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mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG): Clinical management of mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies
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World Health Organization, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2015) C_WHO

The new guide provides practical, first-line management recommendations for mental, neurological and substance use conditions. Contents include modules on assessing and managing conditions such as acute stress, grief, moderate-severe depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, epilepsy, and... more

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The Core Humanitarian Standard and the Sphere Core Standards Analysis and Comparison - Interim Guidance, March 2015

Sphere Project (2015) C1

This short guide highlights the fundamentally similar approach to quality and accountability underlying both sets of standards and describes in some detail the similarities and differences between them. It compares the respective structures of the standards and notes their different emphases. It als... more

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Inclusive Humanitarian Action - Briefing Paper

Christian Blind Mission (CBM) (2015)

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Consolidated Humanitarian Health Guidelines

ECHO EU (2014)

These Guidelines comprise a General Guidelines document that provides the basic parameters of DG ECHO humanitarian health assistance, complemented by specific Technical Guidance in annex.

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Preventing and responding to gender-based violence in humanitarian crises

Rebecca Holmes; Dharini Bhuvanendra Humanitarian Practice Network at ODI (2014) C3

The aim of this paper is to map and critically analyse evidence of good practice in prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV) in humanitarian contexts which can support humanitarian practitioners and policy makers to improve the quality of GBV programming in the field. The paper is stru... more

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Ground Realities: Voices of Humanitarian Aid Workers from the Frontlines

Roel G. Cabulang; Mariam Mushtaq (2014) CC

Conceived as part of the CWS-A/P project on regional security and risk management, this book presents a collection of testimonies from aid workers in some of the most insecure and volatile environments in the world. The participants recount a broad array of security incidents, such as kidnappings,... more

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Indicators and Reference Data: A Practical Tool for Project Managers in Humanitarian Aid

Marie Theres Benner and K. Peter Schmitz Malteser International (2011)

Operational Guideline

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Civil-military coordination during humanitarian health action

Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC (2011)

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Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings (IASC)
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee UNAIDS (2010)

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Green Response: Green Logistics Guide - Tips to deliver humanitarian assistance in a more environmentally sustainable way

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2023) CC

In line with the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organisations which IFRC, ICRC and various Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies have endorsed, this short Guide aims to help practitioners integrate environmental and climate change considerations into their work. It has been dev... more

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Too important to fail - addressing the humanitarian financing gap

High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing Report to the Secretary-General World Humanitarian Summit (2016) C1

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Nexus approaches in humanitarian settings - A guidance note for the Protection Cluster

A global NGO network for principled and effective humanitarian action (ICVA) (2023) C2

This Guidance Note is meant to help protection cluster coordinators apply nexus approaches in a practical way by, providing concrete steps and means to address prevalent or longstanding protection issues, risk patterns, trends and chronic vulnerabilities. The guidance calls for a practical, problem-... more

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Human Rights Monitors’ Guidebook

Search for Common Ground SCG (2014) C1

tool for monitoring, documenting and reporting human rights violations in Nigeria

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Staying alive: safety and security guidelines for humanitarian volunteers in conflict areas

David Lloyd Roberts International Comitee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2005) C1

With its expert practical advice on security in situations of armed conflict, this updated set of guidelines will prove invaluable to humanitarian personnel working at the operational level. Following on from the success of the first edition, published in 1999, it addresses new and developing threat... more

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Leadership in humanitarian action: Handbook for the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator

Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC (2021) C1

The Handbook is a guide to the normative framework for humanitarian action and the operational approaches, coordination structures, and available tools and services that facilitate the mobilization of humanitarian assistance.

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Situation of human rights of Rohingya in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UNHR (2019) C1

The Government of Myanmar has taken initial steps to implement some of the recommendations, particularly those made by the Advisory Commission. The overarching objectives of the recommendations, however, remain largely unaddressed, with no significant progress observed on human rights concerns ra... more

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Mental health, human rights and standards of care
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Europe (2018) C_WHO

Assessment of the quality of institutional care for adults with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities in the WHO European Region. The specific objectives of the project were to address gaps in knowledge about the number and characteristics of such long-term institutions and to identify deficie... more

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Missing millions: How older people with disabilities are excluded from humanitarian response

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and HelpAge International (2018) CC

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No time to retreat, First annual synthesis report on progress since the World Humanitarian Summit

David, K; Ridsdel, B; Yarlett, K et al. OCHA (2017) C1

At the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016, leaders made over 3,700 commitments to advance the Agenda for Humanity. In their first self-reports against these commitments, 142 stakeholders described the efforts they made from June to December 2016 to realize this ambitious vision. The ... more

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South Sudan: 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) January - December 2018, December 2017

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2017) C1

mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG): Clinical management of mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies recommended

Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings (IASC) recommended

Mental health, human rights and standards of care recommended

mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG): Clinical management of mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies
recommended

Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings (IASC)
recommended

Mental health, human rights and standards of care
recommended