This evaluation is the fifth in a series of structured evaluations of CFS and was completed as part of three-year collaboration with World Vision and Columbia University. It was conducted with Syrian refugees in an urban setting in Zarqa, Jordan during the months of February to August 2014. The CFS ...was implemented through partners and supported and monitored by World Vision Jordan. Interviews were conducted during a one-week registration period hosted by partner staff and preceded by awareness campaigns in the community. Measurement tools were selected to assess impact in three areas in line with the programme’s key objectives: (a) the protection of children from risk, (b) supporting caregivers and communities in strengthening systems of child protection, and (c) the promotion of children’s psychosocial wellbeing (including the acquisition of skills and knowledge).
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What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Need to Do
This study was carried out to better understand the local beliefs and practices likely to enhance or hinder efforts to respond to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Liberia.
One of the most important ways we feel we can help to reduce the burden of cancer in Africa is to work with African cancer advocacy organisations to help educate and advocate about cancer in their countries. To this end in 2010 we designed with our partners, 13 posters for use in Africa
giving heal...th and lifestyle tips on how to avoid cancer and highlighting the early warning sign and symptoms of common cancers in Africa
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An Independent Report
of the West Africa Commission on Drugs
Induced abortion is permitted in Burkina Faso only to save the life and protect the health of a
pregnant woman, or in cases of rape, incest, and severe fetal impairment. As a result, the vast
majority of women who end unintended pregnancies do so in secrecy, out of fear of prosecution
and to avoi...d the social stigma that surrounds this practice. Most clandestine abortions are carried
out in unsafe conditions that jeopardize women’s health and sometimes their lives. This report
presents estimates of the number and rate of induced abortions that occurred in Burkina Faso in
2008 and 2012; reports levels of unintended pregnancy (the major reason that women seek
abortions in the first place); and describes some of the adverse consequences of unsafe abortion
for women, their families and society.
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Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) are used by humanitarian agencies as a means to promote protection and psychosocial wellbeing for children in emergency settings. World Vision International together with Columbia University is conducting a series of studies to investigate the effectiveness of CFSs in va...rious humanitarian contexts in order to document evidence of the positive effects they have in relation to child wellbeing and protection, to identify good practice in their design and implementation and to develop improved monitoring and evaluation approaches for CFSs. The case studies have so far all been focused on refugee settings and while internally displaced populations (IDPs) share many of the circumstances and challenges of refugees it was decided that CFSs operating in IDP settings warrant a particular investigation in order to assess their relevance and effectiveness in promoting child protection and psychosocial wellbeing. This report thus presents the findings from an IDP focused study on CFS effectiveness in three camps near Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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S’inscrivant dans le prolongement du Guide de gestion des abris d’évacuation, validant un mécanisme officiel de gestion jusqu’à une période de l’urgence ne dépassant pas les soixante-douze heures (72), ce document initie une tentative d’harmoniser les leçons apprises et bonnes pratiq...ues, ventilées en fonction de diverses scénarios et d’indications précises dans la phase de réponse après les soixante-douze heures (72) de gestion de l’urgence et en offrant un portefeuille d’outils mis en œuvre de 2010 à 2014 .
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Для создания этого отчета MSF исследовала программы и практику лечения лекарственно-чувствительного и лекарственно-устойчивого туберкулеза в восьмистранах с высо...ким бременем туберкулеза, обладающих различным набором эпидемиологических, экономических, географических и демографических характеристик (Бразилия, Зимбабве, Индия, Кения, Мьянма, Российская Федерация, Узбекистан, ЮАР). Мы исследовали ключевые показатели диагностики, лечения и доступности основных препаратов, поставок лекарственныхсредств и финансирования .
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