the aid library

Medical Isolation Facilities in Outbreak Responses
recommended

Oxfam (2018) C1

This technical briefing paper details the construction and setup of medical isolation facilities in support of infectious disease outbreak responses.

Promotion des mutuelles de santé à base communautaire et couverture du risque maladie dans le secteur informel au Cameroun : Enjeux et défis

Nkoa, F.C.; P. O. Zogo2 (2013) C1

Résumé. Malgré les efforts de promotion des mutuelles de santé depuis une décennie et l’existence d’une vingtaine de compagnies privées proposant des polices d’assurance maladie, moins de 1% de la population camerounaise bénéficie d’une couverture maladie. Les facteurs sous jacents ... more

Assessment of Impact of Harm Reduction Interventions among People who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Dhaka City

National AIDSSTD Program, Directorate General of Health Services; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Bangladesh (2014) C1

The Impact of Climate Change on Health: Reducing Risks and Increasing Resilience in the Era of COVID-19

Machalaba; C.; Bouley, T. A.; Nunziata, K. R.; et al. (2021) C1

The climate crisis has many consequences – among them widespread health impacts that will lead to immense societal, ecological, and economic harm. Over the past two decades multiple large-scale reviews on climate change and health have made clear the need for a multi-sectoral approach to target t ... more

Beat the heat: Child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2024) CC

Beat the heat: child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia finds that half of these children died from heat-related illnesses in their first year of life. Most children died during the summer months. "Around half of children across Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million children – ... are already exposed to frequent heatwaves in a region where temperatures are rising at the fastest rate globally. The increasingly high temperatures can have serious health complications for children, especially the youngest children, even in a short space of time. Without care, these complications can be life-threatening,” said Regina De Dominicis UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. Heat exposure has acute effects on children, even before they are born, and can result in pre-term births, low birth weight, stillbirth, and congenital anomalies. Heat stress is a direct cause of infant mortality, can affect infant growth and cause a range of paediatric diseases. The report also notes that extreme heat caused the loss of more than 32,000 years of healthy life among children and teenagers in the region. As the temperatures continue to rise, UNICEF urges governments across Europe and Central Asia to: - Integrate strategies to reduce the impact of heatwaves including through National Determined Contributions (NDC), National Adaptation Plans (NAP), and disaster risk reduction and disaster management policies with children at the centre of these plans Invest in heat health action plans and primary health care to more adequately support heat-related illness among children - Invest in early warning systems, including heat alert systems - Adapt education facilities to reduce the temperatures in the areas children play in and equip teachers with skills to respond to heat stress - Adapt urban design and infrastructure including ensuring buildings, particularly those housing the most vulnerable communities are equipped to minimize heat exposure - Secure the provision of safe water, particularly in countries with deteriorating water quality and availability. UNICEF works with governments, partners and communities across the region to build resilience against heatwaves. This includes equipping teachers, community health workers and families with the skills and knowledge to respond to heat stress. more

Estratégia de Comunicação e Advocacia para o Subsistema de Segurança Social Básica 2018 – 2024
recommended

Government of the Republic of Mozambique (2018) C1

Living Conditions among People with Activity Limitations in Zambia: A National Representative Study.

Arne H Eide & ME Loeb SINTEF Health Research (2006) C1

This research report provides results from the study on living conditions among people with disabilities in Zambia. Comparisons are made between individuals with and without disabilities and also between households with and without a disabled family member. Results obtained in Zambia are also compar ... more

South African Human Rights Commision (SAHRC) - Equality Report 2012

SAHRC (2011) CC

Glaube in Aktion. Wie religiöse Organisationen den demografischen Wandel in Westafrika voranbringen

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (2022) CC

In Westafrika wird die Bevölkerung in den nächsten Jahrzehnten noch stark wachsen. Bis 2050 dürfte sich die Einwohnerzahl der 16 Staaten von heute 402 auf rund 797 Millionen Menschen nahezu verdoppeln. Der Grund dafür sind vor allem hohe Geburtenraten: Frauen bekommen zwischen Mauretanien und ... more

A UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19

United Nations (2020) C2

The “United Nations Framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19: Shared responsibility, global solidarity and urgent action for people in need” calls for protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods to set in motion a safe recovery of societies and economies as soon as possibl ... more

Tracking progress on health and climate change in Europe

Romanello M., van Daalen K., et al. (2021) C2

Left unabated, climate change will have catastrophic effects on the health of present and future generations. Such effects are already seen in Europe, through more frequent and severe extreme weather events, alterations to water and food systems, and changes in the environmental suitability for infe ... more

FINANCIAMENTO DOS SISTEMAS DE SAÚDE O caminho para a cobertura universal

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2010) C_WHO

Promoting and protecting health is essential to human welfare and sustained economic and social development. This was recognized more than 30 years ago by the Alma-Ata Declaration signatories, who noted that Health for All would contribute both to a better quality of life and also to global peace a ... more

Myanmar Country Strategic Plan (2018–2022)

World Food Programme (WFP) (2017) C1

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is at a historic moment, with a new civilian government assuming power in 2016. The country graduated to lower-middle-income status in 2015, and has made significant progress in reducing poverty, improving food security and addressing malnutrition.
The remai ... more

The Kenya HIV Testing Services Guidelines, 3rd ed.

Ministry of Health [Kenya], National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP) (2015) C1

Nigeria: National Guidelines for HIV Counselling and Testing

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2011) C1

Zambia National Health Strategic Plan 2017-2021
recommended

Ministry of Health, Zambia (2017) C1

The cost of inaction on health equity and its social determinants

Yerramilli P., Chopra M., Rasanathan K. BMJ Global Health (2024) CC

Rising levels of inflation, debt and macrofiscal tightening are putting expenditures on the social sectors including health under immense scrutiny. Already, there are worrying signs of reductions in social sector investments. However, even before the pandemic, evidence showed the significant returns ... more

Cultural Issues in Mental Health

Don Gorman and Wendy Cross (2011) C2

In: Mental health nursing: dimensions of praxis. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 427-442. ISBN 9780195566963 This chapter introduces you to the importance of culturally based health and well-being and to health care delivered by mental health nurses. There is a need for mental h ... more