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To this end, the guidelines outline the policy framework for engaging with older people in development (section 1.2) and key factors associated with working with older people (section 1.3), before...
This collection contains humanitarian handbooks, toolkits and guidelines for shelter and settlement. There are many varied resources, such as human rights, shelter and settlement, refugees, non-...
The guidelines in this book offer a common planning tool for developing and implementing settlement and shelter strategies for people affected by conflict or natural disaster.
These policy guidelines are to provide guidance on responding to HIV/AIDS in humanitarian actions. They are structured in the following way: Section I gives a background, including an...
These guidelines from WHO summarise the evidence on the links between sanitation and health to provide evidence-informed recommendations. They offer guidance for encouraging international,...
This booklet has been developed as part of the IFRC Global Shelter Programme. This programme focuses on developing best practice and policy in sheltering, building the human resources capacity of...
This book provides information on selecting, specifying, procuring, using, and distributing timber and bamboo as construction materials for small and medium-sized buildings in humanitarian...
Extensive documentation exists on a range of negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes and rights violations occurring during humanitarian emergencies. We explore two central questions: Do...
This presentation, given by Joanna Read, Shelter Centre, summarised the field trip undertaken in November 2010 to Pakistan to evaluate Transitional Shelters built following the Kashmir earthquake...
This document provides a comprehensive review of the scientific evidence on health problems associated with building moisture and biological agents. The most important means for avoiding adverse...