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Measuring Health and Disability - Manual for WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0)

Üstün, T.B., Kostanjsek, N., Chatterji, S. & Rehm, J. WHO (2010) C_WHO

This manual summarizes the methodology used to develop WHODAS 2.0 and the findings obtained when the schedule was applied to certain areas of general health, including mental and neurological disorders. The manual will be useful to any researcher or clinician wishing to use WHODAS 2.0 in their prac ... more

Invisible Victims of Sexual Violence. Access to Justice for Women and Girls with Disabilities in India

Human Rights Watch (2018) C1

This report details the challenges many women and girls with disabilities face throughout the justice process: reporting abuse to the police, obtaining appropriate medical care, having complaints investigated, navigating the court system, and getting adequate compensation.

Handbook on Community-Led Total Sanitation

K.Kar and R. Chambers Plan International and Institute of Development Studies IDS (2008) CC

This handbook has been compiled as a source of ideas and experiences that can be used for CLTS orientation workshops, advocacy to stakeholders, training facilitators and natural leaders and implementing CLTS activities. It is a resource book especially for field staff, facilitators and trainers for ... more

School underachievement and specific learning difficulties

S. Nag; M. Snowling IACAPAP (2012) C2

Developmental disorders Chapter C.3

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

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

A gender analysis of the right to a nationality in Myanmar

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UN Women et al. (2018) C1

According to 2014 Census data, almost a third of the population in Myanmar do not have adequate identity and civil documentation. Of these, 54 percent are women.
Women who live in remote or conflict affected areas, who are displaced or belong to stateless ethnic and religious minorities face the ... more

Double Trouble: Injection Drug Use and Sexual Behaviour

Bhattacharya A, et al. India HIVAIDS Alliance; Hridaya Harm Reduction in India (2015) C1

Findings from a cross-sectional qualitative study of HIV vulnerabilities among People Who Inject Drugs and their sex partners in Bihar and Manipur, India. The study is one of the first qualitative comparative studies to seek an in-depth understanding of the vulnerabilities to HIV acquisition among P ... more

Guidelines to reduce stigma Guide 2: How to assess health-related stigma?

ILEP International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (2011)

Health insurance for India’s poor: A Publication in the German Health Practice Collection

Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (2011) C1

Savoir pour Sauver
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2010) C_UNICEF

Savoir pour Sauver rassemble des informations qui permettent de sauver la vie d’enfants, d’améliorer leur existence et de les protéger. Ces informations devraient être diffusées à grande échelle auprès des familles, des agents de santé, des enseignants, des associations de jeunes ou de f ... more

Education Capacity Self-Assessment: Transforming the Education Humanitarian Response of the Rohingya Refugee Crisis (Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March 2018)

UN Children's Fund, BRAC, Education Cluster, Norwegian Capacity (2018) CC

Manual on Cyclone: Causes, Effects & Preparedness

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Relief and Resettlement Department; UN-Habitat (2010) C1

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India: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2011

Centre for Disability Studies, NALSAR University of Law Hyderabad (2011) C1

Guidelines for The Use of Herbal Medicines in Family Health Care

Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia (2010) C1

Preventing and addressing intimate partner violence against migrant and ethnic minority women: the role of the health sector

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe (2014)

Policy Brief

Guide Material for Medical Store Management Training
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Community Development Medicinal Unit (2012) C_WHO

Drugs and medical supplies are dispensed at the cutting edge level of the interface between the public health system and the people. Availability or lack of it brings either credit or discredit to the public health system. The primary reason for holding stocks of medicines and medical supplies in a ... more

Approaches to Conservation of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Knowledge: A Focus on the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Motaleb, Mohammad Abdul IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), KNCF (Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund) (2010) C1

This report documents different approaches to conservation of medicinal plants and traditional knowledge in Bolipara union of Thanchi upazila of Bandarban hill district. This initiative involved the collection of baseline data on medicinal plants and their uses, motivating people towards the uses an ... more

Multiple Indicator Survey (MICS 200) India. Summary Report

Dept. of Women and Child Health Development, India; UNICEF India (2001)

Pollution and health: a progress update
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Fuller, R.; et al. (2022) CC

The Lancet Planetary Health Published:May 17, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00090-0 Every year pollution causes 9 million deaths—1 in every 6 deaths worldwide, according to a Lancet Commission on pollution and health. While the number of deaths caused by household air pollution a ... more