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Zambia Refugees Economies: Livelihoods and Challenges

M. Nyamazana, G. Koyi, P. Funjika and E. Chibwili UNHCR; Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR), University of Zambia; Refugee Studies Centre, UK (2017) C1

The study on refugee economies shows that refugees and former refugees are contributing positively to Zambia’s economy in various ways and have the potential to contribute even further if legal and other obstacles are removed. The study targeted mainly Congolese, Burundian, Somali, and Rwandan re ... more

Water Safety Plans - Training package. Facilitator handbook

World Health Organization (WHO), International Water Association (IWA) (2012) C_WHO

The training is targeted at all professionals involved in the management of drinking-water safety. The handbook is divided into three parts:
• Part 1 – Overview of the training approach, training structure and mode of training assessment
• Part 2 – Module learning material, which i ... more

WHO SAGE roadmap for prioritizing uses of COVID-19 vaccines

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

an approach to optimize the global impact of COVID-19 vaccines, based on public health goals, global and national equity, and vaccine access and coverage scenarios, first issued 20 October 2020, updated: 13 November 2020, updated: 16 July 2021, latest update: 21 January 2022 Available in English, F ... more

A profile of female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

UNICEF (2020) CC

Ethiopia is home to 25 million girls and women who have experienced FGM. More than half are in the regions of Oromia and Amhara. Overall, 65 per cent of girls and women aged 15 to 49 have undergone FGM. The highest prevalence is in the Somali (99 per cent) and Afar (91 per cent) regions

Tips for Engaging Communities during COVID-19 in Low-Resource Settings, Remotely and In-Person
recommended

GOARN Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Coordination Working Group, et al. (2020) C_WHO

This brief provides key considerations for engaging communities on COVID-19 and tips for how to engage where there are movement restrictions and physical distancing measures in place, particularly in low-resource settings.

Maternal Mental Health and child health and development in low and middle income countries
recommended

WHO WHO (2008) C_WHO

The impact of maternal mental health problems on infants in high income countries has been identified mostly in terms of psychosocial and emotional development, thanks to the groundbreaking early work of Spitz (2) and of Bowlby (3), who studied the emotional needs of infants and mother-child attachm ... more

Public health risk assessment and interventions. Tropical Storm Ketsana and Typhoon Parma: the Philippines

World Health Organization (2009)

Protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative 2018 Implementation guidance

World Health Organization, UNICEF (2018) C_WHO

This updated implementation guidance is intended for all those who set policy for, or offer care to, pregnant women, families and infants: governments; national managers of maternal and child health programmes in general, and of breastfeeding- and BFHI-related programmes in particular; and health-f ... more

Opioid substitution therapy in Nepal

GIZ BMZ (2016) C1

WHO Eritrea 2022 Annual Report

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

During the year 2022, COVID-19 continued to be a significant challenge in Eritrea as in many other countries across the world. As COVID-19 devastated communities around the world, WHO worked with the MoH to strengthen the National and Sub-National health systems in order to meet community needs and ... more

Accountability in education: meeting our commitments (GLOBAL EDUCATION MONITORING REPORT SUMMARY)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2017) CC

The Education 2030 Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action specifies that the mandate of the Global Education Monitoring Report is to be ‘the mechanism for monitoring and reporting on SDG 4 and on education in the other SDGs’ with the responsibility to ‘report on the implementation of nat ... more

Pharmaceutical Sector Profile: Uganda

UN Industrial Development Organization (2010) C1

Global UNIDO Project: Strengthening the local production of essential generic drugs in the least developed and developing countries

Recommandations du Cluster Abris RDC dans la mise en oeuvre des activités en Abris et en AME relatives au COVID-19

Reliefweb; OCHA Services; Cluster Abris RD Congo (2020) CC

30/03/2020 (V1) 06/04/2020 (V2) Selon l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS), la COVID-19 est la maladie infectieuse causée par le dernier coronavirus qui a été découvert. Ce nouveau virus était inconnu avant l’apparition de la flambée à Wuhan en Chine en décembre 2019.

Unsafe Abortion in Sierra Leone: A Report of Community and Health System Assessments: Consolidated Report

Republic of Sierra Leone, Ministry of Health and Sanitation; Reproductive and Child Health Directorate (2013) C1

Disability-inclusive social protection research in Nepal

Banks, Lena M., Walsham, Matthew and others International Centre for Evidence in Disability (2018) C1

A national overview with a case study from Tanahun district. The overall aims of this study are (1) to assess the extent to which social protection systems in Nepal address the needs of people with disabilities; and (2) to identify and document elements of good practice, as well as challenges, in th ... more

Global and regional estimates of violence against women

WHO, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council (2013)

Global and regional estimates of violence against women he report presents the first global systematic review of scientific data on the prevalence of two forms of violence against women: violence by an intimate partner (intimate partner violence) and sexual violence by someone other than a partner ... more

National plan for the response to the ebola virus disease epidemic in North Kivu Province
recommended

Ministry of Health, Demographic Republic of the Congo World Health Organization WHO, Stop TB (2018) C_WHO

Wastewater Treatment Plants in rapid mass displacement situations

Department for International Development (2017) CC

This rapid review report has identified the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) options used in emergency settings, with decentralised wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) and mobile wastewater treatment units performing most effectively and with minimal costs. Examples are taken from refugee camps a ... more

Joint technical support mission (WHO-CDC-INSPQJohns Hopkins University) for response preparedness Côte d’Ivoire country visit 27–31 October 2014

(2014)