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WHO advisory committee on variola virus research: report of the twenty-third meeting, virtual meeting, 3-4 November 2021

World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

The Committee discussed the implications for preparedness for smallpox-like events reflected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Committee noted how quickly diagnostics and vaccines could be developed and deployed when resources and political will were abundant. This rapidity was also due to the f ... more

The Paris Principles: Principles and Guidelines on Children associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2007) C1

The recruitment and use of children violates their rights and causes them physical, developmental, emotional, mental, and spiritual harm. The impact on their mental and physical well-being breaches the most fundamental human rights and represents a grave threat to durable peace and sustainable deve ... more

Assistance to Victims of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War: Guidance on Child-focused Victim Assistance. Chapter 6: Resources – literature and websites

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2014)

A Wake-Up Call: Lessons from Ebola for the world’s health systems
recommended

Save the Children (2015)

Almost 30 countries vulnerable to a new Ebola-style Epidemic, jeopardising the future of millions of Children. The report ranks the world’s poorest countries on the state of their public health systems, finding that 28 have weaker defences in place than Liberia where, alongside Sierra Leone and Gu ... more

Education in Emergencies: Including everyone

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (2010) CC

INEE pocket gu ide to inclusive education. This guide is aimed at anyone working to provide, manage or support education services in emergencies and complements the INEE Minimum Standards. The Pocket Guide to Inclusive Education outlines useful principles for an inclusive education approach in ... more

They Reopen Schools? Trends and emerging good practices to support the most vulnerable children

Nugroho; D.; C. Pasquini; N. Reuge and D. Amaro UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

Using data from two surveys and 164 countries, this research brief describes the educational strategies countries are putting into place, or plan to, in order to mitigate learning impacts of extended school closures, particularly for the most vulnerable children. In addition, it highlights emerging ... more

Implementation Research in Health – A Practical Guide

David H. Peters, Nhan T. Tran, Taghreed Adam Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) and World Health Organization (2013)

This guide is an attempt to redress the deficit in understanding of implementation research and to encourage programme personnel and implementers to take a greater interest in the subject, recognizing that implementation research is in fact an integral part of programme planning and execution, rathe ... more

Epidemic diarrhoeal disease preparedness and response. Training and practice. Participant's manual
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2014) CC

Accessed November 2014

Plan of Action for the Elimination of Neglected Infectious Diseases and Post-Elimination Actions 2016-2022

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2016) C_WHO

Guidelines for cognitive and pilot testing of questions for use in surveys

Statistics Division Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific Region Washington Group on Disability Statistics (2010) CC

ESCAP Project on improving disability measurement and statistics in the Asia Pacfic Region

Parents, Family and Community Participation in Inclusive Education. Webinar 13. Companion Technical Booklet

Meresman, S. UNICEF (2014)

Hidden in Plain Sight: A statistical analysis of violence against children

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2014)

Interpersonal violence – in all its forms – has a grave effect on children: Violence undermines children’s future potential; damages their physical, psychological and emotional well-being; and in many cases, ends their lives. The report sheds light on the prevalence of different forms of viole ... more

Managing Sexual Violence against Aid Workers: prevention, preparedness, response and aftercare

European Interagency Security Forum (2019) C1

Managing Sexual Violence against Aid Workers aims to support aid agencies in preventing, being prepared for and responding to incidents of sexual violence against their staff. It is intended as a good practice guide to help strengthen existing processes and support organisations as they set up their ... more

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child health and the provision of Care in Paediatric Emergency Departments

Conlon C., T. McDonnell, M. Barrett, et al. BMC (2021) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health guidance to reduce the spread of the diseasehave wide-reaching implications for children’s health and wellbeing. Furthermore, paediatric emergency departments(EDs) have rapidly adapted provision of care in response to the pandemic. This qualitativ ... more

Planetary Health Report Card

International Medical School Initiative (2022) C2

The Planetary Health Report Card is a student-driven, metric-based initiative to inspire planetary health and sustainable healthcare education engagement in medical schools. In addition to inspiring expansion of medical school curricula, we hope to inspire medical schools to expand research efforts, ... more

Provision of immunization services to refugees: guidance for host countries in the context of mass population movement from Ukraine

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Many of the countries in the European Region receiving refugees from Ukraine are already offering vaccination services to children and adults. This is important to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission among people travelling or living in close quarters, to protect the refugees from diseases th ... more

Global Status Report on Road Safety

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

Road safety is an issue that does not receive anywhere near the attention it deserves – and it really is one of our great opportunities to save lives around the world

Interim guidance for the poliomyelitis (polio) surveillance network in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

World Health Organization WHO; Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI (2020) C_WHO

This document aims to provide global guidance on poliomyelitis (polio) surveillance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes as a technical complement to Polio eradication programme continuity, Immunization in the context of COVID-19 pandemic frequently asked questions, and is aligned with ... more

Family Assets Understanding and Addressing Child Marriage in Turkana

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2016) C_UNICEF

Child marriage is a widespread practice across Turkana, a nomadic pastoralist region in Kenya. This report explores the issue through the voices of those girls affected by it.