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Evidence Paper : no education, no protection

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Network for Education (2021) CC

What school closures under COVID-19 mean for children and young people in crisis-affected contexts

Protocolo para transferências nacionais e internacionais de pessoas em tratamento para tuberculose

Ministério da Saúde, Brasil (2019) CC

Este protocolo tem como objetivo fornecer informações aos profissionais de saúde para que a pessoa com tuberculose receba o devido acolhimento e tratamento, apresentando os fluxos indicados para as transferências dentro e fora do país.

Community-based psychosocial support - Facilitator Manual

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2023) CC

The PS Centre has released three publications addressing the need for MHPSS tools and guidance in Ukraine and surrounding countries. The Introduction to Psychological First Aid, presents a training module on basic psychological first aid skills for people affected by the international armed confl ... more

Leaving no one behind: Humanitarian effectiveness in the age of the sustainable development goals

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2016) C2

It’s About Ability: An explanation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Victor Santiago Pineda UNICEF (2008)

Special Needs Education: Building an inclusive education and training system (South Africa)

Department of Education, Republic of South Africa (2001) C2

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Participation handbook for humanitarian field workers - Involving crisis-affected people in a humanitarian response

ALNAP, Groupe URD - Groupe Urgence Rehabilitation Developpement (2009)

The Participation Handbook for humanitarian field workers contains detailed practical advice on the participation of affected people in humanitarian action. It has three sections: Developing a participatory approach (main issues, key factors, building mutual respect, communication methods and ... more

Yemen: 2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Country Team in Yemen (2019) C1

The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world. Nearly four years of conflict and severe economic decline are driving the country to the brink of famine and exacerbating needs in all sectors. An estimated 80 per cent of the population – 24 million people – require some form of h ... more

The handbook for the drug addiction treatment education and research unit

Neuropsychiatric hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria DATER House (2012) C_WHO

Using the Sphere Standards in Urban Settings

Ben Mountfield The Sphere Project (2016)

Fills a gap in current guidance on how to implement humanitarian standards in urban situations. In Arabic, English, French and Spanish available

Strategies for skills acquisition and work for people with disabilities

Thabo Mbeki Development Trust for Disabled People, Disabled People South Africa, and Human Sciences Research Council International Labour Organization (2007) C2

A report submitted to the International Labour Organization, Geneva

Disability Inclusion in Disaster Risk Management: Promising practices and opportunities for enhanced engagement

Guernsey, Katherine; Scherrer, Valérie Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), World Bank (2018) C1

This paper provides information to assist World Bank and GFDRR staff in affecting disability-inclusive DRM. It is based upon desk reviews of existing practice, as well as consultations with experts in the field of disability-inclusive DRM. The paper:
- Illustrates promising practices related to ... more

Caring for child survivors of sexual abuse Resource Package
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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

World Disasters Report 2020: Come Heat or High Water - Tackling the Humanitarian Impacts of the Climate Crisis Together. Excecutive Summay

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2020) C1

The failure to protect the people most vulnerable to climate change is especially alarming given the steady increase in the number of climate and weather-related disasters. According to the World Disasters Report, the average number of climate and weather-related disasters per decade has increased n ... more

CBDRR Framework Facilitator Guide

Myanmar Red Cross Society (2013) C1

The purpose of this ‘Facilitator Guidebook’ is to help the Course Coordinator deliver and document consistently high-quality CBDRR training courses.
- Module 1: Understanding the Basics: introduces the participants to the basics of CBDRR implementation of MRCS, general aspects of CBDRR in ... more

Water dilemmas: The cascading impacts of water insecurity in a heating world

Oxfam (2023) CC

Climate-induced water insecurity poses one of the biggest threats to humanity and will lead to more hunger, disease and displacement Oxfam water engineers are having to drill deeper, more expensive and harder-to-maintain water boreholes used by some of the poorest communities around the world, mo ... more

COVID Reference 2020.3 FRA

Kamps, B.S.; and C. Hoffmann (2020) CC

La 3ieme édition du nouveau mini-manuel. Au cours des mois à venir COVID Reference publiera des mises à jour régulières.

Managing Misinformation in a Humanitarian Context

Internews (2019) C2

The Internews Humanitarian Information Services Learning Collection communicates key lessons, best practices, and programmatic methodologies used by Internews’ humanitarian teams around the world. Each module within the Learning Collection includes three parts: Context, Case Studies, and a How-To ... more