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IASC Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Minimum Service Package

Inter-Agency Standing Commitee (2022) C2

The MHPSS MSP is an easy-to-follow intersectoral package, which spells out the activities and actions that all humanitarian actors should put in place in all emergencies for an effective MHPSS response. It speaks to different actors at the global, regional, national, and local levels to plan, coordi ... more

Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders

Vikram Patel, Dan Chisholm, Tarun Dua et al. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The World Bank (2016) CC

Disease Control Priorities, 3rdEdition: Volume 4. Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders are common, highly disabling, and associated with significant premature mortality. The impact of these disorders on the social and economic well-beingof individuals, families, and societies is large ... more

Critical issue module 3 - Children with disabilities

ARC (2009) C1

ARC resource pack - Study material

HIV and Adolescents: Guidance for HIV testing and counseling and care for adolescents living with HIV

World Health Organization; Unicef; UNAIDS; et al. (2013) C_WHO

Recommendations for a Public Health approach and considerations for policy-makers and managers

Minimum Standards in Shelter, Settlement and Non-Food Items
recommended

The Sphere Project (2016) C1

Links to the Humanitarian Charter and international law

Guidance on oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for serodiscordant couples, men and transgender women who have sex with men at high risk of HIV: recommendations for use in the context of demonstratio

World Health Organization (2012)

Humanitarian Supply Management And Logistics In The Health Sector
recommended

Pan American Health Organization (2001)

Including children with disabilities in humanitarian action - Education

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2017)

Guidance | Preparedness - Response and early recovery - Recovery and reconstruction

Water, sanitation, hygiene and habitat in prisons: supplementary guidance

International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC (2012)

A practical handbook covering the architecture, engineering, design and operation of prisons. It is intended for all ICRC delegates working in places of detention, whether they have extensive practical experience or are new to the field.

Migration as Adaptation?

K. Vinke; Bergmann, J.; Blocher, J.; et. al. (2021) CC

The discourse on climate change and migration has shifted from labelling migration merely as a consequence of climate impacts, to describing it as a form of human adaptation. This article explores the adaptation framing of the climate change and migration nexus and highlights its shortcomings and ad ... more

Gender in Humanitarian Aid: Different Needs, Adapted Assistance

European Commission (2013)

Multi-Sector Initial Rapid Assessment Guidance, Revision July 2015

IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2015)

The Multi-Cluster/Sector Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) is a joint needs assessment tool that can be used in sudden onset emergencies, including IASC System-Wide Level 3 Emergency Responses (L3 Responses).

Nodding syndrome and epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions: comparing preliminary observations from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo with data from Uganda

R. Colebunders, A. Hendy, J.L. Mokili, et al. (2016) CC

BMC Res Notes (2016) 9:182 DOI 10.1186/s13104-016-1993-7

Code Red for Health response in Latin America and the Caribbean: Enhancing peoples' health through climate action

Yglesias_González; M.; et al. (2022) CC

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022;00: 100248 Published online xxx https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100248. The Lancet Countdown report, discuss the overlapping social, climate and health challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean, and urge multisectoral and political action to trans ... more

Minimum Standardsfor Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies

UNFPA (2015) C2

Gender-based violence is a life-threatening, global health and human rights issue that violates international human rights law and principles of gender equality. It is also a threat to lasting peace and an affront to our common humanity. United Nations Member States have called for urgent action to ... more

COVID-19 Response Plan

OCHA; Reliefweb; Philippines Humanitarian Country Team OCHA; Reliefweb; Philippines Humanitarian Country Team (2020) C2

March – June 2020 This update: 3 April 2020

Shelter and Settlement Strategy for Jordan Syrian Refugee Crisis

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2015)

Initial Assessment Report: Protection Risks for Women and Girls in the European Refugee and Migrant Crisis

UN Population Fund, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Women's Refugee Commission (2016) C1

The UNHCR Tool for Participatory Assessment in Operations

UNHCR (2006)