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Guidelines on the definition and characterization of extreme weather and climate events

Ren, F.; Pattanaik, D.; Cerveny, R. et al. World Meteorological Organization WMO (2023) CC

The guidance in this publication consists of generic definitions and methodologies for the characterization of extreme weather and climate events. This publication contribute to ensuring consistent exchange of information that underpins the WMO State of the Climate Reports, Climate Watches, climate ... more

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Rohingya Refugee Crisis Response Plan - Monitoring Report 25

Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) (2017) C1

The Monitoring Report, which covers the first two months of the response from 25 August to 31 October, highlights the work of the Government of Bangladesh, in cooperation with humanitarian partners who are working to provide relief services for the refugee population and Bangladeshi host communities... more

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Adjusting business models to sustain agri-food enterprises during COVID-19

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2020) CC

Unlike foot and mouth disease, the avian flu, e-coli or listeria, the COVID-19 pandemic has not spread directly through livestock or agriculture commodities, and has therefore not directly disrupted on-farm production. However, the crisis is undermining the ability of farms and agri-enterprises to e... more

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The impact of cOVID-19 on the lives of indigenous women and their strategies to deal with the pandemic

Zapeta, T.; Fenly Mejia, N. International Indigenous Women (2020) C1

The International Forum of Indigenous Women (IIWF) has prepared this report in order to have a document for analysis and systematization of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of Indigenous Women, and to identify the strategies promoted by them. This document is expected to serve as... more

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HIV & AIDS, Gender, and Domestic Violence

Brot für die Welt; DIFÄM (2010) C2

The first chapter provides an overview of gender and domestic violence in the HIV and AIDS discourse and their interconnect- edness. It analyses literature regarding gender and HIV transmission, domestic violence, and HIV and AIDS. It then discusses how gender roles impact the effects of AIDS. The... more

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Leptospirosis in sugarcane plantation and fishing communities in Kagera northwestern Tanzania

Mgode, G.; Japhary, M.; Mhamphi, G. et al. PLoS Neglected Tropical diseases (2019) CC

Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease of worldwide importance, though relatively neglected in many African countries including sub Saharan Africa that is among areas with high burden of this disease. The disease is often mistaken for other febrile illnesses such as dengue, malaria, rickettsi... more

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Guide for the Medical, Veterinary and allied Professions

Bishop, G.; Durrheim, D.; Kloeck, P. et al. Department: Agriculture, Foresty and Fisheries - Republic of South Africa (2010) CC

Rabies is a disease of animals but too often the outcome is gauged in terms of human suffering and death. Despite this, in areas of the world where rabies is endemic there is often a lack of communication between veterinary and medical professionals, to the extent that the disease continues to thri... more

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Investigation of the Quality of the 12 Most-Used Antibiotics Available in Retail Private Pharmacies in Rwanda

Bizimana, T.; Kagisha, V.; Nyandwi, J.B: et al. MDPI Antibiotics (2022) CC

Antibiotics 2022, 11(3), 329; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11030329. The authors found that the most-represented antibiotics on the Rwandan market were amoxicillin, co-trimoxazole and cloxacillin. No counterfeit antibiotics were found in this study. However, substandard batches with moderate ... more

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Development of antibiotic resistance has serious consequences. Booklet for farmers

L. Bebora and P. Gathumbi Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (2015) C1

Take Action on Antimicrobial Resistance. For Farmers

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Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark 2020

Access to Medicine Foundation (2020) C2

The Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark has evaluated for the second time how the most important players in the antibiotic market are addressing the rise of resistance and the global need for appropriate access to antibiotics. Although we can see progress — it’s hanging by a thread. We have reac... more

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Ex-Post Evaluation of Technical Cooperation Project: Chagas Disease Control Project/Chagas Disease Control Project (Phase 2) - Republic of Honduras

Japan international cooperation agency JICA (2014) C2

This project aimed to reduce the risk of vector-borne infection with Chagas disease by controlling triatomine bugs, the vectors transmitting the parasite of Chagas disease, and establishing an epidemiological surveillance system with community participation.

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Gender equality and women’s empowerment in the world of work in fragile, conflict and disaster settings

International Labour Organization (2022) CC

Conflicts and disasters, including pandemics, affect women and men in all their diversity differently, and women and girls often suffer the most. Crisis-related hardships combine and compound pre-existing disadvantages, for example, they often cause women’s working conditions to worsen while incre... more

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The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2023: Assessing Data Availability Across Humanitarian Crises

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

In our fourth year of producing The State of Open Humanitarian Data, we can report the highest levels yet for data availability across priority humanitarian operations. These gains can be attributed to the commitment of organizations to sharing and maintaining their data publicly. There was also str... more

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Emergeny Appeal Syria, MENA | Syria Earthquake

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2023) CC

On 6 February at 4:17 am, a 7.8 degrees magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey near Syria’s northern border. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was centered about 33 km (20 miles) from Gaziantep, a major city and provincial capital. Tremors were felt as far away as Lebanon, Greece... more

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Dengue virus: epidemiology, biology, and disease aetiology

Kumar Roy., S. and S. Bhattacharjee (2021) CC

Canadian Journal of Microbiology 25 June 2021 https://doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2020-0572

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Hungary: The impact of Food Insecurity on Gender-Based Violence in the Ukraine Refugee Response

CARE International; VOICE (2022) C2

The number of people facing acute food insecurity1 is growing at an alarming rate in the European Union (EU) Member States of Central Eastern Europe. COVID-19 and the resulting disruption to global markets, trade, and food supply chains have negatively affected food security since 2020; now, this ha... more

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Document d’orientation provisoire destiné à accompagner les pays pour l’élaboration de leur plan national de lutte contre le choléra

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS Global Task Force on Cholera (2020) C_WHO

Le Groupe spécial mondial de lutte contre le choléra (GTFCC) a lancé Mettre fin au choléra : Une feuille de route mondiale pour 2030 (la Feuille de route mondiale) (1). Cette stratégie vise à réduire de 90 % le nombre de décès dus au choléra dans le monde et à mettre fin à la malad... more