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Guidelines for Strengthening Participation of Persons Affected by Leprosy in Leprosy Services

E. A. Cooreman World Health Organisation (WHO) (2011) C_WHO

Increasing Community Disaster Awareness

IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross Red Cresent Societies (2000) CC

Disaster Preparedness Training Programme

National Baseline Study on Violence against Children: Philippines. Executive Summary

UNICEF (2016)

Building Bridges

E. Toska, et al. Comic Relief; Health Poverty Action (2013) CC

Lessons and best practices in empowering pastoralist communities to prevent HIV infection and reduce the impact of AIDS in Ethiopia. Briefing Paper

ALGORITHMS FOR HIV CARE AND TREATMENT IN ETHIOPIA, HIVCore Final Report

Kalibala Samuel, Nrupa Jani and Getachew Kassa United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (2016) C1

Assessment of a revolving drug fund for essential asthma medicines in Benin

Gildas Agodokpessi, Nadia Aït-Khaled, Martin Gninafon, Leon Tawo, Wilfried Bekou, Christophe Perrin, Karen Bissell, Nils Billo, Donald A Enarson, Chen-Yuan Chiang Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (2015) C2

Agodokpessi et al. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (2015) 8:12DOI 10.1186/s40545-015-0033-7 Benin established a revolving drug fund (RDF) for essential asthma medicines in 2008. We evaluated the operation of the RDF and assessed whether there was interruption of supply of asthma me ... more

The Problem of Food Loss: Challenges from the Catholic Social Teaching and Responses from Caritas

Tagle, L.A.G. Caritas Internationalis (2016) C1

Community-Based Interventions for Stroke Provided by Nurses and Community Health Workers: A Review of the Literature

Gayenell S. Magwood, Michelle Nichols et al J Neurosci Nurs. (2020) CC

Community-based interventions are vital for facilitating poststroke recovery, increasing community participation, and raising awareness about stroke survivors. To optimize recovery and community reintegration, there is a need to understand research findings on community-based interventions that focu ... more

Inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action: 39 examples of field practices, and learnings from 20 countries

CBM; Handicap International (HI), and International Disability Alliance (IDA) (2019) C1

39 examples of field practices, and learnings from 20 countries, for all phases of humanitarian response. The report shows that deliberate and proactive action is required to ensure that persons with disabilities from all constituencies are systematically included and meaningfully participate in DRR ... more

The elimination of human African trypanosomiasis: Monitoring progress towards the 2021–2030 WHO road map targets

Franco JR, Priotto G, Paone M, (2024) CC

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 18(4): e0012111. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012111

Trauma induced disorders and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Ethno-Medizinisches Zentrum e. V. (2015) C1

This guide aims to inform about these illnesses - so-called ‘trauma-induced disorders’ - in general and ‘post-traumatic stress disorder’ (PTSD) in particular. It is also designed to offer support in finding treatment and counselling options.

Accelerating salt reduction in Europe: a country support package to reduce population salt intake in the WHO European Region

World Health OrganizationEurope (2020) C_WHO

Excessive consumption of salt (more than 5 g per day) raises blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke, and is the leading cause of death in the WHO European Region. Many countries in the Region have initiated national salt reduction strategies, ... more

HIV Programme Review in Tajikistan

M. Mansfeld; M. Ristola; J. Klinte; et al. World Health Organization (Europe); Centre for Health & Infectious Disease Research (2015) C_WHO

Evaluation report September 2014

Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care: A guide for essential practice (3rd ed.)
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2015) C_WHO

WHO has been alerted to concerns expressed related to the wording on episiotomy in specific situations. We have temporarily removed the publication from the website while we are doing a review of the evidence with in-house and external experts. We will make the publication available on the website o ... more

Thematic COVID-19 Bulletin: Child Protection Myanmar

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) CC

With the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) across Myanmar, many children and caregivers are required to stay in quarantine centres, in isolation and in hospitals, and special attention is needed to ensure children’s rights are protected in these settings. Violence, exploitation, abuse and negle ... more

TAKE US SERIOUSLY! Engaging Children with Disabilities in Decisions Affecting their Lives

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2013)

Assessment of HIV in Internally Displaced Situations

Inter-Agency Task Team to Adress HIV in Humanitarian Emergencies UNHCR (2014) C1

Children with disabilities in South Africa: The hidden reality

The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) (2011) C1

Children with disabilities in South Africa: The hidden reality is part of a multiple-country study conducted by ACPF. The study seeks to analyse how cultural, social, physical and other societal barriers prevent children with disabilities from enjoying their constitutional rights to equality, freedo ... more