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Namibia Annual Country Report 2022 - Country Strategic Plan 2017 - 2023

World Food Programme WFP (2022) CC2

In 2022, WFP continued to implement its Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2017-2023 in Namibia, contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2 (Zero Hunger) and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). Through WFP’s projects in 2022, a total of 32,610 people were reached, which is ne ... more

IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action AfricaRegional Consultation with GBV& Gender Actors

United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) (2018) C1

This one-day consultation workshop brought together both organizations of persons with disabilities (DPOs) and humanitarian actors to:-Identify priority areas for gender mainstreaming and GBV prevention and response across the Guidelines.-Collect useful resources, promising practices and other relev ... more

Disaster Risk Management Strategy: Towards Resilient Communities

Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) (2013)

Between 1992 and 2012, disasters caused more than 1.3 million deaths, affected more than 4.4 billion people and led to US$ 2 trillion in economic damages and losses around the world. This Disaster Risk Management Strategy explains how the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) anti ... more

National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Strategic Plan

Government of Malawi; Ministry of Health Malawi (2024) CC2

Malawi is a landlocked country with a surface area of 118,484 km2. Administratively, the country is divided into three regions, namely the Northern, Central and Southern regions. The country has 28 districts, which are further divided into traditional authorities (TA) ruled by chiefs. The TAs are su ... more

Satellite Imagery Interpretation Guide : Displaced Population Camps

Isaac L. Baker, Brittany L. Card, Nathaniel A. Raymond Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (2012)

Camps is intended to help address the absence of public and standardized training resources for those seeking to use high resolution satellite imagery in support of refugee/IDP assistance operations. Students, general audiences, and volunteers studying and analyzing satellite imagery of displaced po ... more

Melarsoprol Resistance in African Trypanosomiasis

Fairlamb, A.H.; Horn, D. Elsevier Ltd. (2018) CC

Arsenical monotherapies were previously very successful for treating human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Melarsoprol resistance emerged as early as the 1970s and was widespread by the late 1990s. Melarsoprol resistance represents the only example of widespread drug resistance in HAT patients wher ... more

Scale-up of severe wasting management within the health system: A stakeholder perspective on current progress

Emergency Nutrition Network ENN (2021) CC

A wide range of potential enablers and barriers were identified for influencing progress for the scale-up of severe wasting services within national health systems. Findings were categorised according to the six pillars of WHO’s health system strengthening framework.

Publication: Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis in Uganda and Opportunities for an Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery

Alys, W.; Aziz, A.; Caran Ann, M. (2022) CC2

As Uganda builds back from the COVID-19 shock, the Ugandan government is strengthening its commitment to a more gender-inclusive and sustainable economy. This report supports these efforts by describing the gendered impacts of COVID-19 and provides recommendations for Ugandan policy makers and World ... more

The impact of training on self-reported performance in reproductive, maternal, and newborn health service delivery among healthcare workers in Tanzania: a baseline- and endline-survey

Tumbwene, M.; Mbekenga, C.; Isangula, K.; et al. (2022) CC2

Reprod Health 19, 143 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-022-01452-4. Delivery of quality reproductive health services has been documented to depend on the availability of healthcare workers who are adequately supported with appropriate training. However, unmet training needs among healthcare ... more

Towards universal health coverage in the WHO African Region: tracking financial protection

World Health Organization (WHO) (2024) CC

The role of evidence in the journey towards universal health coverage is paramount. Financial risk protection monitoring, the major focus of this report, informs where the WHO African Region stands in reducing the financial hardship people face due to health expenses. This report details the status ... more

Country Office Annual Report 2022 Namibia-Update on the context and situation of children

UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF

In 2022, Namibia had an estimated population of 2.6 million people, where 51 per cent per cent are females and 52.5 per cent of households in urban areas, with fast-growing urban informal settlements which lack access to basic services. Namibia has a young population; 42 per cent are children (0-17 ... more

2022 Annual Report Working to Achieve Transformative Results

United Nations Population Fund UNFPA (2022) C1

Access to safe and voluntary family planning is an inalienable human right that cannot be denied. In 2022, UNFPA continued to work with Government and partners to make this a reality in Namibia by providing strategic support to the national family planning programme and ensuring universal access ... more

Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans

Ojji, D.B.; et al. (2019) C1

N Engl J Med 2019;380:2429-39.DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1901113

Safe Male Circumcision Community Mobilization Training. A Guide for facilitators in Uganda

Safe Male Circumcision; Ministry of Health Uganda (2011) C1

The "Safe Male Circumcision Community Mobilization Training: A Guide for Facilitators in Uganda" is a training manual designed to equip community mobilizers with the skills to promote safe male circumcision (SMC). The guide helps them educate communities on the benefits of SMC, the procedure, and p ... more

Report of the fourth WHO stakeholders meeting on gambiense and rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis elimination: virtual meeting, 1–3 June 2021

World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Since 2000, concerted efforts by national programmes, supported by public–private partnerships, nongovernmental organizations, donors and academia under the auspices and coordination of the World Health Organization (WHO), have produced important achievements in the control of human African trypan ... more

The state of the health workforce in the WHO African Region, 2021

WHO Universal Health CoverageLife Course Cluster, WHO Regional Office for Africa (2021) C_WHO

Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 - arabic version

Convention on Biological Diversity (2020) C2

Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It is a periodic report that summarizes the latest data on the status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions relevant to the further implementation of the Convention. GBO-5 pro ... more

Consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations. Policy Brief

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The guidelines present and discuss new recommendations and consolidate a range of recommendations and guidance from current WHO guidelines which are summarised here in this policy brief.

Cholera prevention, control strategies, challenges and World Health Organization initiatives in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A narrative review

Buliva E., Elnossery S., Okwarah P. et al. Heliyon (2023) C2

Cholera remains a significant public health threat in many countries worldwide. In resource-constrained settings, it disproportionately affects thousands of poor and vulnerable population