The purpose of this document is to provide information to Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers on how to engage with, inform and support older people to support older people in facing new challenges linked to COVID-19.
COVID-19, General Epidemiological Surveillance Guidelines (Version 6)
L’ampleur de la crise en 2021 s’est accentuée avec l’expansion de la violence et de l’insécurité dans tout le nord et le centre, et vers le sud du pays. Dans ce contexte de sous-investissements, de pauvreté chronique, de crise sociopolitique, les conflits, l’insécurité multiforme et ...les aléas climatiques (inondations et sécheresses) couplées aux conséquences socioéconomiques de la COVID-19, constituent les principaux déterminants de la crise humanitaire. La juxtaposition de ces aléas menace la vie, accentue les vulnérabilités préexistantes, fragilise les moyens d’existence des ménages affectés et amenuise leur capacité de résilience
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Public Health is the science field dedicated to promoting health and well-being, and preventing disease within the human population to ultimately increase the quality of our livelihood and life span. Public Health does not focus on individual patients or diseases, but rather a given population and ...health system. The discipline is community-centered in its interventions and seeks to improve the health status of whole populations...
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March 2021
This report presents the key findings of the NFHS-5 survey in Tripura, followed by detailed tables and an appendix on sampling errors. The 2019-21 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the fifth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and... each state and union territory.
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March 2021
This report presents the key findings of the NFHS-5 survey in Kerala, followed by detailed tables and an appendix on sampling errors. The 2019-21 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the fifth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and ...each state and union territory.
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Fostering resilient development through integrated action plan
The Myanmar Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction, 2017 is a comprehensive and unified action plan for disaster risk reduction with prioritized interventions across Myanmar till 2020. With a long term vision and considering deep-root...ed underlying drivers of disaster risk, it has set an overall target for 2030. it aims to provide a base for mobilizing and leveraging, primarily, national and external resources and will provide a basis for result printed outcomes.
The action plan identifies 32 priority actions under four pillars: risk information and awareness; risk governance; risk mitigation; and preparedness and response, rehabilitation and reconstruction. For each priority action, objectives, activities, outputs, duration, lead agencies, and supporting partners have been identified.
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NATIONAL HIV/AIDS/STI/TB COUNCIL DEVOLUTION PLAN
Ces lignes directrices provisoires présentent quelques principes de base en matière de prise en charge nutritionnelle adaptée aux patients adultes et pédiatriques pendant leur traitement et leur convalescence dans les unités de traitement Ebola, dans les centres de soins communautaires et autre...s centres dans lesquels des patients Ebola reçoivent des soins et un soutien.
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May 2021
This report presents the key findings of the NFHS-5 survey in Telangana, followed by detailed tables and an appendix on sampling errors. The 2019-21 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the fifth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and... each state and union territory.
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization; Type: Perspectives
Article ID: BLT.19.24843
The document provides guidance on managing acute diarrhoea outbreaks, specifically cholera and shigellosis. It outlines steps for identifying outbreaks, differentiating between cholera and shigellosis, and treating patients based on the severity of dehydration. Recommendations include the use of ora...l rehydration solutions (ORS), antibiotics in severe cases, and strict hygiene practices to prevent transmission. The document also emphasizes community protection measures such as disinfection of water sources, isolation of cases, and proper food hygiene. It is a practical resource for health workers to quickly respond to diarrhoeal disease outbreaks.
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This report addresses the impact of emergency shelter programs in the development of post-relief economies and in building incomes of affected populations. It provides a review and analysis of the available literature relevant to understanding the economic impact of emergency shelter programs, addit...ional research conducted by CHF International on income development of beneficiaries of emergency shelter programs, and the first steps toward rigorous and accurate measurement of the impact of these programs on the incomes of beneficiaries. Each of these analysis provides information useful to future programmers of relief assistance.
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