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Strengthening health systems: a practical handbook for resilience testing
By Julia Zimmermann, Charlotte McKee, Marina Karanikolos, Jonathan Cylus and members of the OECD Health Division The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical need for health systems to be resilient...
Philippines country strategic plan (2024–2028)
Operation ID: PH03 CSP approved at EB February 2024 For two decades, the Philippines has made progress in reducing poverty and improving food security and nutrition. That progress has been uneven,...
Chad + 4 more
Chad country strategic plan (2024–2028)
Operation ID: TD02 CSP approved at EB February 2024 Chad is home to 17.4 million people, 2.1 million of whom are heavily affected by food insecurity according to the latest Cadre Harmonisé data, and...
Mauritania country strategic plan (2024–2028)
Operation ID: MR03 CSP approved at EB February 2024 The Islamic Republic of Mauritania has made significant development gains in recent years. Extreme poverty stands at 6.5 percent, with most of the...
Micronesia + 20 more
Blue Pacific Continent Volume 2 Reference Book of National and Territorial Climate Change Risks and Plans, January 2024
INTRODUCTION This volume is intended as a companion to Blue Pacific Continent, Volume I – Primer on Pacific Regional Climate Change Action. This reference book offers an overview of Pacific countries...
Micronesia + 20 more
Blue Pacific Continent Volume 1 Primer on Pacific Regional Climate Change Action, January 2024
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The “Blue Pacific Continent” is both a mindset and a geographic region. The Southwest Pacific Ocean is home to more than two dozen island states and territories that range in size...
Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment: version with International Classification of Health Intervention (ICHI) codes
Overview In this version of the compendium, each guidance is coded using the International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI). The compendium provides a systematic compilation of published...
World + 6 more
Guidance: Integrating MHPSS and Peacebuilding: a Mapping and Recommendations for Practitioners - IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (January 2024)
Executive summary A major problem facing the world is how to build peace following the ravages of increasingly protracted armed conflict. Armed conflicts leave behind shattered, divided societies...
Addressing Inequalities in Global Health: UNU IIGH Strategic Plan 2024–2028
UNU-IIGH Strategic Plan 2024-2028 Addressing Inequalities in Global Health Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 09/01/2024 – The United Nations University - International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH)...
Feminist climate justice: A framework for action
New report shows how feminism can be a powerful tool to fight climate change By 2050, climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty and see 236 million more face food...
Zambia country strategic plan (2023–2028)
Executive summary Zambia has made steady progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 17 despite some stagnation due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, climate change and...
Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems
Overview This document presents the World Health Organization Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems*. ***The framework's goal is to increase the climate...
Colombia: Plan de Acciones Anticipatorias, Preparación y Respuesta - EHP - Fenómeno de El Niño (Noviembre 2023)
El fenómeno de El Niño es un evento climático que ocurre periódicamente en el Pacífico tropical y afecta el clima en diversas regiones del mundo. En el caso de Colombia, se espera que este fenómeno...
Solomon Islands: Disaster Management Reference Handbook, October 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Solomon Islands is exposed to a range of natural hazards, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanos, tropical storms, and flooding. Natural disasters that particularly affected the...
World + 15 more
Pacific Multi Country Strategic Plan 2023-2027 (Summary)
Executive summary The 14 Pacific Island countries and territories covered by this multi-country strategic plan – Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau,...
Disaster Management Reference Handbook - Nepal (September 2023)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Landlocked Nepal is mountainous with major rivers flowing southward from the Himalaya into India. The country is the scene of the ongoing collision of the Eurasian and Indian...
Disaster Management Reference Handbook (June 2023) - Vanuatu
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Vanuatu is an archipelago of over 80 islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Its population of more than 300,000 people, the Ni-Vanuatu, have faced a changing environment for...
Papua New Guinea: Medium Term Development Plan IV | 2023 - 2027 | National Prosperity Through Growing the Economy
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Medium-Term Development Plan IV 2023-2027 (MTDP IV) is themed as “National Prosperity through Growing the Economy”. The theme captures the Government’s intent to deliberately...
Disaster Management Reference Handbook (June 2023) - Bangladesh
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Bangladesh’s history – pre- and post-independence – is marked by disasters due to myriad natural and other hazards. The country’s proximity to the Bay of Bengal exposes it to...