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Model Patient Card / Record (Leprosy)

ILEP International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (2014)

2nd edition. There have been many requests over the past few years for advice about what information should be included in a patient record for leprosy. The patient record should contain the essential information for the clinical management of the patients, for monitoring adherence to MDT, and for r... more

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Leveraging the Learning Insights from HIV Programming for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescent Girls

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2023) CC

Pregnancy and childbirth during adolescence profoundly affects the lives of millions of girls worldwide, and is a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity, and infant and child mortality. Every year, an estimated 21 million girls aged 15–19 years old in low- and middle-income countries be... more

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Save to learn during COVID-19: Recommendations to prevent and respond to violence against children in all learning environments

UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

Many children will not be ‘safe to learn at home’: As of April 2020, 91 percent of the world’s students have been affected by school closures due to COVID-19. While schools are often places where violence occurs, they also offer a comparatively protective and nurturing space for many children.... more

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Guiding Principles for Children on the Move in the Context of Climate Change

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2022) CC

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Georgetown University, and the United Nations University have today launched new guidelines to provide the first-ever global policy framework that will help protect, include, and empower children on the ... more

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Targeting and prioritization of impoverished and food-insecure populations affected by COVID-19 | Safeguarding and scaling up assistance for people most at risk

WFP (2020) CC

The outbreak of COVID-19 comes with unpredictable primary and secondary impacts on vulnerable and food-insecure populations across the world. Mortality and morbidity appear to be most acute for elderly people, and those with underlying health conditions. At the same time, the widely anti... more

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Infant and young child feeding recommendations when COVID-19 is suspected or confirmed

Save the Children; UNICEF; USAID (2020) C_UNICEF

Recommended practices booklet (April 2020) The set includes 10 Counselling Cards and a Recommended Practices Booklet. Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling in the context of COVID-19 remains a critical nutrition intervention for the protection and support of pregnant women, caregivers, ... more

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“Without Education They Lose Their Future” Denial of Education to Child Asylum Seekers on the Greek Islands

Human Rights Watch (2018) C1

This report found that fewer than 15 percent of more than 3,000 school-age asylum-seeking children on the islands were enrolled in public school at the end of the 2017-2018 school year, and that in government-run camps on the islands, only about 100 children, all preschoolers, had access to formal e... more

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In Control - A Practical Guide for Civilian Experts Working in Crisis Management Missions

Center for International Peace Operations (2016) CC

Hands-on information and practical advice for everyday life and work in the field as well as background information on crisis management structures in international organizations lie at the heart of the new handbook. It has been developed in the realm of Europe’s New Training Initiative for Civili... more

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Ground Realities: Voices of Humanitarian Aid Workers from the Frontlines

Roel G. Cabulang; Mariam Mushtaq (2014) CC

Conceived as part of the CWS-A/P project on regional security and risk management, this book presents a collection of testimonies from aid workers in some of the most insecure and volatile environments in the world. The participants recount a broad array of security incidents, such as kidnappings,... more

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The Boston Medical Center Patient Navigation Toolkit

The Boston Medical Center AVON Foundation for Women The Boston Medical Center AVON Foundation for Women (2020) C1

This toolkit is designed to help you plan and implement a Patient Navigation program with the best chance of reducing health disparities and improving health outcomes for your patients. It contains evidence-based and experience-based examples, case studies, practical tools, and resources to help you... more

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Young doctors’ perspectives on antibiotic use and resistance: a multinational and inter-specialty cross-sectional European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) survey

Beovic B., M. Dousak, C. Pulcini et al. Oxford University Press (2019) C2

Antibiotic resistance has been recognized as a major global health threat and optimizing prescribing is one of the most effective measures to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics. The quality of prescribing depends mostly on those prescribers belonging to clinical medical specialties... more

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No Escape from Hell

Human Rights Watch (2019) C2

EU Policies Contribute to Abuse of Migrants in Libya This report documents severe overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, malnutrition, and lack of adequate health care. Human Rights Watch found violent abuse by guards in four official detention centers in western Libya, including beatings and whippin... more

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Communication in neglected Tropical Diseases' elimination: A scoping review and call for action

Nieto-Sanchez C., Hatley DM, Gijalva MJ., et al. (2022) CC

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16(10): e0009774. Although the practice of communication is often called upon when intervening asn involgvingcommunties affected by NTD's, the disciplinary framewokr of healt communication research has been largely absent from NTD strategies. To illustrate how practices conceptual... more

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Africa CDC Event-based Surveillance Resources

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) CC

The Event-based Surveillance Framework is intended to be used by authorities and agencies responsible for surveillance and response. This framework serves as an outline to guide stakeholders interested in implementing event-based surveillance (EBS) using a multisectoral, One Health approach. To ... more

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How to Investigate Antimicrobial Use in Hospitals: Selected Indicators

USAID; Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems (2008) C1

The purpose of this manual is to define a limited number of indicators that will objectively describe the management and use of antimicrobials in hospitals and to provide tools and step-by-step instructions for designing and carrying out an assessment of antibiotic use and management in hospitals. T... more

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Recommendations for governments concerning the care of refugees and migrants living with HIV in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

OCHA; Reliefweb; UNAIDS; Response for Venezuelans (R4V) (2020) C2

Version dated April 1st, 2020. The flow of migrants and refugees from Venezuela constitutes the largest mobilization of people in the history of Latin America. By March 2020, more than 4.9 million Venezuelans have left their country and from these, more than 4.1 million have been mobilized to count... more

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Review of Evidence on Antimicrobial Resistance and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries

Grace, D. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (2015) C2

This short paper aims to identify key evidence gaps in our knowledge of livestock- and fisheries-linked antimicrobial resistance in the developing world, and to document on-going or planned research initiatives on this topic by key stakeholders. The antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infections in anima... more

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Handbook for Emergencies

UNHCR (2007) C2

Section One summarizes UNHCR’s mandate of international protecdtion and the aim and principles of emergency response; Section Two deals with emergency management; Section Three covers the vital sectors and problem areas in refugee emergencies, including health, food, sanitation and water, a... more

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A shot at ending AIDS — How new long-acting medicines could revolutionize the HIV response

UNAIDS (2025) C1

Breakthrough innovations have come to light that have proved to be more than 95% effective in preventing HIV infection with injections just twice a year. Once a year might even be possible. They could also be key for 40 million people living with HIV around the world who need better options for trea... more

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Publication: Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis in Uganda and Opportunities for an Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery

Alys, W.; Aziz, A.; Caran Ann, M. (2022) CC2

As Uganda builds back from the COVID-19 shock, the Ugandan government is strengthening its commitment to a more gender-inclusive and sustainable economy. This report supports these efforts by describing the gendered impacts of COVID-19 and provides recommendations for Ugandan policy makers and World... more