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Xpert MTB/RIF implementation manual

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

Technical and operational ‘how-to’: practical considerations

Ebola virus disease (EVD) – Key questions and answers concerning health care waste

World Health Organization (2021) C_WHO

Update September 2021. Safe management of health care waste practices play an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks. This question and answer document provides practical, evidence-based recommendations on minimum ... more

Working together with businesses

World Health Organization; UNAIDS; International Labour Organization; et al. (2012) C_WHO

Guidance on TB and TB/HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care in the workplace

The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Policy Brief on The Older Population

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2017) C1

A Guide for Preparing, Mapping, and Linking Logistics Data to a Geographic Information System

Inglis, Andrew USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 4 (2012)

This guide is an introduction on how to integrate logistics management information systems (LMIS) with geographic information systems (GIS). It covers the value of integrating these two systems, the steps in assessing if it is currently viable to link the systems, how to set the linkage, the process ... more

Occupational health and safety policy and guidelines for the health sector

Ministry of Health Ghana; Ghana Health Service Ghana (2010) C1

Challenges to the reintegration of affected groups into communities

ACAPS (2015) C1

Ghana Malaria Indicator Trends:Outputs from a DHS Program Workshop

USAID; Ghana Health Service, et al. (2018) C2

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The Government of the Republic of Zambia/Ministry of Health and Cooperating Partners

The Government of the Republic of ZambiaMinistry of Health (2005) C1

United Nations Security Management System: Security Policy Manual

United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) (2017) C1

Management of physical health conditions in adults with severe mental disorders
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The global burden of disease due to mental disorders continues to rise, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). In addition to causing a large proportion of morbidity, mental disorders – especially severe mental disorders (SMD) – are linked with poorer health outcomes and increase ... more

Bridging the Mental Health Gap

WarTrauma Foundation (2019) CC

War Trauma Foundation strengthens mental health care and psychosocial support through capacity building and development and dissemination of expertise through the implementation of programmes in (post) conflict areas. We develop and evaluate new methods in close cooperation with (local) partner orga ... more

Child Protection Case Management Training Manual for Caseworkers, Supervisors and Managers

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (2014) C1

This Training Manual is developed based on the Child Protection Working Group Interagency Guidelines for Case Management. The Facilitator’s Guide provides guidance on the key steps to take before, during and after training, including customizing the training to different contexts and audiences.

HIV prevention in the Spotlight

M. Alonso González; J. Hourcade Bellocq; M. B. Mello; et al. Pan American Health Organization; World Health Organization (Americas); UNAIDS (2017) C_WHO

An analysis from the perspective of the health sector in Latin America and the Caribbean Washington, D.C., 2017

Appraisal Report, HIV/AIDS Control Support Project Benin

OCSD, Social Development Department, Central and West Regions African Development Fund (2004) C2

The project will support preventive actions, traditional medicine and the coordination and implementation capacities of the national framework for HIV/AIDS control.

The Sphere standards and the response to Coronavirus in mulitple languages

Sphere - Standards (2021) C2

The Coronavirus is spreading globally. How can individuals, communities and humanitarian actors best respond to the COVID-19 outbreak? How can the Sphere Handbook guide our response? These guidelines are available in different languages

A case study of the Uganda National Minimum Healthcare Package

Kadowa, Isaac Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET) (2017) C1

Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET): Disussion Paper 110
This report compiles evidence from published, grey literature and key informants on the UNMHCP since its introduction in Uganda’s health system, and findings were further validated during a oneda ... more

Ukraine Flash Appeal (March to December 2022)

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2022) C1

This document is the third iteration of the Flash Appeal for Ukraine, which was originally published on 1 March 2022 and revised once in mid-April. This updated Flash Appeal covers the period of 10 months following the onset of the war in Ukraine that started on 24 February 2022 (i.e., from March to ... more

Humanitarian assistance and protection for people on the move

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2021) C1

People on the move – migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and other displaced populations – face extraordinary risks to their lives, safety, dignity, human rights and well-being. In part this is connected to the core reasons that lead to migration and displacement, ranging from violence, persec ... more