Filter
1720
Filtered Results: 1720
Text search:
disability
perspectives
Featured
Recommendations
131
New Publications
365
Language
Document type
No document type
1073
Studies & Reports
290
Guidelines
149
Manuals
103
Strategic & Response Plan
55
Training Material
28
Fact sheets
11
Situation Updates
6
Resource Platforms
4
Infographics
1
Countries / Regions
Global
82
India
55
Western and Central Europe
43
Myanmar / Burma
36
Kenya
33
Latin America and the Carribbean
33
South Africa
33
Nepal
31
Bangladesh
30
Ethiopia
28
Uganda
25
Syria
23
Malawi
22
Ghana
20
Zambia
20
Africa
17
Liberia
16
Ukraine
15
Sierra Leone
15
Philippines
15
Cambodia
15
Mozambique
13
Nigeria
12
Indonesia
12
Rwanda
11
Tanzania
11
Eastern Europe
11
Zimbabwe
10
Asia
10
South–East Asia Region
10
Lesotho
9
Vietnam
9
Brazil
9
South Sudan
9
Cameroon
8
Jordan
8
Paraguay
8
Lebanon
8
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
7
Namibia
7
Thailand
6
Laos
6
Venezuela
6
Congo, Democratic Republic of
6
Western Pacific Region
6
Haiti
5
Germany
5
Sri Lanka
5
Russia
5
Colombia
4
Guinea
4
Yemen
4
Eswatini/ Swaziland
4
Turkey
3
China
3
Senegal
3
Peru
3
USA
3
Middle East and North Africa
3
United Kingdom
3
Moldova
3
Botswana
3
Iraq
3
Pakistan
3
Iran
2
Canada
2
Burkina Faso
2
Afghanistan
2
Portugal
2
Spain
2
Egypt
2
Central African Republic
2
Angola
2
Guatemala
2
North Macedonia
1
Tajikistan
1
North Korea
1
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Serbia
1
Benin
1
Kazakhstan
1
Chile
1
Albania
1
Fiji
1
Singapore
1
Estonia
1
Kyrgyzstan
1
Malaysia
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Croatia
1
Hungary
1
Lithuania
1
Ireland
1
West and Central Africa
1
Turkmenistan
1
Japan
1
Mauritius
1
Azerbaijan
1
Belarus
1
Israel
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
East and Southern Africa
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Sudan
1
Romania
1
Slovakia
1
Greece
1
Palestine
1
Poland
1
Honduras
1
Mali
1
Libya
1
Bhutan
1
Somalia
1
Madagascar
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
478
Public Health
137
Key Resources
103
Clinical Guidelines
95
Women & Child Health
90
Capacity Building
32
Pharmacy & Technologies
4
Annual Report MEDBOX
1
Toolboxes
Disability
330
Mental Health
322
COVID-19
78
NTDs
64
Conflict
58
Planetary Health
55
HIV
53
Global Health Education
46
Caregiver
45
NCDs
41
Refugee
36
TB
36
Rapid Response
24
Health Financing Toolbox
20
Natural Hazards
16
AMR
15
Ebola & Marburg
12
Social Ethics
8
Specific Hazards
6
Zika
4
Pharmacy
3
Polio
2
Cholera
1
Malaria
1
Typhoon
1
Mental health disorders remain widely under-reported — in our section on Data Quality & Definitions we discuss the challenges of dealing with this data. Figures presented in this entry should be taken as estimates of mental health disorder prevalence — they do not strictly reflect diagnosis data...
Human Rights based research into COVID-19 related violations with focus on persons with disabilities
The goal of the study was to assess the feasibility of the COVID-19 measures and their resultant impact on Persons with Disabilities in Malawi.
Specifically, the study addressed the following objectives:
a) To evaluate Government’s response to COVID-19 following the adoption of the new measures...
Neurology in Africa
recommended
The whole book has 50.3 MB!!!!
To download chapter by chapter:
http://www.uib.no/cih/en/resources/neurology-in-africa
Africa is a vast continent and neurological disorders are a common cause of disability and death. This practical neurology textbook is specifically written for Sub-Saharan Africa....
The adoption and the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol challenge such attitudes and mark a profound shift in existing approaches towards disability.
The World Health Organization organized a Consultation of National Leprosy Programme managers, partners and affected persons to discuss the draft Global Leprosy Strategy, 2021--2030. This virtual event took place from 26 to 30 October 2020. It was attended by more than 450 stakeholders. Contribution...
Recommendations to develop guidelines on community-based rehabilitation (CBR) were made during the International Consultation to Review Community-based Rehabilitation which was held in Helsinki, Finland in 2003. WHO; the International Labour Organization; the United Nations Educational, Scientific ...
The report showed commitments made three decades ago to protect the rights of children remain unfulfilled for millions. Violence still affects countless children. Discrimination based on age, gender, disability, sexual orientation and religion harms children worldwide.
Key factors include a lack ...
Recommendations to develop guidelines on community-based rehabilitation (CBR) were made during the International Consultation to Review Community-based Rehabilitation which was held in Helsinki, Finland in 2003. WHO; the International Labour Organization; the United Nations Educational, Scientific ...
States have committed and assumed obligations to address multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers, returnees and stateless persons. The Global Compact on Refugees places ending discrimination of any kind based on the grounds of ...
The World Heart Federation (WHF) commenced a Roadmap initiative in 2015 to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease and resultant burgeoning of healthcare costs. Roadmaps provide a blueprint for implementation of priority solutions for the principal cardiovascular diseases leading to death...
Mental health problem is one of the growing major public health issues in the Asia Pacific region. It contributes to the high number of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), morbidity and mortality in the region. It is expected that leading mental health problems will occur in the low-and middle-i...
Purpose: This research study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the services provided by CBR programmes in Jordan.
Method: This was a mixed- methods investigation. A survey was carried out with 47 participants (stakeholders and volunteers) from four CBR centres in Jordan. It comprised 18 que...
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...
A new frontier for integrated care.
Until now, most efforts to promote integrated care have focused on bridging the gaps between health and social care or between primary and secondary care. But the NHS five year forward view has highlighted a third dimension – bringing together physical and ment...
Caring for burns patients from the incident scene to definitive treatment can be a complex, resource-consuming process with the potential to overwhelm health system capacity.This document provides practical guidance for building capacity and capability for burns care from clinical, human resources a...
The purpose of this study was to document a technical assessment of a sample of these existing shelters on their functionality, accessibility, operation and management, community perspectives in Myanmar; identify gaps, needs and further the linkages with community-based disaster risk reduction (CDBR...
This report aims to improve the assessment of mental health needs in the Americas by providing an updated and nuanced picture of: (a) the disability resulting from mental, substance use, and specific neurological disorders, plus self-harm, alone and in combination with premature mortality; (b) the i...
This report seeks to uncover the extent to which global goals crowd in international financing, inform domestic policy priorities, and navigate progress toward development outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LICs and MICs). Our report:
Provides a historical perspective on how ODA financin...
The global burden of disease (GBD) study provides information about fatal and non-fatal health outcomes around the world.
The objective of this work is to describe the burden of mental disorders among children aged 5–14 years in each of the six regions of the World Health Organisation. Data come ...
This document adopts a health determinants framework for examining the evidence related to women’s poor mental health. From this perspective, public policy including economic policy, socio-cultural and environmental factors, community and social support, stressors and life events, personal behavio...
