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World Health Organization

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies: What Should Humanitarian Health Actors Know?

Publication

26 Nov 2018

This document is for humanitarian health actors working at national and sub-national level in countries facing humanitarian emergencies. It gives an overview of essential knowledge that humanitarian health actors should have about mental health and psycho-social support (MHPSS) in humanitarian emergencies.

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization

Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers

Guide

26 Nov 2018

This guide covers psychological first aid which involves humane, supportive and practical help to fellow human beings suffering serious crisis events. It gives a framework for supporting people in ways that respect their dignity, culture and abilities.

GuideMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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World Health Organization

BUILDING BACK BETTER - Sustainable mental health care after emergencies

Guide

26 Nov 2018

This report provides detailed accounts from 10 diverse emergency-affected areas on the impact of emergency situations on mental health problems and the weakening of existing mental health infrastructure. It also summarizes key overlapping practices emerging from these experiences.

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization

mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG) Clinical Management of Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Conditions in Humanitarian Emergencies

Publication

26 Nov 2018

This intervention guide contains first-line management recommendations for mental, neurological and substance use conditions for non-specialist health-care providers in humanitarian emergencies where access to specialists and treatment options is limited.

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEmergency preparedness, prevention and responsePrimary health care

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Care of non-communicable diseases in emergencies

Article

16 Nov 2018

This publication proposes specific actions organized by phase of the humanitarian response, as well as some potential indicators for assessment of progress.

ArticleEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization

WHO Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability

13 Nov 2018

The WHO Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention (NVI) advances global health through the management of NCDs; the improvement of the quality of life of people with disabilities; and the prevention of violence, injury, vision and hearing loss.

Prevention of violence and injuries

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World Health Organization

SAFER: preventing and reducing alcohol-related harms

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report highlights political commitments made at the NCD high-level meetings of the General Assembly in 2011 and 2014, at the World Health Assembly through the 2010 WHO Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol (the global alcohol strategy) [3], and in the WHO global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020.

ReportPrevention of violence and injuriesHarmful use of alcohol

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World Health Organization

Global Cancer Observatory (GCO)

Database

12 Nov 2018

This interactive web-based platform presents global cancer statistics to inform cancer control and cancer research. The platform focuses on the visualization of cancer indicators to illustrate the changing scale, epidemiological profile, and impact of the disease worldwide, using data from several key projects of IARC’s Section of Cancer Surveillance (CSU).

DatabaseCancerHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivity+2

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World Health Organization

Noncommunicable disease document repository

Database

12 Nov 2018

Launched in September 2016, this NCD document repository provides access to over 2900 documents containing NCD targets,&nbsp;policies, and guidelines submitted by Member States to WHO.

DatabaseCancerHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivity+2

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World Health Organization

WHO quality rights initiative – improving quality, promoting human rights

Database

12 Nov 2018

This databade aims to improve the quality and human rights conditions in inpatient and outpatient mental health and social care facilities and empower organizations to advocate for the rights of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities.

DatabaseMental Health and Neurological ConditionsGender, equity and human rights

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Effects of meeting MPOWER requirements on smoking rates and smoking-attributable deaths

Fact sheet

12 Nov 2018

This WHO regional office page&nbsp;provides several&nbsp;country fact sheets, publications and other relevent resources&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;the effect of implementing MPOWER policies consistent with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).&nbsp;

Fact sheetTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Expert consultation on the development of a noncommunicable diseases emergency kit - Cairo, Egypt

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report is on the IEHK, which aimed to meet the initial primary health care needs of a displaced population when medical facilities and the supply chain are disrupted or destroyed in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster or during a conflict.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+7

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