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WASH and infection prevention and control measures in schools

Global Handwashing Partnership; UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

This guidance note developed by UNICEF is intended to help WASH staff in their preparedness and response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. It provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and its intersection with water, sanitation ... more

Better Care Learning Programmes
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better care (2021) CC

Bettercare learning programmes make it easy to train healthcare staff and teach students.

My Patient Safety and Quality Care Checklist

Alfred Health Victoria State Government, Australia (2012) CC

This Checklist has been designed by Alfred Health for clinical staff to prompt them about patient safety and quality care responsibilities, helping them to speak confidently about their patient safety and quality care responsibilities.

Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Facilities

Global Handwashing Partnership (2017) C1

Fact sheet
Good hygiene is critical to ensure that healthcare staff provide quality care, reduce the spread of infections, and protect the health of communities. This fact sheet explores the healthcare-related risks of poor hygiene and the crit ... more

Guidance for the Selection and Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings

Centers of Disease Control CDC (2014)

CDC has developed this slide set for use by staff development, infection control, and occupational health personnel for training healthcare personnel on how to select and use personal protective equipment PPE to protect themselves from exposure to m ... more

Türkiye: Disability Inclusion Task Team (DITT) - Tips on disability-inclusive emergency response (Earthquake)

UNHCR OCHA Services reliefweb (2023) CC

General tips: 1- Make sure to assign a staff member to be the focal point to support persons with disabilities in every location/project. (The focal point should know the evacuation procedures). 2- The focal point should coordinate the evacuation ... more

Integrating Early Childhood Development (ECD) activities into Nutrition Programmes in Emergencies. Why, What and How

UNICEF, WHO (2012) C_WHO

This document is written for local and international staff running nutrition programmes in emergencies, and for local, regional and national authorities and donors involved in such programmes. The note explains why nutrition programmes need to inc ... more

Steps Framework for Adult Critical Care Nurses.

Critical Care Networks - National Nurse Leads (2015) C1

tep 1 Competencies have been designed to provide staff with the core skills required to care for a critically ill patient safely, whilst under supervision. It is expected that Step 1 competencies will be completed prior to commencing an academic cri ... more

Integrated TB-HIV Outpatient Clinical Service (OPC) QA/QI Checklist

Family Health International FHI (2007) C1

This field guide is designed for use by FHI 360 staff and partner organizations responsible for ensuring quality clinical services, at both facility and non-facility levels. The guide provides general information on how to organize, implement and fo ... more

Community Empowerment Manual

We World GVC (2020) C1

The present Community Empowerment Manual draws upon the lessons learned of the Community Protection Approach implementation in Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory and Central America during the period 2015-2020 by WeWorld – GVC and its partners. The Manual means to accompany Field ... more

Tuberculosis Infection Control in the Era of Expanding HIV Care and Treatment: Addendum to WHO Guidelines for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in Health Care Facilities in Resource-limited Settings

Center for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organisation (2007)

The goal of this addendum is to help management and staff  minimize the risk of TB transmission at facilities in resource limited settings in which a.) HIV-infected persons receive diagnosis, care, treatment,  and/or support, and b.) there is a ... more

Disability Inclusion in Disaster Risk Management: Promising practices and opportunities for enhanced engagement

Guernsey, Katherine; Scherrer, Valérie Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), World Bank (2018) C1

This paper provides information to assist World Bank and GFDRR staff in affecting disability-inclusive DRM. It is based upon desk reviews of existing practice, as well as consultations with experts in the field of disability-inclusive DRM. The paper ... more

Answering Your Questions About the Safety and Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines

CDC (2021) CC

This document provides answers to FAQs healthcare providers and staff may have about COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 rapid guideline: antibiotics for pneumonia in adults in hospital

NICE guideline (2020) C2

This guideline is for: • health and care practitioners • health and care staff involved in planning and delivering services • commissioners. The recommendations bring together: • existing national and international guidance and policies ... more

Guide for ANM

India Hypertension Control Initiative (2022) CC

This guide can be used to train ANM staff in the field to succeed in their role in the hypertension program. It teaches how to screen patients correctly, register and follow-up with patients, retrieve defaulters, record patient visits, and to report ... more

Simplified Field Guide to Participatory Assessment

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Greece (2016) CC

The purpose of this field guide is to provide field staff with simple direction for the planning, design and conducting of participatory assessment. The document provides basic tips to help teams to better structure the identification of data source ... more

WASH and Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care Facilities

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

This guidance note developed by UNICEF helps WASH staff in their preparedness and response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. It provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and its intersection with water, sanitation and hygiene (W ... more

COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response: WASH and Infection Prevention and Control Measures in Schools

reliefweb; Unicef (2020) C_UNICEF

This guidance note is for UNICEF Regional and Country Office WASH staff to help them in their preparedness and response to the current COVID-19 global pandemic. It provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and its intersection w ... more

Culture, Context and the Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Syrians

Hassan, G, Kirmayer, LJ, Mekki- Berrada A., et al. UNHCR (2015) C1

The document is primarily meant to inform mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) staff, such as: psychologists, psychosocial counsellors, social workers, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, and others who are involved providing individual or ... more