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Operational guide for engaging communities in contact tracing
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

28 May 2021 Contact tracing is a key component of a public health response to infectious disease outbreaks. The purpose of this guidance is to reinforce the place of community engagement and participation in the contact tracing process. The guidance and related products articulate best practice pri ... more

2019 Syrian Arab Republic Humanitarian Response Plan: January - December 2019

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2019) CC

The 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) sets out the framework within which the humanitarian community will respond to the large-scale humanitarian and protection needs in Syria throughout 2019, on the basis of the prioritization undertaken across and within sectors. The HRP, based on United Natio ... more

Information Needs Assessment Cox's Bazar Bangladesh

Anahi Ayala Iacucci, R. Copeland, Z. Mamood, et al. Internews (2017) C1

West & Central Africa HIV catch-up - WHO in an era of transformation

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The Transformation Agenda (TA) ushered in an ambitious reform process intended to transform the World Health Organization (WHO) into an organization that is proactive, results-driven, accountable and which meets stakeholder expectations, towards transforming and improving public health services in t ... he African Region. It aimed to achieve a WHO that is pro-results, which optimally and creatively targets technical work as well as make operations more responsive, with greater effectiveness in both communications and partnerships. The Africa Region has been the epicentre of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and it’s one of the leading causes of disease and death on the continent. The WHO, with partners, has worked tirelessly for many years to control the threat and reduce the negative impact of the disease. Since the early 2000s, significant progress has been made in the global fight against the scourge of HIV. However, the WCA subregion was falling concerningly behind ESA on several key indicators of progress. In 2016, the WHO joined UNAIDS, UNICEF and other partners in a call for a strong and urgent response to support WCA countries to develop catch-up plans to triple and fast-track ART coverage, to enable the region to catch up with ESA by the end of 2020. Implementation of a widespread test-and-treat strategy, coupled with the scale-up of differentiated service delivery (DSD) and mobilization of requisite funding, accelerated WCA’s progress towards this goal. The HIV treatment catch-up and fast-track plan has achieved its target of seeing the West and Central African region (WCA) catch up with the Eastern and Southern African region’s (ESA) antiretroviral coverage rate of 78% in 2021, albeit later than the 2020 target time frame. A 33% improvement was achieved in WCA, against 21% in ESA, between 2015–2020. WCA achieved a significant 42% increase, compared to ESA’s 23%, between 2015 and 2021, to see WCA draw level with ESA at 78%. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) alone, progress of up to 47% was observed between 2015 and 2020, for example. In addition, 1.6 million more People Living with HIV (PLHIV) were enrolled on antiretroviral treatment (ART) between 2015 and 2020. more

How-To Guide: Managing Post-Disaster (Re)-Construction Projects

Emergency Operations and Emergency Response Team Catholic Relief Services (2011)

Rapid Needs Assesment for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
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WHO South-East Asia New Delhi WHO South-East Asia New Delhi (2004)

Orientação para a elaboração de um plano nacional de operacionalização da vacinação contra a COVID-19 : 1º de junho 2021

Unicef, OPAS OPAS (2021) C_WHO

Guideline for the development of a national plan for the operationalization of vaccination against COVID-19

MANUAL PARA LA GESTIÓN DE LA ASISTENCIA HUMANITARIA INTERNACIONAL EN SITUACIONES DE EMERGENCIA Y DESASTRE

Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos (SGR), Secretaría Técnica de Cooperación Internacional (SETECI), República del Ecuador (2016) C1

En los últimos 30 años los eventos adversos en la región de la Comunidad Andina ocasionaron la muerte de unas 227.000 personas, y pérdidas por cerca de 12.000 millones de dólares. Ecuador vivió una situación similar. El objetivo de este manual es propiciar una ade ... more

Considerations for school-related public health measures in the context of COVID-19
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World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO

In response to COVID-19, countries around the world have implemented several public health and social measures (PHSM), such as movement restrictions, closure of schools and businesses, and international travel restrictions.1 As the local epidemiology of the disease changes, countries will adjust (i. ... more

Kenya Drought 2016

Climate Central (2017) C1

'I Can Forgive Now' - Evaluation Study of War Child's Psychosocial Support Intervention I DEAL

Eiling, E. & van Diggele-Holtland, M. War Child Holland (2013) C2

Despite growing evidence on the impact of psychosocial support interventions, there is an urgent need for a stronger evidence base on approaches that effectively support children affected by armed conflict. To contribute to this evidence base, and building on a pilot study conducted in Uganda in 200 ... more

Guia Preliminar: Como lidar com os aspectos psicossociais e de saúde mental referentes ao surto de COVID-19

Pan American Health Organization PAHO, World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Esta nota de instrução resume as principais considerações em Saúde Mental e Apoio Psicossocial (SMAPS) referen-tes ao novo surto de coronavírus (COVID-19). Este documento foi atualizado pela última vez em 17 de março de 2020.

Engaging Communities during a Pandemic: Experiences of Community Engagement during the COVID-19 Response in Camps and Out-of-Camp Settings

Norwegian Refugee Council NRC (2020) C1

This report presents examples from different agencies on how they approached community engagement in their Covid-19 responses, the tools and methodologies used, as well as the challenges they encountered and how they attempted to overcome these. It discusses what community engagement means to the va ... more

Myths & COVID-19 Vaccinations
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Mauder, S.; and P. Reijer (2021) CC

Issue Brief no. 16. 20 Sept 2021. Many studies have shown the effectiveness of vaccination against COVID-19 and that it protects against severe illness. A high vaccination rate is needed to combat the pandemic worldwide. Due to misinformation and myths, there is still a great hesitancy to vaccina ... more

Invisible: The Rohingyas, the crisis, the people and their health

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2020) C_WHO

Toolkit for assessing health-system capacity for crisis management. Part 1. User manual

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe (2012)

Strengthening health-system emergency preparedness.

Review of tuberculosis control in the Republic of Tajikistan

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe (2010) C_WHO

The review’s objectives are to review progress in TB control with emphasis on DOTS strategy implementation, summarize the experience, lessons learnt and methods of work and to make recommendations for international donors, technical agencies and the Ministry of Health.

Community engagement from a distance

Shongjog, the national platform for Communication with Communities in Bangladesh. BBC Media Action (2020) C2

This short guide is designed to assist development and humanitarian agencies to think through how risk communication and community engagement activity related to Covid-19 can be carried out without face-to-face interaction with communities. By using remote methods, agencies will be able to safeguard ... more

Moderate Acute Malnutrition: a Decision Tool for Emergencies
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Global Nutrition Cluster MAM Task Force (2012)

State of the Climate in Asia 2020 - World

World Metrological Organisation - WMO (2021) C2

English Analysis on World and 26 other countries about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 26 Oct 2021 by WMO