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The Oxfam Ebola Response in Liberia and Sierra Leone: An evaluation report for the Disasters Emergency Committee

Adams, J.; Llyod, A.; Miller, C. Oxfam (2015)

The context of the Ebola epidemic presented extreme challenges for Oxfam, as it did for many organisations. At the onset of the epidemic, there was a general lack of understanding of the disease and how to respond to it effectively and safely. A pervasive and persistent climate of fear, coupled with ... more

Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework at the Facility Level
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World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Assessment Framework (IPCAF) is a tool to support the implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on core components of IPC programmes at the acute health care facility level. The user should be familiar with the contents of these guide ... more

Ground Realities: Voices of Humanitarian Aid Workers from the Frontlines

Roel G. Cabulang; Mariam Mushtaq (2014) CC

Conceived as part of the CWS-A/P project on regional security and risk management, this book presents a collection of testimonies from aid workers in some of the most insecure and volatile environments in the world. The participants recount a broad array of security incidents, such as kidnappings, ... more

“No Control, No Choice”

Human Rights Watch (2017) C1

Lack of Access to Reproductive Healthcare in Sudan’s Rebel-Held Southern Kordofan

Rabies vaccines: WHO position paper – April 2018

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

Vaccins antirabiques: Note de synthèse de l’OMS – avril 2018
Weekly epidemiological record / Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire
20 APRIL 2018, 93th YEAR / 20 AVRIL 2018, 93e ANNÉE

CBM Inclusive Project Cycle Management Trainers’ Manual: Stage 2 / Handout 14

Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2012)

Inclusive Project Cycle Management - This table includes some commonly used M&E tools that are likely to be relevant for the kind of work undertaken by CBM and its partners.

Laboratory biosafety guidance related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Interim guidance, 28 January 2021
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

The latest update (28 January 2021) includes the following addition and revision: biosafety aspects for working with antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic test; handling new variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the laboratory; updated assay decontamination before disposal; personal protectiv ... more

A Decade of Destruction: Attacks on Health Care in Syria

Sider, R. , Buswell, M. , Al Salman, M. et al. International Rescue Committee, et al. (2021) CC

March 2021. “A Decade of Destruction: Attacks on health care in Syria,” highlights with chilling detail how this 10-year war strategy has turned hospitals from safe havens into no-go zones where Syrian civilians now fear for their lives.

Protecting Kids: Mpox Guidelines for Schools

Africa CDC (2024) C_CDC

The safety of children is a top concern for parents and school authorities in the current mpox outbreak, as those under 15 face elevated risks, particularly in the hardesthit Northwestern and Eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Supporting agriculture in Darfur

Caritas (2020) C1

Through the unrivalled outreach of the CatholicChurch we are able to bring together localknowledge at the grassroots level with thecombined expertise and resources of a globalnetwork. accessed July 2020

Wound Management Procedure

Clinical Nurse Specialist – Tissue Viability (2019) C1

A systematic approach to holistic wound care is essential for the delivery of high quality wound care. Holistic wound assessment considers the whole person and should comprise the components of the generic wound assessment minimal data set. Therefore holistic assessment is key to gathering informati ... more

Implementing the EASE Awareness principle: Using the ISMI with Clients
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J. Ritsher University of California, San Francisco (2014)

One way to help clients become more Aware of self-stigma is using the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) to start discussion. It is a 29-item measure with five subscales: alienation, stereotype endorsement, perceived discrimination, social withdrawal, and stigma resistance. The person is ... more

Geo-informatics Applications in Disaster Management (Facilitator’s Guide)

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Relief and Resettlement Department (2016) C1

This module carries pre-training entry level assessment as well as hands on exercise manual on Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Geographic Positioning System (GPS) and some applications of these technologies on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) especially for hazard mapping, monitoring a ... more

Sierra Leone: Facilitiy Improvement Team (FIT) Assessment Report, June 2016

Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone; Reproductive and Child Health Directorate (2016) C1

Why palliative care is an essential funtion of primary health care

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Community Health Worker Training Curriculum - Facilitator's Guide

Baylor Tingathe Community Outreach Programme Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Malawi (2016) CC

This curriculum was designed to train newly recruited health care workers (HCW) in the basic knowledge and skills needed to improve different HIV services within the health facility including identification, linkage, retention and support. In addition to HIV basics, the training has supplementary un ... more

THE TANZANIA FOOD, DRUGS AND COSMETICS ACT, 2003

Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania (2003) C1

An Act to provide for the efficient and comprehensive regulation and control of food, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, herbal drugs and poisons and to repeal the Food (Control of Quality) Act, 1978, the Pharmaceuticals and Poisons Act, 1978 and to provide for related matters.

Improving Health and Reducing Poverty. Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 9.

Jamison, Dean T.; Gelband, Hellen; Horton, Susan, et al. World Bank (2017) CC

As the culminating volume in the DCP3 series, volume 9 will provide an overview of DCP3 findings and methods, a summary of messages and substantive lessons to be taken from DCP3, and a further discussion of cross-cutting and synthesizing topics across the first eight volumes. The introductory chapte ... more