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WHO Policy Brief on the health aspects of decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempts

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Reducing the global suicide mortality rate by a third by 2030 is a target of both the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the WHO Global Mental Health Action Plan. However, an impediment to meeting this goal is the fact that suicide and suicide attempts remain illegal in at least 23 countries world... more

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South Africa - Country Cooperation Strategy 2023 - 2027

World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

The South African WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) 2023–2027 focuses on four key strategic priorities based on the country’s health needs and disease epidemiology, while also considering the need for building resilient health systems for UHC and health security in the post pandemic period.... more

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Climate-Smart Healthcare : Low-Carbon and Resilience Strategies for the Health Sector

The World Bank Group (2017) CC

Climate change is damaging human health now and is projected to have a greater impact in the future. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing the worst effects as they are most vulnerable to climate shifts and least able to adapt given weak health systems and poor infrastructure. Low-carbon appro... more

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Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Health Care Settings

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2020) C2

Accessed: 02.05.2020 These interim IPC recommendations for health settings have been developed through the contributions of many individuals and institutions, such as the Centers for Disease Control-Kenya; ITECH; US Agency for International Development (USAID) Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceu... more

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Identifying Early Adopters of COVID-19 Vaccines in Latin America

Arrieta, A.; A. García-Prado, J.P. Sarmiento, et al. Florida International University (2021) CC

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is currently one of the main obstacles to worldwide herd immunity and socioeconomic recovery. Because vaccine coverage can vary between and within countries, it is important to identify sources of variation so that policies can be tailored to different population groups. ... more

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Planning Checklist for WCO Readiness

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

This guidance has been developed in line with the WHO corporate risk management framework, the WHO business continuity and contingency plans, as well as the Inter-Agency Emergency Response Preparedness Framework. It is based on a common organiza-tional approach and procedures for managing including ... more

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National Union of Disability Organisations of Rwanda - STRATEGIC PLAN: 2015 - 2020

National Union of Disability Organisations of Rwanda (NUDOR) (2015) C2

NUDOR’s first strategic plan (2010-2016) focused on establishing NUDOR as a viable, well-run organisation. Significant progress has been made towards these aims and therefore the strategy and has been reviewed by NUDOR board, secretariat and member organisations. The updated strategic plan now cov... more

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Zimbabwe multi-sectoral cholera elimination plan 2018-2028

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa; Cholera Secretariat Zimbabwe (2019) C_WHO

The Zimbabwe Multi-Sectoral Cholera Elimination Plan (2018–2028) aims to eradicate cholera by improving water, sanitation, and healthcare infrastructure, strengthening disease surveillance, and expanding oral cholera vaccination (OCV). The strategy focuses on five pillars, including public health ... more

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From Research to Action: Advancing Prevention and Response to Violence against Children: Report on the Global Violence against Children Meeting

UNICF (2014)

Growing evidence indicates that large proportions of children around the world experience physical, sexual and emotional violence every year, with enormous implications for human rights, public health and economic and social development.1 Over the last five years, national governments and Together f... more

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Christian Responses to Health and Development

German Institute for Medical Mission (2014) C2

In 1964 medical mission was challenged and called to define its distinctiveness and its special role in the context of that particular time. The consultation "Tuebingen I" clearly stated: "The Christian church has a specific task in the field of health and healing"1, and developed a conce... more

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Situational Brief: Covid-19 & Migration in Germany

Gottlieb, N., M. Hintermeier, K. Bozorgmehr (2020) CC

Germany’s overall response to COVID-19 has been evaluated as reasoned and sound. Nonetheless, it has exposed weaknesses and blindspots in the German healthcare system regarding the inclusion of migrant groups. For instance, marginalised groups such as labour migrants and asylum-seekers are not con... more

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Myanmar: National earthquake preparedness and response plan

Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Myanmar; UNDP (2019) CC

The plan aims to practice the preparedness measures and response functions which need to be coordinated among relevant departments and organizations to reduce the risk of earthquakes. The plan has two main parts: preparedness and response. The first part includes the preparedness measures which can ... more

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A Decision Makers Guide: Medical Planning and Response for a Nuclear Detonation

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2017) C1

Successful detonation of an improvised nuclear device (IND) would be a catastrophic event, causing an unprecedented number of injuries and lives lost, as well as economic, political, and social disruption. However, an effective medical response and an infrastructure prepared to protect itself from f... more

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Practical actions in cities to strengthen preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC

This document accompanies the interim guidance on “Strengthening Preparedness for COVID-19 in cities and urban settings”. It provides local authorities, leaders and policy-makers in cities with a checklist tool to ensure that key areas have been covered. An excel version that local authorities m... more

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Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence - Standard Operating Procedures for First Contact Point Health Care Providers - Sri Lanka

Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine (2019) CC

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the lead UN agency working to further gender equality and women’s empowerment in Sri Lanka. We are pleased to be a part of the joint effort with the Ministry of Health to develop the first ‘Standard Operating Procedures on sexual and gender-based vio... more

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Polio Eradication Strategy 2022-2026: Delivering on a Promise

Global Polio Eradication Initiative GPEI; World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The marathon to eradicate polio is on its final lap: the world is more than 99% of the way to success. After millennia of living with poliovirus and suffering the paralysis it causes, today nearly all the world’s people live in polio-free countries; two of the three strains of wild poliovirus (WPV... more

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Estrategia de Erradicación de la Poliomielitis 2022–2026: El cumplimiento de una promesa

Global Polio Eradication Initiative GPEI; Organisation mondiale de la Santé (2022) C_WHO

The strengthened plan aims to achieve and sustain a polio-free world through a focus on implementation and accountability. Emphasis will be on cutting outbreak response times; increasing vaccine demand; transforming campaign effectiveness; working systematically through integration; increasing acce... more

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Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

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... more

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WHO good manufacturing practices for pharmaceutical products: main principles

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

Licensed pharmaceutical products (marketing authorization) should be manufactured only by licensed manufacturers (holders of a manufacturing authorization) whose activities are regularly inspected by competent national authorities. This guide to GMP shall be used as a standard to justify GMP status,... more

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Beat the heat: Child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2024) CC

Beat the heat: child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia finds that half of these children died from heat-related illnesses in their first year of life. Most children died during the summer months. "Around half of children across Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million children –... are already exposed to frequent heatwaves in a region where temperatures are rising at the fastest rate globally. The increasingly high temperatures can have serious health complications for children, especially the youngest children, even in a short space of time. Without care, these complications can be life-threatening,” said Regina De Dominicis UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. Heat exposure has acute effects on children, even before they are born, and can result in pre-term births, low birth weight, stillbirth, and congenital anomalies. Heat stress is a direct cause of infant mortality, can affect infant growth and cause a range of paediatric diseases. The report also notes that extreme heat caused the loss of more than 32,000 years of healthy life among children and teenagers in the region. As the temperatures continue to rise, UNICEF urges governments across Europe and Central Asia to: - Integrate strategies to reduce the impact of heatwaves including through National Determined Contributions (NDC), National Adaptation Plans (NAP), and disaster risk reduction and disaster management policies with children at the centre of these plans Invest in heat health action plans and primary health care to more adequately support heat-related illness among children - Invest in early warning systems, including heat alert systems - Adapt education facilities to reduce the temperatures in the areas children play in and equip teachers with skills to respond to heat stress - Adapt urban design and infrastructure including ensuring buildings, particularly those housing the most vulnerable communities are equipped to minimize heat exposure - Secure the provision of safe water, particularly in countries with deteriorating water quality and availability. UNICEF works with governments, partners and communities across the region to build resilience against heatwaves. This includes equipping teachers, community health workers and families with the skills and knowledge to respond to heat stress. more

Practical actions in cities to strengthen preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond recommended

Practical actions in cities to strengthen preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
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