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Vaccine misinformation management field guide

The Public Good Projects; UNICEF; First Draft, Yale Insitute for Global Health (2020) C_UNICEF

Guidance for addressing a global infodemic and fostering demand for immunization December 2020 Misinformation threatens the success of vaccination programs across the world. This guide aims to help organizations to address the global infodemic thr ... more

Establishing a national laboratory quality system for HIV diagnosis and monitoring in resource-limited settings: Experience from Senegal

Mbengue M.A.S., Moussa S., Papa A. D. et. al. African Journal of Laboratory Medicine (2016) C2

Senegal has adopted the World Health Organization–Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS recommended 90-90-90 targets.5 The adoption of this strategy means that the country is expected, by 202 ... more

Intervention On the road to peace of mind - A guidebook

Dr Nancy Baron War Trauma Foundation (2009)

An applied approach to the training of trainers who, in turn, train teams to implement psychosocial and mental health interventions in developing countries affected by emergencies. The film On ... more

A Guide to Inclusive Education 2023
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Jesuit Refugee Service (2023) CC

Refugee children with disabilities experience a reality of exclusion and marginalisation that makes them among the most vulnerable displaced persons in the world. Excluded from participation in social activities and access to school, not only becaus ... more

An end to violence against children

UN Children's Fund UNICEF United Nations and Partners (2012)

The full range and scale of all forms of violence against children are only now becoming visible, as is the evidence of the harm it does. This book documents the outcomes and recommendations of the process of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children. ‘The Study� ... more

Walking in our shoes: Perspectives of pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV on access to and retention in care in Malawi, Uganda and Zambia

Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) et al. (2017) C1

The study sought to understand the factors that facilitate women to adhere to treatment and return to health facilities for routine care from their own perspective. The researchers focused on Malawi, Uganda and Zambia, early adopters of the global g ... more

The Manas Programm Doctor's Manual

Manashanti Sudhar Shodh Sangath; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2011) CC

A Program To Improve The Care For Patients With Common Mental Disorders In Primary Health Care. The essence of the MANAS model is to shift mental health care from mental ... more

Antimicrobial resistance and the nurse’s role

Agne Diminskyte (2016) C2

Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat as it is present in all parts of the world and it means that there is a shortage of effective antibiotics to treat simple infections and diseases, also statistics reveal that because of antimicrobial resis ... more

Handbook on using the ECDC preparedness checklist tool to strengthen preparedness against communication disease outbreaks at migrant reception/detention centres

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2016) C1

The checklist tool described in this handbook is intended for EU/EEA public health authorities who need to assess the capacity for communicable disease prevention and control at migrant reception/de ... more

Inequality is making pandemics more likely, more deadly and more costly
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Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics (2025) C_WHO

Building true health security in a global age. Findings and recommendations of the Global Council. In landmark findings based on two years of research and convenings around the world, the new report ... more

Disability And Climate Change

David Lewis and Kath Ballard Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2011)

Climate change is having the largest impact on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Within this group, 20% are people with disabilities, who are nearly always doubly disadvantaged.

National agrifood systems and COVID-19 in South Sudan: Effects, policy responses, and long-term implications

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2022) C1

The COVID-19 pandemic has put significant pressure on health systems all around the world. The drastic measures established to contain its spread are creating serious impediments to economic activit ... more

Issue Brief: Update on TB 2025

The MEDBOX Team (2025) CC

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health challenge, with an estimated annual death rate of approximately one per 100,000 people in countries with low TB prevalence. Rapid reductions in TB cases and deaths worldwide depend on research ... more

An economic investment case & financing requirements

ACT-Accelerator: An economic investment case & financing requirements (2021) C_WHO

This document lays out economic arguments for investing in the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator). Framed within an overall context that recognizes the broader human health and societal impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, ACT-Acceler ... more

Yemen: 2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Country Team in Yemen (2019) C1

The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world. Nearly four years of conflict and severe economic decline are driving the country to the brink of famine and exacerbating needs in all sectors. An estimated 80 per cent of the populati ... more

Heatwaves | Essential lessons for humanitarian responders

ALNAP (2023) CC

2023 is seeing intense heatwaves. According to a July 2023 briefing by the World Meteorological Association temperatures will frequently reach above 35–40°C in many places across the Mediterranean region, with temperatures in the Middle East and ... more

Periods in a Pandemic Menstrual hygiene management in the time of COVID-19

Plan International (2020) CC

This report looks at how the current implications of COVID-19 is exacerbating key challenges for people who menstruate around the world and provides recommendations on how to include menstrual hygie ... more

Donor Funding for Newborn Survival: An Analysis of Donor-Reported Data, 2002–2010

Pitt1, C.; J. E. Lawn; M. Ranganathan et al. PLoS Med (2012) CC

Background:Neonatal mortality accounts for 43% of global under-five deaths and is decreasing more slowly than maternal or child mortality. Donor funding has increased for maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), but no analysis to date has disagg ... more

First, Do No Harm - Examining the impact of the IFC’s support to private healthcare in India

Anjela Taneja and Amitabha Sarkar Oxfam International (2023) CC

This report examines the support to private healthcare provision in India by the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Despite supporting private healthcare in the country since 1997, no healthcare results f ... more

Save to learn during COVID-19: Recommendations to prevent and respond to violence against children in all learning environments

UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

Many children will not be ‘safe to learn at home’: As of April 2020, 91 percent of the world’s students have been affected by school closures due to COVID-19. While schools are often places where violence occurs, they also offer a comparativel ... more