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Communication Risk in Public Health Emergencies
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

A WHO Guideline for Emergency Risk Communication (ERC) policy and practice. Recent public health emergencies, such as the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa (2014–2015), the emergence of the Zika virus syndrome in 2015–2016 and multi-country yellow fever outbreaks in Africa in 2016, h... more

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mhGAP operations manual

World Health Organization WHO (2018)

mhGAP is based on evidence-based technical guidelines (4) and provides a set of tools and training packages to extend service provision. The mhGAP Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) for MNS disorders in non-specialized health settings (8) is a clinical decision-making tool for assessing and managing p... more

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Collective Voices Report: Qualitative Case Study Report

Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG) (2017) C1

Civil Society Organisations’ contribution towards community engagement to access and demand health services and encourage communities to practice appropriate health-seeking behaviour in Mon and Chin States
The following report is a study of 14 villages under the Collective Voices project (Nov... more

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Spirituality in the Healthcare Workplace

Baldacchino, D. Religions (2017) C2

Spirituality involves a sense of connectedness, meaning making and transcendence. There is abundant published research that focuses on the importance of spirituality to patients and their families during times of illness and distress. However over the last decade there has also been a growing awaren... more

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L’efficacité contestée du recours aux agents de santé communautaires pour la prise en charge du paludisme

Druetz T. Université de Montréal (2015) C2

Évaluation du programme burkinabé dans les districts de Kaya et de Zorgho Objectif. L’objectif central de cette thèse est d’évaluer, dans des conditions réelles d’implantation, les effets du programme burkinabé de prise en charge communautaire du paludisme sur le recours aux soins de... more

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Census 2011 Profile of persons with disabilities | Statistics South Africa

Statistics South Africa (2014) CC

Stats SA has released an in-depth report on persons with disabilities. The report, written using Census 2011 data, is the first in a series of in-depth analyses of various Census 2011 variables, such as ageing and education. The report provides statistical evidence relating to the prevalence of dis... more

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National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims/survivors
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Ministry of gender, labour and social development Ministry of gender, labour and social development (2011) CC

Psychosocial support is a very important component in Gender Based Violence response that provide appropriate care, protection and social integration. Psychological aspects affect thoughts, emotions, behavior, memory, learning ability, perceptions and understanding. While the social aspects have ef... more

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National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims survivors
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Ministry of gender, labour and social development Ministry of gender, labour and social development (2011)

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'Let pikin bisniss be all men bisniss' : survey community based psychosocial programme War Child Sierra Leone 2005-2006 : research paper

Graaff, D. de , Knocke van der Meulen, D. de War Child (2007) C2

The community based programme aims to address the psychosocial needs of children and youth through helping to rebuild peaceful child- and youth-friendly communities through the use of cultural, creative, recreational, sportive and social activities. Within War Child, the community-based approach is ... more

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Achieving Control of Asthma in Children in Africa (ACACIA): protocol of an observational study of children’s lung health in six sub-Saharan African countries

Mosler, G.; Oyenuga, V.; Addo-Yobo, E. et al. BMJ Open (2020) CC

Little is known about asthma control in the rising number of African children who suffer from this condition. The Achieving Control of Asthma in Children in Africa (ACACIA) study is an observational study collecting evidence about paediatric asthma in urban areas of Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, South Afr... more

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Living in Chains: Shackling of People with Psychosocial Disabilities Worldwide

Human Rights Watch HRW (2020) C1

The report examines how people with mental health conditions are often shackled by families in their own homes or in overcrowded and unsanitary institutions, against their will, due to widespread stigma and a lack of mental health services. Many are forced to eat, sleep, urinate, and defecate in t... more

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Measuring changes in household resilience as a result of BRACED activities in Myanmar

Yaron, Gil; Wilson, Dave; Dumble, Sam; Murphy, Ben BRACED Myanmar Alliance (2018) C1

The BRACED Myanmar Alliance was a three-year project aiming to ‘build the resilience of 350,000 people across Myanmar to climate extremes’. The project worked in 7 states, 8 townships and 155 communities. The main impact for project populations was intended to be ‘improved well-being and reduc... more

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Youth-Friendly Services - A Manual for Service Providers

EngenderHealth (2002)

All young people, including those with special needs and from the most vulnerable groups, have the right to quality health care services. Unfortunately, this right is not a reality, particularly in the case of sexual and reproductive health services. Many youth in need of sexual and reproductive hea... more

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Responding to COVID-19 in Africa: using data to find a balance part II

African Union, African CDC, World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO

Six months in, the indirect impacts of COVID-19 take a toll on health, social and economic outcomes.

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Increasing inclusion of persons with disabilities

Dr Jean-François Trani and Dr Betsy VanLeit Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL (2010) C1

Reflections from disability research using the ICF in Afghanistan and Cambodia | Working Paper Series: No. 11

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Measuring Health and Disability - Manual for WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0)

Üstün, T.B., Kostanjsek, N., Chatterji, S. & Rehm, J. WHO (2010) C_WHO

This manual summarizes the methodology used to develop WHODAS 2.0 and the findings obtained when the schedule was applied to certain areas of general health, including mental and neurological disorders. The manual will be useful to any researcher or clinician wishing to use WHODAS 2.0 in their prac... more

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Counselling for Caregivers Unit 9: Coping with Stress

Commonwealth of Learning (2021) CC

This unit is written so that you will have the opportunity to learn from mistakes.The unit will take you on a journey of personal stress management, one step at a time Each lesson covers a number of topics and provides various activities for you to complete. In Lesson 1, you will learn about what s... more

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Responding to COVID-19 in Africa: using data to find a balance part III

African Union, African CDC, World Health Organisation (2021) C_WHO

12 May 2021. This third survey in the series shows that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact societies, not only in terms of health, but also social and economic conditions and day-to-day life

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Best Practice Guidance for Mental Health Services

HSE Mental Health Service (2019) C1

Accessed April 25,2019

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Learning from the Ebola Response in cities: Communication and engagement

Campbell, L.; and L.M.Morel ALNAP (2017) C1

Communication Risk in Public Health Emergencies recommended

National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims/survivors recommended

National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims survivors recommended

Communication Risk in Public Health Emergencies
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National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims/survivors
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National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims survivors
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