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Baby-friendly hospital initiative : revised, updated and expanded for integrated care - Section 1: Background and Implementation

UNICEF, WHO, Wellstart International (2009)

The revised package of BFHI materials includes five sections: 1. Background and Implementation, 2. Strengthening and Sustaining the BFHI: A course for decision-makers, 3. Breastfeeding Promotion and Support in a Baby-friendly Hospital: a 20-hour course for maternity staff, 4. Hospital Self-Appraisal ... more

How your community can prevent the spread of COVID-19
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IFRC, UNICEF and WHO (2020) C_UNICEF

This document, produced by IFRC, UNICEF and WHO, suggests key actions on how people and communities can stay safe and slow down the spread of COVID-19, particularly for contexts where you might have been asked by your local authorities to maintain physical distance or stay home. Available in: Arabi ... more

Picking up the pieces: Liberia’s peacebuilding efforts post-Ebola

African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (2015)

Nepal: National HIV/AIDS Srategy 2011‐ 2016

Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (2011) C1

Nigeria: National HIV & AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey, 2012 (NARHS Plus)

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2013) C1

Protection interventions for older people in emergencies

Allaire, A. Help Age International (2015) CC

Kenya : National Policy Guidelines on Immunization 2013

James W. Macharia Ministry of Health Kenya (2014) CC

Zika virus and safety of substances of human origin – A guide for preparedness activities in Europe

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2016) CC

The objective of this document is to guide the preparation and implementation of national preparedness plans for the safety of substances of human origin during outbreaks of Zika virus infection, both in affected and non-affected areas.

Focused psychosocial interventions for children in low-resource humanitarian settings: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Purgato, M., Gross, A.L., Betancourt, T., et al Lancet Glob Health (2018) CC

Results from studies evaluating the effectiveness of focused psychosocial support interventions in children exposed to traumatic events in humanitarian settings in low-income and middle-income countries have been inconsistent, showing varying results by setting and subgroup (eg, age or gender). We a ... more

Action on the Social Determinants of Health: learning from previous experiences.

Irwin A, Scali E World Health Organization (2010) C_WHO

Social Determinants of Health Discussion Paper 1 (Debates). This paper was prepared for the launch of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) by its secretariat based at WHO in Geneva. It was discussed by the Commissioners and then revised considering their input.

UNICEF Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation Report (Cyclone Idai) 24 March 2019

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2019) CC

As of 21 March 2019, a total of 250,000 people are reported to be affected by the floods in nine districts. An estimated 48 per cent of the affected population is under 18 years of age. There is limited road access in the Chimanimani, the worst affected district. An estimated 60,000 children are ... more

Child and adolescent Mental health in europe: infrastructures, policy and programmes

F. Braddick; V. Carral; R. Jenkins; E. Jané-Llopis European Commission; Generalitat de Catalunya Department de Salud; Institute of Psychiatry; Kings College London; State Mental Health Center ; et al. (2009) C2

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Fast tracking the HIV response in the south-east Asia region

World Health Organization (Regional Office for South-East-Asia) (2016) C_WHO

Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: introduction

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

School health programmes have been demonstrated to be the most cost-effective way to influence health behaviours in young people. The purpose of this two-part handbook is to support schools as they seek to implement interventions aimed at reducing the main modifiable risk behaviours f ... more

Closing the SDG budget gap

Move Humanity (2018) CC

This report shows that increased domestic revenues can and will cover only part of the necessary SDG budget spending of the LIDCs. Achieving the SDGs in the LIDCs will also require increases of both Official Development Assistance (ODA) and Private Development Assistance (PDA) to reach aggregate lev ... more

Standards and recommendations for burns care in mass casualty incidents

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Caring for burns patients from the incident scene to definitive treatment can be a complex, resource-consuming process with the potential to overwhelm health system capacity.This document provides practical guidance for building capacity and capability for burns care from clinical, human resources a ... more

The BRAC Manoshi Approach

Tapash Roy, Lucy Marci, Rashed H. Chowdhury, Kaosar Afsana, Henry Perry (2014)

To Initiating a Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Project in Urban Slums with Social Mapping, Census Taking, and Community Engagement

Guidance for national strategic planning for tuberculosis

World Health Organization (2022) C_WHO

This guidance is intended for use in developing standalone TB strategic plans, or TB interventions as part of multidisease or health sector plans. It describes key considerations and steps for strategic planning for TB in line with the World Health Organization’s End TB strategy, and the proposed ... more

Gender Equality Promising Practices: Syrian Refugees in the Middle East and North Africa

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2017) C1

Integrating the response to mental disorders and other chronic diseases in health care systems

World Health Organization World Health Organization (2014) C_WHO