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Nepal: Urban Housing Sector Profile
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Steekelenburg, E. V. et al. UN-Habitat (2010) C1

Based on research by a team of Nepalese and international experts, this report carries an analysis of the five key elements in the sector - land, basic services, housing finance, building materials and construction technologies, and labour. It gives an assessment of how these components are governe ... more

A human rights-based approach to disability in development - Entry points for development organisations

Ilse Worm Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) & Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2012) C2

This study has been produced jointly by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a federally owned enterprise, implementing development programmes on behalf of the German Government, and CBM, a non-governmental organisation. Accordingly, its aim is to offer guidance to those in bo ... more

World Drug Report 2019 Booklet 5 Drugs and the environment

United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODC (2022) C2

The booklet starts with a general overview of how illicit drugs and the environment are linked within the bigger picture of the Sustainable Development Goals, climate change and environmental sustainability. It highlights direct and indirect linkages and gives examples of the significant local and i ... more

Disaster Response in Asia and the Pacific: A Guide to International Tools and Services
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) (2013) C1

The guide is designed to help disaster managers in national Governments gain basic knowledge of how to use international tools and services. It aims to support the growing disaster response and disaster response preparedness capabilities that exist at national level across Asia and the Pacific.
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COVID-19 infection prevention and control for primary care, including general practitioner practices, dental clinics and pharmacy settings. First Update

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) C1

Infection prevention and control (IPC) practices are of critical importance in protecting the function of healthcare services at all levels and mitigating the impact on vulnerable populations. Although the management of possible COVID-19 cases is usually guided by national policies for specific heal ... more

WASH dans les établissements de santé

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (2019) C_WHO

Personne ne va dans un établissement de soins de santé pour tomber malade. On s’y rend pour se faire soigner, pour accoucher ou pour se faire vacciner. Cependant, des centaines de millions de personnes s’exposent à un risque accru d’infection en cherchant à obtenir des soins dans des éta ... more

Ambulance and Pre-Hospital Services in Risk Situations

ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross (2013)

This report sets out ways to make pre-hospital care and ambulance services operating in areas of armed violence safer. Written by the Norwegian Red Cross with support from the ICRC and the Mexican Red Cross, the report summarizes field experience in over 20 countries.

Young people and the law in Asia and the Pacific: a review of laws and policies affecting young people's access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV services

UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Education; UNFPA; UNAIDS; UNDP; Youth Lead (2013) C2

Antimicrobial resistance and causes of non-prudent use of antibiotics in human medicine in the EU

European Commission (2017) C1

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing worldwide public health problem with important implications for the European Union (EU). When antibiotics become ineffective, bacterial infections lead to increased morbidity, use of healthcare, mortality and cost. Globally, estimates suggest that ... more

2013 Kenya Household Health Expenditure and Utilisation Survey

Republic of Kenya, Ministry of Health (2014) C1

Antimicrobial resistance

World Health Organization; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2016) C_WHO

A manual for developing national action plans.This manual for developing national action plans to address antimicrobial resistance has been developed at the request of the World Health Assembly to assist countries in the initial phase of developing new, or refining existing national action plans in ... more

Casebook on Ethical Issues in International Health Research

Cash R et al. World Health Organization (2009) C_WHO

This casebook collects 64 case studies, each of which raises an important and difficult ethical issue connected with planning, reviewing, or conducting health-related research. The book’s purpose is to contribute to thoughtful analysis of these issues by researchers and members of research ethics ... more

Global Happiness Policy Report 2018

Sachs, J. D.; Dr. Bin Bishr, A; De Neve. J.-E.; et al. World Government Summit, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2018) C2

Global Happiness Council

First Aid in armed conflicts and other situations of violence

International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC (2006)

A practical manual presenting the specific knowledge, skills and practices that First Aiders should have to act safely and effectively when caring for people caught up in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, such as internal disturbances and tensions.

Situation Analysis and Recommendations: Antibiotic Use and Resitance in Mozambique

The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy CDDEP (2015) C2

The Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP)-Mozambique team, in partnership with the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), has produced this report as part of a solid com-mitment to develop actionable policy proposals to tackle antibiotic resistance and improve appropriate ... more

Communication for Behavioural Impact (COMBI)

UNIECF; WHO; FAO (2012)

A toolkit for behavioural and social communication in outbreak response

Cambodia Health System Review: The current policies and strategies of the health system’s governance, financing, and service delivery

Steve Peat SFU MPH Capstone Project (2013) CC

Considerations for developing a national genomic surveillance strategy or action plan for pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

Pathogen genomic surveillance has become a priority for public health systems in recent years. Genomic sequencing is increasingly being used to characterize pathogens and monitor important public health priorities (e.g. poliovirus, influenza virus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Vibrio cholerae, ant ... more

Rational for Environmental Safeguard Policies and Strategies

J.-G. Kühling; C. Hamelmann UNDP (2015) C1

Healthcare Waste Management Toolkit for Global Fund Practitioners and Policy Makers: Part A