These guidelines aim to improve the quality of drug donations, not to hinder them. They are not an international regulation, but are intended to serve as a basis for national or institutional...
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Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations: An Inter-Agency Field Manual
This field manual aims to facilitate discussion and decision-making in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of reproductive health (RH); guide field staff in introducing and/or...
Distribution of Japanese Encephalitis in Asia, 1970-1998
Please refer to the attached Map.
WHO Handbook for Emergency Field Operations
This handbook is a tool for working in "complex emergencies" or other situations where customary working conditions and normal procedures are suspended. In addition to giving an overview of various...
Medical Support Manual for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
This manual provides a comprehensive reference text, outlining operational and procedural guidelines for medical support in the field. The manual seeks to be of use to medical officers in the field,...
The Psychological Health of Relief Workers: Some Practical Suggestions
By Peter Salama, Medical Coordinator, Concern Worldwide, Dublin, Ireland What we see is a new type of war veteran, the international humanitarian worker, returning from the battlefields unable to...
Slovenia + 1 more
What can we do to support children who have been through war?
by Anica Mikus Kos and Sanja Derviskadic-Jovanovic This article documents reflections on four years of psychosocial support given to young refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina by members of the...
La relactation : connaissances acquises et recommandations relatives à cette pratique
1. Introduction L’OMS recommande de recourir à l’allaitement exclusif pendant au moins les 4 et si possible les 6 premiers mois de vie de l’enfant, prolongé jusqu’à l’âge de 2 ans, voire plus, en...
Relactación: revisión de la experiencia y recomendaciones para la práctica
1. Introducción La OMS recomienda la lactancia materna exclusiva durante al menos los primeros 4 y si es posible 6 meses de la vida del lactante, y continuar amamantando junto con alimentos...
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Democratic People's Republic of Korea
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Context The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which is primarily an industrialised country, continues to suffer from a severely depressed economic sector...
The food crisis of North Korea - Witnessed by 1,694 food refugees - 6th phase of the research (30 Sep 1997 - 15 Sep 1998)
Overview 1.1 Objectives Many people in Many people in North Korea are now dying of hunger. The vulnerable groups such as the elderly and children in particular are in a serious state, and many of...
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Tajikistan
January - December 1999 The Context The overall political and security situation in Tajikistan remains fragile. In many parts of the country the rule of law has broken down with warlords, military...
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Burundi
January - December 1999 Context The humanitarian suffering which has plagued Burundi for several years did not diminish significantly in 1998. More than half a million people continue to live away...
Guinea-Bissau + 1 more
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Guinea-Bissau
January - December 1999 Since 7 June 1998, Guinea-Bissau has been faced with a politico-military conflict between the Government of Guinea-Bissau and the self-proclaimed Military Junta. Fighting...
Albania + 5 more
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania
January - December 1999 The activities covered by this Appeal are part of wide ranging engagements by the international community in support of the consolidation of peace in the region. These...
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Democratic Republic of the Congo
January - December 1999 The Context The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently undergoing dramatic political and military developments which create an extremely complex humanitarian...
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for the United Republic of Tanzania
January - December 1999 Since independence, Tanzania has been a haven of peace for people fleeing conflict, persecution and economic hardship. During the past 30 years, citizens of more than ten...
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Angola
January - December 1999 Since the signing of the Lusaka Protocol in November 1994, Angolans have embarked on a difficult and erratic course towards national reconciliation and lasting peace...
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Somalia
January - December 1999 As 1999 approaches, nearly four years after the departure of the last UNOSOM II peacekeeping troops from Mogadishu, Somalia presents two very different faces. In the populous...
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Sierra Leone - 1999
January - December 1999 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Despite the return of the democratically elected Government of Sierra Leone in March 1998, conflict continues to plague the efforts of the majority to...