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Safe Distributions: Guidelines for Reducing Protection Risks in in-kind Distributions

UNHCR (2020) CC

Distributing immediate, lifesaving assistance is one of the most urgent actions in an emergency response and can significantly improve the safety and wellbeing of individuals. Non-Food Items (NFI), Food Security, WASH and Shelter in-kind assistance actors can help reduce and mitigate pr ... more

Salud y economía: una convergencia necesaria para enfrentar la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) y retomar la senda hacia el desarrollo sostenible

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

América Latina y el Caribe se ha convertido en el epicentro de la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) y encabeza las estadísticas mundiales de casos. La pandemia ha devenido en una inédita crisis económica y social y, si no se toman medidas urgentes, podría transformarse en una cr ... more

2020 RMRP Appeal: Regional Migrants Response Plan for the Horn of Africa and Yemen 2018 – 2020

IOM (2020) C2

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners from 27 humanitarian and development organisations and governments are appealing for USD 84 million to provide life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of African migrants and host community members affected by COVID-19 in the Ho ... more

COVID-19 Infodemic Trends in Africa - May 2021

Africa Infodemic Response Alliance, IFRC, UNICEF Africa Infodemic Response Alliance, IFRC, UNICEF (2021) CC

This report presents operational recommendations based on monthly COVID-19 online and offline community feedback trends analysis in Africa.It aims to enable evidence-based decision-making at regional and national levels.

Ebola and beyond: Equality, sustainability, security - interlaced challenges in a global development era

Leach, M. (2014)

This paper, originally presented as a Sussex Development Lecture, asks how the Ebola crisis might offer a lens to reflect on interlaced challenges around curbing inequalities, accelerating sustainability, and building inclusive, secure societies, and why these matter so much. And it discusses why ad ... more

Rational use of face masks in the COVID-19 pandemic

Feng,S.; Chen Shen, Nan Xia, et al. (2020) C2

Lancet Respir Med 2020Published OnlineMarch 20, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30134-

Regulation and Management of International Emergency Medical Teams

Ville de Goyet, Claude de; Perez Calderon, Luis Jorge; Saimiento, Juan Pablo et al. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the issues in regulating and managing international emergency in a selection of large and small-scale sudden onset disasters (SODs). In doing so, it aims to contribute to several key international commitments as well as its objective in disaste ... more

For every child, every right. The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2019)

Thirty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child at a moment of rapid global change marked by the end of apartheid, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the birth of the World Wide Web. These developments and more brought momentous and lasting evolut ... more

Rohingya Refugee Response Gender Analysis: Recognizing and responding to gender inequalities

Toma, Iulia; Chowdhury, Mita; Laiju, Mushfika; Gora, Nina; Padamada, Nicola Oxfam, Action Against Hunger, Save the Children (2018) C1

This gender analysis was conducted to understand the different risks and vulnerabilities but also opportunities and skills for Rohingya and host community women, men, boys and girls. Data collection was conducted over three weeks from 8 April to 29 April 2018. The work aimed to identify the differen ... more

South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan January 2020 — December 2021

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2020) CC

Addendum: 2020 mid-year COVID-19 resvision, summary of the reprioritisation & additional requirements in response to COVID-19 In June and July 2020, a mid-year revision of the 2020 South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) was undertaken as an inter-agency consultative process to discuss ... more

Rehabilitation considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak

Pan American Health Organization PAHO, World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Severe cases of COVID-19 are associated with rehabilitation needs related to the consequences of ventilatory support, and prolonged immobilization and bed rest. These may include: − Impaired lung function; − Physical deconditioning and muscle weakness; − Delirium and other cognitive impairment ... more

MILESTONES in the HIV epidemic among children and adolescents

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF

Milestones in the treatment, care and support, Dec 2021

Extreme heat: Preparing for the heatwaves of the future

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC; OCHA; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (2022) C1

Climate change is already having severe impacts across our planet, bringing new and previously unimaginable challenges to the people least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions. This report, the first we’ve released jointly in the history of our organizations, provides a sobering review of h ... more

Guidance on the prioritization of insecticide-treated nets in situations where resources are limited

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

In the context of limited resources, national malaria programmes may need to decide on how to prioritize all WHO-recommended interventions . This guidance document has been developed to support national malaria programmes in prioritization decisions, specifically on the deployment scope and product ... more

Cantando a los leones. Una guía del facilitador para superar el miedo y la violencia en nuestras vidas
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Brakarsh, J.; L. Steinitz Catholic Relief Services CRS (2018) CC

Singing to the Lions es un paquete de capacitación gratuito (guía del facilitador, suplemento y video) de CRS, que está diseñado para ayudar a los niños y jóvenes a disminuir el impacto de la violencia y el abuso en sus vidas. El componente principal es un taller de tres días en el que los pa ... more

Ukraine crisis. Public health situation analysis: refugee-hosting countries

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2022) CC

17 March 2022

Briefing on the Situation of Ebola Virus Disease in Coastal West Africa and the Response of the Caritas Confederation and other Catholic Church-inspired Organizations

Vitillo, B. (2014)

Report of Meeting: 4 November 2014, Roma

El Niño Ready Nations and Disaster Risk Reduction

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Agency for International Development (2017)