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WFP Malawi Country Brief, April 2022

World Food Programme (2022) CC

Malawi is a small landlocked country in Sub-Saharan Africa with a population expanding rapidly at 3 percent per year. With most livelihoods dependent on rainfed agriculture, the population is highly vulnerable to the effects of natural disasters, prolonged dry spells and flash floods.

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Corona Virus COVID-19 Situation Report 4 - Bangladesh Red Crescent Society

Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) (2020) C2

(15 April 2020, BST 17:00 hours) Actions Taken from Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS): 9292 Number of staff and RCY/ CPP/ Camp/ Community volunteers being mobilized throughout the country. 10116 Set of PPE provided to individuals working on COVID-19 response. 130,851 Number of Total Peop... more

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Healthcare waste

USAID (2019) C1

Sector Environmental Guidelines, Full technical Update

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A framework for mental health and psychosocial support in radiological and nuclear emergencies

World Health Organization (WHO) and InterAgency Standing Committee (IASC) (2020) C_WHO

The health impact of radiological and nuclear emergencies can last for decades. Lessons learned from past radiological and nuclear accidents have demonstrated that the mental health and psychosocial consequences can outweigh the direct physical health impacts of radiation exposure. International rad... more

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Uganda: Food Security and Nutrition Assessment Karamoja Region, June 2015

World Food Programme, UNICEF (2015)

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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and girls are disproportionately affected and shoulder t...he consequences of protracted neglect, with unconscionable impacts on their safety, life chances and agency. Gaining a holistic view of the gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is difficult. This is due to a lack of data and prioritization, and the large geographical and socioeconomic terrain covered by both regions. However, what we do know about this crisis is more than enough to urgently address the needs of women and girls. An OCHA discussion paper on this topic (which will be published imminently, and from which this policy brief is drawn) found that there is: A strong risk of profound regression in gender equality gains made to date in the countries of concern, including on education, sexual and reproductive health, and the economic independence of women and girls (with knock-on effects on broader humanitarian and development outcomes). An increasing challenge to reverse what must be recognized as a protracted and growing gender-based violence (GBV) emergency in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is protracted, multidimensional and highly gendered, with spiralling impacts on gender equality and food security outcomes. It is driven by interwoven and overlapping factors, including climate change, political instability, conflict, socioeconomic conditions, migration and displacement and, more recently, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Interlinked with these factors are gendered structural drivers of food insecurity, including deeply entrenched gender inequalities and harmful social norms. Gendered risks and impacts of food insecurity include alarming limitations on access to education, sexual and reproductive health rights, women’s agency and participation, and dramatic increases in different existing forms of GBV and the emergence of new ones. Recognition of such gendered dimensions of food insecurity and of the need for a multisectoral approach in the response is key to addressing the crisis, along-side sustained commitment and adequate allocation of resources. This policy brief draws out key findings from the OCHA discussion paper on this topic, which includes a desk review of studies, assessments and reports, and interviews with local women’s organizations on the front lines of the food insecurity crisis in communities across both regions. Below are the most pressing gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity (not in order of priority), as well as key gaps in the current humanitarian response to food insecurity, and recommendations to take forward. more

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Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health Directors - Version 2.0

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2011) C_CDC

This guide is intended to assist state, local, and tribal public health professionals in the initiation of response activities during the first 24 hours of an emergency or disaster. It should be used in conjunction with existin... more

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Manual

Norwegian Refugee Council; et al. (2015) C1

WASH Training for Hygiene Promotion Staff. This manual has been designed to train NRC hygiene promotion incentive staff on ... concept and importance of hygiene, diseases that are present or a risk in Kakuma Refugee. Camp and how to prevent them; monitoring WASH activities and prevention, managemen... more

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Planetary health and the role of community health workers

Manas R. , Behera R., Satpathy S.K. J Family Med Prim Care (2020) C1

In this era, grand challenges lies in biodiversity loss, climate change, and global noncommunicable diseases signify that planet and humanity are in crisis. Scholarly evidence from human and animal kingdom suggest that there is an optimism in planetary health which can provide a unique and novel con... more

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Persistent Global Acute Malnutrition

Young, H., Marshak, A. Feinstein International Center (2017) C3

A discussion paper on the scope of the problem, its drivers, and strategies for moving forward for policy, practice, and research In many protracted emergencies, the prevalence rates of global acute malnutrition (GAM) regularly exceed the emergency threshold of > 15% of children with acute malnutri... more

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Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Care for key populations

C. Beyrer; A. Kamarulzaman; E. Aaraj; et al. World Health Organization WHO (2016) CC

2016 Update Key population

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Ending the AIDS epidemic for adolescents, with adolescents

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS); Unicef; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; et al. UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS); Unicef; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; et al. (2016) C2

A practical guide to meaningfully engage adolescents in the AIDS response UNAIDS 2016 reference

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UNAIDS Guidance Note on HIV and Sex Work

UNAIDS (2012) C2

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Mobile Populations

M. Smelyanskaya, J. Duncan (The Focus Group Consulting); C. Daniels, et al. Stop TB Partnership; UNOPS; END TB (2015) C1

Key populations brief.

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Mobile Populations (Russian edition)

FG Consulting Group; C. Daniels; C. Smyth, et al. Stop TB Partnership; UNOPS; END TB (2015) C1

Key populations brief. МИГРАНТЫ ОСНОВНЫЕ ЗАТРОНУТЫЕ ГРУППЫ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ. КРАТКОЕ РУКОВОДСТВО.

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Blueprint for the provision of comprehensive care for trans persons and their communities in the Caribbean and other anglophone countries

John Snow, Inc.; PAHO; World Health Organization; et al. (2019) C2

Accessed: 06.11.2019

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Health promotion and prevention in child and adolescent mental health

K. O’Loughlin; R. R. Althoff; J. J. Hudziak IACAPAP (2017) C2

Introduction Chapter A.14

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Malawi: 2019 Flood Response Plan and Appeal

Government of Malawi (2019) C2

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Assessment of the implementation of the national policy on orphans and vulnerable children in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

Y. W. Olagbuji; O. H. Okojie Academic Journals; International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (2015) C2

Full Length Research Paper Received 23 March, 2015; Accepted 5 August, 2015 Vol.7(9), pp. 204-213, September, 2015 DOI: 10.5897/IJSA2015.0604 Article Number: F0D0DDC54848 ISSN 2006- 988x

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COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan

OCHA; Reliefweb; World Vision OCHA; Reliefweb; World Vision (2020) C2

April 3, 2020