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Resource considerations for investing in hand hygiene improvement in health care facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Investment in all the drivers and facilitators of hand hygiene action in health care to ensure that it occurs at the point of care and other critical moments requires a multidisciplinary, multifaceted approach. WHO describes such an approach as a “multimodal improvement strategy” (MMIS) which is ... more

The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security: 2021

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2021) C2

The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security: 2021 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Surgical care systems strengthening: developing national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plans

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Os impactos sociais da Covid-19 no Brasil: populações vulnerabilizadas e respostas à pandemia

Gustavo Corrêa, G.; M.Sergio, R.E. Paiva Souto and J.Segata Série Informação para ação na Covid-19 | Fiocruz (2021) CC

The social impacts of Covid-19 in Brazil: vulnerable populations and responses to the pandemic Passados os primeiros meses da pandemia do novo coronavírus no Brasil, o Observatório Covid-19 Fiocruz, em parceria com a Editora Fiocruz e com o apoio da Rede SciELO Livros, traz para o público leitor ... more

Guide to community engagement in WASH
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Niederberger, E.; S. Ferron and M. O'Reilly Oxfam (2016) C1

A practioner's guide, based on lessons from Ebola. This guide is a compilation of best practices and key lessons learned through Oxfam’s experience of community engagement during the 2014–15 Ebola response in Sierra Leone and Liberia. It aims to inform public health practitioners and programme ... more

Local anesthetics used for spinal anesthesia

Moss, D. (2018) C1

Lecture 9 Developing countries regional anesthesia lecture series

Recommendacónes para o manejo da coinfeccáo TB-HIV em servicos de actencáo especializada a pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS

Ministério da saúde; TB HIV; Junitos pelo fin da Tuberculose (2013) C2

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of Human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (A/HRC/41/18)

UN Human Rights Council (2019) C1

(Advance unedited version)

Analysing the response of a Teacher Training Institution to HIV and AIDS: A case study from Zambia

Lucinda Ramos UNESCO (2007) CC

Subsídio de Primeira Infância

UNICEF (2016)

O Subsídio de Primeira Infância (SPI) é uma transferência monetária incondicional, dirigida a crianças até aos 2 anos de idade que vivam em agregados familiares pobres ou vulneráveis, com o objectivo de promover a redução da desnutrição crónica e de melhorar o acesso das crianças aos s ... more

OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and girls are disproportionately affected and shoulder t ... he consequences of protracted neglect, with unconscionable impacts on their safety, life chances and agency. Gaining a holistic view of the gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is difficult. This is due to a lack of data and prioritization, and the large geographical and socioeconomic terrain covered by both regions. However, what we do know about this crisis is more than enough to urgently address the needs of women and girls. An OCHA discussion paper on this topic (which will be published imminently, and from which this policy brief is drawn) found that there is: A strong risk of profound regression in gender equality gains made to date in the countries of concern, including on education, sexual and reproductive health, and the economic independence of women and girls (with knock-on effects on broader humanitarian and development outcomes). An increasing challenge to reverse what must be recognized as a protracted and growing gender-based violence (GBV) emergency in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is protracted, multidimensional and highly gendered, with spiralling impacts on gender equality and food security outcomes. It is driven by interwoven and overlapping factors, including climate change, political instability, conflict, socioeconomic conditions, migration and displacement and, more recently, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Interlinked with these factors are gendered structural drivers of food insecurity, including deeply entrenched gender inequalities and harmful social norms. Gendered risks and impacts of food insecurity include alarming limitations on access to education, sexual and reproductive health rights, women’s agency and participation, and dramatic increases in different existing forms of GBV and the emergence of new ones. Recognition of such gendered dimensions of food insecurity and of the need for a multisectoral approach in the response is key to addressing the crisis, along-side sustained commitment and adequate allocation of resources. This policy brief draws out key findings from the OCHA discussion paper on this topic, which includes a desk review of studies, assessments and reports, and interviews with local women’s organizations on the front lines of the food insecurity crisis in communities across both regions. Below are the most pressing gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity (not in order of priority), as well as key gaps in the current humanitarian response to food insecurity, and recommendations to take forward. more

Sierra Leone: Facility Improvement Team (FIT) Assessment Report, November 2015

Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone, Reproductive and Child Health Directorate (2015) C1

Physiologic Effects of Neuraxial Blockade - Handout

International federation of nurse anesthetics (2014)

Handout presentations in PDF for illustrating lectures Accessed May 2014

Compendium of forgotten foods in Africa: A companion publication for Integrating Africa’s forgotten foods for better nutrition
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2024) CC

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has launched a new Compendium of forgotten foods in Africa which is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive collection of 100 African forgotten food crops. Also referred to as neglected, underutilized or orphan crops, these species offer valua ... more

Survey of the Quality of Selected Antimalarial Medicines Circulating in Six Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Health Organization WHO (2011) C_WHO

The survey aimed at evaluating the quality of selected antimalarials in six countries of sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and the United Republic of Tanzania). These countries have been supported by WHO to strengthen their regulatory controls o ... more

Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni, soil-transmitted helminths and intestinal protozoa in orphans and street children in Mwanza city, Northern Tanzania

Franz, A.; A. Fuss, H.D. Mazigo, (2023) CC

Infection 2023 Oct;51(5):1399-1406. doi: 10.1007/s15010-023-01999-9. Epub 2023 Feb 20. The results indicate a significantly higher rate of infections with S. mansoni in street children compared with orphans. This might be explained by the lack of access to adequate sanitation for street children ... more

Neuraxial Blockade and Anticoagulation - Handout

International federation of nurse anesthetics (2014)

Handout presentations in PDF for illustrating lectures Accessed May 2014

Syrian Public Health after COVID-19: Entry Points and Lessons Learned from the Pan

Center for Operational Analysis and Research COAR (2021) CC

March 2021

Nigeria Quality of Care: Technical Report June 2015

National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Abuja Nigeria (2015) C1

Guía técnica de salud mental en situaciones de desastres y emergencias

World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization (2016) C_WHO