07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 302-page document explains in detail how to choose and implement interventions, which will fit individual needs and context, for ending violence against children. It is part of INSPIRE, a global technical package for preventing and responding to violence against children, which occurs in many situations, including humanitarian emergencies. It concludes with a summary of INSPIRE’s implementation and impact indicators, drawn from the companion INSPIRE indicator guidance and results framework.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 29-page report seeks to help U.S. policymakers understand the implications of the digitization of biology. It discusses the risks posed by different types of genomic data, examines the process of digitization, and outlines the implications of this trend for governance in the field of synthetic biology. As gene editing becomes more commonplace, there is growing concern that these techniques could lead to new pathways for the development of biological weapons.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 122-page document is designed to help governments and non-governmental organizations monitor progress and track change over time as they implement INSPIRE strategies to prevent and respond to violence against children, which occurs in many situations, including humanitarian emergencies. It includes a set of core indicators and detailed guidance about how to define and measure these indicators to monitor changes across sites and over time, and a results framework.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This two-page document provides answers to seven questions about INSPIRE, a global technical package for preventing and responding to violence against children, which occurs in many situations, including humanitarian emergencies. Topics include how the strategies and interventions were identified, and who should implement the INSPIRE strategies.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This seven-page document outlines principles that are intended to inform the development of a framework and system to support data sharing in public health emergencies as part of the research response, from preparedness and public health response through to the development of vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics. These are being shared with the express intention of seeking buy-in and, where possible, endorsement from the broader community, including researchers, responders, and other agencies.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 23-minute presentation highlights how children are great mobilizers, actors, and connectors within their communities for building a culture of preparedness. The speaker discusses how children can share what they learn and bring home preparedness messages. She uses her experience and sociological data to show how emergency managers can use the natural curiosity of children to build preparedness in their communities.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 192-page document, published with UNICEF and the World Health Organization, focuses on field implementation of the most critical newborn health services, prioritizing lifesaving activities that can be introduced relatively quickly, without specialist training in advanced newborn care. It provides guidance to program managers regarding the initiation of newborn health services during the acute phase of a humanitarian crisis, as well as the enhancement and expansion of these services over time, as the setting allows.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 121-page document provides guidelines that aim to assist in the design and delivery of disability inclusive disaster risk reduction (DRR) under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. The guidelines draw on examples of tested tools and approaches that can be used to further disability inclusion in DRR. Suggestions for how organizations for people with disabilities can contribute under the Sendai Framework are also included.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 82-page manual provides guidance on how to assess the need for, design, and implement Early Childhood Development in Emergencies (ECDiE), supporting each of the four core components of a response: early learning and stimulating environments, positive child-caregiver interaction, protective environments, and holistic child well-being. It includes a brief introduction to ECDiE; explains guidance on what to consider when designing ECDiE programs and how to best support early learning; and incorporates the core components of ECDiE to the program design cycle.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 36-page document provides practical guidance on how to set up and operationalize a national inter-agency family tracing and reunification program in emergency response, and documents the experience of Save the Children in coordinating a national participatory inter-agency approach to family tracing and reunification in emergency response in South Sudan. It details the factors that have helped improve family tracing and reunification effectiveness, and spread its coverage in the emergency affected regions of South Sudan.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This two-page document provides guidance about school outdoor activities during a wildfire, and the need to check the air quality index and visibility scale. It provides a table to determine a safe activity level for students during different levels of air quality and visibility.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This two-page fact sheet outlines steps healthcare providers can take to help their high-risk patients during a heat wave. It provides tables that detail conditions that put people at increased risk during heat waves, and mechanisms for medication increasing the risk of heat-related illness.
07/12/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This four-page fact sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions about extreme heat and public health, with topics that include heat-related illness, health conditions that can increase the risk of heat-related illness, heat stroke, and heat exhaustion.
07/11/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 27-page Healthcare Recovery Guide follows a review of healthcare facility concerns in Texas following Hurricane Harvey and was written to assist small to medium facilities with long‐term recovery. It is intended to identify common post‐disaster recovery planning issues for small- to medium-sized facilities; propose courses of action to assist short- through long‐term recovery and improve future preparedness/response; and identify relevant support resources.
06/28/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 15-page report focuses on mental health and substance use (behavioral health) concerns in first responders. It provides background on first responders' behavioral health issues, information on risk and protective factors for behavioral health in first responders, and interventions to reduce behavioral health risks for first responders.
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