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WASH Strategic Shift Thin Piece

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF

UNICEF Syria’s series of think pieces. Every day counts. An outlook on child protection for the most vulnerable children in Syria.To navigate the complex and continuously changing context and attain sustainable results for children, UNICEF – along with other UN agencies - seeks to make a shift i... more

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Northeast Nigeria Health Sector - Humanitarian Response Strategy 2025 - 2027 (December 2024)

Government of Nigeria; Health Cluster; World Health Organization WHO (2024) CC

The protracted humanitarian situation in northeastern Nigeria, particularly in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) States, remains a concern due to ongoing insecurity, displacement, food insecurity, disease outbreaks, and climate-related shocks. To address these complex challenges, the health sector has ...developed a comprehensive humanitarian response strategy aligned with the three States Development plans, Durable Solutions for the Population Displacement Plan, and the Humanitarian Need Response Plan for 2025. This strategy aims to reduce morbidity and mortality among crisisaffected populations by ensuring timely, equitable, and effective delivery of lifesaving health services, while strengthen the resilience of health system and enhancing local and national capacities for sustainable health response in protracted emergency. Supported by an in-depth analysis of the ongoing health humanitarian response using the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) methodology, the strategy is guided by three key objectives: 1. Provide access to lifesaving interventions and sustain an effective response to the prolonged health emergency. 2. Prevent, mitigate, and prepare for health risks from all hazards and respond to all health emergencies. 3. Advance the primary health care approach and essential health system capacities for universal health coverage. To achieve these objectives, the strategy employs the “Five C” framework which refers to: • Collaborative Surveillance: Enhancing collaborative efforts for effective monitoring. • Community Protection: Implementing community-based protection measures. • Safe and Scalable Care: Ensuring care that is both secure and scalable. • Access to Countermeasures: Facilitating access to necessary countermeasures. • Emergency Coordination: Coordinating emergency responses efficiently. These proactive approaches are designed to be more anticipatory and preemptive rather than reactive, aiming to meet the needs of the crisis-affected population by providing lifesaving interventions, enhancing preventive and anticipatory actions, and ensuring the resilience of the health system. All actions are guided by International Humanitarian Standards and the Humanitarian Principles. The implementation of the health humanitarian response strategy will involve collaboration with local authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and international organizations. The strategy emphasizes localization and resource mobilization, efficient logistics and supply chain management, mainstreaming protection, and the deployment and training of healthcare workers. Continuous monitoring and periodic evaluation will ensure the effectiveness of the response. Cross-sector collaboration with sectors such as WASH, Nutrition, Education, and Protection will be crucial to enhance the quality and reach of health interventions. Additionally, sustainability and transition approaches will ensure long-term health outcomes and benefits, bridging the gap from humanitarian to development efforts. By adopting this comprehensive approach, the humanitarian response in northeastern Nigeria, particularly in BAY States, can be effectively guided, ultimately reducing the suffering of affected populations. more

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Health Think Piece

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF

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CHN On The Go

Concern Project Grameen Foundation (2016) CC

The Community Health Nurse on the Go app aims to improve motivation among frontline health workers through a mobile technology application. By providing this mobile phone application to community health officers, nurses and their supervisors, CHN will combine virtual peer-to-peer support with improv... more

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Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the ICRC (1995)

This Code of Conduct seeks to guard our standards of behaviour. It is not about operational details, such as how one should calculate food rations or set up a refugee camp. Rather, it seeks to maintain the high standards of independence, effectiveness and impact to which disaster response NGOs and t... more

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WASH FIT manual for Trainers

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This manual for trainers outlines the information and materials required to undertake training in line with the WASH FIT Guide, including background documents, the content of the recommended training modules and training evaluation approaches. The modular approach outlined enables trainers to decide... more

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Brazil's health system functionality amidst of the COVID-19 pandemic

Bigoni, A.; Malik, A. M.; Tasca, R.; et al. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas (2022) C_WHO

As of December 31, 2020, Brazil had the second-highest burden of COVID-19 worldwide. Given the absence of federal government coordination, it was up to the local governments to maintain healthcare provision for non-COVID health issues. In this descriptive study, we aimed to discuss the SUS functiona... more

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Botswana National Integration Guidelines

United Nations Population Fund UNFPA (2022) C1

This Guideline, the first for the country, draws from national health sector reforms and integration agenda as outlined in the key national strategic documents. The Guide applies lessons learnt from the SRH/HIV Linkages project and its scale-up; other national experiences and from regional and globa... more

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Ethiopia Health Cluster Strategy 2024-2025

World Health Organization WHO; Health Cluster (2024) CC

Ethiopia has been repeatedly affected by conflict, flooding, drought, and disease outbreaks in the past years. As of January 2024, the country is actively responding to the longest recorded cholera outbreak which started in August 2022, recurrent measles outbreaks which started in August 2021, and t... more

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Tuberculosis patient cost surveys: a handbook

Inés Garcia Baena, Andrew Siroka, Amy Collins et al. World Health Organisation (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

This handbook builds on lessons learned from surveys implemented 2015-2017 and advice provided by the Global task force on TB patient cost surveys. It provides a standardized methodology for conducting health facility-based cross-sectional surveys to assess the direct and indirect costs incurred by ... more

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Country case study: Lao National WASH Survey 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This report describes the results of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LAO PDR) National WASH Survey 2021. The survey examined water, sanitation and hygiene (‎WASH)‎ and waste management services, as well as climate resilience, in Lao PDR health-care facilities. The survey reveals that while... more

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National Comprehensive Guidelines on HIV Testing Services

Kenya MInistry of Health, Community Development, Elderly and Children (2019) C1

These guidelines provide a framework for effective action to facilitate access to safe and ethical testing services for different population groups. The implementation of the a comprehensive approach, known as HIV Testing Services (HTS) is cardinal as an effective package of services that diminis... more

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AHRO Reviews of Nursing
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Science Open (2022) CC

AHRO Reviews of Nursing is an international open-access journal that promotes the dissemination of quality knowledge in all aspects of nursing practice The AHRO Review of Nursing (ARN) is an international, open-access, peer reviewed, scientific journal that seeks to promote the dissemination of q... more

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Explosions and Blast Injuries: A Primer for Clinicians

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; US Dept. of Health and Human Services (2013) C1

"Explosions can produce unique patterns of injury seldom seen outside combat. When they do occur, they have the potential to inflict multi-system life-threatening injuries on many persons simultaneously. The injury patterns following such events are a product of the composition and amount of the ... more

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WHO alcohol brief intervention training manual for primary care

World Health Organization (Europe) (2017) C_WHO

Alcohol contributes significantly to the disease and mortality burden in the WHO European Region, and primary health care systems play an important role in reducing the impact of harmful alcohol use. Screening and brief interventions (SBIs) for alcohol are an evidence-informed approach to addressing... more

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International Technical and Programmatic Guidance on Out-of-School Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)

UNFPA; World Health Organization WHO, UNICEF; et al. (2020) C_WHO

An evidence-informed approach for non-formal, out-of-school CSE programmes that aims to reach young people from left-behind populations This guidance is intended to assist anyone designing and/or implementing CSE in out-of-school settings, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This includ... more

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National Guidelines on Nutrition Care, Support, and Treatment (NCST) for Adolescent and Adults. Second edition 2017

Ministry of Health Malawi (2017) CC

National Guidelines on Nutrition, Care, Support, and Treatment (NCST) for Adolescents and Adults These guidelines are intended to: • Establish a consistent set of nutrition interventions and recommendations aimed at managing and preventing undernutrition and overnutrition in adolescents and ad... more

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COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction and deployment Costing tool (‎‎‎‎CVIC tool)

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Version 2.3 , 21 April 2022. The CVIC tool supports credible COVID-19 vaccination costing to facilitate a dialogue with stakeholders, while maintaining sensitivity to protect essential health services. The CVIC tool provides a structured and comprehensive estimation of incremental operational and... more

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Child Protection Strategic Shift Think Piece

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF

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Nudging populations towards healthier eating behaviours: an innovative case study on salt reduction in China

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

To address the health challenges brought about by the changing food environment and high salt intake, WHO China, jointly with the National Institute for Nutrition and Health of China CDC and Tsinghua University, conducted an innovative study that applied nudge-based interventions to promote lower sa... more

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