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Information and Communications Technology Response to the Liberia Ebola Crisis

USAID; Net Hope; GBI (2014)

Desk Review and Recommendations for Private Sector Engagement

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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

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Health interventions for older people in emergencies

Fritsch, P. Help Age International; ECHO (2013) CC

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Invisible Wounds. The impact of six years of war on the mental health of Syria’s children

Save the Children (2017) C1

“The children are psychologically crushed and tired. When we do activities like singing with them, they don’t respond at all. They don’t laugh like they would normally. They draw images of children being butchered in the war, or tanks, or the siege and the lack of food.” Teacher in the... more

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Human Health: Impacts,Adaptation, and Co-Benefits

Smith, K.R., A. Woodward, D. Campbell-Lendrum, D.D. , et al. (2014) CC

In Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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Comparison of sensitivity and specificity of three diagnostic tests to detect Schistosoma mansoni infections in school children in Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Fuss, A.; H.D. Mazigo; D. Tappe, C.Kasang, A. Mueller (2018) CC

PLoS ONE 13(8): e0202499. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202499 This was a school-based cross-sectional study conducted in 2015 among 305 school children aged 7–16 years from two primary schools located in Ilemela and Magu Districts, north-western Tanzania. Single stool and urine samples w... more

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Persistent Global Acute Malnutrition

Young, H., Marshak, A. Feinstein International Center (2017) C3

A discussion paper on the scope of the problem, its drivers, and strategies for moving forward for policy, practice, and research In many protracted emergencies, the prevalence rates of global acute malnutrition (GAM) regularly exceed the emergency threshold of > 15% of children with acute malnutri... more

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Caregiving and Experiences of Health, Illness and Coping in the Context of Paediatric and Adolescent HIV and Poverty

A. G. Lentoor Web of Science; INTECH (2018) C2

We are IntechOpen, the world’s leading publisher of Open Access books Built by scientists, for scientists Selection of our books indexed in the Book Citation Index in Web of ScienceTM Core Collection (BKCI) http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.68759

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Health Impact of European Refugee Policies

Schwienhorst, E.M.; K. Boegel; N. Isberner Medical Peace Work (2015) C1

This is one of seven Medical Peace Work cases.

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The Cost of Security Risk Management for NGOs

Finucane, C.; European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2013) C2

The Cost of Security Risk Management for NGOs explores the costs related to safety and security management for aid programmes. It aims to assist all aid practitioners to determine their risk management expenditure more accurately, and demonstrate an evidence-based approach when presenting this infor... more

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Informe mundial sobre la discapacidad

World Health Organization (WHO) & The World Bank (WB) (2011) C_WHO

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Five actions for disability-inclusive disaster risk management

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) (2018)

A recent survey of the literature and experience identified five broad actions that development institutions and governments, as well as their partners and stakeholders, can take to improve disability-inclusive disaster risk management. Those five actions are:
- Include persons with disabilitie... more

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War child: "I´ve moved, my rights haven't" (Towards a global action plan for children forced to flee)
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War Child War Child (2016) C1

We live in a world in which 28 million children have been driven from their homes as a result of conflict, persecution and insecurity¹. If current trends continue, more than 63 million children could be forced to flee by 2025², of which over 25 million will cross borders and become refugees. At... more

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Population size estimate of people who inject drugs (PWID) in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Ganina L.Yu; Yelizaryeva A. V.; Saparbekov M. K.; et al. Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Republican Center for AIDS Prevention and Control (2016) C2

Report Almaty, 2016 Authors: Ganina L.Yu., head of epidemiology department, Republican AIDS Center (RAC), Yelizaryeva A. V., epidemiologist, RAC, Kaspirova А. А., head of epidemiology department, Aktobe Oblast AIDS center, IvakinV.Yu., deputy regional director for strategic information, ICA... more

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Survival of HIV patients with tuberculosis started on simultaneous or deferred HAART in the THRio cohort, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

V. Saracenia; B. Durovnia; S. C. Cavalcante Elsevier; The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases; Science Direct (2014) C2

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Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC (2019) C1

Guidelines. The guidelines set out essential actions that humanitarian actors must take in order to effectively identify and respond to the needs and rights of persons with disabilities who are most at risk of being left behind in humanitarian settings. The recommended actions in each chapter pl... more

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Menstrual Hygiene Management
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Save the Children (2018) C2

Operational Guidelines. Guidelines for the development of educational programmes for MHM, including tips on the topics to address and methods to assess girls’ practices in a respectful way with practical tools

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Brazil's health system functionality amidst of the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of resilience

Bigoni, A.; et al. (2022) C2

The Lancet Regional health Americas, vol.10 (2022) June 1, March 04, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100222

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Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2022

Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development United Nations (UN) (2022) CC

The 2022 Financing for Sustainable Development Report identifies a “great finance divide” as a main driver of the divergent recovery. Developed countries were able to borrow record sums at ultra-low interest rates to support their people and economies, but the pandemic response and investment in... more

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A Systematic Review of Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (EOC)

Nunn, Marc Word Health Organization (2014)

A public health emergency operations centre (EOC) is a central location for coordinating operational information and resources for strategic management of pugencies and events. EOCs provide communication and information tools and services blic health emer- and a management system during a response ... more

War child: "I´ve moved, my rights haven't" (Towards a global action plan for children forced to flee) recommended

Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action recommended

Menstrual Hygiene Management recommended

War child: "I´ve moved, my rights haven't" (Towards a global action plan for children forced to flee)
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Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action
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Menstrual Hygiene Management
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