Public health emergencies, including pandemics, highlight the need for health systems and services that are prepared, resilient and ready to respond to health security threats. Endorsed by Member States in 2023, the Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework (APHSAF) is designed to engage m...ultisectoral actors in health security, and to reflect the complex nature of current and future public health emergencies. The Framework presents six interconnected, multisectoral domains of work that together form a comprehensive, multi-hazard health security system — emphasizing the One Health approach. The Framework also supports progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and universal health coverage while meeting the responsibilities and obligations of the International Health Regulations (2005).
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The health and socioeconomic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the countries of Latin America hard and laid bare the profound inequities about which numerous international, regional and national reports have sounded warnings in recent decades. In this context, the historical politica...l and economic exclusion and marginalization of the more than 800 indigenous peoples in the region has been accentuated as a result of insufficient State responses to the crisis, which have not adequately considered the collective rights of these peoples and have had little cultural relevance.
This document provides an overview of the situation of indigenous peoples in the region in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. It analyses both the State’s and indigenous peoples’ own responses to the crisis, as well as offering a set of recommendations to rectify the neglect of these peoples in the management of the pandemic, centring on their collective rights.
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Handreichung der Diakonie Deutschland, welches sich ausführlich mit den Ansprüchen von Leistungsberechtigten nach AsylbLG für Leistungen der Eingliederungshilfe, Kinder- und Jugendhilfe oder Hilfe zur Pflege über § 6 Abs. 1 und 2 AsylbLG auseinandersetzt. Zusätzlich gebe diese Arbeitshilfe rec...htsdurchsetzende Hinweise.
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Encuesta Nacional de Condiciones de Vida 2015 (ENCOVI)
Learning from the Use of Data, Information, and Digital Technologies in the West Africa Ebola Outbreak Response
Refugees1 with disabilities have specific needs and face particular forms of discrimination. As highlighted in the Executive Committee Conclusion No. 110 (LXI)–2010, it is important for UNHCR to ensure that the rights of persons with disabilities who are of concern to the Office are met without di...scrimination. This places an onus on offices to develop a thorough
understanding of the circumstances of persons with disabilities under their care. This note provides staff with guidance on a range of issues to consider in meeting these responsibilities.
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Mid-term review of The National AIDS Programme 2011-15
October 2013
Results and Lessons Learned from CapacityPlus 2009-2015
Climate change is a major risk to good development outcomes, and the World Bank Group is committed to playing an important role in helping countries integrate climate action into their core development agendas. The World Bank Group is committed to supporting client countries to invest in and build a... low-carbon, climate-resilient future, helping them to be better prepared to adapt to current and future climate impacts
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Das Unterrichtsmaterial ermöglicht in verschiedenen Modulen die Erforschung der Globalgeschichte von ausgewählten Pflanzen. Es beleuchtet marginalisierte Perspektiven und Geschichten und thematisiert die Entstehung aktueller problematischer und ungerechter Verhältnisse, wie Landraub oder Plantage...nbewirtschaftung. Auch die individüllen Betroffenheiten und Handlungsmöglichkeiten hin zu gerechter Ernährung und Dekolonisierung privat, in der Schule, in der Ausbildung, im (zukünftigen) Beruf und auf weiteren gesellschaftlichen Ebenen können mit den Unterrichtsmodulen thematisiert und diskutiert werden.
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The elimination scenario planning (ESP) manual provides malaria-endemic countries with a comprehensive framework to assess different scenarios for moving towards this goal, depending on programme coverage and funding availability. It also helps countries set realistic timelines and provides essentia...l knowledge for strategic planning in the long term.
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