The Facilitator’s Guide for the basic-needs based Response Options Analysis and Planning (ROAP) is a step-by-step guide comprising tools and templates to carry out a multi-sectoral response analysis and planning of response options, in a sudden-onset or chronic crisis.
Being that so, the Guide i...s conceived to be applied hand in hand with the BNA Guidance and Toolbox, and other assessments methodologies. It is expected to assist in analysing data from different sources - including humanitarian staff’ own
knowledge and experience on the sector, cash, protection matters - to come up with response decisions
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On 17 October 2017, the Ugandan Ministry of Health notified WHO of a confirmed Marburg outbreak of Marburg Virus disease (MVD) in Kween district, Eastern Uganda. The outbreak was officially declared by the Ministry of health on 19 October 2017.
As of 7 November, four cases of MVD have been reported...- two confirmed (dead), one probable (dead) and one suspected. Other patients, previously reported as suspected cases, have since tested negative for the virus.
WHO has been implementing the Emergency Response Plan since 20 October 2017 when the Ministry of Health officially declared the outbreak. The Emergency Response Plan was developed on several assumptions which may now need to be revised.
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Blueprint for EECA countries, first edition
There are social and environmental barriers faced by persons with disabilities which have been reported in literature. In discussing these barriers, attention is yet to be given to the support from families to members with disabilities. This study aimed to examine family support and its impact on th...e lives of persons with disabilities in Ghana.
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Technical Update
HIV Treatment
July 2017
Rapport sur les populations clès
Accessed November 2017
Key populations brief
Accessed 2017
Informe sobre poblaciones clave
Recommendations, resources and references
A publication of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society
Working Document, September 2017
Suggested language and usage for tuberculosis communications
First edition
Accessed November 2017
Time for recognition of lay counsellors
Accessed November 2017
Ensuring Access to Simple, Safe and Effective First-Line Medicines for Tuberculosis.
Accessed in November 2017.
An analysis from the perspective of the health sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
Washington, D.C., 2017
A compendium of TB REACH case studies, lessons learned and a monitoring and evaluation framework.
Accessed November 2017.