For People Starting HIV Treatment, Combining Dolutegravir-containing Antiretroviral Therapy with 3HP TB Preventive Treatment is Safe and Works Effectively in Tandem. DENVER (March 5, 2023)—New...
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Crisis in Gaza: Scenario-based Health Impact Projections - Report One: 7 February to 6 August 2024
Executive Summary Overall The ongoing Israel-Gaza war has heavily affected civilians in both the Gaza Strip and Israel. Residents of Gaza are now mostly displaced from their homes and living in...
Chad + 3 more
Crying out for action: Protect children from pneumonia in Africa’s most fragile countries
Anita Shet and Dickson Awah On a busy street in N'Djamena, Chad, a town crier announces the start of a measles vaccine campaign. A year ago, the same town crier was rallying for COVID-19 vaccine...
Philippines: Expanding the Evidence Base on Cash, Protection, GBV and Health in Humanitarian Settings
Cash to Increase Facility-Based Deliveries in the Philippines EVALUATION OVERVIEW In 2021-2022, the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) in the Philippines introduced Cash for Maternal Health -...
Impact of COVID-19 Program Adaptations on Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Programs in South Sudan
Study Objectives and Overview Objective: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent protocol adaptations on cost and cost-effectiveness of CMAM programs in South Sudan. A...
National and State-Level Trends in Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Programs in South Sudan Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Context Overview. South Sudan (SSD), a landlocked country in Central Africa has a population of approximately 12.4 million people in addition to more than 300,000 refugees. Several factors impacted...
Family Planning: a Global Handbook for Providers (Updated 4th Edition 2022)
WHO updates recommendations to guide family planning decisions PATTAYA, 15th November 2022 --- Today the World Health Organization (WHO) released important updates to its landmark Family Planning...
The maternal and child health crisis in Afghanistan
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For two decades, the United States and other donors invested hundreds of millions of dollars in developing a system of primary and hospital care for the people of Afghanistan, who...
Kenya + 1 more
Adoption of electronic medical records for chronic disease care in Kenyan refugee camps
Study Objective and Intervention Overview Study Objective: To evaluate a specialized mHealth hypertension and diabetes management application adapted for a Kenyan refugee camp setting. Intervention: ...
Jordan + 1 more
Expanding the Evidence Base on Cash, Protection, GBV and Health in Humanitarian Settings - From Risk to Choice: Cash within GBV Case Management in Jordan
Executive Summary In 2021, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Jordan piloted the integration of cash assistance within gender-based violence (GBV) programming. The pilot targeted GBV...
Afghanistan + 7 more
Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on multi-sectoral humanitarian needs (April 2022)
SUMMARY In 2020, IMPACT Initiatives, along with academic partners at the University of Manchester Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, and the Johns Hopkins University Centre for...
Expanding The Evidence Base On Cash, Protection, GBV And Health in Humanitarian Settings
Evaluation Overview The study was conducted in mid-2021 and included 431 women in Idleb Province that received either Individual Protection Assistance (a single unconditional cash transfer of...
“Our Health Workers are Working in Fear”: Targeted Violence against Health Care One Year after Myanmar’s Military Coup, January 2022
415 Attacks on Health Care in Myanmar During One Year of Crackdowns Following Military Coup: Report Ahead of February 1 coup anniversary, new report spotlights Myanmar armed forces’ brutal violence...
Violence Against or Obstruction of Health Care in Myanmar (February-November 2021)
On February 1, 2021, the Myanmar armed forces (known as the Tatmadaw) seized control of the country, following a general election that the National League for Democracy party won by a landslide. Over...
Violence Against or Obstruction of Health Care in Myanmar (February-September 2021)
On February 1, 2021, the Myanmar armed forces (known as the Tatmadaw) seized control of the country, following a general election that the National League for Democracy party won by a landslide. The...
Violence Against or Obstruction of Health Care in Myanmar in 2020
On March 13, 2020 soldiers of the Myanmar National Armed Forces (known as the Tatmadaw) attacked the Tainnyo Hospital in Mrauk-U township, Rakhine state, as part of a wider operation targeting...
World + 7 more
A practitioner’s guide to the ethical conduct of research on child marriage in humanitarian settings
Introduction This guide is intended to offer practitioners a framework for decision-making considering whether and how to conduct research on child marriage in humanitarian settings. Our focus is on...
Jordan + 2 more
Multi-purpose cash and health among Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon
This is the second of two Research Snapshots summarising findings of the research undertaken as part of the R2HC-funded study Multi-Purpose And Conditional Cash-Based Transfers And Public Health...
World + 6 more
OCHA-Bucky: A COVID-19 Model to Inform Humanitarian Operations - Model Methodology (October 2020)
1 Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) emerged in Wuhan, China, in November 2019. By October 2020, this virus had resulted in more than 41.5 million cases of...
Bangladesh + 2 more
Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings in South Asia: Study Results from Bangladesh and Nepal
Executive Summary Introduction Child marriage, defined as formal marriage or informal union before the age of 18, violates every child’s right to reach their full potential. Various United Nations...