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Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children

Stephen Graham, Malgosia Grzemska, Suzanne Hill et al World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

2nd edition. Like the original, this second edition of the guidance aims to inform the revision of existing national guidelines and standards for managing Tuberculosis (TB), many of which include guidance on children. It includes recommendations, based on the best available evidence, for improving ... more

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For every child, every right. The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2019)

Thirty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child at a moment of rapid global change marked by the end of apartheid, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the birth of the World Wide Web. These developments and more brought momentous and lasting evolut... more

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Protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative 2018 Implementation guidance

World Health Organization, UNICEF (2018) C_WHO

This updated implementation guidance is intended for all those who set policy for, or offer care to, pregnant women, families and infants: governments; national managers of maternal and child health programmes in general, and of breastfeeding- and BFHI-related programmes in particular; and health-f... more

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Families with disabled children in different European countries

Paola Di Giulio, Dimiter Philipov, and Ina Jaschinski (2014) C2

Families and Societies Working Paper Series Changing families and sustainable societies: Policy contexts and diversity over the life course and across generations

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“They Stay until They Die” A Lifetime of Isolation and Neglect in Institutions for People with Disabilities in Brazil

Human Rights Watch (2018) C1

This report found that many people with disabilities enter institutions as children and remain there for their entire lives. Most of these institutions visited by Human Rights Watch researchers did not provide for more than people’s basic needs, such as food and hygiene, with scarce contact with t... more

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Conceptualizing Inclusive Education and Contextualizing it within the UNICEF Mission. Webinar 1. Companion Technical Booklet

Farkas, A. UNICEF (2014)

you can find all 14 Technical Booklets on Inclusive Education, produced by UNICEF, in ENGLISH. Other versions can be found on the website https://www.ded4inclusion.com/inclusive-education-resources-free/unicef-inclusive-education-booklets-and-webinars-english-version. Each Technical Booklet (and com... more

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Integrating severe acute malnutrition into the management of childhood diseases at community level in South Sudan

Emily Keane, Andrea King, Anthony Awira et al. Malaria Consortium South Sudan (2013) C1

Since December 2010, Malaria Consortium has been implementing an innovative approach to community management of severe acute malnutrition, together with an existing integrated community case management (ICCM) programme in South Sudan. This learning paper considers Malaria Consortiums experience of t... more

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Considerations for school-related public health measures in the context of COVID-19
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World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO

In response to COVID-19, countries around the world have implemented several public health and social measures (PHSM), such as movement restrictions, closure of schools and businesses, and international travel restrictions.1 As the local epidemiology of the disease changes, countries will adjust (i.... more

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Health and Socio-Economic Impacts of Physical Distancing for Covid-19 in Africa

Barasa, E.; et al. KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and African Academy of Sciences (2020) CC

Physical distancing measures are important to reduce COVID-19 transmission. However, when stringently applied, they can result in negative health and socio-economic impacts. This report draws on a rapid review of available literature, case studies from across Africa and expert knowledge to make reco... more

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International Technical and Programmatic Guidance on Out-of-School Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)

UNFPA; World Health Organization WHO, UNICEF; et al. (2020) C_WHO

An evidence-informed approach for non-formal, out-of-school CSE programmes that aims to reach young people from left-behind populations This guidance is intended to assist anyone designing and/or implementing CSE in out-of-school settings, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This includ... more

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Guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children, developing and implementing national and local policies for pain management and protocols in children, implementing national and local regulations for pain management in children, pain management and protocols

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The Inequality Virus: Bringing together a world torn apart by coronavirus through a fair, just and sustainable economy

Oxfam (2021) C1

Oxfam’s report found that Covid-19 has the potential to increase economic inequality in almost every country at once, the first time this has happened since records began over a century ago. It sets out how a rigged economy is enabling a super-rich elite to amass wealth in the middle of the worst ... more

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Manual for running a mobile clinic: Adapted for the North-West & South-West regions of Cameroon

Health Cluster, Nutrition Cluster, OCHA (2021) CC

In emergency or humanitarian settings, mobile clinics are used to bring essential lifesaving health care to communities affected by crises. Though there are standard emergency benefit packages for health services during emergencies, there are however no agreed or standard way of running mobile clini... more

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Public Policy Responses to Address the Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Chile

Irarrazaval M., Norambuena P. et al Frontiers in Public Health (2021) C2

Objectives: This paper reviews the mental health policies that have been implemented in Chile in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the international context of countries' responses. Even before the start of the pandemic, there were significant barriers to access mental health services in Chile, ... more

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Price Shocks: Rising food prices threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of children

World Vision (2022) C1

Conflict, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the economic effects of the Ukraine crisis are interacting to create new and worsen existing hunger hotspots, reversing the gains families had made to escape poverty.

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Protect the promise: 2022 progress report on the every woman every child global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030)

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

This global progress report attempts to lay the groundwork for the kind of accelerated action needed. Section 1 presents key data, trends and developments in women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being. That is followed in Section 2 by a deeper dive into the impact of the COVID-... more

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Training manual for surveillance of suicide and self-harm in communities via key informants

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

More than 700 000 people lose their life to suicide every year. A core foundation of suicide prevention is the timely registration and regular monitoring of suicide and self-harm. Surveillance data can be used to show important progress towards reaching global targets, such as reducing the suicide r... more

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Intention to action series: people power. Perspectives from individuals with lived experience of noncommunicable diseases, mental health conditions and neurological conditions

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This report includes six case studies from 12 individuals with lived experience of diverse health conditions. These case studies explore the topics of power dynamics and power reorientation towards individuals with lived experience; informed decision-making and health literacy; community engagement ... more

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A Roadmap on the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Among People Living With Diabetes

Mitchell, S.; Malanda, B.; Damasceno, A. et al. World Heart Federation (2019) CC

In 2014, the World Heart Federation (WHF) launched an initiative to develop a series of Roadmaps [1e6]. Their aim is to identify potential roadblocks on the pathway to effective prevention, detection, and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD), along with evidence-based solutions to overcome... more

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Access to health care for people with disabilities in rural Malawi: what are the barriers?

Harrison, J.A.K.; Thomson, R.; Banda, H.T. et al. BMC Public Health (2020) CC

People with disabilities experience significant health inequalities. In Malawi, where most individuals live in low-income rural settings, many of these inequalities are exacerbated by restricted access to health care services. This qualitative study explores the barriers to health care access experi... more

For every child, every right. The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads recommended

Considerations for school-related public health measures in the context of COVID-19 recommended

For every child, every right. The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads
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Considerations for school-related public health measures in the context of COVID-19
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