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CARE Rapid Gender Analysis of COVID-19 in Myanmar

CARE (2020) CC

7 June 2020 Version 1 Women in Myanmar have traditionally been underrepresented in public decision-making processes, a trend which is continuing in structures established to respond to COVID-19. This means that even as women are disproportionately affected by the crisis, they have less say in how t... more

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Hazard definition and classification review

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNDRR (2020) C1

According to the International Science Council, the report focuses on identifying the scope of hazards that should be considered in risk reduction efforts, and provides scientifically robust and internationally agreed definitions of these hazards.

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WHO recommendation on advance misoprostol distribution to pregnant women for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage

World Health Organization (2020) C_WHO

The recommendation in this document thus supersedes the previous WHO recommendation for the prevention of PPH as published in the 2012 guideline, WHO recommendations for the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage.

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How COVID-19 is changing the world. Vol.II

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

The pandemic presents tough choices for governments, local communities, health and school systems, as well as families and businesses: How to re-open safely? How to safeguard people’s lives and protect their livelihoods? Where to allocate scarce resources? How to protect those unable to protect th... more

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Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Plan 2020 Mid Year Review

Govt. Ethiopia, OCHA (2020) CC

Ethiopia saw a six-fold increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases between June and August, with 5,689 cases by end June compared to 34,058 cases as of 19 August. Ethiopia also registered more than 13,000 recoveries and more than 600 deaths. As of the last week of August, Ethiopia was leading eastern Afri... more

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UN Multi-Sector Response Plan to COVID-19 for Mozambique

UNCT Mozambique (2020) CC

Mozambique registered its first COVID-19 case on 22 March 2020 and since then numbers have steadily grown over the following three months with cases now reported in all provinces. In response, a level 3 State of emergency was enacted on 1 April 2020 and has been extended until 29 July 2020, with mea... more

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COVID-19 and HIV: Moment, Epidemics, Opportunities

UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of investments in public health, the persistence of profound economic and social inequalities and the fragility of many key global systems and approaches.

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Protect the Progress: Rise, Refocus, Recover - 2020 Progress Report on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030)

UNICEF, World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO

Conflict, climate crisis and COVID-19 pose great threats to the health of women and children.

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Regional Status Report on Alcohol and Health in the Americas 2020

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

This third regional report discusses gaps and challenges in reducing the harmful use of alcohol and how countries can reverse current trends in a cost-effective and expedited way.

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A Global Strategy for tuberculosis research and innovation

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The Global Strategy for Tuberculosis Research and Innovation will support the efforts of governments and other stakeholders to accelerate TB research and innovation, and improve equitable access to the benefits of research. Availabl in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian

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Populations at risk: Implications of COVID-19 for hunger, migration and displacement, November 2020

International Organization for Migration IOM; World Food Programme WFP (2020) C1

The report – the first of its kind – shows how the pandemic has driven up food insecurity and increased vulnerability among migrants, families reliant on remittances and communities forced from their homes by conflict, violence and disasters. The two UN agencies warn the social and economic ... more

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WHO technical guidance notes on Sendai Framework reporting for Ministries of Health

World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC

The Guidance Notes seek to help operationalize, simplify and standardize the collection and reporting of data through the application of common language and methods. They provide information on the key issues to take into account in the collection of health data and the types of data that should be ... more

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Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

WHO‘s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, launched today, outlines three key steps: vaccination, screening and treatment. Successful implementation of all three could reduce more than 40% of new cases of the disease and 5 million related deaths by 2050.

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Averting a lost COVID generation: A six-point plan to respond, recover and reimagine a post-pandemic world for every child

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

The report finds that, as of 3 November, in 87 countries with age-disaggregated data, children and adolescents under 20 years of age accounted for 1 in 9 of COVID-19 infections, or 11 per cent of the 25.7 million infections reported by these countries. More reliable, age-disaggregated data on infect... more

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Syria: Complex Emergency Emergency Plan of Action Operation Update

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2020) C1

This operation update provides a summary of key results achieved against the IFRC Syria Complex Emergency Plan of Action covering 13-month period, from 1 June 2019 to 30 June 2020.

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Guidance for implementing non pharmacological public health measures in populations in situations of vulnerability in the context of COVID-19

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

The purpose of this guide is to offer recommendations for improving the implementation of non‑pharmacological public health measures during the COVID-19 response and compliance with these measures by population groups in situations of vulnerability. This requires determining the main barriers to i... more

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Moving Towards Children as Partners in Child Protection in COVID-19 Guide

Columbia University, IFRC, Protection Cluster, et al. (2020) CC

From Participation to Partnerships (September 2020) Despite the COVID-19 challenges, children around the world have found meaningful ways to support and protect their peers, families, and communities. Children are on the frontlines of innovative responses and are working closely with their adult al... more

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MAMI Care Pathway Package

MAMI, Irish Aid, Eleanor Crook Foundation (2020) CC

MAMI refers to the management of small and nutritionally at risk infants under six months of age (infants u6m) and their mothers.

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Planetary health and the role of community health workers

Manas R. , Behera R., Satpathy S.K. J Family Med Prim Care (2020) C1

In this era, grand challenges lies in biodiversity loss, climate change, and global noncommunicable diseases signify that planet and humanity are in crisis. Scholarly evidence from human and animal kingdom suggest that there is an optimism in planetary health which can provide a unique and novel con... more

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Disruption in essential health services in Mexico during COVID-19: an interrupted time series analysis of health information system data

Doubova SV, Leslie HH, Kruk ME, et al. BMJ Global Health (2021) CC

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted health systems around the world. The objectives of this study are to estimate the overall effect of the pandemic on essential health service use and outcomes in Mexico, describe observed and predicted trends in services over 24 months, and to estimat... more