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In Control: A Practical Handbook for Professionals Working in Health Emergencies Internationally RKI

Robert Koch Institut RKI (2023) CC

The greatest risk to persons engaging in international medical emergency response is poor preparation. The In Control handbook hopes to provide a remedy. At the time of writing, we are living through the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a health emergency that disregards physical borders, brin...gs into focus social inequalities and affects people on every continent. This shared challenge requires unprecedented measures and the collaboration of the brightest minds to support global health protection through this crisis and beyond. Healthcare infrastructures have to be strengthened, public health capacities and processes upgraded, medical countermeasures and vaccinations found and psychosocial side-effects treated. Solidarity is the normative order of the day and the human species has to collaborate to face this invisible threat. Hiding and living in fear is not an option in this interconnected world. We have both a responsibility and an opportunity to make substantial contributions to a safer, healthier and more sustainable future for us all. The existence of this handbook is an impressive example of solidarity. Over 50 authors from more than 15 institutes and organisations have come together voluntarily within a very short time to make their expertise available and enable cross-sectoral thinking. Knowledge is bundled, resources are combined, information gaps are filled. The In Control handbook is not a theoretical treatise of possible dangers, but a collection of subject-matter expertise, written by experts and practitioners who have shaped health topics over the past 20 years in the most diverse corners of the world. The Centre for International Health Protection at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is collaborating with its partners and investing heavily in the build-up of operational know-how and capacity to support health crisis response abroad. This is done by preparing and enabling professionals to deploy safely across the world to assist those in need. In Control addresses the multi-faceted challenges of an international deployment. Readers will find not only technical medical information, but also insights into, for example, the fragility of our environment, the cultural differences that influence risk communication or the dilemmas arising from social distancing. Legal principles are highlighted, along with ethical guidance to ensure that our actions and decisions correspond to the highest moral standards. more

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National Nutrition Policy for Ghana

Ministry of Health, Ghana (2013) C1

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Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan 2021 (March 2021)
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2021) C1

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Flash Appeal for COVID-19 Mozambique, May - December 2020

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2020) CC

The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Mozambique on 22 March 2020. As of 26 May, Mozambique had 194 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 168 were locally transmitted. The country’s capital, Maputo, and the province of Cabo Delgado are currently the epicentres of the outbreak in Mozambique, w... more

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Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2014

Ministry of Health and Sanitaton Sierra Leone and UNICEF Sierra Leone (2014)

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National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS Myanmar 2016-2020

Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports (2017) C1

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar’s National Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS 2016–2020 is the strategic guide for the country’s response to HIV at national, state/regional and local levels. The framework describes the current dynamics of the HIV epidemic and articulates a strategy to optimize in... more

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Kenya | Hunger Crisis 2021-2022 - Appeal No: MDRKE049 - Operational Strategy (18 July 2021 to 31 July 2023)

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2022) CC

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Mozambique: Tropical Cyclone Idai - Emergency Appeal n° MDRMZ014

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2019) C1

The disaster and Red Cross Red Crescent response to date 9 March 2019: Tropical Cyclone Idai forms over Northern Mozambique Channel. CVM preparedness and early warning actions underway 13 March 2019: IFRC Surge Capacity is deployed to Maputo 14 March 2019: 342,562 Swiss francs allocated from th... more

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Nepal: Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS), 2014

Ministry of Agricultural Development (2014) C1

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Nigeria: National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition 2014-2019

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2014) C1

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Achieving Regional Integration: The key to success for the fight against hunger in West Africa

Frederic Mousseau ACF International Network and the Oakland Institute (2011)

Zero Hunger Phase 3

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Liberia Multi-sector Assessement

ACAPS; ENAP Ebola Needs Analaysis Project (2015)

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Evaluation of Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)

Sheila Reed, Camille Eric Kouam, Krishna Belbase et al. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Evaluation Office (2013)

This evaluation is the first systematic effort by UNICEF to generate evidence on how well its global as well as country level Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) strategies have worked, including their acceptance and ownership in various contexts and appropriateness of investments in c... more

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Guidelines for Implementing Interagency Health and Nutrition Evaluations in Humanitarian Crises

Interagency Health and Nutrition Evaluations in Humanitarian Crises (IHE) Initiative UNHCR (2007)

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Be a Better Donor: Practical Recommendations for Humanitarian Aid

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; UNICEF; OCHA; OXFAM; et al. (2009) C_WHO

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Report on the RIASCO Action Plan for the El Niño-induced drought in Southern Africa 2016/2017

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Regional Interagency Standing Committee, Southern Africa (2017) C1

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Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2008

Ministry of Health & Sanitation, Sierra Leone; ICF Macro (2009) C1

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Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2013 - Preliminary Report Without Results of HIV Prevalence

Statistics Sierra Leone, ICF International, et al. (2014) C_WHO

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Philippines: Consolidated Needs Assessment Report Revision Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) (24 Jan 2022)

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2022) CC

Eight years after Super Typhoon Haiyan, the most destructive storm to ever hit the Philippines, Super Typhoon Rai brought similar torrential rains, violent winds, mudslides, floods and storm surges to central parts of the Philippines, leaving a wide path of destruction and debris in its wake. While ... more

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Satellite Imagery Interpretation Guide : Displaced Population Camps

Isaac L. Baker, Brittany L. Card, Nathaniel A. Raymond Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (2012)

Camps is intended to help address the absence of public and standardized training resources for those seeking to use high resolution satellite imagery in support of refugee/IDP assistance operations. Students, general audiences, and volunteers studying and analyzing satellite imagery of displaced po... more

Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan 2021 (March 2021) recommended

Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan 2021 (March 2021)
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