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Strategy for a globally coordinated response to a priority neglected tropical disease: Snakebite envenoming

Williams, D.; Faiz, M.; Abela-Ridder, B. PLoS Neglected Tropical diseases (2019) CC

In one of his final essays, statesman and former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan said, ‘Snakebite is the most important tropical disease you’ve never heard of’. Mr. Annan firmly believed that victims of snakebite envenoming should be recognised and afforded greater efforts at impro ... more

Longlist of knowledge gaps in Planetary health

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2023) C2

The longlist of knowledge gaps is based on existing research agendas published in 2015 or later and expert input from reviewers of the first draft of the longlist. It only includes knowledge gaps focussing on a better understanding of the relationship between global environmental change and human h ... more

Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) - Administrator’s Report on Financial Status as of March 20, 2019

Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) (2019) CC

Administrator’s Report on Financial Status as of March 20, 2019 of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF): Total donor indicated and actual (paid-in) contributions for the core ARTF for FY1398 amount to US$351.94 million, of which US$240.47 million (68%) are without preference and US$111 ... more

Financing Global Health 2015: Development assistance steady on the path to new Global Goals

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (2016) CC

Financing Global Health 2015 is the seventh edition of IHME’s annual series on global health financing. This report captures trends in development assistance for health (DAH) and government health expenditure as source (GHE-S) in low- and middle-income countries. Annually updated GHE-S and DAH est ... more

Tracking Japan’s development assistance for health, 2012–2016

Nomura, S.; H. Sakamoto; M. K. Sugai et al. Globalization and Health (2020) CC

: Development assistance for health (DAH) is one of the most important means for Japan to promote diplomacy with developing countries and contribute to the international community. This study, for the first time, estimated the gross disbursement of Japan’s DAH from 2012 to 2016 and clarified its ... more

Nepal: National Antimicrobial Resistance Containment Action Plan 2016

Department of Health Services Ministry of Health Nepal (2016) C2

Antibiotics have been a critical public health tool since the discovery of Penicillin in 1928, saving the lives of millions of people around the world. In developing country like ours, where the burden of treatable disease is very high and access to health facilities and laboratories is difficult, a ... more

Primary Health Care Network Guidelines

Kenya Ministry of Health (2021) C1

Consolidated Humanitarian Health Guidelines

ECHO EU (2014)

These Guidelines comprise a General Guidelines document that provides the basic parameters of DG ECHO humanitarian health assistance, complemented by specific Technical Guidance in annex.

A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (2010) CC

Compendium of accessible WASH technologies

Hazel Jones and Jane Wilbur Water Aid (2014) CC

The compendium is designed for use by staff working directly with communities - e.g. health workers and community volunteers working with disabled and older people and their families in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. A few examples of technologies are presented that families can adapt to suit t ... more

Paper commissioned for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2015, Education for All 2000-2015: achievements and challenges

Nidhi Singal (2015) C2

Education of children with disabilities in India and Pakistan: An analysis of developments since 2000 | Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2015 | Education for All 2000-2015: achievements and challenges

Social Science in Humanitarian Action Key considerations: Ebola preparedness and readiness in Goma, DRC

Peyton, D.; I. Gercama and J. Bedford Social Science in Humanitarian Action: A Communication for Development Platform (2019) C1

This brief summarises key considerations about the social, political and economic context of Goma in relation to the outbreak of Ebola in the DRC as of March 2019. Goma is the administrative capital of North Kivu province and a major urban centre in the Great Lakes Region. The city is home to an est ... more

Intergrating Microfinace and Community Health Interventions: A Narrative Review of Evidences from India

Sheila Leatherman, Somen Saha, Marcia Metcalfe, Dileep Mavalankar (2014)

Ebola, the Road to Zero Cases and Recovery - Key recommendations from organisations working in West Africa
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Catholic Relief Services, CARE, Action Contre la Faim, et al. (2015)

Situational Brief: Palestinian Refugees in the occupied Palestine Territories during Covid-19

Kaloti R., R. Kafri, H. Meghari (2020) CC

As of 12June 2020, there are 667confirmed COVID-19 casesin the OPT (565 of which are recovered cases), and 48% of which (320 cases) are in East Jerusalem and its suburbs. Additionally, there have been 5 reported COVID-19 deaths (1 in the West Bank, 1 in Gaza and 3 in East Jerusalem)

The Impact of Maternal Education on Child Nutrition: Evidence from Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe

Makoka, Donald ICF International (2013) C2

DHS Working Papers No. 84

Official development assistance for health—how neglected are neglected tropical diseases? An analysis of health financing

Liese B; Schubert L. Science Direct (2009) CC

The increasing amounts of official development assistance (ODA) for health have been aimed primarily at fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Neglected tropical diseases (NTD), one of the most serious public health burdens among the most deprived communities, have only recently drawn the atte ... more

Handbook for Disaster Recovery Practioners

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project (2015)

The ‘Toolkit’ is targeted at practitioners responsible for implementing recovery programmes, their objective to provide a ‘how to’ guide on development, implementing and managing complex post-disaster recovery programmes. Disaster Recovery Toolkit

Antibiotic resistance: using a cultural contexts of health approach to address a global health challenge

Ledingham, K. World Health Organization Europe (2020) C_WHO

This policy brief has been developed in response to the contemporary challenge of antibiotic resistance (‎ABR)‎. ABR poses a formidable threat to global health and sustainable development. It is now increasingly recognized that the systematic neglect of cultural factors is one of the biggest obs ... more