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UNICEF/UN026522/Parry
Foresight Papers

A Dangerous Divide: The State of Inequality in Malawi

Malawi has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years, but the gains of this growth have not been spread evenly and the gap between rich and poor has widened at...
Oxfam
2015
Evidence Reviews

Evaluation of Ebola Response – Uganda

In recent months Uganda has experienced three separate Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) outbreaks. Two Ebola outbreaks in the districts of Kibaale and Luwero and one Marburg event in Kabaale. URCS...
IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross/ Red Cresent Societies
2013
UNICEF/UN026527/Parry
Evidence Reviews

Health Epidemics Evaluation Report

In 2012 Uganda experienced many disease outbreaks including Measles, Ebola, Marburg and Nodding disease. Two Ebola outbreaks and one Marburg event were in quick succession and placed the Ministry of...
IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross/ Red Cresent Societies
2013
UNICEF/UN019012/Mukwazhi
Evidence Reviews

Public Health Risk Assessment and Interventions – The Horn of Africa: Drought and Famine Crisis

The purpose of this public health risk assessment is to provide health professionals in United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organizations, international and local organizations, donor agencies and local authorities, who are...
WHO
2011
UNICEF/UNI200138/Khuzaie
Evidence Reviews

Zimbabwe 2008-2009 Cholera Outbreak Crisis Review

This After Action Review (AAR) covered CARE’s responses to the Cholera Crisis in Zimbabwe from 2008 to 2009. The purpose of this AAR is to contribute to CARE’s understanding of...
CARE
2009
UNICEF/UN026563/Parry
Background Reports

Reviewing Emergencies for Swaziland – Shifting the Paradigm in a New Era

The world’s highest HIV prevalence and the increasing number of deaths due to AIDS is having unprecedented impact on Swaziland. Worryingly, with a generation of orphans and rapidly escalating poverty,...
NERCHA - HEARD
2007
UNICEF/UNI181845/Irwin
Evidence Reviews

Guide to Community Engagement in WASH: A Practitioner’s Guide, Based on Lessons from Ebola

The Ebola response in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea demonstrated that community engagement is critical in responding to epidemics. This was not always a guiding principle in the fight against...
Oxfam
2016
UNICEF/UNI128323/Dormino
Evidence Reviews

Cholera Outbreak Guidelines: Preparedness, Prevention and Control

This practical field guide brings together lessons learned from Oxfam’s past interventions in the prevention and control of cholera, and other related guidance. The aim is to provide a quick,...
Oxfam
2012
UNICEF/UN011574/Ueslei Marcelino
Background Reports

A Gendered Human Rights Analysis of Ebola and Zika: Locating Gender in Global Health Emergencies

Globally gender remains a key factor in differing health outcomes for men and women. This article analyses the particular relevance of gender for debates about global health and the role...
International Affairs
2016
UNICEF/UNI177688/UNMEER Martine Perret
Background Reports

Biosocial Approaches to the 2013-2016 Ebola Pandemic

Despite more than 25 documented outbreaks of Ebola since 1976, our understanding of the disease is limited, in particular the social, political, ecological, and economic forces that promote (or limit)...
Health and Human Rights Journal
2015
UNICEF/UN028257/Page
Background Reports

Social Justice, Climate Change, and Dengue

Climate change should be viewed fundamentally as an issue of global justice. Understanding the complex interplay of climatic and socioeconomic trends is imperative to protect human health and lessen the...
Health and Human Rights Journal
2014
UNICEF/UNI186566/Mugab
Background Reports

Challenging Orthodoxies: The Road Ahead for Health and Human Rights

Two decades of work delivering health care in poor communities provide a standpoint from which to challenge conventional doctrines in human rights and public health. These orthodoxies include the priority...
Health and Human Rights Journal
2013
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