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Managing climate risks for people’s health and well-being

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation; Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) (2017) C1

Policy Guidance Brief 2
• The potential health risks from climate change include: increase of waterborne and vector-borne diseases, heat-related illnesses, injuries and deaths, food insecurity and increased malnutrition. The poor, women, children and the elderly, as well as communities living ... more

Climate-smart agriculture, fisheries and livestock for food security

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation; Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) (2017) C1

Policy Guidance Brief 1
• Climate change has already challenged the agriculture sector in Myanmar by afecting rice yields and livestock production, while disasters such as foods and cyclones have caused massive destruction in rural areas.
• Without adaptation, the long-term consequenc ... more

Institutions for Health Care Delivery: A Formal Exploration of What Matters to Health Workers

Serneels, P. & Lievens, T. Human Resources for Health (2008) C2

Health Systems for Outcomes Publication | Using qualitative data from Rwanda, this study focuses on four institutional factors that affect health worker performance and career choice: incentives, monitoring arrangements, professional norms and health workers’ intrinsic motivation. It also provides ... more

Where, Why And For How Much: Diversity In Career Preferences Of Future Health Workers In Rwanda

Lievens, T., Serneels, P. & Butera, D. Human Resources for Health (2008) C2

Health Systems for Outcomes Publication | The government of Rwanda has identified human resources for health as one of its policy priorities. This study aims to contribute to building a better understanding of health worker choice and behaviour, and ... more

Sierra Leone: Technical Guidelines for the Construction and Maintenance of Hand Dug Wells

Ministry of Water Resources, Republic of Sierra Leone (2014) C1

Executive Summary - Chapter 2 Health Services

T. F. Babor; K. Stenius ATLAS on substance use (2010)— Resources for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorder; WHO (2019) C_WHO

ATLAS on substance use (2010) — Resources for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders Accessed: 14.03.2019

Integrating Mental Health into HIV Services: Standard Operating Procedures & Training Manual

AIDS Support and Technical Assistance Resources Project, USAID (2014)

Integration of mental health (MH) and HIV programs has the potential to significantly improve health outcomes for people living with HIV (PLHIV). This training package, which is comprised of a training-of-trainers manual, an accompanying presentation, and a standard operating procedure, was develope ... more

Retention of health workers in rural Sierra Leone: findings from life histories

Haja R. Wurie, Mohamed Samai and Sophie Witter, Human Resources for Health (2016) C1

Executive Summary - Chapter 6 Prevention

T. Stockwell ATLAS on substance use (2010)— Resources for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorder; WHO (2019) C_WHO

ATLAS on substance use (2010)— Resources for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorder Accessed: 14.03.2019

Guidelines on the Conservation of Medicinal Plants

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), World Health Organization (WHO) (1993) C_WHO

The aim of these Guidelines is to provide a framework for the conservation and sustainable use of plants in medicine. To do this, the Guidelines describe the various tasks that should be carried out to ensure that where medicinal plants are taken from the wild, they are taken on a basis that is sust ... more

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

Republic of Sudan: National Action plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2018-2020

Republic of Sudan Federal Ministry of Health & Ministry of Animal Resources (2018) C_WHO

The goals and objectives of the Sudan National Action Plan on AMR can only be achieved through implementing strategic interventions and activities with all concerned ministries and departments joining hands with other stakeholders to collaboratively tackle these challenges.

Myanmar National Water Policy (Burmese Version)

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Transport, National Water Resources Committee (2014) C1

National Response Efforts to Address Sexual Violence and Exploitation Against Children in Lesotho: A Desktop Study

Weber, Stephanie Arlington, VA: USAID’s AIDS Support and Technical Assistance Resources, AIDSTAR-One, Task Order 1 (2013) C2

Scant data exists on the prevalence of violence against children worldwide. However, available information, including the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children, shows that violence against children is a global problem. This desktop study aims to glean from published ... more

Situational Analysis on Post-Rape Care of Children in Lesotho

Levy, Marcy, Veronica Magar, and Derrick Sialondwe Arlington, VA: USAID’s AIDS Support and Technical Assistance Resources, AIDSTAR-One, Task Order 1 (2013)

Paediatric HIV Communication Campaign Strategy

The Ministry of Health; Children's HIV Services (Be their key to life) (2010) C2

Recovery toolkit: Supporting countries to achieve health service resilience

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

A key purpose of the Recovery Toolkit is to support countries in the reactivation of health services which may have suffered as a result of the emergency. These services include ongoing programmes such as immunization and vaccinations, maternal and ... more

Essential Emergency and Critical Care: a consensus among global clinical experts

Schell, C.O.; K. Khalid, A.Wharton-Smith, et al. (2021) CC

Key questions What is already known? Critical illness is common throughout the world and COVID-19 has caused a global surge of critically ill patients. There are large gaps in the quality of care for critically ill patients, especially in ... more

Indigenous peoples

M. Smelyanskaya, C. Daniels, et al. Stop TB Partnership; UNOPS; END TB (2017) C1

Key populations brief.

The Inclusion Imperative: Towards Disability-inclusive and Accessible Urban Development

Disability Inclusive and Accessible Urban Development (DIAUD) (2016) C2

Key Recommendations for an Inclusive Urban Agenda