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COVID-19 and the Displaced:Addressing the Threat of the Novel Coronavirus in Humanitarian Emergencies

Refugees International (2020) C1

Novel coronavirus will disproportionately impact world’s 70 million displaced people Report recommends stopping asylum seeker deportations, prioritising hygiene and refugee camp decongestion, better communication Displaced people must be included in prevention, mitigation efforts - for s ... more

Discrimination and Barriers Facing Women and Girls with Disabilities in Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch (2020) C2

Afghanistan has one of the largest populations per capita of persons with disabilities in the world. At least one in five Afghan households includes an adult or child with a serious physical, sensory, intellectual, or psychosocial disability. More than 40 years of war have left more than one million ... more

Technical Note on Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (2020) CC

This is the first version of the INEE technical guideline to support education during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a living document that will be regularly updated to meet the learning and well-being needs of children, adolescents, youth, teachers, caregivers and other education personnel affected b ... more

Advocacy Messages for Child Protection Actors: Prioritizing Child Protection in COVID-19 Response Plans

UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

These advocacy messages complement the Technical Note on the Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic, for child protection actors to prioritize child protection in COVID-19 response plans.

Cordaid, Social Entrepreneurship and Catholic Social Thought

Grotenhuis, R. Cordaid (2015) C1

Strategic Advice

Guidance on Environmental decontamination in the context of COVID-19

Africa CDC (2020) C1

his guidance details basic decontamination principles and procedures that should be followed to decontaminate the physical environment in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surface contamination and transmission risk all differ by the type of setting and the volume of p ... more

Antigen-detection in the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Interim guidance, 6 October 2021 Direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins (antigens) in nasal swabs and other respiratory secretions using lateral flow immunoassays (also known as rapid diagnostic tests, RDTs) offers a faster and less expensive method to test for SARS-CoV-2 than the reference ... more

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in DRC

Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) (2021) CC

This report describes findings from a telephone survey with 1,316 people conducted in February 2021. The survey examined how people respond to public health and social measures (PHSMs) to prevent COVID-19. The sample is representative of households with access to a landline or cell phone, but does n ... more

Combating Desertification in Kenya: Emerging Lessons from Empowering Local Communities

UNSP (2013) C1

The Arid and Semi-Arid lands (ASAL) constitute about 80% (467,200 sq. km) of Kenya’s total land mass and is grouped into geographical zones including the Savannah covering most of the North- eastern and South-eastern parts, the Coastal region, the North Rift Valley, the Highlands and the Lake Vict ... more

WFP Myanmar Country Brief January 2020

WFP UNHCR (2020) C1

Myanmar continues to present a complex and dynamic operating context where ongoing socio-economic and political challenges, including conflict, displacement, widespread poverty and food insecurity, hinder development efforts. An estimated 24.8 percent of its 54 million population live near or below ... more

Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (‎COVID-19)‎: a living guideline, 9 October 2023

World Health Organization WHO (2023) CC

The Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a living guideline consolidates technical guidance developed and published during the COVID-19 pandemic into evidence-informed recommendations for infection prevention and control (IPC). This living guideline ... more

Kenya: Transforming Health: Accelerating Attainment of Universal Health Coverage

Kenya Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan (KNSSP) (2014) C1

Community-based care of Ebola virus disease in west Africa

Sharon Salmon, Mary-Louise McLaws, Dale Fisher (2015)

www.thelancet.com/infection Vol 15 February 2015

Psychosocial Care of Tsunami-Affected Populations Physician's Manual

Nimesh Desai, Dhanesh Gupta, Ram Avtar Singh, et al. WHO South-East Asia New Delhi (2005) C_WHO

Sudan Wash Sector - Strategic Operational Framework 2022

UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF

This Strategic Operating Framework (SOF) has been developed to guide WASH Sector partners in responding to humanitarian needs in Sudan in conjunction with the existing and forthcoming humanitarian response plans (2022 and 2023). This SOF is drafted in consultation with the Strategic Advisory Group ( ... more

Household Water Treatment. Solar Disinfection

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2011) C_CDC

BEST PRACTICES IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

Lynn Losert USAIDE&E (2010) C2

Application for Program Design in the Europe and Eurasia Region

Recommendations on strategic priorities on the situation of persons with disabilities from Latin America and Caribbean experts

United Nation ECLAC (2015) CC

National Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

A Manual for Medical Officer Developed under the Government of India – WHO Collaborative Programme 2008-2009 Accessed: 11.03.2019

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND CHILD TRAUMA: POLICY BRIEF

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) (2017) C2

Provides policymakers and other stakeholders with an overview of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its relationship to child trauma, as well as policy-relevant and child trauma-focused recommendations to assist them in their response to intimate partner violence.