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Guiding framework for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Development Cooperation

German Cooperation Deutsche Zusammenarbeit (2018) CC

This paper was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in 2015, and produced by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, in cooperation with German civil society actors and freelance psychologists working in the field ... more

Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

Healthy communities rely on well-functioning ecosystems. They provide clean air, fresh water, medicines and food security. They also limit disease and stabilize the climate. But biodiversity loss is happening at unprecedented rates, impacting human health worldwide, according to a new state of knowl ... more

Advice on the use of masks for children in the community in the context of COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

21 August 2020 This guidance provides specific considerations for the use of non-medical masks, also known as fabric masks, by children as a means for source control in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. It also advises on the use of medical masks for children under certain conditions.

Euroopa Liidu tuberkuloosi käsitluse standardid – ajakohastatud 2017. aastal

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2018) CC

European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care 2017 Estonian Version

Cancer Advocacy Traning Toolkit for Africa

Godfrey, E. AfrOx; ESMO; et al. (2014) CC

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 ... more

Tuberculosis control in prisons: current situation and research gaps

M. Dara, C. D. Acosta, M. V. S. Vinklers Melchers, et al. International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2015) C2

International Journal of Infectious Diseases 32 (2015) 111–117

Engaging all health care providers in TB control

Stop TB Partnership, World Health Organization (2006) C_WHO

Guidance on Implending Publi-Private Mix Approaches

Beyond borders. How to make the global compacts on migration and refugees work for uprooted children

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2017) CC

The report presents successful case studies from around the world, including the implementation of minimum protection standards for refugee children in Germany, cross border child protection systems in West Africa, and finding alternatives to the detention of migrant children in Zambia. Other countr ... more

Problem and pro-social behavior among Nigerian children with intellectual disability: the implication for developing policy for school based mental health programs

Bakare, M.O., Ubochi, V.N., Ebigbo, P.O. and Orovwigho, A.O. Italian Journal of Pediatrics (2010) CC

Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance and Hospital-Associated Infections: The Role of the Hospitalist

Dressler D. D., MD, MSc Director OF Society of Hospital Medicine (2005) CC

While infections that develop during hospitalization may appear to be an uncommon but recognized risk of hospital care today, the incidence of these infections has been increasing dramatically during the last 2 to 3 decades, and the risk of acquiring an organism that is resistant to 1 or more antibi ... more

Diagnostic and Treatment Delay in Tuberculosis

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean Region (2006) C_WHO

An in-depth analysis of the health-seeking behaviour of patients and health system response in seven countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Research Review: Changes in the prevalence and symptom severity of child post-traumatic stress disorder in the year following trauma – a meta-analytic study

Hiller, R.M., Meiser-Stedman, R., Fearon, P., Lobo, S., McKinnon, A., Fraser, A. & Halligan, S.L. (2016) CC

Background: Understanding the natural course of child and adolescent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has significant implications for the identification of, and intervention for, at-risk youth. We used a meta-analytic approach to examine longitudinal changes in youth PTSD prevalence and symptom ... more

Myanmar’s 2020 Elections and Conflict Dynamics

United States Institute of Peace USIP (2019) C1

ABOUT THE REPORT Based on more than seventy interviews, surveys of both mainstream and social media in Myanmar, and a desk review of available election-related materials, this report evaluates the environment in which the current electoral cycle, Rakhine conflicts, and the 21st Century Panglong pea ... more

The impact of transition from Global Fund support to govermental funding on the sustainability of Harm Reduction programs

G. Shaw Eurasian Harm Reduction Network; ICASO (2016) C2

A case study from Albania June 2016 EHRN is grateful to all who contributed to this document, especially (in alphabetical order): Alena Alba, Program Officer, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Team, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean Department, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberc ... more

Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark 2020

Access to Medicine Foundation (2020) C2

The Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark has evaluated for the second time how the most important players in the antibiotic market are addressing the rise of resistance and the global need for appropriate access to antibiotics. Although we can see progress — it’s hanging by a thread. We have reac ... more

How to use social media to better engage people affected by crises

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA); ICRC (2020) C1

A brief guide for those using social media in humanitarian organizations

Myanmar National Strategic Plan on Viral Hepatitis 2016-2020. National Hepatitis Control Program

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports, Department of Health (2017) C1

The five hepatitis viruses have different epidemiological profiles, and their impact, duration, and transmission route also vary. The most common transmission routes contributing to the spread of hepatitis are exposure to infected blood via blood transfusion or unsafe injection practices, consumptio ... more

Lista de medicamentos essenciais para tratamento de pacientes admitidos nas unidades de terapia intensiva com suspeita ou diagnóstico confirmado da COVID-19 (LMEUTI-COVID-19)

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), OPS (2022) C_WHO

Tercera versión, 1 de febrero del 2022. Estas orientaciones tienen por objetivo contribuir a que los sistemas de salud prioricen los medicamentos esenciales que deben estar disponibles y ser asequibles para manejar los pacientes en las unidades de cuidado intensivos durante las emergencias de salud ... more

COVID-19 Guidance and Toolkit for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Teams

International Organization for Migration IOM (2020) C1

This brief document compiles existing material related to mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for the COVID-19 crisis, as well as other resources that can be applicable to the context. Documents are divided into different sections, based on the ‘’spaces of new vulnerability” inheren ... more

Manual on community-based mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies and displacement

International Organization for Migration IOM (2020) C1