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Follow-up Mandona Guidelines for Practitioners 2016

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (2016) C_WHO

A field guide for accelerating and sustaining open defecation free communities through a Community-Led Total Sanitation approach Follow-up MANDONA (FUM) is an action-oriented approach for accelerating community-wide sanitation and hygiene behaviour change following the initial triggering session. D... more

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Overview of capacity building opportunities in “One Health”, internationally and with focus on Africa

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ (2022) CC2

An interdisciplinary approach to address global health challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, loss of biodiversity, human migration has been framed by the One Health approach. This approach is promoted at global level by the Tripartite of the World Health Organisation, the World A... more

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Africa’s Health Financing in a New Era

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (2025) CC

Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented financing crisis, driven by a sharp decline of 70% in Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2021 to 2025 and deep-rooted structural vulnerabilities. This collapse is placing immense pressure on Africa’s already fragile health systems as ODA ...is seen as the backbone of critical health programs: pandemic preparedness, maternal and child health services, disease control programs are all at risk, threatening Sustainable Development Goal 3 and Universal Health Coverage. Compounding this is Africa’s spiraling debt, with countries expected to service USD 81 billion by 2025—surpassing anticipated external financing inflows—further eroding fiscal space for health investments. Level of domestic resources is low. TThe Abuja Declaration of 2001, a pivotal commitment made by African Union (AU) member states, aimed to reverse this trend by pledging to allocate at least 15% of national budgets to the health sector. However, more than two decades later, only three countries—Rwanda, Botswana, and Cabo Verde—have consistently met or exceeded this target (WHO, 2023). In contrast, over 30 AU member states remain well below the 10% benchmark, with some allocating as little as 5–7% of their national budgets to health. In addition, only 16 (29%) of African countries currently have updated versions of National Health Development Plan (NHDP) supported by a National Health Financing Plan (NHFP). These two documents play a critical role in driving internal resource mobilisation. At the same time, public health emergencies are surging, rising 41%—from 152 in 2022 to 213 in 2024—exposing severe under-resourcing of health infrastructure and workforce. Recurring outbreaks (Mpox, Ebola, cholera, measles, Marburg…) alongside effects of climate change and humanitarian crises in Eastern DRC, the Sahel, and Sudan, are overwhelming systems stretched by chronic underfunding. The situation is worsened by Africa’s heavy dependency with over 90% of vaccines, medicines, and diagnostics being externally sourced—leaving countries vulnerable to global supply chain shocks. Health worker shortages persist, with only 2.3 professionals per 1,000 people (below the WHO’s recommended 4.45), and fewer than 30% of systems are digitized, undermining disease surveillance and early warning. Without decisive action, Africa CDC projects the continent could reverse two decades of health progress, face 2 to 4 million additional preventable deaths annually, and a heightened risk of a pandemic emerging from within. Furthermore, 39 million more Africans could be pushed into poverty by 2030 due to intertwined health and economic shocks. This is not just a sectoral crisis—it is an existential threat to Africa’s political, social, and economic resilience, and global stability. In response, African leaders, under Africa CDC’s stewardship, are advancing a comprehensive three-pillar strategy centered on domestic resource mobilization, innovative financing, and blended finance. more

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COVID-19 Impact: The seeds of a future hunger pandemic?

Action against hunger (2020) C1

Previous pandemics have demonstrated that more people could die from the indirect consequences of an outbreak than from the disease itself. As the fight against the pandemic is pushing millions into poverty and hunger, COVID-19 will likely be no different.

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Growth with Resilience - Opportunities in African Agriculture - Montpellier Panel Report

The Montpellier Panel Agriculture for Impact-Imperial College of London (2012)

- Resilient Markets - Resilient Agriculture - Resilient People - Political Leadership for Resilient Growth

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NAMIBIA Vulnerability Assessment Committee Results 2017

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2017) C2

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Yemen Nutrition Cluster Advocacy Strategy 2018-2020

UN Children's Fund, Nutrition Cluster (2018) C1

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Nurturing care practice guide: strengthening nurturing care through health and nutrition services

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This Guide responds to requests from practitioners and country teams who have learned about the Nurturing care framework and want to understand how to adapt health and nutrition services to be supportive of nurturing care and strengthen caregivers’ capacity.

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Climate change: A hunger crisis in the making - World

Action Against Hunger (2021) C2

English Analysis on World and 3 other countries about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Drought, Flood and more; published on 22 Oct 2021 by Action Against Hunger

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Continuing care during COVID-19: adopting lifesaving approaches to treat acute malnutrition

International Rescue Committee (2020) C2

The risk of increasing rates of acute malnutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the urgent need to adapt, and expand access to, acute malnutrition diagnosis and treatment services in humanitarian and fragile contexts.

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The Bitter Fruit of Socialism: Health Crisis in Venezuela

L.R. Huntoon, (2017) C2

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Antimicrobial resistance and primary health care

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Despite the considerable improvement in global health, millions of people still lack access to quality health services, including access to effective antimicrobial medicines, or are impoverished as a result of health spending. At the same time, antimicrobial resistance – a consequence of overuse a... more

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Kherson Rapid Assessment: Civilian protection needs & responses (November 2022)

Nonviolent Peaceforce (2022) C2

On November 9, the Russian military announced a full retreat of all their forces from the right bank of Dnipro River; by November 11, 41 settlements, including Kherson city, were de-occupied by Ukrainian forces. Civilians who live in these areas have endured months of combat and occupation. Services... more

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Disability And Climate Change

David Lewis and Kath Ballard Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2011)

Climate change is having the largest impact on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Within this group, 20% are people with disabilities, who are nearly always doubly disadvantaged.

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Nutrition Survey Report - Jajarkot District, Nepal

Sustainable Development Initiative Network (SUDIN) -Nepal (2008) C1

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Rohingya Refugee Response Gender Analysis: Recognizing and responding to gender inequalities

Toma, Iulia; Chowdhury, Mita; Laiju, Mushfika; Gora, Nina; Padamada, Nicola Oxfam, Action Against Hunger, Save the Children (2018) C1

This gender analysis was conducted to understand the different risks and vulnerabilities but also opportunities and skills for Rohingya and host community women, men, boys and girls. Data collection was conducted over three weeks from 8 April to 29 April 2018. The work aimed to identify the differen... more

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Critical Response and Funding Requirements - Response to the Water Crisis in Syria

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

In September 2021, the UN and its partners presented a response plan to mitigate the impact of the water crisis in northern and north-east Syria which requested US$200 million to assist up to 3.4 million of the over five million people estimated to be affected by the water crisis in northern Syria b... more

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Agriculture in Africa

NEPAD (2020) CC

Transformation and outlook

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Utilisation rationnelle des équipements de protection individuelle contre la COVID-19 et éléments à considérer en cas de grave pénurie : orientations provisoires, 23 décembre 2020
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

23 décembre 2020 Ce document résume les recommandations de l'OMS concernant l'utilisation rationnelle des équipements de protection individuelle (EPI) dans les établissements de soins de santé et les stratégies temporaires en cas de pénurie aiguë d'approvisionnement. Ce document contient ég... more

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Transforming Agriculture in Southern Africa

Sikora, R.A.; et al. Routledge (2020) CC

Constraints, Technologies, Policies and Processes

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