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International assistance for victims of use of nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical weapons: time for a reality check?

Coupland R, Loye D International Review of the Red Cross (2009) C2

The risks of the use of nuclear, radiological, biological or chemical (NRBC) weapons are heterogeneous. Each risk has its own implications for developing and deploying any capacity to assist victims of an NRBC event and, in parallel, for the health ... more

Haiti: Hurricane Matthew - Situation Report No. 22 (16 November 2016)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2016) C1

Main Points The delivery of humanitarian assistance is expected to slow down significantly over the next seven to ten days in anticipation of the electoral process and limited availability of transport and security assets. The percentage of extremely food-insecure people who have recei ... more

Humanitarian inclusion standards for older people and people with disabilities
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Age and Disability Consortium CBM International, HelpAge International,and Handicap International (2018)

The Standard consists of nine key inclusion standards, and seven sets of sector-specific inclusion standards for protection – water, sanitation and hygiene, food security and livelihoods, nutrition, shelter, settlement and household items, health ... more

The Barefoot Guide 5: Mission Inclusion - Stories and practices of building a world where all belong

The Barefoot Guide Connection (2017) C1

From 2011 until 2016, a multi-actor programme was run in five countries to improve the life chances and living conditions of people experiencing exclusion and marginalisation of various kinds. This programme worked with local leaders, organisations and movements as well as various institutions and a ... more

COVID-19 in Latin America and the caribbean region: Symptoms and morbidities in the epidemiology of infection

Anaya-Covarrubias, J.Y.; et al. (2022) C1

Curr Opin Pharmacol . 2022 Apr;63:102203.doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102203. Epub 2022 Feb 11. The COVID-19 pandemic has widespread economic and social effects on Latin America (LA) and the Caribbean (CA). This region, which has a high prevalence of chronic diseases, has been one of the most affected ... more

Preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among women and girls using contraceptive services in contexts with high HIV

UNAIDS; WHO; hrp (2020) C_WHO

This programmatic brief explores how to expand HIV and STI prevention and contraceptive method options in contraceptive services and, thus, to reduce HIV and STI incidence among adolescent girls and women. It focuses on settings with extremely high HIV prevalence and incidence. This brief complement ... more

South Sudan Response Plan April 2020–March 2021

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

Previous crises, such as the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa in 2014, indicate the direct impact movement restrictions and disease containment efforts have on food availability, access, utilization and violence – particularly gender-based violence (GBV). The importance of maintaining and ... more

South American guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation

Herdy, A.H.; López-Jiménez, F.; Terzic, C.P. et al. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (2014) CC

In this document, the Inter-American Committee of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, together with the South American Society of Cardiology, aimed to formulate strategies, measures, and actions for cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation (CVDPR). In the context of the imple ... more

ATENCIÓN A NIÑOS Y NIÑAS SOBREVIVIENTES DE ABUSOS SEXUALES DIRECTRICES

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2024) CC

Produced by UNICEF and IRC, with the support of the German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH (GIZ) and the generous funding from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Caring for Child Survivors of Sexual Abuse (CCS) Resource Package (Second Editi ... more

The Chagas disease study landscape: A systematic review of clinical and observational antiparasitic treatment studies

Maguire, B.; Dahal, P.; Rashan, S.; et al. (2021) CC

PLoS Neglected Tropical diseases August 16, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009697 Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a neglected tropical disease transmitted by triatomine insects, first identified in 1909. Chagas disease affects approximately 6–7 million peop ... more

Education in emergencies competency framework [EN/AR/PT]

Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) (2020) C1

The EiE Competency Framework builds on the INEE Minimum Standards to articulate a set of required, valued and recognized competencies for the humanitarian and education in the emergencies sectors. It broadly describes expected standards of performance across a number of competencies that can be appl ... more

Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025

United Nations Development Programme UNDP (2022) CC

he United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025 has been created during turbulent times. Multiple crises and risks are threatening the world and we are witnessing an alarming backlash against women’s rights and gender equality. Since the COVID-19 pandemic h ... more

ECDC/EFSA/EMA second joint report on the integratedanalysis of the consumption of antimicrobial agents andoccurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria fromhumans and food-producing animals

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) andEuropean Medicines Agency (EMA) (2017) C_CDC

The second ECDC/EFSA/EMA joint report on the integrated analysis of antimicrobial consumption (AMC) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria from humans and food-producing animals addressed data obtained by the Agencies’ EU-wide surveillance networks for 2013–2015. AMC in both sectors, exp ... more

Menstrual Health & Hygiene for Girls and Women with Disabilities

Unicef (2021) C_UNICEF

Menstruation is a natural fact of life and a monthly occurrence for 1.8 billion girls and women of reproductive age. Yet millions of menstruators across the world are denied the right to manage their monthly menstrual cycle in a dignified, healthy way. Girls and women with disabilities face even gre ... more

Prevention and Recognition of Obstetric Fistula Training Package, Module 4: Essential Components of Antenatal Care and Emergency Obstetric Care, Facilitator Cards

EngenderHealth; Fistula Care; USAID; IntraHealth (2008)

Cards for Correct and Incorrect Components of Evidence-based Focused ANC (including birth preparedness, complication readiness and recognition of danger signs)

Child Protection Case Management Training Manual. Booklet

The Government of Malawi PEPFAR; UNICEF (2015) C1

The booklet includes a number of child protection case management forms to be used in tandem with the Training Manual and Framework.

Planning and provision of ECMO services for severe ARDS during the COVID-19 pandemic and other outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases

Ramanathan, K.; D. Antognini, A. Combes, et al. (2020) C1

Lancet Respir Med 2020Published OnlineMarch 20, 2020https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30121-1

RWANDA: ACCELERATING ACCESS TO POSTPARTUM FAMILY PLANNING (PPFP) IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND ASIA WORKSHEET

USAID, Maternal and Child Survival Program (2015) C1

Guide for ANM

India Hypertension Control Initiative (2022) CC

This guide can be used to train ANM staff in the field to succeed in their role in the hypertension program. It teaches how to screen patients correctly, register and follow-up with patients, retrieve defaulters, record patient visits, and to report data

Self-harm/suicide. Training manual, supporting material

WHO WHO (2015) C_WHO

SUI supporting material • Person stories • Role plays • Multiple choice questions • Video link