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Assessing national capacity for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: report of the 2010 global survey

World Health Organization (2012) C_WHO

This report reviews the current situation in relation to national capacity to address NCDs and the progress made at country level over the past decade. It highlights that, while progress is being made, there is still much work to be done to create the infrastructure, policies, surveillance and healt ... more

Gender differentials and state variations in suicide deaths in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016

India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Suicide Collaborators (2018) CC

Lancet Public Health 2018 Published Online September 12, 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ S2468-2667(18)30138-5

Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan to End the Global COVID-19 Emergency in 2022

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

More than two years since the first SARS-CoV-2 infections were reported, the COVID-19 pandemic remains an acute global emergency. In this Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response plan for 2022, WHO sets out a number of key strategic adjustment ... more

IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action AfricaRegional Consultation with GBV& Gender Actors

United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) (2018) C1

This one-day consultation workshop brought together both organizations of persons with disabilities (DPOs) and humanitarian actors to:-Identify priority areas for gender mainstreaming and GBV prevention and response across the Guidelines.-Collect useful resources, promising practices and other relev ... more

Integrating the Water Planetary Boundary With Water Management From Local to Global Scales

Zipper, S.; et al. (2020) CC

February 2020Earth's Future 8(2):e2019EF001377.The water planetary boundary attempts to provide a global limit to anthropogenic water cycle modifications, but it has been challenging to translate and apply it to the regional and local scales at whic ... more

Ebola and beyond: Equality, sustainability, security - interlaced challenges in a global development era

Leach, M. (2014)

This paper, originally presented as a Sussex Development Lecture, asks how the Ebola crisis might offer a lens to reflect on interlaced challenges around curbing inequalities, accelerating sustainability, and building inclusive, secure societies, and why these matter so much. And it discusses why ad ... more

Quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings: taking action

World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC

In fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings, delivery of quality health services faces significant challenges, including disruption of a routine health service organization and delivery systems, increased health needs, complex and unpredictable resourcing issues, and vulnerability to multi ... more

Differentiated Care for Adults at High Risk of HIV Disease Progression: A Call to Action

ICAP (2017) C1

The evidence base for differentiated care for stable patients has grown in recent years. There has been less attention, however, to developing differentiated models of care for patients with advanced or unstable HIV disease. Current clinical guidelines and policies regarding optimal packages of care ... more

Faith sector response to hiv and aids in kenya action plan 2015/2016-2019/2020

Ministry of Health, Kenya; National AIDS Control Council (2015) C1

The National AIDS Control Council (NACC) continues to strengthen partnerships with all stakeholders in the response to HIV and AIDS in Kenya. While recognizing that there is no single preventive approach to reverse the spread of HIV, the faith sector comprising of Faith Communities (FCs) a ... more

“Working to improve our own futures”: Inclusion of women and girls with disabilities in humanitarian action

Women's Refugee Commission (2016) CC

Improving access to care for children with mental disorders: A global perspective

V. Patel; C. Kieling; P. K. Maulik; G. Divan Europe PMC Funders Group (2013) C2

Europe PMC Funders Group Author Manuscript Arch Dis Child. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 November 01. Published in final edited form as: Arch Dis Child. 2013 May ; 98(5): 323–327. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2012-302079.

Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Knowledge Management in Global Health Programs

Saori Ohkubo, Tara M. Sullivan, Sarah V. Harlan, Barbara K. Timmons, Molly Strachan USAID, GHKC (2013)

Ebola Virus Disease Emergency Appeals (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Global Coordination & Preparedness): Combined Ebola Operations Update No°24

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2015)

Strengthening the Role of Women with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action: A Facilitator’s Guide

B. Lee, E. Pearce, D. Buscher Women’s Refugee Commission (2017) C1

Out of the Shadows. Making Mental Health a Global Development Policy
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Seth Mnookin World Bank Group, and World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Mental disorders impose an enormous burden on society, accounting for almost one in three years lived with disability globally. •In addition to their health impact, mental disorders cause a significant economic burden due to lost economic output and the link between mental disorders and costly, po ... more

Pastoral care as a resource for development in the global healthcare context: Implications for Africa’s healthcare delivery system

Agbiji E., Agbiji O.M. AOSIS (2016) C1

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies ISSN: (Online) 2072-8050, (Print) 0259-9422

Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey

Caroline Hickman, Elizabeth Marks, Panu Pihkala et al. The Lancet Planetary Health (2021) CC

Climate change has important implications for the health and futures of children and young people, yet they have little power to limit its harm, making them vulnerable to climate anxiety. This is the first large-scale investigation of climate anxiety in children and young people globally and its rel ... more

The Minimum Standards for Age and Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Action
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ADCAP Age & Disability Capacity; USAID; UKAid; IFRC; et al. Help Age International (2015) CC

The Minimum Standards for Age and Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Action inform the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programmes across all sectors and phases of response, and in all emergency contexts, ensuring ... more

Code Red for Health response in Latin America and the Caribbean: Enhancing peoples' health through climate action

Yglesias_González; M.; et al. (2022) CC

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022;00: 100248 Published online xxx https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100248. The Lancet Countdown report, discuss the overlapping social, climate and health challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean, and urge multisectoral and political ... more

Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Blended Finance Roadmap for Global Health

Center for Innovation and Impact (CII), USAID (2019) C2

In an environment of stagnant donor funding and increasing private sector investment in low- and middle-income countries, actors in both the public and private sectors are increasingly interested in using blended finance approaches to catalyze new funding for ... more