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Recommendations for Conducting Ethical Mental Health and Psychosocial Research in Emergency Settings

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Reference Group for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (2014) C2

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Namibia Health Facility Census 2009: Key Findings on Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health, and Malaria

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), Namibia; ICF Macro, USA (2010) C_WHO

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National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims survivors
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Ministry of gender, labour and social development Ministry of gender, labour and social development (2011)

Psychosocial support is a very important component in Gender Based Violence response that provide appropriate care, protection and social integration. Psychological aspects affect thoughts, emotions, behavior, memory, learning ability, perceptions and understanding. While the social aspects have ef... more

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National Disaster Management Guidelines. Management of Floods

Government of India, National Disaster Management Authority (2008) C1

The guidelines are presented in the form of the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Floods status and context
Chapter 2: Institutional framework and financial arrangements
Chapter 3: Flood prevention, preparedness and mitigation
Chapter 4: Flood forecasting and warning in India
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World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist

Woodman, N.; and I. Walker World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Patient Safety tutorial 325

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Food Planet Health. EAT

EAT Lancet Commission (2019) CC

Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems. Summary Report of the EAT Lancet Commission This report was prepared by EAT and is an adapted summary of the Commission Food in The Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems. To access the EAT–Lancet Comm... more

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Recognizing and responding to the effects of trauma A Discussion Guide for Health and Social Service Providers (Discussion Guide 2)

IWK Health Centre NOVA SCOTIA (2015) C1

This discussion guide is designed to assist individuals and agencies working toward developing trauma-informed approaches to service delivery. It describes how common traumatic experiences are for individuals accessing health and social services, and it provides information to help service prov... more

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Status of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Zambia [Part 3]

Population Council, UNFPA, Government of Zambia Human Rights Commission, WLSA, and United Nations in Zambia (2017) C1

Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment

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People's charter for health

People's Health Movement People's Health Assembly (2012) C1

The People’s Charter for Health is a statement of the shared vision, goals, principles and calls for action that unite all the members of the PHM coalition. It is most widely endorsed consensus document on health since the Alma Ata Declaration Available in different languages

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Urban Health Initiative a model process for catalysing change - Solid waste management, air pollution and health

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Waste management options such as recycling, composting, incineration and landfill impact health and well-being in profound ways, particularly for people who work directly with waste or live and work around waste sites.

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Ebola Response System Strengthening along Western Area Peninsula Coastline

Laura Sustersic Welthungerhilfe; UKAid (2015)

Social Mobilization in the Freetown Peninsula during the Ebola Epidemic 2014-2015

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Rigging the System. Government Policies Co-Opt Aid and Reconstruction Funding in Syria

Human Rights Watch (2019) C1

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Closing the Gap: The Health Disparities of Older LGBTI People in the Americas

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The chapter Closing the Gap: The Health Disparities of Older LGBTI People in the Americas, is part of the publication series titled ‘Decade of Healthy Aging: situation and challenges’. In order to outline the current knowledge available on the situation of health and well-being of older persons ... more

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Trends and Correlates of Contraceptive Use among Married Women in Malawi: Evidence from 2000-2010 Malawi Demographic and Health Surveys

Chintsanya, Jesman ICF International (2013) C2

Working Papers No. 87

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Influencing food environments for healthy diets

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2016) C2

Food environments are usually defined as the settings with all the different types of food made available and accessible to people as they go about their daily lives. That is, the range of food in supermarkets, small retail outlets, wet markets, street food stalls, coffee shops, tea houses, s...chool canteens, restaurants, and all the other venues where people buy and eat food. These environments differ enormously depending on the context. They can be extensive and diverse, with a seemingly endless array of options and price ranges, or they can be sparse, with very few options on offer. Because they determine what food consumers can access at a given moment in time, at what price, and with what degree of convenience, food environments both constrain and prompt the consumer’s choice.Food environments are influenced by the food systems which supply them, and vice versa. Food systems encompass the entire range of activities, people and institutions involved in the production, processing, marketing, consumption and disposal of food (FAO, 2013). They include but are not limited to food supply chains. Making food systems nutrition-sensitive can contribute to addressing all forms of malnutrition, as food systems determine whether the food needed for good nutrition are available, affordable, acceptable and of adequate quantity and quality. How closely food systems and food environments are interrelated and interdependent, and the degree to which external factors affect nutrition outcomes, varies from setting to setting.Many of today’s food systems and food environments are challenged in supporting consumer choices that are consistent with healthy diets and good nutrition. Consumers are not making choices based on nutrition and health, and poor diet is now the number one risk factor for death and disability worldwide (GBD, 2015). Food systems that do not enable healthy diets are increasingly recognized as an underlying cause of malnutrition (GLOPAN, 2016), and malnutrition, irrespective of form, has a huge cost. Economic costs associated with undernutrition are estimated at $1-2 trillion per year, about 2-3% of global GDP (FAO, 2013); the global economic cost of obesity and associated diet-related non-communicable diseases is estimated at $2 trillion per year, about 2.8% of global GDP (McKinsey, 2014). Influencing food environments for promoting healthy diets is an emerging strategy to address today’s nutrition challenges. more

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Global Health Watch

Global Health Watch Zedbooks (2009) CC

The power relations around global decisions which shape population health can be changed through new alliances and information flows. The Democratising Global Health Governance Initiative, of which WHO Watch is a project, is designed to contribute to improved population health (and health equity) th... more

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Guidance on Law and Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2023) CC

The domestic regulation of public health emergencies (PHEs) is inextricably linked to the regulation of other types of disaster. PHEs are usually governed at least partly by general disaster and emergency laws. Moreover, there is significant overlap in the legal mechanisms used to respond to PHEs an... more

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Living conditions among People with Disabilities in Swaziland: A national representative study

Arne H Eide & Bhekie Jele SINTEF Technology and Society (2011) C1

This is a report from a National, representative household survey carried out in Swaziland in 2009 – 2010. A large amount of effort has been put into this two‐year exercise until finally we can present the results of the combined efforts. First of all, this is a credit to the Federation of Disab... more

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Training Guide: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2024) CC

This MHPSS in Emergencies training aims to prepare MHPSS responders, disaster managers, and emergency team leaders for work in the field by building understanding of basic concepts of MHPSS in emergencies as well as planning and implementing PSS activities. It is for MHPSS focal points from the Red ... more

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Chemicals of public health concern in the African Region and their management: Regional Assessment Report

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa (2014)

National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims survivors recommended

National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims survivors
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