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Dangerous ground - Syria’s refugees face an uncertain future

Danish Refugee Council, Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE, et al. (2018) C1

Hundreds of thousands of refugees are at risk of being pushed to return to Syria in 2018, despite ongoing violence, bombing and shelling that are endangering the lives of civilians, leading humanitarian agencies warn in a report released today. The warning comes amid a global anti-refugee backlash, ... more

Will you lead? - A Guide to Grassroots Advocacy for Women Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS

A. Yager; T. Welsh; Y. Tabi; et al. HIV law project (2010) C2

Polio Vaccine Security Framework

Global Polio Eradication Initiative GPEI (2025) CC

Long-term polio vaccine security – the timely, sustained, and uninterrupted supply of suitable types of affordable, quality-assured polio vaccines – is essential in the global effort to achieve and maintain a polio free world. However, fragmented approaches and short-term planning pose considera ... more

Guidance on Land Use Planning

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project (2015)

Disaster Recovery Toolkit

Migration und Flucht durch Klimawandel - Wie der Klimawandel Menschen zur Aufgabe ihrer Heimat zwingt

Oxfam Deutschland e.V. (2016) CC

Der Klimawandel verschärft die Treiber für Migration und Flucht Zu den ohnehin bestehenden Gründen, die Menschen zum Verlassen ihrer Heimat zwingen, kommt der Klimawandel verschärfend hinzu. Schätzungen zur Rolle des Klimawandels sind wegen der Komplexität des Zusammenspiels verschiedener Mig ... more

Community, Reciprocity, and Collaboration: Reflections on Catholic Social Teaching’s Notions of Subsidiarity and Participation

Beckman, M. University of Notre Dame, Indiana (2016) C2

This paper poses two applications of Catholic social teaching’s concepts of subsidiarity and participation to academic community engagement. The first pertains to the very general use of the term community. The second refers to a distinction between reciprocity and collaboration. ... more

Impact of coronavirus disease on different manifestations of sale and sexual exploitation of children

M. F. Singhateh United Nations (2021) CC

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, Mama Fatima Singhateh, focuses on the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) p ... more

Cartagena Declaration on Refugees for Latin America

Colloquium on the International Protection of Refugees (1984) CC2

The Cartagena Declaration on Refugees was adopted by the Colloquium on the International Protection of Refugees in Central America, Mexico and Panama on November 22, 1984. The declaration is a non-binding agreement but has been incorporated in refugee law in various countries. The Cartagena Declarat ... more

Checklist to ensure the meaningful engagement of young persons with disabilities in humanitarian action

UN Youth Office; United Nations Population Fund (2023) CC

After the earthquake in Türkiye-Syria in February 2023 an emergency response was provided to the affected population. Young persons with disabilities were one of the social groups most affected by the crisis. These were either young persons who acquired a disability due to the earthquake, or young ... more

Evaluation of serum-based real-time PCR to detect Schistosoma mansoni infection before and after treatment

Fuss, A.; H. D. Mazigo and A. Mueller (2020) CC

Infectious Diseases of Poverty (2020) 9:74 To detect acute schistosomiasis, low-intensity infections, or to verify the success of treatment with praziquantel, highly sensitive test methods are required. The aim of this study was therefore to demonstrate the performance of Schistosoma mansoni spec ... more

Mycetoma: epidemiology, treatment challenges, and progress

Taha, H.; Fahal, A.; Van de Sande, W. Dovepress open access to scientific and medical research (2015) CC

Mycetoma is a specific chronic, granulomatous, inflammatory disease. It usually involves the subcutaneous tissue, most probably after traumatic inoculation of the causative organism. It has a prolonged, progressive, and indolent course, and, if untreated, it ultimately leads to destruction of the de ... more

Protecting Children with Disabilities from Violence in CBR Projects: Why We Need to Work with a Different Form of Child Protection Policy for Children with Disabilities

Marieke Boersma Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2013) CC

Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, [S.l.], v. 24, n. 3, p. 112-122, nov. 2013. ISSN 2211-5242 Children with disabilities encounter more violence in their lives than their peers without disability. Organisations involved in Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) come across many cases of violen ... more

Global Report on Internal Displacement 2021 (GRID 2021)

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre IDMC; Norwegian Refugee Council NRC Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre IDMC; Norwegian Refugee Council NRC (2021) C1

Internal displacement at all-time high after unprecedented year of crises The total number of people living in internal displacement reached a record 55 million by the end of 2020. During a year marked by intense storms and persistent conflict, 40.5 million new displacements were triggered across ... more

Training Manual - Learning Workshop on Recovery and Reconstruction

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project (2015)

Disaster Recovery Toolkit

Recommendations of the German Central Committee against Tuberculosis (DZK) and the German Respiratory Society (DGP) for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-tuberculous Mycobacterioses

N. Schoenfeld, W. Haas, E. Richter, et al. (2016) C2

Empfehlungen zur Diagnostik und Therapie nichttuberkulöser Mykobakteriosen des Deutschen Zentralkomitees zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose (DZK) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin (DGP). Schönfeld N et al. Recommendations of the German Central Committee… Pneumolo ... more

An Uncertain Future: Fragility and Humanitarian Priorities in Northeast Syria

Refugees International (2019) C1

After almost eight bloody years, the war in Syria finally appears to be reaching the endgame. The Assad regime controls some two-thirds of the country. In the northwest, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has launched an offensive against opposition-controlled Idlib governorate under the ... more

UNHCR Report "On this journey, no one cares if you live or die"

D. Breen UNHCR; Mixed Migration Centre (2020) CC

Refugees and migrants face unacceptable and extreme forms of violence on mixed migration routes from East and West Africa to and through North Africa. This report provides clear and strong findings based on almost 16,000 interviews with refugees and migrants all along the migration routes. It provid ... more

Assessment of Learning Disabilities: Cooperation between Teachers, Psychologists and Parents

Tuija Aro and Timo Ahonen Niilo Mäki Institute (2011) C2

African edition

The Cost of Security Risk Management for NGOs

Finucane, C.; European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2013) C2

The Cost of Security Risk Management for NGOs explores the costs related to safety and security management for aid programmes. It aims to assist all aid practitioners to determine their risk management expenditure more accurately, and demonstrate an evidence-based approach when presenting this infor ... more

Five actions for disability-inclusive disaster risk management

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) (2018)

A recent survey of the literature and experience identified five broad actions that development institutions and governments, as well as their partners and stakeholders, can take to improve disability-inclusive disaster risk management. Those five actions are:
- Include persons with disabilitie ... more