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Dublin II Regulation

European Union (2003)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 343/2003 of 18 February 2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national

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Workplace Pandemic Preparedness. Training Manual
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Ministry of Health Ghana; NADMO Ghana GiZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (2013) C1

A training manual for identifying, assessing, preventing and controlling the risks of pandemics in the workplace. This training manual has been developed for both medical and non-medical personnel who may be called upon to lead emergency response, (eg epidemic outbreak, etc), ensure effective conta... more

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Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (Fifteenth Report: December 2017)

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (2017) C1

The report reviews progress with the task of planning and implementing measures necessary to secure a completely polio-free world. It also examines actions aimed at ensuring successful transfer of polio assets, innovations developed and lessons learned to countries’ public health programmes and ot... more

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Medical Anthropology Study of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Outbreak in Liberia/West Africa

Omidian, P.; K. Tehoungue; J.Monger World Health Organization WHO (2014)

This study was carried out to better understand the local beliefs and practices likely to enhance or hinder efforts to respond to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Liberia.

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Mental health policy in Eastern Europe: A comparative analysis of seven mental health systems

Dlouhy, M. (2014) CC

BMC Health Services Research 14(1):42 · January 2014 The objective of this international comparative study is to describe and compare the mental health policies in seven countries of Eastern Europe that share their common communist history: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland... more

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National Traditional Medicine Policy

[Republic of Libera, Ministry for Health] (2017) C1

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The process to develop this "National Traditional Medicine Policy" included a detailed situational analysis of traditional medicine in Liberia and a desk review of relevant documents and the regional policy framework on the alignment of WAHO countries ... more

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Evaluation of Oxfam’s South Sudan Humanitarian Response Using Oxfam’s Global Humanitarian Indicator Tool

Featherstone, A. Oxfam (2012) CC

As part of a wider organisational undertaking to better capture and communicate the effectiveness of its work, Oxfam developed an evaluative method to assess the quality of targeted humanitarian responses. This method uses a global humanitarian indicator tool which is intended to enable Oxfam GB to ... more

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Disability checklist for emergency response

Handicap International (2014) CC

Adapted from Disability Task Force. General protections and inclusion principles of injured persons and people with disabilities

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Chemical (Industrial) Disaster Management - Training Module

National Institute of Disaster Management (India) (2012)

Key Features: • Module Users: Disaster Management Trainers • Training Targets: State Government and District officials / Disaster Management Authorities / Disaster Management Planners and Responders • Training Duration: 5 working days (one week) • Trainers Input: Multi-disciplinary �... more

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Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: introduction

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

School health programmes have been demonstrated to be the most cost-effective way to influence health behaviours in young people. The purpose of this two-part handbook is to support schools as they seek to implement interventions aimed at reducing the main modifiable risk behaviours f... more

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Flash Appeal for COVID-19 Mozambique, May - December 2020

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2020) CC

The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Mozambique on 22 March 2020. As of 26 May, Mozambique had 194 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 168 were locally transmitted. The country’s capital, Maputo, and the province of Cabo Delgado are currently the epicentres of the outbreak in Mozambique, w... more

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Housing at the forefront of the response to COVID-19: Discussion paper on policy options for Myanmar

UN-HABITAT (2020) C1

Urban poor communities including the homeless, residents of informal settlements, residents at risk of being evicted, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), undocumented persons, low-income renters, as well as homeowners are perhaps at greatest risk from both COVID-19 and the response interventions to... more

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Populorum Progressio Encyclical of POPE PAUL VI on the development of peoples

Holy Father Paul VI Libreria Editrice Vaticana (1967) C2

The progressive development of peoples is an object of deep interest and concern to the Church. This is particularly true in the case of those peoples who are trying to escape the ravages of hunger, poverty, endemic disease and ignorance; of those who are seeking a larger share in the benefits of ci... more

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo Refugee Response Plan January-December 2021

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2021) CC

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the most complex and long-standing humanitarian crises in Africa. By the end of 2020, some 940,421 Congolese refugees and asylum seekers were hosted across the African continent. Ongoing conflicts in eastern DRC, as well as intercommunal violence,... more

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Keeping the 100-year-old promise: making insulin access universal

WHO (2021) C_WHO

High prices, hard-to-access human insulin, few insulin producers, and weak health systems are just some of the barriers that people with diabetes face a century after insulin was discovered, WHO notes in a new report

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Adjusting health financing for people fleeing conflict: policy guidance for countries in Europe

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2022) C_WHO

This policy paper outlines key health financing policy actions for countries to ensure universal access to health services and financial protection for people fleeing conflict. It focuses on three policy areas – granting entitlement and ensure access to the full range of needed health services for... more

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Hammer-blow: How the conflict in Ukraine will have a catastrophic impact on displaced communities in crises

Norwegian Refugee Council (2022) CC

Global food insecurity has markedly increased over the last two-years due to conflict, economic and political instability, displacement, environmental degradation and disasters, and major disruptions to global food systems because of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2021, levels of hunger surpassed all pre... more

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Female Genital Mutilation Among Cross-Border Communities - Summary

UNFPA ESARO UNFPA; UNICEF (2022) CC

A study set out to investigate the factors affecting the prevalence of the practice among cross-border communities in East Africa and the Horn of Africa and the extent to which people cross borders to practise or undergo FGM and the effects of the practice on the women and girls in those communities... more

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SDG Costing & Financing for Low-Income Developing Countries

Sachs, J.; G. McCord; N. Maennling et al. UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) (2019) CC

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for major societal transformations that will require significant fiscal outlays as well as private investments. The fiscal outlays cover public investments, the public provision of social services, and social protection for vulnerable populations. The ke... more

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Panorama of Diabetes in the Americas by Pan American Health Organization

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2022) C_WHO

The burden of diabetes is enormous, positioning it as one of the main challenges facing public health today. Currently, it is estimated that 62 million people are living with diabetes in the Region of the Americas and projections show its prevalence will continue rising over the following years. The... more

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Workplace Pandemic Preparedness. Training Manual
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