs- und Rückkehr-Einrichtungen) in sieben Bundesländern. Sie zeigt auch die Ausw...irkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf den Zugang zur Regelbildung geflüchteter und migrierter Kinder.
Basierend auf den Ergebnissen der Befragung haben UNHCR und UNICEF Deutschland Empfehlungen zum Zugang zu Bildung von asylsuchenden Kindern in Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen formuliert.
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Wie lässt sich verhindern, dass es in Geflüchtetenunterkünften zu Gewalt kommt? Wie lassen sich Schutzkonzepte optimieren? Diesen Fragen sind Forscher:innen des Deutschen Zentrums für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM) nachgegangen. Das DeZIM-Institut veröffentlicht die zentralen Erg...ebnisse jetzt in einer DeZIM Briefing Note.
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During fresh fruit and vegetables (FFV) production, water is used for a variety of purposes. Even the water was conventionally treated and disinfected, it may still potentially contain human pathogens, albeit at low concentrations. A risk assessment, appropriate to the national or local production c...ontext, should be conducted to assess the potential risks associated with a specific water source or supply in order to devise the appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
Since the 48th session of Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) noted the importance of water safety and quality in food production and processing, FAO and WHO has undertaken the work on this subject. This report describes the output of the third in a series of meetings, which examined appropriate and fit-for-purpose microbiological criteria for water used with fresh fruit and vegetables. The advice herein will support decision making when applying the concept of fit-for-purpose water for use in the pre- and post-harvest production of fresh fruit and vegetables.
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Wird ständig aktualisiert
3rd edition. In 2001, Uganda adapted the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) developed by World Health Organization (WHO) for member states in African region. The Ministry of Health has been implementing the IDSR strategy since then with success across the country. This strategy prov...ides the opportunity for rational use of resources and maximises investments in health surveillance systems. The 3rd edition IDSR guidelines incorporates lessons learnt from previous
epidemics, new frameworks like the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), One Health, Disaster Risk Management (DRM), the WHO regional strategy for health security and emergencies, and the rising non-communicable diseases, and aims to strengthen implementation of IHR (2005) core surveillance and response capacities. These guidelines have been adapted to reflect national priorities, policies and public health structures; and shall be used in conjunction with other similar
guidelines/strategies or initiatives.
Overall, the 3rd edition technical guidelines will incorporate the following:
• Strengthening Indicator Based Surveillance
• Strengthening Event Based Surveillance
• Improving community-based disease surveillance
• Improving Cross Border Surveillance and response
• Scaling up e-IDSR implementation
• Improving reporting and information sharing platforms
• Improved data sharing across sectors
• Tailoring IDSR to Emergency or Disaster contexts
The 3rd edition guidelines are intended for use as:
• A general reference for surveillance activities across all levels
• A set of definitions for thresholds that trigger some action for response
• A stand-alone reference for level-specific guidelines on surveillance and response
• A resource for developing training, supervision and evaluation of surveillance activities
• A guide for improving early detection and preparedness for outbreak response.
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The number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise again, with South Africa nearing half of all confirmed cases in the WHO African Region. Threats of new variants loom and low vaccination coverage raises questions on the future of the response to COVID-19. Prevention remains the key strategy in most sub-Sa...haran countries. Five National Centres (NCs) from the African Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems and Policies (AHOP), based in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal, reflect on lessons to be learnt from their containment responses in the initial phases. They construct timelines to highlight the policies and challenges associated with introducing a range of public health containment measures and
discuss the extent to which these measures continue to be valuable given the ever-changing nature of the pandemic.
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The 2021 WHO health and climate change global survey report provides a valuable snapshot of the overall progress governments have made in addressing the health risks of climate change. The findings on key health and climate change indicators aim to empower policy makers to: make informed decisions o...n the implementation of policies and plans; identify evidence gaps; and better understand the barriers to achieving adaptation and resilience priorities in the health sector while maximizing the health benefits of sector-wide climate mitigation efforts.
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Wet markets have been implicated in multiple zoonotic outbreaks, including COVID-19. They are also a conduit for legal and illegal trade in wildlife, which threatens thousands of species. Yet wet markets supply food to millions of people around the world, and differ drastically in their physical com...position, the goods they sell, and the subsequent risks they pose. As such, policy makers need to know how to target their actions to efficiently safeguard human health and biodiversity without depriving people of ready access to food.
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Mortality due to enteric infections is projected to increase because of global warming; however, the different temperature sensitivities of major enteric pathogens have not yet been considered in projections on a global scale. We aimed to project global temperature-attributable enteric infection mor...tality under various future scenarios of sociodemographic development and climate change.
The Lancet Planetary Health Volume 5, ISSUE 7, e436-e445, July 01, 2021
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Mosquito-borne diseases are expanding their range, and re-emerging in areas where they had subsided for decades. The extent to which climate change influences the transmission suitability and population at risk of mosquito-borne diseases across different altitudes and population densities has not be...en investigated. The aim of this study was to quantify the extent to which climate change will influence the length of the transmission season and estimate the population at risk of mosquito-borne diseases in the future, given different population densities across an altitudinal gradient.
The Lancet Planetary Health Volume 5, ISSUE 7, e404-e414, July 01, 2021
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