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Situational Analysis on Post-Rape Care of Children in Lesotho

Levy, Marcy, Veronica Magar, and Derrick Sialondwe Arlington, VA: USAID’s AIDS Support and Technical Assistance Resources, AIDSTAR-One, Task Order 1 (2013)

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WHO guidelines on safety monitoring of herbal medicines in pharmacovigilance systems

World Health Organization WHO (2004) C_WHO

Guidelines

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mHealth intervention “ImTeCHO” to improve delivery of maternal, neonatal, and child care services—A cluster-randomized trial in tribal areas of Gujarat, India

Modi, D., N. Dholakia, R. Gopalan, et al. (2019) CC

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Assessing Facility Capacity, Costs of Care, and Patient Perspectives. Health Service Provision in Zambia

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME); University of Zambia (2014) CC

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Framework for strengthening integration of mental health in programs

Catholic Relief Services; USAID; PEPFAR; 4 Children (Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children); et al. (2018) C2

For children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV (OVC)

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Clinical care for survivors of Ebola virus disease
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

Interim Guidance.
A number of medical problems have been reported in survivors, including mental health issues. Ebola virus may persist in some body fluids, including semen. Ebola survivors need comprehensive support for the medical and psychosocial challenges they face and also to minimize the ... more

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Cholera in Yemen: A case study of epidemic preparedness and response

The Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Healt (2018) C1

The report offers 20 top recommendations for getting ahead of future outbreaks in Yemen and similarly complex humanitarian settings. In 2015, Yemen was declared a Level 3 emergency by the UN, kicking into gear the highest level of humanitarian support. A massive cholera outbreak followed, leading t... more

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Network HPN Paper: The role of education in protecting children in conflict

Susan Nicolai and Carl Triplehorn Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN); Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (2003) C1

Education in emergencies is a young area; the evidence of its impact is often anecdotal, and although its status as a humanitarian concern has gained legitimacy in recent years, it has yet to be accepted across the humanitarian community. Much more needs to be done to enhance our understanding of t... more

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Operating in Insecurity Shifting patterns of violence against humanitarian aid providers and their staff (1996-2010)

Christina Wille and Larissa Fast Insecurity Insight (2013) C1

Insecurity Insight Report 13-1.

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Pilot study findings on the provision of hygiene kits with reusable sanitary pads: Testing the appropriateness and acceptability of AFRIpads reusable sanitary pads in southwestern (Ugandan) refugee co

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2019) CC

Results from the baseline study indicated that schoolgirls in the southwestern refugee settlement context lacked access to the menstrual hygiene knowledge and products required for them to manage their menstruation in a healthy and dignified manner. Although UNHCR mandates that all women and girls o... more

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Estimating the Future Number of Cases in the Ebola Epidemic — Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2014–2015

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2014) C_CDC

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Suppl. Vol.63/3

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Witchcraft, Wealth and Disability: Reinterpretation of a folk belief in contemporary urban Africa.

Nora Groce and Julia McGeown Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre (2013) C2

Many groups in sub-Saharan Africa have historically linked persons with disabilities with witchcraft as a component of a wider link between accusations of witchcraft and socially marginalized populations. It is commonly assumed that traditional prejudices towards persons with disabilities are recedi... more

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A Second Revolution: Thirty years of child rights, and the unfinished agenda

Terre des hommes, Save the Children, Plan International, SOS Children's Villages International, World Vision, ChildFund Alliance (2019) C2

The report showed commitments made three decades ago to protect the rights of children remain unfulfilled for millions. Violence still affects countless children. Discrimination based on age, gender, disability, sexual orientation and religion harms children worldwide. Key factors include a lack ... more

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Health Professionals Guide to the ATT - Promoting Signature, Ratification, and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) (2013)

This guide highlights actions health professionals can take to make the Arms Trade Treaty effective.

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Treating Buruli Ulcer: A Review of Prospects for Existing Antibiotics and New Therapeutics

Access Campaign, Médecins sans Frontières (2013)

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Conflict in the time of coronavirus

Oxfam (2020) C2

The equation is simple: we cannot effectively respond to a global pandemic when millions of people are still caught in warzones. We cannot treat sick people when hospitals are being bombed, or prevent the spread of coronavirus when tens of millions are forced to flee from violence. We must have a gl... more

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Health and Socio-Economic Impacts of Physical Distancing for Covid-19 in Africa

Barasa, E.; et al. KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and African Academy of Sciences (2020) CC

Physical distancing measures are important to reduce COVID-19 transmission. However, when stringently applied, they can result in negative health and socio-economic impacts. This report draws on a rapid review of available literature, case studies from across Africa and expert knowledge to make reco... more

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COVID-19 Impact: The seeds of a future hunger pandemic?

Action against hunger (2020) C1

Previous pandemics have demonstrated that more people could die from the indirect consequences of an outbreak than from the disease itself. As the fight against the pandemic is pushing millions into poverty and hunger, COVID-19 will likely be no different.

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Global report on the epidemiology and burden of sepsis: Current evidence, identifying gaps and future directions

World Health Organisation (2020) CC

Sepsis contributes significantly to preventable mortality and is the final common pathway to death for severe infectious diseases; it can also arise as a complication of injuries and non-communicable diseases.

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Engaging Communities during a Pandemic: Experiences of Community Engagement during the COVID-19 Response in Camps and Out-of-Camp Settings

Norwegian Refugee Council NRC (2020) C1

This report presents examples from different agencies on how they approached community engagement in their Covid-19 responses, the tools and methodologies used, as well as the challenges they encountered and how they attempted to overcome these. It discusses what community engagement means to the va... more

Clinical care for survivors of Ebola virus disease recommended

Clinical care for survivors of Ebola virus disease
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