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The Case for Investment in Nutrition in Sudan

Sibanda-Mulder, Flora; De Beni, Davide UNICEF Sudan (2014)

Over the period 2015 to 2019, scaling up a package of selected nutrition-specific and nutrition sensitive interventions to cover 90 per cent of Sudan would:
- Reduce the under-five mortality rate to 49/1,000 live births
- Reduce the prevalence of stunting to 25 per cent
- Reduce the ... more

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Report on National Survey of Diabetes Mellitus And Risk Factors for Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Myanmar

World Health Organization (WHO), Myanmar, Ministry of Health (2014) C_WHO

The Ministry of Health conducted STEPS surveys on adult risk factors surveillance in Myanmar in 2003, 2009 and 2014. Amongst these three surveys, the 2014 one is the most comprehensive, providing an analysis of all States and Regions within Myanmar through not only questionnaires and physical measur... more

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NIGERIA STATE DATA PROFILES: An Accountability Tool for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Nigeria

Save the Children International (2014) C2

Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation and accounts for nearly one quarter of the continent’s maternal, newborn and child deaths. In the spirit of the global Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and the Nigerian Saving One Million Lives Initiative, these state data profiles... more

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Rwanda: NATIONAL FOOD AND NUTRITION POLICY

Republic of Rwanda: Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Health & Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (2014) C2

This National Food and Nutrition Policy developed in 2013 builds on several achievements that have improved the status of nutrition and household food security in Rwanda during the past six years. The outlines ambitious but necessary strategies needed to solve serious and persistent problems includ... more

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Human Health: Impacts,Adaptation, and Co-Benefits

Smith, K.R., A. Woodward, D. Campbell-Lendrum, D.D. , et al. (2014) CC

In Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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Toolkit 2.0. Expanding and simplifying treatment for pregnant women living with HIV: Managing the transition to Option B/B+

World Health Organization (WHO), Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT), UNICEF (2013) C_WHO

The toolkit is a collection of assessment tools and checklists that describe the key considerations to be taken into account when transitioning to Option B/B+. The toolkit provides a roadmap to support the planning and implementation of Option B/B+, and to help countries scale up more effective inte... more

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Rwanda: shaping our development - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY II (2013-2018) - Abridged version

Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN), Rwanda (2013) C2

The Second Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS 2) is a launch into the home strait of our Vision 2020. We are faced with new challenges of ensuring greater self reliance and developing global competitiveness. Conscious of these challenges, we forge ahead knowing that working t... more

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fullscreen on view: An Exploratory Study on the Background and Psychosocial Consequences of Webcam Child Sex Tourism in the Philippines

Terre des Hommes Netherlands (2013) C2

In recent years Terre des Hommes Netherlands observed the steady rise of a new form of child sexual exploitation. One that is enabled and fuelled by rapid technological advances, increasing global connectivity, persisting poverty rates, and growing disparity in the global distribution of resources. ... more

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EVALUATION OF UNICEF PROGRAMMES TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN EMERGENCIES - Synthesis Report

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2013) C3

EVALUATION REPORT | The purpose of the evaluation is to strengthen child protection programming in the context of emergencies by assessing UNICEF’s performance and drawing lessons and recommendations that will influence ongoing and future programmes, in both preparedness and response. Apart from g... more

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Missed: Polio Communications Quarterly Update – October 2012

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) UNICEF (2012)

With a focus on Pakistan and Nigeria’s most vulnerable communities, this report provides insight about the role that community push-back is playing in the transmission of the polio virus and how the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) can mitigate these social risks to reach every missed ch... more

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Soap Stories and Toilet Tales from Schools

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2012) CC

Water, sanitation and hygiene education in schools – WASH in Schools – provides safe drinking water, improves sanitation facilities and promotes lifelong health. WASH in Schools enhances the well-being of children and their families, and paves the way for new generations of healthy children. f... more

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Health in the green economy : health co-benefits of climate change mitigation - transport sector

World Health Organization (WHO) (2012) C_WHO

The threat climate change poses to health, equity, and development has been rigorously documented. However, in an era marked by economic crisis, regional conflicts, natural disasters and growing disparities between rich and poor, the joint global actions required to address climate change have been ... more

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An end to violence against children

UN Children's Fund UNICEF United Nations and Partners (2012)

The full range and scale of all forms of violence against children are only now becoming visible, as is the evidence of the harm it does. This book documents the outcomes and recommendations of the process of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children. ‘The Study�... more

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Survey on human resource capacity in public health - Supply chain management in Burkina Faso

Bioforce Development Institute – Burkina Faso Country Survey (2011) C2

This survey is part of a series of eight country surveys conducted in the context of the People that Deliver Initiative (peoplethatdeliver.org). This global initiative, which brings together the world’s largest organizations, aims to improve health services performance through the professionalizat... more

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USA National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria 2020-2025

U.S. Government (2020) C2

The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB), 2020-2025, presents coordinated, strategic actions that the United States Government will take in the next five years to improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans by changing the course of antibiotic resistance. T... more

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EU Guidelines for the prudent use of antimicrobials in human health

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2017) C_CDC

These Guidelines on prudent use of antimicrobials in human health are based on a technical report prepared by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) with input from EU Member States experts and stakeholders, which should be referred to for details of the methodology used in cr... more

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Russia's war on Ukraine: Impact on food security and EU response

Anna Caprile European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) (2022) C2

Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, a country known as the 'breadbasket of Europe', is raising fears of a global food crisis, further exacerbating existing food security challenges worldwide. Much depends on the response of the international community, including the EU, to a number of rapidly... more

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Air quality index annual update

Greenstone, M.; C. Hasenkopf and K. Lee University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (2022) C1

During the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world’s economy slowed. Yet, the global annual average particulate pollution (PM2.5) was largely unchanged from 2019 levels. At the same time, growing evidence shows air pollution—even when experienced at very low levels—hurts human health. T... more

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Surgical site infections. Online Course

Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Surgical site infections (SSI) are a serious problem globally; they are the most frequent type of health care-associated infection (HAI) observed on admission in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Approximately one in 10 people who have surgery in LMICs acquire an SSI, and SSI is reported as ... more

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The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crisis of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19

Oxfam (2021) CC

24 Nov. 2021 Action against gender-based violence being pushed to the outlying margins of the global COVID-19 response A new Oxfam report shows an undeniable increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic around the world to which too many governments and donors are not doi... more