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Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices

Stone, D.; K. Holland, B. Bartholow, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2017) C_CDC

This technical package represents a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help communities and states sharpen their focus on prevention activities with the greatest potential to prevent suicide

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Child Protection Case Management Training Manual for Caseworkers, Supervisors and Managers

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (2014) C1

This Training Manual is developed based on the Child Protection Working Group Interagency Guidelines for Case Management. The Facilitator’s Guide provides guidance on the key steps to take before, during and after training, including customizing the training to different contexts and audiences.

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Syria Crisis Common Context Analysis

Hugo Slim and Lorenzo Trombetta IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2014)

Report commissioned by the IASC Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations Steering Group as part of the Syria Coordinated Accountability and Lessons Learning Initiative

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Local suffering and the global discourse of mental health and human rights: An ethnographic study of responses to mental illness in rural Ghana

Ursula M Read, Edward Adiibokah and Solomon Nyame Globalization and Health (2009) CC

The Global Movement for Mental Health has brought renewed attention to the neglect of people with mental illness within health policy worldwide. The maltreatment of the mentally ill in many low-income countries is widely reported within psychiatric hospitals, informal healing centres, and family hom... more

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Child Protection - Fact sheet

Save the Children (2007) CC

Children in every country, every culture and at every social level face various forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence1. The abuse takes place at home, in school, in institutions, at work, in the community, in armed conflict and natural disasters. Much violence against children, such ... more

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Covid-19 Notes on Migrants - An ICMHD Health Policy Contribution

ICMHD (2020) CC

Migration continues to be an essential ingredient of socioeconomic development everywhere. Whether it is a case of people moving from the countryside to cities to find work, or people crossing seas and borders to meet host country demands for new labour, migrants are an integral part of the modern ... more

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The Catholic Church's perspective of human dignity as the basis of dialogue with the secular world

Alva, R. Nanzan University, Japan (2017) CC

The Catholic Church maintains that the Imago Dei is the ground for human dignity. The secular world, too, endorses human dignity as the foundation for human rights without referring to Imago Dei. The Catholic Church and the secular world both agree on the importance of human dignity, ev... more

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Ectoparisitic Diseases in the Region of the Americas: Developing a Roadmap to Determine the Regional Epidemiological Situation and Identify Actions to Reduce the Impact

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

The proposed roadmap includes components and recommended actions to eliminate these neglected infectious diseases from the Americas.

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Assessment on Family Planning Needs of People Living with Disabilities: Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

United States Agency for International Development USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID (2017) C1

.This assessment was conducted using focus group discussion(FGD)with peopleliving with disabilities who were members of the Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf(Person with hearing impairment), Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf -Blind ( Person with hearing and visual impairment), Ethi... more

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Collaboration entre le secteur WASH et le secteur de la santé

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2019) C_WHO

GUIDE PRATIQUE À L’INTENTION DES PROGRAMMES DE LUTTE CONTRE LES MALADIES TROPICALES NÉGLIGÉES This toolkit provides step-by-step guidance to NTD programme managers and partners on how to engage and work collaboratively with the WASH community to improve delivery of water, sanitation and hygien... more

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Zoonoses: Blurred Lines of Emergent Disease and Ecosystem Health - UNEP Frontiers 2016 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern

United Nations Environment Programme (2016) C2

The 20th century was a period of unprecedented ecological change, with dramatic reductions in natural ecosystems and biodiversity and equally dramatic increases in people and domestic animals. Never before have so many animals been kept by so many people—and never before have so many opportunities... more

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Buruli Ulcer: a Review of the Current Knowledge

Yotsu,R.R.; K. Suzuki, R. E. Simmonds et al. Current Tropical Medicines Report (2018) CC

Current Tropical Medicine Reports (2018) 5:247–256 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-018-0166-2 .Purpose of the Review Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing and disabling cutaneous disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, one of the skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs). This article aim... more

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WHO Meeting on Buruli ulcer and other skin NTDs. Final report.

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) convened a meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Buruli ulcer at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 25 to 27 March 2019

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Guidelines of Chagas Disease for the Diagnosis and Treatment

Luquetti, A.; Tavares, S. Pan American Health Organization PAHO - World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

he Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) would like to thank the group that developed these guidelines for the tremendous work, quick response, and commitment they demonstrated in this process. We would like to especially recognize the following doctors: Roberto Chuit, Jaime Altcheh, Alejandro Luq... more

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Urogenital Schistosomiasis among Schoolchildren and the Associated Risk Factors in Selected Rural Communities of Kwara State, Nigeria

Sundar, S.; Abdulkareem, B.; Habeeb, K. et al. (2018) CC

Urogenital schistosomiasis is a common neglected tropical disease in many rural communities in African countries, with patches of infection in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Globally, an estimated 239 million people are currently infected, with burden estimated at more than 3.5 million disability... more

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Epidemiological and clinical aspects of urogenital schistosomiasis in women, in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Zida, A.; Briegel, J.; Kabré, I. et al. BioMed Central (2016) CC

Human schistosomiasis, a parasitic and often chronic illness, is one of the major neglected tropical diseases worldwide. It is estimated that 240 million people suffer from schistosomiasis, with more than 200000 fatalities recorded each year. Schistosomiasis is caused by an infection of the blood fl... more

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Clinical Spectrum of Schistosomiasis

Carbonell, C.; Rodríguz-Alonso, B.; López-Bernús, A.; et al. MDPI Journal of Clinical Medicine (2021) CC

Schistosomiasis is a helminthic infection and one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). It is caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. It is an important public health problem, particularly in poverty-stricken areas, especially those within the tropics and subtropics. It is estimated th... more

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Eradicating yaws in Africa: challenges and progress

Tchatchouang, S. The Lancet Microbe (2022) CC

Yaws, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) of the skin caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, is targeted in the latest WHO NTD Roadmap for eradication by 2030. In January, 2022, WHO published a manual that outlines the key activities that Ministries of Health in endemic count... more

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Child protection in emergencies: Operational guidelines for child protection practitioners in Kenya 2023

Government of Kenya (2023) CC

These guidelines provide a clear framework for child-centred emergency preparedness, response and recovery. They are intended for use by state and non-state actors directly involved in interventions, as well as other stakeholders whose work may contribute to the overall safety and well-being of chil... more

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“They live in the dark”: Older people’s isolation and inadequate access to housing amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Amnesty International (2023) CC

Ukraine: Russian invasion has forced older people with disabilities to endure isolation and neglect – new report Many temporary shelters inaccessible to people with physical disabilities Overburdened care system often provides few alternatives to institutions for older people Authorities ... more

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“They live in the dark”: Older people’s isolation and inadequate access to housing amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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