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The Impacts of Climate Change on Health

The EcoHealth Alliance, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Reckitt (2021) CC

The new review paper, The Impacts of Climate Change on Health, identifies the extent to which increasing emissions, extreme weather and temperatures elevate health risks, from infectious disease to malnutrition, and assesses the associated health burden. It concludes that the health burden will exce... more

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Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in the context of COVID-19: first update

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) C1

The first update of the ECDC ventilation guidance document contains: key new findings that emphasise four bundles of NPIs to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in closed spaces; updated references on the evidence of transmission in closed spaces; recommendations based on the n... more

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Standard operating procedure (SOP) for health care in COVID-19 first line treatment centres (CFLTC)

Department of Health & Family Welfare Government of Kerala (2020) CC

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Health Technical Guidelines

ECHO EU (2014)

This guidance is intended to be one stop shop to improve the quality and effectiveness of health interventions in emergency, to respond to the most frequent scenarios and conditions. The main document contains the most common elements to be found in emergencies. As much as possible they are one pag... more

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Confronting Commercialization of Health Care!

National Coordination Committee, Jan Swasthya Sabha (2000)

Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book - 5

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Guidelines for COVID-19 testing and quarantine of air travellers - Addendum to the Aviation Health Safety Protocol

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) CC

This joint ECDC-European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) document aims to support Member States in determining a coordinated approach to reduce the risks related to the movement of people by air within and between the EU/EEA countries and the UK in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting th... more

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Start Free Stay Free AIDS Free (2017 progress report)

UNAIDS; Unicef; World Health Organization; et al. UNAIDS; Unicef; World Health Organization; et al. (2017) C2

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Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix (CHW AIM): A Toolkit for Improving CHW Programs and Services

L. Crigler; K. Hill; R. Furth; et al. USAID From the American People (Health Care Improvement Project) (2013) C2

Revided Version September 2013

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Managing pertussis outbreaks during humanitarian emergencies

World Health Organization (2008)

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Requirements for the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) with proof of vaccination against yellow fever Countries in the Americas, as of 22 March 2017

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2017) C_WHO

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Planetary Security: In Search of Drivers of Violence and Conflict Part I

H. Visser, de Bruin S., Knoop J. et al. (2018) CC

National-scale databases and reliability issue Background report

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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and girls are disproportionately affected and shoulder t...he consequences of protracted neglect, with unconscionable impacts on their safety, life chances and agency. Gaining a holistic view of the gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is difficult. This is due to a lack of data and prioritization, and the large geographical and socioeconomic terrain covered by both regions. However, what we do know about this crisis is more than enough to urgently address the needs of women and girls. An OCHA discussion paper on this topic (which will be published imminently, and from which this policy brief is drawn) found that there is: A strong risk of profound regression in gender equality gains made to date in the countries of concern, including on education, sexual and reproductive health, and the economic independence of women and girls (with knock-on effects on broader humanitarian and development outcomes). An increasing challenge to reverse what must be recognized as a protracted and growing gender-based violence (GBV) emergency in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is protracted, multidimensional and highly gendered, with spiralling impacts on gender equality and food security outcomes. It is driven by interwoven and overlapping factors, including climate change, political instability, conflict, socioeconomic conditions, migration and displacement and, more recently, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Interlinked with these factors are gendered structural drivers of food insecurity, including deeply entrenched gender inequalities and harmful social norms. Gendered risks and impacts of food insecurity include alarming limitations on access to education, sexual and reproductive health rights, women’s agency and participation, and dramatic increases in different existing forms of GBV and the emergence of new ones. Recognition of such gendered dimensions of food insecurity and of the need for a multisectoral approach in the response is key to addressing the crisis, along-side sustained commitment and adequate allocation of resources. This policy brief draws out key findings from the OCHA discussion paper on this topic, which includes a desk review of studies, assessments and reports, and interviews with local women’s organizations on the front lines of the food insecurity crisis in communities across both regions. Below are the most pressing gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity (not in order of priority), as well as key gaps in the current humanitarian response to food insecurity, and recommendations to take forward. more

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Key considerations for on-site assessment of refugee transit points and accommodation centres in the EU/EEA in the context of the refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2022) C1

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West Africa Desert Locust Crisis Appeal (May–December 2020)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO; reliefweb (2020) C2

Recent forecasts by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have indicated a risk of locust invasion in West Africa from June 2020. From East Africa, some swarms could reach the eastern part of the Sahel and continue westwards from Chad to Mauritania. Surveillance and co... more

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Checklist for Assessing Emergency Response Capacity

World Health Organization, Western Pacific Office (2006)

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Statement of principles relating to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty n the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

Council of Europe; European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) (2020) C2

Available translations: Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian Go to the website: https://www.cö.int/en/web... more

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Pastoral care as a resource for development in the global healthcare context: Implications for Africa’s healthcare delivery system

Agbiji E., Agbiji O.M. AOSIS (2016) C1

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies ISSN: (Online) 2072-8050, (Print) 0259-9422

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Why urban health matters

World Health Organization WHO; 1000 Cities 1000 Lives (2010) C_WHO

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Technical Note on Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (2020) CC

This is the first version of the INEE technical guideline to support education during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a living document that will be regularly updated to meet the learning and well-being needs of children, adolescents, youth, teachers, caregivers and other education personnel affected b... more

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Human Cost of Disasters

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNDRR (2020) C1

he statistics in this report are from the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) which records disasters which have killed ten or more people; affected 100 or more people; resulted in a declared state of emergency; or a call f... more