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Action against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: An Updated Strategy

Division of International Protection UNHCR (2011) CC

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) threatens displaced women and girls, as well as men and boys, in all regions of the world. Creating safe environments and mitigating the risk of SGBV can only be achieved by addressing gender inequality and discrimination. While the scourge of SGBV is receivin ... more

Prudent and efficient use of antimicrobials in pigs and poultry

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2019) C2

This manual will contribute directly to the fourth focus area of the FAO Action Plan by promoting the prevention of infections and the prudent use of antibiotics in the pig and poultry sectors. The pig and poultry sectors are addressed together, as these sectors generally have the highest use of ant ... more

The Challenge of Oral Disease.

FDI World Dental Federation (2015) C1

A all for global Action. The Oral Health Atlas. Second edition

Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 Mental Disorders Collaborators (2021) CC

The Lancet Published Online October 8, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(21)02143-7

The Planetary Health Diet in Theory and Practice

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2019) CC

On the global scale, the impacts of the current food system on the environment are severe. The agro-industrial revolution has made it possible to increase food production at a price.

Diabetes prevention, screening and management - A handbook for pharmacists

International Pharmaceutical Federation (2021) CC2

Diabetes is a significant public health issue that affects approximately one in 10 adults globally, with type 2 diabetes accounting for 90–95% of cases. This chronic condition causes considerable morbidity and mortality and is growing in impact, with cases projected to rise from 537 million in 202 ... more

WHO Preventing suicide: a community engagement toolkit Pilot version 1.0
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World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Communities can play a critical role in suicide prevention. Facilitating community engagement in suicide prevention is an important task. The toolkit is a step-by-step guide for communities to engage in suicide prevention activities and have ownership of the process and keep efforts sustained. It is ... more

A WHO / The Union Monograph on TB and Tobacco Control

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, World Health Organization (2007) C_WHO

Joining efforts to control two trelated global epidemics.

Leaving no one behind: Humanitarian effectiveness in the age of the sustainable development goals

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2016) C2

Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: approaches for schools

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

School health programmes are 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 in order to reduce the main modifiable risk behaviours for noncommunicable disea ... more

TB Stigma Measurement Guidance

Meershoek A, Zwerling A, Daftary A, Citro B, Smyth C, Lewis D USAID; KNV; Challenge TB (2018) C1

Toolkit for developting a national TB research plan

N. Gebreselassie , C. Lienhardt, L. Anderson et al. World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO

The End TB Strategie

International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders
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World Health Organization, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2017) C2

Kenya Health Sector Referral Strategy (2014– 2018)

Republic of Kenya, Ministry of Health, Division of Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (2014) C1

The overall goal of the Kenya Health Sector Referral Strategy is to improve client access to referral. The objectives of the strategy are to realise improved capacity of health providers to identify clients who require referral, develop protocols that will lead to referral system efficiency and effe ... more

Reconsidering Primary Prevention of HIV: New Steps Forward in the Global Response

Ayala, George; Chang, Judy et al. Global Forum on MSM & HIV (2017) C1

The uneven distribution of HIV risks and burdens across populations is a well-substantiated fact, though seldom publicly acknowledged. Gay men and other men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, sex workers, and transgender women are 24, 24, 13.5, and 49 times more likely to acquire HIV, ... more

Safe return to work: Guide for employers on COVID-19 prevention

International Labour Organisation (2020) CC

This guide contains recommendations for health and safety practices and approaches to COVID-19 prevention, based on materials developed by many organisations.

Using the Sphere Standards in Urban Settings

Ben Mountfield The Sphere Project (2016)

Fills a gap in current guidance on how to implement humanitarian standards in urban situations. In Arabic, English, French and Spanish available

Review of tuberculosis control in the Republic of Tajikistan

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe (2010) C_WHO

The review’s objectives are to review progress in TB control with emphasis on DOTS strategy implementation, summarize the experience, lessons learnt and methods of work and to make recommendations for international donors, technical agencies and the Ministry of Health.

Handbook on HIV and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions

UNAIDS; Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2007) C2

The next generation of refugee resettlement in Europe: Ambitions for the future and how to realise them

Migration Policy Institute (2020) C1