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Air pollution and the noncommunicable disease prevention agenda: opportunities for public health and environmental science

Howse, E.; Crane, M.; Hanigan, I. et al. Environmental Research Letters (2021) CC

Air pollution is a major environmental risk factor and contributor to chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). However, most public health approaches to NCD prevention focus on behavioural and biomedical risk factors, rather than environmental risk factors such as air pollution. This article discus ... more

HIV and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

Garcia, P.J.; et al. (2022) C1

Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2022; 19(1): 37–45. Published online 2022 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s11904-021-00589-4. COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on the cascade-of-care among PLWH in LAC. There is a need for longitudinal studies that assess clinic implication of these pandemic interactions in LAC. ... more

CBDRR Framework Facilitator Guide

Myanmar Red Cross Society (2013) C1

The purpose of this ‘Facilitator Guidebook’ is to help the Course Coordinator deliver and document consistently high-quality CBDRR training courses.
- Module 1: Understanding the Basics: introduces the participants to the basics of CBDRR implementation of MRCS, general aspects of CBDRR in ... more

Outbreak preparedness and resilience. Laboratory Biossafety Manual

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Laboratory Biossafety Manual

COVID-19: A catastrophe for children in sub-Saharan Africa

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

The well-being of children in sub-Saharan Africa is under siege from all directions since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The region is now suffering its first-ever economic recession, pushing about 50 million people into extreme poverty, a majority of whom are children.

Philippines: Consolidated Needs Assessment Report Revision Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) (24 Jan 2022)

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

Eight years after Super Typhoon Haiyan, the most destructive storm to ever hit the Philippines, Super Typhoon Rai brought similar torrential rains, violent winds, mudslides, floods and storm surges to central parts of the Philippines, leaving a wide path of destruction and debris in its wake. While ... more

Partnering and public health practice

Stop TB Partnership; World Health Organization ; USAI (2013) C_WHO

Experience of national TB partnerships

Helping hands at school and in the community. Training guide

Holly Young War Trauma Foundation (2012)

Guidance for School-Based Psychosocial Programmes for Teachers, Parents and Children in Conflict and Postconflict Areas

The War in Catatumbo

Human Rights Watch (2019) C1

Abuses by ArmThis report is based on research in Catatumbo in April 2019. We interviewed more than 80 people, including abuse victims, their relatives, community leaders, church representatives, human rights officials, local authorities, judicial officials, and members of humanitarian and human righ ... more

Health systems resilience during COVID-19: lessons for building back better

Sagan, A.; E. Webb, M. Mckee et al. World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Interim guidance on strengthening community detection and response during the mpox outbreak

World Health Organization WHO; Inernational Red Cross Federation IFRC (2025) C_WHO

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV).1 It causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache, muscle ache, back pain and low energy or feeling sick. In most cases, the symptoms of mpox go away within a few weeks with supportive care ... more

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: A Guidebook for the Asia-Pacific

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (2017) C1

Lack of satisfactory progress in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction within development is attributed to various factors. One of the important factor that is often not much appreciated is the inadequate comprehension of mainstreaming and the absence of clear, cogent and practical guidelines, tools ... more

Improving surgical male circumcision practice - urethral fistula: diagnosis, first management and prevention

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Technical brief. This brief provides a description of urethral fistula, addresses the risk factors and potential practices that could lead to a fistula, diagnosis, first management and response, and prevention measures to reduce these complications through improved understanding by practitioners. It ... more

Start Fund: Learning from disease outbreaks

Start Fund (2018) C1

This learning report attempts to understand the drivers for, and barriers to, effective implementation as well as review the experiences of Start Fund members in responding to these outbreaks to support evidence-based decision-making within the Start Network at project, crisis, and system level. Spe ... more

Considerations on the Use of Antivirals, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Other Interventions for the Management of COVID-19 Patients in Latin America and the Caribbean

World Health Organization WHO; PAHO; et al. (2022) CC

May 9, 2022.Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of clinical trials have been planned and developed to assess the effectiveness and safety of various interventions that could prevent hospitalizations and progression to severe disease in people infected with SARS-CoV-2. Currently, ... more

Introducing the EU's Green City Tool

European Commission Directorate General for Environment (2019) C1

Ghana 2014 Status Report for the National HIV and AIDS Response

Ghana AIDS Commission (2014) C1

Uganda Clinical Guidelines. National Guidelines on Management of Common Conditions
recommended

Ministry of Health, Uganda (2016) C1

This new edition and fully updated publication replaces the 2012 UCG and is being circulated free of charge to all public and private sector prescribers, pharmacists, and regulatory authorities in the country

Technical Note: Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic (v.2)

The Alliance for Child Protection in humanitarian action (2020) C2

Infectious diseases like COVID-19 can disrupt the environments in which children grow and develop. Disruptions to families, friendships, daily routines and the wider community can have negative consequences for children’s well-being, development and protection. In addition, measures used to preven ... more

Minimum Standards for the Protection of Refugees and Migrants in Refugee Accommodation Centres

BMFSFJ, Unicef (2017) C_UNICEF

Guidelines for the development and implementation of institution-specific protection concepts