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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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Module: Other significant mental health complaints

WHO WHO (2015) C_WHO

Overview Learning objectives • Promote respect and dignity for people with other significant mental health complaints. • Know the common presentation of other significant mental health complaints. • Know the assessment principles of other significant mental health complaints. • Know the... more

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COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Outs in ASEAN & Asia – Live Updates by Country

Asean Briefing (2021) CC

It will be updated continuously. Details of COVID-19 availability in all ten ASEAN countries and another 30 Asian nations. Due to the developing situation in China and Asia concerning the Coronavirus, we will be operating this article as a running live update service to keep businesses involved in... more

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Guidelines for essential trauma care
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Mock, C et al World Health Organization (WHO) (2004) C_WHO

The Guidelines for essential trauma care seek to set achievable standards for trauma treatment services which could realistically be made available to almost every injured person in the world. They then seek to define the resources that would be necessary to assure such care. These include human res... more

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Health interventions for older people in emergencies

Fritsch, P. Help Age International; ECHO (2013) CC

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WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017-2021, Zambia

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2017) C_WHO

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Evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in Nepal

Alam K., Shah A.K., Ojah P., et al. Southern Med Review (2009) C1

Southern Med Review (2009)2;1:2-6

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WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

6 July 2021. The “WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update” is the latest document replacing the one issued in 2020. Three new nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) classes are endorsed by WHO and included in the... more

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Uso problemático de internet

J. Pei-Chen Chang; C.-C. Hung IACAPAP (2017) C2

Otros desórdenes Capítulo H.6 Editor: Laura Revert Marín, Matías Irarrázaval & Andres Martin Traducción: Silvia Rodriguez Portillo, Alfonso Pastor Romero y Paula Cox

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Same-day diagnosis of tuberculosis by microscopy

World Health Organization (2011) C_WHO

Policy statement.

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Pathways to Planetary Health - Symposium

Garrison Institute (2020) C1

2020 Symposium Report

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Primary ear and hearing care training resource (ADVANCED LEVEL)

World Health Organization (WHO) (2006) C_WHO

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Abortion care guideline

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The objective of this guideline is to present the complete set of all WHO recommendations and best practice statements relating to abortion. While legal, regulatory, policy and service-delivery contexts may vary from country to country, the recommendations and best practices described in this docume... more

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Availability, Affordability, Access, and Pricing of Anti-cancer Medicines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Literature

Ocran Mattila, P.; R. Ahmad, S.Shahzad Hasan, et al. (2021) C2

Front. Public Health, 30 April 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.628744

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Vector control and the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The main purpose of the meeting was to review tsetse control tools, activities and their contribution to the elimination of gHAT and the monitoring thereof. Seven endemic countries provided reports on recent and ongoing vector control interventions at the national level (Angola, Cameroon, Côte d’... more

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Introduction to the Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2013)

Sixth Edition

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Assessing the Quality of Care in Family Planning, Antenatal, and Sick Child Services at Health Facilities in Kenya, Namibia, and Senegal

Wang, W., Do, M., Hembling, J. & Ametepi, P. (2014) C1

DHS Analytical Studies No. 44 Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF International.

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Measuring the availability of human resources for health and its relationship to universal health coverage for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019
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GBD 2019 Human Resources for Health Collaborators The Lancet (2022) CC

A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Vol.399 Issue 10341 p.2129-2154 Human resources for health (HRH) include a range of occupations that aim to promote or improve human health. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the WHO Health Workforce 2030 s... more

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Core Indicators. Health Situation in the Americas, 2018

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); Organización Panamericana de la Salud (2019) C_WHO

For the 24th consecutive year, PAHO has published the report Health Situation in the Americas: Core Indicators featuring the latest information on key indicators for the Region of the Americas. This 2018 edition includes data on the 82 core indicators for the countries, territories, and sub regions ... more

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Outbreak Communication

World Health Organization (2005)

Best practices for communicating with the public during an outbreak

Guidelines for essential trauma care recommended

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update recommended

Measuring the availability of human resources for health and its relationship to universal health coverage for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019 recommended

Guidelines for essential trauma care
recommended

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update
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Measuring the availability of human resources for health and its relationship to universal health coverage for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019
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