Guide
19 Sep 2020
This resource package provides health workers with guidance to facilitate the delivery of quality NCD care in humanitarian crisis situations. When national guidance is not available, PEN-H may be adapted to suit national contexts. The package could a...
Report
08 Sep 2020
Responding to NCDs during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic describes why strong action on NCDs must be an integral part of the COVID-19 response, recovery and building back better and steps that should be taken immediately and in the longer term...
Guide
01 Aug 2020
The purpose of this document is to serve as an operational guide for public health staff of humanitarian organizations providing healthcare in humanitarian settings in order to ensure that care for persons with noncommunicable disease is included and...
Guide
03 Jul 2020
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent an increasing global challenge. A majority of NCD-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where numerous humanitarian crises are currently playing out. An informal, interagency working grou...
Declaration
22 Jun 2020
The COVID - 19 pandemic has exposed health system gaps and vulnerabilities across the world and ha s demonstrated more than ever the need for resilient health systems, especially ones that are equipped to respond to the growing burden of non - commun...
Strategy document
16 Apr 2020
This strategic preparedness and response plan outlines the public health measures that the international community stands ready to provide to support all countries to prepare for and respond to COVID-19.
Report
18 Jun 2019
This economic analysis makes the case for investing in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Armenia. Through three comprehensive analyses—economic burden, intervention costing, and return on investment—the report demon...
Report
18 Feb 2019
This briefing gives an overview of child protection in humanitarian action, including the global interagency minimum standards for child protection. It highlights the necessary actions and available tools to ensure child protection.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Dec 2018
This publication outlines the impact of crises on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and why people living with NCDs are particularly vulnerable. It was originally produced and shared as a briefing for a bootcamp on NCDs held by the IFRC, Danish Red Cr...
Publication
26 Nov 2018
This document provides advice on mental health and psychosocial need assessment. It offers an approach that should help assessors review information that is already available and only collect new data that will be of practical use.
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 p...
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 e...
