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Interim Guidance for Humanitarian Workers

Centers of Disease Control CDC (2013)

Travelers planning to conduct humanitarian work in areas where outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever and Marburg hemorrhagic fever are known to occur need to be familiar with how Ebola virus and Marburg virus are transmitted

Operating in Insecurity Shifting patterns of violence against humanitarian aid providers and their staff (1996-2010)

Christina Wille and Larissa Fast Insecurity Insight (2013) C1

Insecurity Insight Report 13-1.

Aleppo: Medical Aid Besieged. From Medical Care under Fire to the Near Impossibility of Humanitarian Action

Médecins sans Frontières (2015)

Outreach, Safe Identification and Referral of Women, Children, and Youth with Disabilities Guidance on Disability Inclusion for GBV Partners in Lebanon

(2018) CC

Guidance on Disability Inclusion for GBV Partners in Lebanon: Outreach, Safe Identification and Referral of Women, Children, and Youth with Disabilities is designed to support frontline workers, community volunteers, and mobilizers and their supervi ... more

NGO Safety and Security Training Project: How to Create Effective Security Training for NGOs

Persaud, C. European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) and InterAction (2014) C2

The NGO Safety and Security Training Report provides a narrative of the research findings, an updated curriculum, and guidance tools for training. It is based on extensive research and interviews with members of the NGO community. The report draws upon existing training materials, community consulta ... more

WHO | Learning and Training

World Health Organization (2019) C1

Humanitarian Health Action - Learning and Training: Preparedness and risk management in health emergencies. Accessed 6 March 2019.

Disabilities Among Refugees and Conflict-Affected Populations

Women's Refugee Commission (2008) C1

Resource Kit for Field workers

Infant Feeding in Emergencies Module 2
recommended

ENN; IBFAN-GIFA, Fondation Terre des hommes, et al. ENN (2007)

for health and nutrition workers in emergency situations for training, practice and reference

Essentials For Emergencies

World Health Organization (2004) C_WHO

The purpose of this booklet is to assist WHO and other Public Health workers in the field when an emergency occurs. The booklet provides technical hints on how to carry out a rapid health assessment, how to facilitate coordination, how departmen ... more

Training Manual: Gender Leadership in Humanitarian Action

Fiona Gell, Eliza Hilton, Tess Dico-Young European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) and Oxfam (2017) C1

H2P Community Planning and Response Curriculum. Community Volunteers and Workers

Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness (H2P) Initiative USAID; ICRC; CoreGroup; et al. (2009) CC

Community based psychosocial services in humanitarian assistance. A facilitator's guide

Agni, Kathy; et al. LutherahjalpenChurch of Sweden; Norwegian Church Aid and Presbyterian Disasters Assistance (2005) C2

This expansive facilitator's guide deals with psychosocial interventions concerning multiple causes of trauma such as HIV and AIDS and post-conflict situations. The guide offers technical advice to the implementor which is usefully augmented by diagrams, ideas for games and other useful intervention ... more

Frequently Asked Questions: Breastfeeding in the context of cholera – information for health workers (Version 1 – August 2025)

Emergency Nutrition Network; Irish Aid; Nutrition Cluster (2025) CC

These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) have been developed by the Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE) Core Group Infectious Disease Working Group based on the most recent recommendations, collective knowledge and evidence on cholera. The FAQs also draw on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) recom ... more

Humanitarian Health Ethics Analysis Tool: HEAT Handbook

Fraser V, Hunt MR, Schwartz L, and de Laat S (2014)

You can download the handbook, worksheets and quick reference cards from the website! The HHEAT is an ethical analysis tool designed to help humanitarian healthcare workers make ethical decisions. ... more

Humanitarian Assistance In Disaster Situations

PAHOWorld Health Organization (1999) C_WHO

A guide for effective aid

COVID-19 and Humanitarian Access: How the pandemic should provoke systemic change in the global humanitarian system

United Nations University (2021) CC

Recommendations and Summary This report explores the impact of COVID-19 on humanitarian access in the initial months of the crisis, including both the delivery of assistance and performance of protection activities. It examines the varying crisis r ... more

If not now, when? Keeping promises to older people affected by humanitarian crises. Summary

HelpAge (2020) CC

A new report from aid agencies Age International and HelpAge International, If not now, when? criticises the humanitarian sector for its failure to address the needs of older people in emergencies. ... more

Principled Aid in SyriaA Framework for International Agencies

Haid Haid (2019) C1

Research Paper. As the fighting in Syria winds down, international humanitarian organisations (IHOs) operating from Damascus are hopeful that the Syrian government’s interference in their work will decrease. However, the government is attempting ... more