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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

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Cholera kit calculation tool

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

This tool provides a quick and simple way to calculate and subsequently order the new cholera kits and modules. The tool is best suited to estimate needs relating to cholera preparedness. The tool uses pre-defined scenarios based on available population data, pre-defined attack rates as well as ... more

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WHO toolkit for the care and support of people affected by complications associated with Zika virus

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

The WHO Toolkit for the care and support of people affected by complications associated with Zika virus has been developed to serve as a model guide, with the goal of enhancing country preparedness for Zika virus outbreaks. The toolkit is intended to provide a systems approach involving public heal... more

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UNICEF Evaluation Brief No. 2014/2 - Protecting Children in Emergencies: A Comprehensive Evaluation of UNICEF Programmes

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2014)

In December 2013, UNICEF published its first comprehensive evaluation assessing how well its global and country strategies and programmes have worked to protect children in emergencies. The ‘Evaluation of UNICEF Programmes to Protect Children in Emergencies’ was undertaken to identify key suc... more

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UNFPA Response in Yemen. Monthly situation report Issue 05: May

UNFPA UNPFA (2019)

Levels of humanitarian need continue to stagger in Yemen. Fighting sporadically escalated in different parts of the country leading to spikes in displacement and civilian casualties. As of May some 36,506 families have been displaced across Yemen since the beginning of the year. Hajjah is one of the... more

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Follow up to the World Health Assembly decision on the Ebola virus disease outbreak and the Special Session of the Executive Board on Ebola: Roadmap for Action

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

This Roadmap is structured around a results-based framework of outcomes, outputs and deliveraebles, to ensure that WHO maintains appropriate levels of organizational readiness, supports country-level capacity building and preparedness, deploys efficiently and effectively to respond to outbreaks and ... more

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Bangladesh: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2017) C1

Climate change is a growing concern for Bangladesh because 90 percent of the country is approximately 10 feet above sea level. An evaluation was completed which discovered that high tides in Bangladesh were increasing 10 times more rapidly than the global average. This predicted rapid increase in se... more

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Supporting Transition by Reducing Food Insecurity and Undernutrition among the Most Vulnerable: Standard Project Report 2017

World Food Programme (WFP) (2017) C1

In view of the ongoing political, peace and reconciliation, administrative and economic reforms as well as plans to establish the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) in 2018, WFP extended the current Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO 200299), launched in January 2.... To echo this extension and provide a more appropriate response to the country's rapid and multi-pronged transition, WFP adopted a transition strategy with gradually reduced emphasis on humanitarian assistance and greater focus on early recovery and development interventions. WFP's strategic engagement in-country was driven by the overarching goal to assist Myanmar to achieve the national Zero Hunger Challenge by 2025, and was guided by three priorities: emergency preparedness and response; nutrition; and provision of social safety nets. more

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Indonesia: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2018) C1

The Indonesian government has reformed its laws, policies, and institutions to better manage disaster risk since the significant 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. The Government of Indonesia now has contingency plans for every disaster-prone city which identifies its vulnerabilities, outlines the relief re... more

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Lao PDR: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2017) C1

Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), also referred to as Laos, or Lao, is exposed to natural disasters such as flooding, typhoons, cyclones, drought, and earthquakes. The country is vulnerable to recurrent, sudden-onset and slow onset natural disasters with flooding, storms and typhoons hav... more

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Battling the Storm: Study on Cyclone Resistant Housing, 2nd ed.

Haq, Bashirul; Chattopadhayay-Dutt, Purnima Bangladesh Red Crescent Society , German Red Cross (2007) C1

The coastal regions of Bangladesh are hit by cyclones regularly. The country has evolved, in the face of repetitious calamities, a disaster preparedness programme. The major response to cyclones has been the building of cyclone shelters, which also double as community centers and schools. While thes... more

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Guidance and Support with the Nutrition response to the Covid-19

Global Nutrition Cluster (2020) C2

The GNC is managing COVID-19 webpage with global, regional, and country-level resources for COVID-19 to assist Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) practitioners and coordination teams with integration of COVID-19 preparedness and response into humanitarian nutrition response. In addition to the documents... more

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Risk Communication & Community Engagement: Practical Tips on Engaging Adolescents and Youth in the COVID-19 Response

reliefweb; Unicef (2020) C_UNICEF

The purpose of this brief is to provide practical tips for UNICEF country offices, partners and young people themselves on engaging adolescents and youth as part of the COVID-19 preparedness and response. As a first step, we recommend engaging with adolescents and youth to understand what their need... more

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COVID-19: Working with and for young people - May 2020 version 1.0

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies IFRC; United Nations Population Fund UNFPA (2020) C1

This guidance note is meant to assist humanitarian actors, youth-led organizations, and young people themselves across sectors, working at local, country, regional, and global levels in their response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. It begins diagnostically, exploring the impacts of coronavirus d... more

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Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses: Surveillance in the Americas 2019

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

This third edition of the landscape analysis provides regional and country-specific data. This report illustrates the complexities in surveillance of influenza and other respiratory viruses and highlights differences in the countries’ preparedness capacities through charts, infographics, tables, a... more

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Ghana Annual Report 2019

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO

The WHO country office for Ghana, began the year 2019 with a 4-day staff retreat at the Busua Beach Resort in the Western Region from 04 to 08 March 2019. The theme for the retreat was ‘Impacting the Health and Lives of the people of Ghana through the Triple Billion Goal”. The staff outlined pri... more

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COVID-19 Partners Platform

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C2

The COVID-19 outbreak poses a significant challenge for all countries – creating an unprecedented need for international solidarity and a coordinated global response. This COVID-19 Partners Platform has launched anew landing platform to be an enabling tool for all countries, implementing partners,... more

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WHO COVID-19 Detailled Surveillance Data Dashboard
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Over 18 months into the pandemic, WHO continues to conductglobal surveillance of COVID-19as part of activities on preparedness, readiness and response activities. The need for global surveillance of COVID-19 is greater than ever, asthe implementation of vaccination campaigns and the appearance of va... more

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Disability Inclusive Get Ready Guidebook

USAID Atullya Foundation (2021) CC

Due to Nepal’s difficult geographic structure, rapid urbanization, varied groundwater level, and increasing population the country is prone to earthquakes, floods, landslides, fires, lightning, hailstone, drought, epidemic, and other disasters. These disasters cause a huge loss of li... more

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WHO advisory committee on variola virus research: report of the twenty-third meeting, virtual meeting, 3-4 November 2021

World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

The Committee discussed the implications for preparedness for smallpox-like events reflected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Committee noted how quickly diagnostics and vaccines could be developed and deployed when resources and political will were abundant. This rapidity was also due to the f... more

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