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Ending the hunger crisis: Response, recovery and resilience

IRC (2021) CC

A global hunger crisis -- fuelled by conflict, economic turbulence and climate-related shocks -- has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people experiencing food insecurity and hunger has risen since the onset of the pandemic. The IRC estimates that the economic downturn alone w ... more

Southern Africa (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia) Drought/Food Insecurity Emergency Appeal

IFRC (2021) CC

In the last quarter of 2019 Southern African Regional Interagency Standing Committee Africa (RIASCO) reported that more than 11 million people were experiencing crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity in nine Southern African countries1 due to deepening drought and climate related crisis. The ... more

Ebola Virus Disease Emergency Appeals (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Global Coordination & Preparedness): Combined Ebola Operations Update No°24

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2015)

Peru: Floods - Emergency appeal: MDRPE012 Operations Update no. 1

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2017) C1

Since December 2016, the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has affected Peru, causing heavy rainfall, floods, landslides, hail and electric storms. Although the impact has been particularly serious in the northern coastal regions, levels of affectation are reported in all 24 of the country’s de ... more

The looming co-epidemic of of TB-Diabetes

World Diabetes Foundation; International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2017)

Accessed November 2017.

Disability and Poverty in Rural Guatemala: Conceptual, Cultural and Social Intersections

Grech, S. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2016) C2

Public expenditure for children with disabilities study report

Save the Children Albania Save the Children (2016) C1

Save the Children in Albania is establishing and strengthening structures and mechanisms which monitor and advocate for children’s rights, promote ways to protect children from all forms of exploitation and violence and also empower and support children and their representatives to meaningfully ad ... more

Children’s Worlds National Report South Africa

Shazly Savahl, Sabirah Adams, Serena Isaacs, et al. (2015) C2

Plan International’s Global Strategy for Child Protection Programming 2015–2020

Plan International (2015) C1

Grounded in the foundations of child centered community development, the success of this strategy will be measured by how individual countries contribute to their child protection systems and partner at various levels to combat violence against children. This strategy is a result of a highly consult ... more

Climate-smar agriculture case studies

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2021) CC

Projects from around the world

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN 2018-2019 (Revised following Cyclone Idai, March 2019)

OCHA OCHA (2019) CC

This document is produced by the Humanitarian Country Team and the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office in Mozambique, with the support of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The projects reflected here support the national government. It covers ... more

Zimbabwe: El Niño Anticipatory Action Plan, Oct 2023 - Mar 2024 (Issued November 2023)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

Zimbabwe has, over the years, grappled with the repercussions of the climate crisis, which have led to erratic rainfall patterns characterized by either severe floods or prolonged periods of drought. The nation has experienced a concerning trend of numerous regions reporting rainfall levels below th ... more

Zika. CDC Draft Interim Response Plan

Centers for Disease Prevention and Control CDC (2016) C_CDC

Bangladesh: Humanitarian Response Plan - September 2017 / February 2018 - Rohingya Refugee Crisis

International Organization for Migration, Inter Sector Coordination Group (2017) C1

Inter- Agency Guide to the Evaluation of Psychosocial Programming in Emergencies

Ager, A, Ager, W, Stavrou, V. & Boothby, N. (2011)

Psychosocial counselling and treatment adherence support for people affected by tuberculosis

The Union (2021) C1

The guide is suitable and can be used for the following audiences: 1. nurses and other trained healthcare workers who can use this manual as a self-study tool and then incorporate its guidance into their practice; 2. governmental and non-governmental employers of lay and professional TB treatment ... more

Strengthening the Role of Women with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action: A Facilitator’s Guide

B. Lee, E. Pearce, D. Buscher Women’s Refugee Commission (2017) C1

Out of the dark: Meeting the needs of children with TB

Médecins sans Frontières (2011) C3

Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices

Stone, D.; K. Holland, B. Bartholow, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2017) C_CDC

This technical package represents a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help communities and states sharpen their focus on prevention activities with the greatest potential to prevent suicide

Broken links Psychosocial support for people separated from family members: a field guide
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2014) C1

The 40-page field guide outlines possible causes of separation, discusses the psychosocial impacts of being separated, such as how we experience loss, and provides guidelines on how to support those who have been separated from family members – including delivering difficult news to loved ones, ba ... more