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Disaster Response in Asia and the Pacific: A Guide to International Tools and Services
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) (2013) C1

The guide is designed to help disaster managers in national Governments gain basic knowledge of how to use international tools and services. It aims to support the growing disaster response and disaster response preparedness capabilities that exist at national level across Asia and the Pacific.
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Clinical Manifestations and Case Management of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever Caused by a Newly Identified Virus Strain, Bundibugyo, Uganda, 2007–2008

Paul Roddy, Natasha Howard, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, et al. (2012) CC

PLoS ONE 7(12): e52986. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052986. Opern Access please download from the website

Guidelines for the Management of Snake-bites. 2nd edition
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Word Health Organization Regional Office of South-East Asia Word Health Organization Regional Office of South-East Asia (2016) C_WHO

Snakebites are well-known medical emergencies in many parts of the world, especially in rural areas. Agricultural workers and children are the most affected. The incidence of snakebite mortality is particularly high in South-East Asia. Rational use of snake anti-venom can substantially reduce mortal ... more

Emergency Drug Guidelines. Fiji

Ministry of Health, Fiji World Health Organization WHO (2008) C_WHO

The publication of the Second Edition of the Emergency Drug Guidelines represents the culmination of the efforts of the National Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (NDTC) to publish clinical drug guidelines for common diseases seen in Fiji. These guidelines are targeted for health care professionals w ... more

Rapid Assessment of Ebola-Related Implications for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Service Delivery and Utilization in Guinea

BardenO'Fallon J, Barry MA, Brodish P, et al. MEASURE (2015)

PLOS Currents Outbreaks. 2015 Aug 4 . Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.0b0ba06009dd091bc39ddb3c6d7b0826

Humanitarian Response in Violent Conflict
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Catholic Relief Services CRS (2013)

A Toolbox of Conflict Sensitive Indicators. This toolbox adapts a sample of 15 indicators from the SPHERE Project's Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response to be even more conflict sensitive while remaining practical and user-friendly

Evaluation of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) services at Cambodian development mission for disability (CDMD)

Manjula Marella Centre for Eye Research Australia (2010) CC

MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING in Germany

Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss (2017) C1

Available in german, arabic, english, greek, croatian, kurdish, italian, polish, portugüse, russian, spanish, turkish, vietnamese https://www.migration-gesundheit.bund.de/de/gesundheit-und-vorsorge/fraüngesundheit/

Community-Based Surveillance: guiding principles

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2017) C1

Establishing a community-based disease surveillance system is key step to improving the early detection and assessment of outbreaks

Preventing and managing COVID-19 across long-term care services

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Policy brief, 24 July 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected older people disproportionately, especially those living in long-term care facilities. In many countries, evidence shows that more than 40% of COVID-19 related deaths have been linked to long-term care facilities, with figures being as h ... more

Ghana Annual Report 2019

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO

The WHO country office for Ghana, began the year 2019 with a 4-day staff retreat at the Busua Beach Resort in the Western Region from 04 to 08 March 2019. The theme for the retreat was ‘Impacting the Health and Lives of the people of Ghana through the Triple Billion Goal”. The staff outlined pri ... more

Clinician mental health, nursing shortages and the COVID-19 pandemic: Crises within crises

Turale S., Nantsupawat A. (2021) CC

Around the world, nurses are working under enormous pressure providing care to sick and dying patients during the pandemic. Many are faced with increased stress, and other negative effects on their mental health. They are also faced with the possibility of infection and death from COVID-19. Before t ... more

The Sphere Handbook in Ukrainian
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Sphere (2016) C1

The Ukrainian translation of the Handbook was done by the Rev Marian and Dr Roman Curkowskyj Foundation. Established in 1990 in Toronto, Canada, the Foundation supports the advancement of education, notably through the publication of works in Ukrainian. 2011 Edition.

Understanding land-use change conflict: a systematic review of case studies

de JOng, L.; S. de Bruin, J. Knoop and J. van Vliet (2021) CC

Journal of Land Use Science, 16:3, 223-239, DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2021.1933226

Global Trends and Prospects

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (2023) CC

According to most recent data, the world economy grew by 3.1 per cent in 2022. To many, the rebound suggested that a soft landing was possible in 2023, and that the key problems of the year 2022 – rising prices, supply-chain disruptions and recession risks – have been addressed. As a result, t ... more

Haiti Hurricane Matthew Situation Report #30 (15 December 2016)

World Food Programme (2016) C1

In Numbers 2.1 million affected people, of which 894,000 are children. 1.4 million people require humanitarian assistance. 806,000 people severely food insecure.

Caring for adult patients with post-COVID-19 condition

Royal Australian College of General Practitioner (2021) CC

An Introduction to Evaluation of Humanitarian Action. Course Manual

Margie Buchanan-Smith and John Telford Channel Research; ALNAP (2006)

Poliomyelitis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2011)

Pink Book's chapter

Treatment of TB childhood TB - Module 3

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, World Health Organization (2017) C_WHO

Accessed November 2017