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Nutrition training manual for health and agriculture workers at community level in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), International Potato Center (CIP)and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (2016) C1

Nutrition training of health and agriculture workers can help to reduce child undernutrition. Specifically, trained health extension workers cancontribute through frequent nutrition counselling of caregivers. Evidence from systematic reviews has showed that providing nutrition training targeting hea ... more

National Health Policy: Health lives for all. Revised Edition, January 2020

Ministry of Health Ghana (2020) CC

This National Health Policy has 5 objectives, namely i. To strengthen the healthcare delivery system to be resilient ii. To encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyles iii. To improve the physical environment iv. To improve the socio-economic status of the population v. To ensure sustainable f ... more

Malawi: National COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Strategy Plan (July 2021 - June 2022)

Government of Malawi (2021) CC

This new plan has been developed to build on successes made and lessons learnt from implementation of the two initial plans and to provide a short to medium term strategic anchor against which preparedness and response plans to the corona virus disease COVID-19 epidemic in the country should focus o ... more

Thematic study on the right of persons with disabilities to education

Human Rights Council United Nations (2013) C2

Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | The present study focuses on inclusive education as a means to realize the universal right to education, including for persons with disabilities. It analyses the relevant provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Per ... more

Asthma in South African adolescents: a time trend and risk factor analysis over two decades

Baard, C.B.; Franckling-Smith, Z.; Munro, J. et al. ERJ Open Research (2021) CC

The article "Asthma in South African adolescents: a time trend and risk factor analysis over two decades" investigates the prevalence and risk factors for asthma in Cape Town adolescents from 2002 to 2017. The study finds that while the overall prevalence of asthma remained similar, the severity of ... more

A Year in Focus, WHO Sierra Leone: Annual Report 2015

World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

Cost of exclusion from healthcare - The case of migrants in an irregular situation

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2015) C1

This report aims to estimate the economic cost of providing regular access to healthcare for migrants in an irregular situation, compared with the cost of providing treatment in emergency cases only. Two specific medical conditions – hypertension and prenatal care – were selected as examples, an ... more

Refugee Health
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Médecins sans Frontières (1997) C3

An approach to emergency situations. Relief workers face rapidly changing and complex environments, new disease patterns, enormous humanitarian needs and relatively limited resources. The authors of this book use their experience in the area to produce an operational manual of the issues involved in ... more

The State Of The World’S Children 2013: Executive Summary - Children with Disabilities

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2013)

The State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities examines the barriers – from inaccessible buildings to dismissive attitudes, from invisibility in official statistics to vicious discrimination – that deprive children with disabilities of their rights and keep them from partic ... more

Harsh punishment - The Human Toll of Georgia’s Abusive Drug Policies

G. Gogia Human Rights Watch (2018) C2

An Independent Review of World Bank Support for Capacity Building in Africa: The Case of Benin

Corporate Evaluation and Methods Operations Evaluation Department World Bank (2005) C2

Relevance and effectiveness of World Bank support for public sector capacity building in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1995 to 2004. Benin is part of a six country case study.

Zeroing in on Ending Hunger: Perspectives on the challenges, priorities, and critical next steps

Action against Hunger (2022) CC

English Analysis on World about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Epidemic and more; published on 01 Feb 2022 by Action Against Hunger

Effective communication strategies and practices for dengue and other arboviral diseases: Systematic review

World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Health communication has proven to play a crucial role in addressing diseases such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya, for which there are no definitive or easily accessible vaccines. In this context, this discipline becomes a fundamental tool to promote the change behavior and promote preventive pract ... more

Improving paediatric TB care in Tajikistan

Medécins sans Frontières MSF; Minsitry of Health (2013) C1

Generic risk assessment model for insecticides used for larviciding and mollusciciding

World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

2nd edition. The purpose of this document is to provide a generic model that can be used for risk assessment of larviciding and mollusciciding; it aims to harmonize the risk assessment of such pesticides for public health use. The assessment considers both adults and children (all age groups) as we ... more

Multi-sector Nutrition Plan for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal and Child Under-nutrition 2013-2017

Government of Nepal, National Planning Commission (2012) C1

2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction. English

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2009) C1

The English terminology, and its translations into Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish, are available on the UNISDR website at: www.unisdr.org/publications and on PreventionWeb at: www.preventionweb.net

Guidelines to reduce stigma Guide 4: Counselling to reduce stigma

ILEP International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (2011)

Opportunities to Improve Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health in India through Smartphones and 3G Connectivity Solutions

mPowering Frontline Health Workers partnership, United Nations Foundation, Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ (2014) C1