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Cote d’Ivoire - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report No. 3 Internal

UN Children's Fund UNICEF Unicef; WASH Cluster (2020) C_UNICEF

Reporting Period: 4 to 10 April 2020 • In collaboration with the Ministry of Youth, UNICEF started training 50 young bloggers on how to identify and respond to fake news. • UNICEF engaged with 97 social services to enable front-line social workers to carry out community prevention work and... more

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Influencing food environments for healthy diets

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2016) C2

Food environments are usually defined as the settings with all the different types of food made available and accessible to people as they go about their daily lives. That is, the range of food in supermarkets, small retail outlets, wet markets, street food stalls, coffee shops, tea houses, s...chool canteens, restaurants, and all the other venues where people buy and eat food. These environments differ enormously depending on the context. They can be extensive and diverse, with a seemingly endless array of options and price ranges, or they can be sparse, with very few options on offer. Because they determine what food consumers can access at a given moment in time, at what price, and with what degree of convenience, food environments both constrain and prompt the consumer’s choice.Food environments are influenced by the food systems which supply them, and vice versa. Food systems encompass the entire range of activities, people and institutions involved in the production, processing, marketing, consumption and disposal of food (FAO, 2013). They include but are not limited to food supply chains. Making food systems nutrition-sensitive can contribute to addressing all forms of malnutrition, as food systems determine whether the food needed for good nutrition are available, affordable, acceptable and of adequate quantity and quality. How closely food systems and food environments are interrelated and interdependent, and the degree to which external factors affect nutrition outcomes, varies from setting to setting.Many of today’s food systems and food environments are challenged in supporting consumer choices that are consistent with healthy diets and good nutrition. Consumers are not making choices based on nutrition and health, and poor diet is now the number one risk factor for death and disability worldwide (GBD, 2015). Food systems that do not enable healthy diets are increasingly recognized as an underlying cause of malnutrition (GLOPAN, 2016), and malnutrition, irrespective of form, has a huge cost. Economic costs associated with undernutrition are estimated at $1-2 trillion per year, about 2-3% of global GDP (FAO, 2013); the global economic cost of obesity and associated diet-related non-communicable diseases is estimated at $2 trillion per year, about 2.8% of global GDP (McKinsey, 2014). Influencing food environments for promoting healthy diets is an emerging strategy to address today’s nutrition challenges. more

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WSTP Training of Trainers Card Deck

World Health Organization WHO, et al. Management of Health Science (2013) C_WHO

Content has been developed based on the WHO Wheelchair Guidelines and the Wheelchair Service Training Package—Basic Level. Adult Education

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Medicinal plants in China

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for the Western Pacific (1997) C_WHO

a selection of 150 commonly used species 2nd. ed.

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War in Cities: Persons with disabilities and the role of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

International Committee of the Red Cross (2023) CC

When war breaks out in cities, the complexity and interconnectedness of the urban environment poses many problems for civilians. For persons with disabilities, the impact can be even worse and aggravate existing barriers and risks. Armed forces, authorities, first responders, humanitarian actors and... more

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Basic Eye Care
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Helen Keller International (1996)

Training Activities for Community Health Workers

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The National HIV and AIDS stigma and discrimination Index

Ministry of Health; Maisha (National AIDS Control Council); UNDP; et al. (2019) C2

Summary Report Accessed: 19.10.2019

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Essential Nutrition Actions and Essential Hygiene Actions: Training Guide – Health Workers and Nutrition Managers

Quinn, V., and A. Guyon (2015) CC

This training guide applies a participatory approach, reflecting the considerable evidence that adults learn best by practicing and reflecting on their experiences. It thus emphasizes exercises to improve skills in counseling that support clients to adopt optimal nutrition practices. Women’s nutri... more

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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 25 November - 10 December 2024

UN Women (2024) CC2

TOWARDS 30 YEARS OF THE BEIJING DECLARATION AND PLATFORM FOR ACTION: UNITE TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Concept Note

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Our Right to Health, Our Right to Clean Air - Improving air quality to address NCDs

NCD Alliance; Forum of International Respiratory Societies (2019) CC

This policy brief explores the impact of air pollution on health and address the air quality issue in the response to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It also provides key actions that policy makers, NGOs and health professionals can take to ensure that every one can breathe clean air.

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Ending inequalities and getting on track to end AIDS by 2030
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UNAIDS (2022) C_WHO

23 February 2022 A summary of the commitments and targets within the United Nations General Assembly’s 2021 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS.The United Nations General Assembly’s 2021 Political Declaration on AIDS features bold global commitments and targets for 2025 that are ambitious but... more

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Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services - 5Cs: consent, confidentiality, counselling, correct results and connection

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2015) C_WHO

Guidelines HIV testing services July 2015

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Basic Nursing Care Manual - Mnazi Mmoja Clinic Ned Institute Ned Zanzibar Ned Foundation

NED Foundation nurses volunteers (2013) CC

This manual is about the basic nursing care - desinfection, cleaning, sterilization, nursing documentation, hygiene, surgical care and preparation and much more. This booklet has been prepared by the NED Volunteers Foundation.

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Global alcohol action plan: Second draft, unedited

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

The harmful use of alcohol causes approximately 3 million deaths every year and the overall burden of disease and injuries attributable to alcohol consumption remains unacceptably high. The pace of development and implementation of alcohol policies has been uneven in WHO regions, and resources and c... more

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Technical Note: Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic (v.2)

The Alliance for Child Protection in humanitarian action (2020) C2

Infectious diseases like COVID-19 can disrupt the environments in which children grow and develop. Disruptions to families, friendships, daily routines and the wider community can have negative consequences for children’s well-being, development and protection. In addition, measures used to preven... more

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Plan de acción del Caribe sobre la salud y el cambio climático

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2019) C_WHO

Este plan de acción se basa en las necesidades y realidades del Caribe, y describe la estructura y las medidas generales que deben orientar el trabajo a nivel nacional y regional. La ejecución de este plan logrará que la región se ocupe plenamente de los procesos del cambio climático y los acue... more

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A good start: advances in early childhood development

Bernard van Leer Foundation Bernard van Leer Foundation (2015)

Early childhood matters. This document looks at specific issues regarding the development of young children, in particular from a psychosocial perspective. It is published twice per year by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. The views expressed in Early Childhood Matters are those of the authors and... more

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Manual for the Health Care of Children in Humanitarian Emergencies

World Health Organization WHO (2008) C_WHO

This manual was developed based on the recommendations of a global technical consultation on child health in humanitarian emergencies co-organized by WHO and UNICEF at the end of 2003. WHO in collaboration with the Centre for Refugee and Disaster Response, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Ho... more

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Statistical Yearbook of the Ukraine 2019

Ministry of Health, Ukraine (2020) CC

Basic Eye Care recommended

Ending inequalities and getting on track to end AIDS by 2030 recommended

Basic Eye Care
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Ending inequalities and getting on track to end AIDS by 2030
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