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Malawi National STEPS Survey for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and their Risk Factors

Ministry of Health, Malawi; World Health Organization (WHO) (2010) C_WHO

Final Report

Sierra Leone Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) 2013

National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) Sierra Leone, Statistics Sierra Leone, University of Sierra Leone, et al. (2014) C1

Bad Bug Book

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (2013)

Handbook of Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins

The UNHCR Tool for Participatory Assessment in Operations

UNHCR (2006)

Participation handbook for humanitarian field workers - Involving crisis-affected people in a humanitarian response

ALNAP, Groupe URD - Groupe Urgence Rehabilitation Developpement (2009)

The Participation Handbook for humanitarian field workers contains detailed practical advice on the participation of affected people in humanitarian action. It has three sections: Developing a participatory approach (main issues, key factors, building mutual respect, communication methods and ... more

Global Guidelines Independent Monitoring of Polio Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIA)

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (2014)

Disaster Response and Preparedness in Southern Africa - A guide to international tools and services available to governments

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2015) CC

The Guide has been developed to enhance the knowledge capabilities of NDMAs and their local partners. This is accomplished by exposing them to the existing tools and services developed by the international community to facilitate effective disaster response to any scale of disaster (small, medium an ... more

Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in the African Region
recommended

World Health Organization; Regional Office for Africa (2019) C_WHO

3rd edition. The third edition of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Technical Guidelines was prepared by the WHO Health Emergencies (WHE) Programme with the active participation and involvement of programmes dealing with disease surveillance at the WHO Regional Office for Afri ... more

Nigeria: Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS)
recommended

National Malaria Elimination Programme Federal Ministry of Health National Population Commission, National Bureau of Statistics Federal Republic of Nigeria , et al. World Health Organisation (WHO), USAID, The Global Fund, et al. (2016) C_WHO

'I Can Forgive Now' - Evaluation Study of War Child's Psychosocial Support Intervention I DEAL

Eiling, E. & van Diggele-Holtland, M. War Child Holland (2013) C2

Despite growing evidence on the impact of psychosocial support interventions, there is an urgent need for a stronger evidence base on approaches that effectively support children affected by armed conflict. To contribute to this evidence base, and building on a pilot study conducted in Uganda in 200 ... more

Philippine Action Plan to Combat AMR: One Health Approach

Phillipine Department of Health (2019) C_WHO

Antibiotics have been useful in fighting infectious diseases in our country for decades, but because of the overuse and misuse of these agents, an increasing number of organisms are now resistant to them. The Philippines, like other Southeast Asian countries, has already been encountering the many c ... more

Informing vaccination programs: a guide to the design and conduct of dengue serosurveys

World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

In this document, recommendations are provided on designing and implementing a cross-sectional serosurvey using school-based sampling to estimate age-specific DENV seroprevalence to inform a country’s national dengue vaccination program. The document includes recommendations for methods for ... more

Action Against Hunger Regional Appeal 2021 - 2023: COVID-19 Crisis in Latin America

Acción contra el Hambre España (2020) C1

The language factor: Lessons for the 11th Ebola outbreak on adapting to the language needs of communities learned during the 10th Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Translation without Borders (2021) C1

This report alerts responders to the importance of language in building trust and effective communication with people facing Ebola and other epidemics.

Trend of HIV/AIDS for the last 26 years andpredicting achievement of the 90–90-90 HIV prevention targets by 2020 in Ethiopia:a time series analysis

Girum T., Wasie A. and Worku A. (2018) C1

Managing family risk: A facilitator’s toolbox for empowering families to manage risks during COVID-19. Part 2

World Health Organization WHO; IFRC; UNICEF and GOARN (2021) C_WHO

People-centered approaches that help communities maintain protective behaviours and follow guidelines set out by public health and government agencies are more important than ever. The evidence is clear, communities play a role in preventing and controlling epidemics and they are best able to take a ... more

Community health worker models in South Africa: a qualitative study on policy implementation of the 2018/19 revised framework

Murphy, J.P.; A. Moolla, S. Kgowedi et al. Health Policy and Planning (2020) C1

South Africa has a long history of community health workers (CHWs). It has been a journey that has required balancing constrained resources and competing priorities. CHWs form a bridge between communities and healthcare service provision within health facilities and act as the cornerstone of South A ... more