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A Toolkit for integrating menstrual hygiene management (MHM) into humanitarian response

r2hc Reserach for Health in Humanitarian Crisis; Elrha; et al. (2017) C1

In many humanitarian emergencies, there is a serious lack of access to even the most basic materials needed for managing the blood in addition to a lack of appropriate sanitation facilities (including water), which are critical for addressing menstrual hygiene. Privacy in emergencies is often scarc... more

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Rapid guidance on the decommissioning of Ebola care facilities
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World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

In light of the decline in new Ebola cases, strategies are now needed to scale down the activities and bed capacities in Ebola care facilities. These facilities include Ebola treatment units, community care centres, Ebola treatment centres and isolation centres. The Governments of Guinea, Liberia an... more

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South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan 2020 - COVID-19 Addendum (June 2020)

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

This document summarizes preparedness and response activities to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in South Sudan through the end of 2020. The addendum includes the activities and financial requirements of the updated National COVID-19 Response Plan. Originally issued in March prio... more

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Managing stress in humanitarian workers
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Antares Foundation (2012) C1

Guidelines for good practice. 3rd edition The Guidelines for Good Practice are intended to help organizations define their own needs in relation to stress management and develop their own staff care system. The process will be different for each organization. National and international agencies, bi... more

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Globale Gesundheit

Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung (2019) CC

Auslandaufenthalte Ausgabe 2, Juli 2019. Ob aus humanitären, aus entwicklungspolitischen und volkswirtschaftlichen Gründen oder auch aus Gründen des Eigeninteresses – die Ausbreitung von Krankheiten einzudämmen, ist notwendig. Wir haben als Staatengemeinschaft dafür eine gemeinsame Verantwor... more

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Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality. A report of the Science-Policy Interface

Orr, B.J., A.L. Cowie UNCCD (2017) CC

The Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) provides a scientific foundation for understanding, implementing and monitoring LDN. It has been designed to create a bridge between the vision and the practical implementation of LDN, by defining LDN in operational terms. The... more

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Hand hygiene in health care in the context of Filovirus disease outbreak response. Rapid advice guideline
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World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

This document provides a summary of the recommendations for hand hygiene best practices to be performed by health workers providing care and/or support to patients with filovirus infection (Ebola and Marburg viruses).

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AIDE-MEMOIRE Prévenir et éliminer les infections dans un service de santé

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2014)

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Influencing food environments for healthy diets

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2016) C2

Food environments are usually defined as the settings with all the different types of food made available and accessible to people as they go about their daily lives. That is, the range of food in supermarkets, small retail outlets, wet markets, street food stalls, coffee shops, tea houses, s...chool canteens, restaurants, and all the other venues where people buy and eat food. These environments differ enormously depending on the context. They can be extensive and diverse, with a seemingly endless array of options and price ranges, or they can be sparse, with very few options on offer. Because they determine what food consumers can access at a given moment in time, at what price, and with what degree of convenience, food environments both constrain and prompt the consumer’s choice.Food environments are influenced by the food systems which supply them, and vice versa. Food systems encompass the entire range of activities, people and institutions involved in the production, processing, marketing, consumption and disposal of food (FAO, 2013). They include but are not limited to food supply chains. Making food systems nutrition-sensitive can contribute to addressing all forms of malnutrition, as food systems determine whether the food needed for good nutrition are available, affordable, acceptable and of adequate quantity and quality. How closely food systems and food environments are interrelated and interdependent, and the degree to which external factors affect nutrition outcomes, varies from setting to setting.Many of today’s food systems and food environments are challenged in supporting consumer choices that are consistent with healthy diets and good nutrition. Consumers are not making choices based on nutrition and health, and poor diet is now the number one risk factor for death and disability worldwide (GBD, 2015). Food systems that do not enable healthy diets are increasingly recognized as an underlying cause of malnutrition (GLOPAN, 2016), and malnutrition, irrespective of form, has a huge cost. Economic costs associated with undernutrition are estimated at $1-2 trillion per year, about 2-3% of global GDP (FAO, 2013); the global economic cost of obesity and associated diet-related non-communicable diseases is estimated at $2 trillion per year, about 2.8% of global GDP (McKinsey, 2014). Influencing food environments for promoting healthy diets is an emerging strategy to address today’s nutrition challenges. more

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We can prevent mothers from dying and babies from becoming infected with HIV

UNAIDS UNAIDS; Unicef; WHO et. al (2010) C2

Joint Action for Results UNAIDS Outcome Framework: Business Case 2009–2011

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Infection Prevention and Control Recovery Plans and Implementation: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone Inter - country Meeting

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

20-22 July 2015, Monrovia, Liberia

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Moderate Acute Malnutrition: a Decision Tool for Emergencies
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Global Nutrition Cluster MAM Task Force (2012)

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Standards for TB Care in India

DOTS, WHO (2014) C_WHO

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Prévenir et éliminer les infections dans un service de santé

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2014) C_WHO

Aide-Mémoire

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WHO/FAO/OIE Guidelines for the surveillance, prevention and control of taeniosis/cysticercosis

WHOFAO (2005)

Biology, Diagnosis and Treatment, Epidemiology and Prevention

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Guidelines on Drug Registration Applications in Botswana

Drugs Advisory Board, Republic of Botswana (Gabarone, Botswana) (2000)

First Revised Edition March 2000

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Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Guidance for human rights monitors Professional training series No. 17 New

United Nations Human Rights UNHR (2010)

The adoption and the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol challenge such attitudes and mark a profound shift in existing approaches towards disability.

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Integrated Outbreak Analytics Toolkit

Global Outbreak Alerts Response Network GOARN (2025) CC

Integrated Outbreak Analytics (IOA) applies a multidisciplinary approach to understanding outbreak dynamics and to inform outbreak response. It aims to drive comprehensive, accountable, and effective public health and clinical strategies by enabling communities, and national and subnational health a... more