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Emergency Response Preparedness Plan (ERPP) MYANMAR. Version 1.0

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2014) C1

Myanmar is prone to various natural hazards that include earthquakes, floods, cyclones, droughts, fires, tsunamis, some of whichhave the potential to impact large numbers of people. In the event that large numbers of people are affected (such as was the case in 2008 following cyclone Nargis), the go... more

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tsunami ten years on, stories of change 2004–2014: Community Perceptions of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Response and Recovery
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Andy Featherstone Save the Children (2014) C1

The objective of this study is to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, sustainability, and impact of the tsunami response in Sri Lanka and Indonesia 10 years later. A cross cutting theme of this study is the assessment of whether communities are now better prepared to respond to and cope with disaster... more

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Gap Analysis in Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion

Bastable, Andy and Russell, Lucy Oxfam (2013)

The emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) gap analysis project was funded by The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), a program managed by Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA) in partnership with the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Per... more

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Thematic report: Stigma and discrimination

T. Noori; A. Pharris European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2013) C2

Monitoring implementation of the Dublin Declaration on Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia: 2012 progress Special Report

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HIV Management in Russia

V. Allan Ipsos; The Global Virology Therapy Monitor Team, Ipsos Healthcare (2013) C2

Examining the infrastructure of the Russian and USA healthcare systems with respect to the management of HIV patients

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National Policy and Strategic Plan of Action on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Nigeria

Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria (2013) CC

As part of our commitment to the fight against NCDs, Nigeria was signatory to the political declaration at the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on NCDs in September 2011. Thus, the purpose of this document is to develop and ensure the implementation of policies and p... more

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Evaluation of Oxfam’s South Sudan Humanitarian Response Using Oxfam’s Global Humanitarian Indicator Tool

Featherstone, A. Oxfam (2012) CC

As part of a wider organisational undertaking to better capture and communicate the effectiveness of its work, Oxfam developed an evaluative method to assess the quality of targeted humanitarian responses. This method uses a global humanitarian indicator tool which is intended to enable Oxfam GB to ... more

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Cyclone Shelter Assessment

UN-Habitat (2012) C1

The purpose of this study was to document a technical assessment of a sample of these existing shelters on their functionality, accessibility, operation and management, community perspectives in Myanmar; identify gaps, needs and further the linkages with community-based disaster risk reduction (CDBR... more

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WHO QualityRights Tool Kit Assessing and improving quality and human rights in mental health and social care facilities

World Health Organization WHO WHO (2012) C_WHO

The aim of the WHO QualityRights tool kit is to support countries in assessing and improving the quality and human rights of their mental health and social care facilities. The tool kit is based on an extensive international review by people with mental disabilities and their organizations. It ha... more

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Mental Health In Emergencies

World Health Organization WHO (2003) C_WHO

Mental and Social Aspects of Health of Populations Exposed to Extreme Stressors

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IACAPAP Textbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Section B Perinatal and early childhood risk and protective factors & disorders

S.Mares; L. Newman S. MK Tan; N. K. Nor; L. S. Fong; et al. IACAPAP (2012) C2

Infant Psychiatry Chapter B.1 Early Maltreatment and exposure to violence

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Cognitive profiles of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and depression in children and adolescents

Barrera-Valenciaa, M., Calderón-Delgado, L., Trejos-Castillo, E. & O’Boyle, M. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology (2017) CC

Several diagnostic criteria of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are remarkably similar to symptoms reported by individuals with depression, particularly as they manifest as cognitive processing deficits in children. Because of this overlap in profile and the high rate of comorbidity of PTSD and... more

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Addressing childhood trauma in a developmental context

Gregorowski, C. & Seedat, S. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (2013) CC

Traditionally, understanding of the psychiatric and psychological effects of trauma have been developed from studies with adults and then applied to trauma-exposed children with some modifications. While this is an important step to understanding the sequelae of trauma in children and adolescents, t... more

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Guidelines Storage Essential Medicines And Other Health Commodities

World Health Organization WHO; Deliver; UNICEF (2006) C_WHO

Maintaining proper storage conditions for health commodities is vital to ensuring their quality. Product expiration dates are based on ideal storage conditions and protecting product quality until their expiration date is important for serving customers and conserving resources. Guidelines for the S... more

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Investing in Mental Health: Evidence for Action

World Health Organization WHO (2013) C_WHO

In this report, potential reasons for this apparent contradiction between cherished human values and observed social actions are explored with a view to better formulating concrete steps that governments and other stakeholders can take to reshape social attitudes and public policy.

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Disability Inclusive Development Toolkit - CRPD influencing everything we do

Kathy Al Ju’beh Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2017)

Disability-inclusive development policy and practice is constantly changing and evolving. It is a foundational part of our work in CBM, underpinning all that we do. It requires us to be constantly reflecting, learning and improving our practice. In particular looking to the deeper questions: of the ... more

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Vision impairment and blindness - Fact Sheet

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

An estimated 253 million people live with vision impairment: 36 million are blind and 217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment. 81% of people who are blind or have moderate or severe vision impairment are aged 50 years and above

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: rights,roles and responsibilities of health workers, including key considerations for occupational safety and health

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Health workers are at the front line of the COVID-19 outbreak response and as such are exposed to hazards that put them at risk of infection. Hazards include pathogen exposure, long working hours, psychological distress, fatigue, occupational burnout, stigma, and physical and psychological violence.... more

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Lymphatic filariasis: managing morbidity and preventing disability: an aide-mémoire for national programme managers

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

2nd. edition The new edition has been developed to make widely available to programme managers, health care workers in endemic settings, academic researchers, and other key partners, a concise source of information on strategies for MMDP for LF. It is a product of efforts to elaborate and concepts ... more

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Community Mental Health Practice. Seven essential Features for Scaling up in low- and middle-income Countries

Basic Needs Basic Rights (2009) CC

The seven essential features of practice for scaling up are described with great clarity. They are practical and universal, and encourage local innovation. They include policy, funding and local management structure, as well as working with all possible partners and developing local context adaptati... more

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