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Expanding the Catholic Church’s Commitment to the Ebola Emergency Response

Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace (2015)

Additional Content to the National Sexually Transmitted Infections Care and Treatment Course for Health Care Workers

Dept. of Health, Republic of South Africa (2015) C1

High Transmission Areas: Key Populations

How To Prevent Disability In Leprosy Part 3

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2001)

WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Implementation Guide
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World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

This implementation guide has been developed to help birth attendants and health-care leaders successfully launch and sustain use of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist. Development, use and implementation of the Checklist are described in this guide. It covers how to introduce and ensure continuous ... more

Interim Guidance for Protecting Workers from Occupational Exposure to Zika Virus

Centers for Disease Prevention and Control CDC OSHA; NIOSH (2016) C_CDC

Tuberculosis prevention, care and control A practical directory of new advances

Stop TB Partnership; World Health Organization ; USAID (2011) C_WHO

Climate-Smart Healthcare : Low-Carbon and Resilience Strategies for the Health Sector

The World Bank Group (2017) CC

Climate change is damaging human health now and is projected to have a greater impact in the future. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing the worst effects as they are most vulnerable to climate shifts and least able to adapt given weak health systems and poor infrastructure. Low-carbon appro ... more

Visual Impairments, including Blindness

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) (2012) C2

Disability Fact Sheet #13 (FS13)

Model disability survey (MDS): survey manual

World Health Organization (WHO) & The World Bank (WB) WHO (2017) CC

The World Health Organization's Model Disability Survey (MDS) Manual is a tool to help implement the MDS in countries and to improve the quality of the interview process. This manual is intended to provide practical information about the survey instruments and their use during interviews. This manua ... more

Treat as One. Bridging the gap between mental and physical healthcare in general hospitals

National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (2017) C1

This NCEPOD report highlights the quality of mental health and physical health care for patients aged 18 years or older with a significant mental disorder who are admitted to a general hospital. The report takes a critical look at areas where the care of patients might have been improved. Remediable ... more

Other significant mental health complaints: mhGAP Training of Health-care Providers and training manual, supporting material
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World Health Organization (WHO) WHO (2015) C_WHO

Common presentations of other significant mental health complaints include: depressed mood, irritability, anxiety, stress, extreme tiredness, unexplained physical complaints. Other significant mental health complaints are frequently seen in non-specialized health settings, but are often treated inap ... more

Access to drinking water for people with disabilities in the town of Tenkodogo (Burkina Faso)

Cimbarre Kpehounton C., D. Moussa Serge Handicap InternationalProjet DECISIPH (2012) C2

Since 2001, local NGO Dakupa,1 with the support of WaterAid, began to implement a water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project in several urban municipalities in the Central East region of Burkina Faso. In line with the principles of equity and inclusion, the objective of this project was to improve ... more

Rabies Frequently Asked Questions

National Institute for Communicable Disease NICD (2021) CC

Rabies is a zoonotic, vaccine-preventable viral disease that causes damage to the brain and spinal cord in infected animals and humans. A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans. Rabies is nearly 100% fatal once symptoms appear.

A wake-up call El Niño’s impact on children. Briefing Note.

UNICEF (2015) C1

Psychological First Aid: Module 3 – Children

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2018) C2

t aims to enable participants to: know more about children’s reactions to distress know what psychological first aid for children is and what it is not understand the three action principles of ‘Look, Listen and Link’ in relation to children have practised providing PFA t ... more

Monitoring Guide and Toolkit for Key Population HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment Programs

FHI 360 (2016) C1

This publication provides guidance to governments, civil society organizations (nongovernmental organizations and community-based organizations) and other partners implementing HIV prevention, care and treatment programs with key populations. This guide is designed to assist these programs in the de ... more

Kenya National Clinical Nutrition and Detection Reference Manual

Kenya Ministry of Health (2010) CC

Understanding refugee trauma: for mental health professionals
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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network NCTSN (2007) C1

Refugee children and adolescents exhibit resilience despite a history of trauma. However, trauma can affect a refugee child’s emotional and behavioral development. Mental health providers should consider how the refugee experience (e.g., exposure to hunger, thirst, and lack of shelter; injury an ... more