This paper brings together lessons from interviews with humanitarians and local responders, as well as existing literature, about the use of quarantine in urban environments during the humanitarian response to the Ebola Crisis
WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health, April 2017, 6(1) 8 pp. 211 kB
Glob Health Sci Pract; March 24, 2017, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 44-56
A Toolkit for Implementation. Module 2: Facilitator’s guide to the orientation workshop on the IFC framework;
Good Practices in Mental Health & Well-being
Introduction
Chapter A.4
2017 edition
NSW Disaster Mental Health Handbook 4
The Disaster Mental Health Manual and associated handbooks are intended as a resource for mental health staff who are seeking background information and practical guidance and resources to assist in a disaster mental health response.
WG Implementation Guidelines Tool2
The report surveyed 9 leading bilateral and multilateral education donors in respect of their approach to disability-inclusive education.
Guidance | Preparedness - Response and early recovery - Recovery and reconstruction
Guidance | Preparedness - Response and early recovery - Recovery and reconstruction
Slum population in India is growing fast (25.1% decadal growth – Census 2011). Its health and nutrition indicators are worse than that of the non slum urban areas and comparable to that of rural India.
The National Urban Health Mission (HUHM), launched in 2013, focuses on improving the health of ...urban slum population through a needs based, city-specific urban health care system that includes a revamped primary care system, targeted outreach, equitable access, and involvement of the community and urban local bodies (ULBs).
The HUHM recognizes that lack of disaggregated data collected at local and/or city level impedes efficient planning with focus on the urban poor, and that data availability is a critical need.
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This report is produced by the UNDAC Team in Lima. It is developed in collaboration with the partners of the National Humanitarian Network (RHN). It covers the period from 27 to 30 March 2017. The next report will be issued around April 3, 2017
Environmental pollution, protection, quality and sustainability