General resources

• The Sphere handbook: humanitarian charter and minimum standards in humanitarian response. Geneva: Sphere Association; 2018 (https://spherestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/Sphere-Handbook-2018-EN.pdf). Sphere. Resources: training material in multiple languages (https://spherestandards.org/resources/?category=training-pack&lang=all&years=all&postTag=all&pages=1).
• Health Cluster guide: a practical guide for country-level implementation of the Health Cluster. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2009 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/70128/WHO_HAC_MAN_2009.7_eng.pdf?sequence=1).
• Core commitments for children in humanitarian action. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund; 2010 (https://www.unicef.org/cholera/Chapter_1_intro/05_UNICEF_Core%20Commitments_for_Children_in_Humanitarian_Action.pdf).
• Global Health Cluster. Position paper on civil military coordination during humanitarian health action. Geneva: Inter-Agency Standing Committee; 2011 (https://www.who.int/hac/global_health_cluster/about/policy_strategy/ghc_position_paper_civil_military_coord_2_feb2011.pdf).
• Health-care in danger [website]. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Contains a range of resources to assist in preparedness and security of health care facilities (http://healthcareindanger.org/).
• Guide to health workforce development in post-conflict environments. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2005 (https://www.who.int/publications-detail/guide-to-health-workforce-development-in-post-conflict-environments).
• Global atlas of medical devices Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017 (https://www.who.int/medical_devices/publications/global_atlas_meddev2017/en/).
• IASC Task Team on Humanitarian Financing [website]. Inter-Agency Standing Committee. Brings together aid agencies to reduce obstacles to humanitarian funding (https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/iasc-task-team-on-humanitarian-financing).
• United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) [website]. Receives contributions year-round to provide immediate funding for humanitarian action globally (https://cerf.un.org/).
• The Grand Bargain [website]. Inter-Agency Standing Committee. A high-level agreement between donors and humanitarian organizations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian action (https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/grand-bargain).

Tools

• Pocket book of hospital care for children, 2nd edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2013 (https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/9241546700/en/).
• Manual for the health care of children in humanitarian emergencies. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2008 (https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/9789241596879/en/).
• Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) [website]. Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/topics/child/imci/en/).
• Paediatric emergency triage, assessment and treatment: care of critically ill children, updated guideline. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2016. (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/204463/9789241510219_eng.pdf?sequence=1).
• WHO recommendations on child health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/259267/WHO-MCA-17.08-eng.pdf?sequence=1).
• WHO recommendations on newborn health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/259269/WHO-MCA-17.07-eng.pdf?sequence=1).
• WHO recommendations on adolescent health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/259628/WHO-MCA-17.09-eng.pdf?sequence=1).
• Médecins Sans Frontières. Guidelines: clinical guidelines: diagnostic and treatment manual (2019); Tuberculosis (2014); Essential obstetric and newborn care (2019); Management of a measles epidemic (2013) and Essential drugs (2019) (https://medicalguidelines.msf.org/viewport/MG/en/guidelines-16681097.html).
• Minimum data set for workforce registry: human resources for health information system. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015 (https://www.who.int/hrh/statistics/minimun_data_set.pdf).
• WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2019 (https://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/en/).
• Interagency list of medical devices for essential interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015 (https://www.who.int/medical_devices/publications/interagency_med_dev_list/en/).
• Essential drugs: practical guidelines. Geneva: Médecins Sans Frontières; 2019 (https://medicalguidelines.msf.org/viewport/EssDr/english/essential-drugs-16682376.html).
• Management of dead bodies after disasters: a field manual for first responders, second edition. Washington (DC): Pan American Health Organization; 2016 (https://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/management-of-dead-bodies/en/).

Child and adolescent health areas

General acute and chronic conditions

• Newborn health in humanitarian settings: field guide. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund, and Save the Children; 2018 (https://www.healthynewbornnetwork.org/hnn-content/uploads/NewBornHealthBook-Production2017-V4b-WEB.pdf).
• Documents on Integrated Management of Pregnancy & Childbirth (IMPAC). Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/impac/en/).
• Global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015 (https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/global-standards-adolescent-care/en/).
• Adolescent sexual and reproductive health toolkit for humanitarian settings. New York: United Nations Population Fund; 2009 (https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/UNFPA_ASRHtoolkit_english.pdf).
• Adolescents in emergencies. Melbourne: University of Melbourne; 2010 (http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/yrc/linked_documents/adolescents_in_emergencies.pdf).
• Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!). Guidance to support country implementation. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017 (https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/topics/adolescence/framework-accelerated-action/en/).
• I'm here: adolescent girls in emergencies. New York: Women’s Refugee Commission; 2016 (https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/resource-centre/im-adolescent-girls-emergencies/).

Danger, violence and child protection

• Minimum standards for child protection in humanitarian action. New York: Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action; 2019 (https://alliancecpha.org/en/system/tdf/library/attachments/cpms_2019_final_en.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=35094).
• A matter of life and death: child protection in emergencies. Child Protection Working Group; 2015 (https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/A_Matter_of_life_and_death_LowRes.pdf).
• Child Protection Resource Pack: how to plan, monitor and evaluate child protection programmes. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund; 2015 (https://www.unicef.org/protection/files/CPR-WEB.pdf).
• Child protection in humanitarian action review: dangers and injuries. New York: Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action; 2016 (https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/node/10116/pdf/dangersinjuries_full_report_final.pdf).
• Caring for child survivors of sexual abuse: guidelines for health and psychosocial service providers in humanitarian settings. New York: International Rescue Committee; 2012 (https://www.unicef.org/protection/files/IRC_CCSGuide_FullGuide_lowres.pdf).
• Inter-agency guiding principles on unaccompanied and separated children. Geneva: International Committee of the Red Cross; 2004 (https://shop.icrc.org/principes-directeurs-inter-agences-relatifs-aux-enfants-non-accompagnes-ou-separes-de-leur-famille-1002.html).
• Guidelines on the reintegration of children. Geneva: Inter-agency Group on Children’s Reintegration; 2016 (https://www.familyforeverychild.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/RG_Digital_DC.pdf).
• Inter-agency guidelines on case management and child protection. Child Protection Working Group; 2014 (http://www.cpcnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CM_guidelines_ENG_.pdf).
• Guidelines for integrating gender-based violence interventions in humanitarian action. Geneva: Inter-Agency Standing Committee; 2015 (http://gbvguidelines.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-IASC-Gender-based-Violence-Guidelines_lo-res.pdf).

Disease outbreaks and immunization

• Communicable disease control in emergencies: a field manual. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2005 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/96340/9241546166_eng.pdf?sequence=1).
• Vaccination in acute humanitarian emergencies: a decision-making framework. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017 (https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/255575).
• Managing epidemics: key facts about major deadly diseases. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018 (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/managing-epidemics/en/).
• A manual for estimating the burden of common communicable diseases in settlements of refugee and internally displaced people. World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean/University of Edinburgh (in press).
• Guidelines for addressing HIV in humanitarian settings. Geneva: Inter-Agency Standing Committee; 2010 (https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/system/files/legacy_files/iasc_guidelines_for_addressing_hiv_in_humanitarian_settings.pdf).
• Assessment of HIV in internally displaced situations. Geneva: Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) for HIV in Emergencies; 2013 (http://unicefinemergencies.com/downloads/eresource/docs/HIV-AIDS/Assessment_of_HIV_in_Internally_Displaced_Situations.pdf).

Nutrition and food security

• Food and nutrition needs in emergencies. Geneva: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food Programme and World Health Organization; 2002 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/68660/a83743.pdf?sequence=1).
• Management of nutrition in major emergencies. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2000 (https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/emergencies/9241545208/en/).
• NutVal. The planning, calculation, and monitoring application for food assistance programmes [website] (https://www.nutval.net/).
• Meeker J, Perry A, Dolan C, Emary C, Golden K, Abla C, et al. Development of a competency framework for the nutrition in emergencies sector. Public Health Nutr. 2014 Mar;17(3):689–99. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013002607.
• WHO guiding principles for feeding infants and young children during emergencies. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2004 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/42710/9241546069.pdf).
• Infant and young child feeding in emergencies (Version 3.0). Operational guidance for emergency relief staff and programme managers. Infant Feeding In Emergencies Core Group; 2017 (https://www.ennonline.net/operationalguidance-v3-2017).

Child development and education

• International Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) (https://inee.org/). INEE Minimum standards for education: preparedness, response, recovery. New York: INNEE; 2010 (https://inee.org/standards) in many languages.
• Global Education Cluster (http://educationcluster.net/). Needs assessment guide and package. Global Education Cluster; 2016 (https://educationcluster.net/resources/needs-assessment-guide-package/).
• Early child development kit: a treasure box of activities. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund; 2009 (https://www.unicef.org/videoaudio/PDFs/Activity_Guide_EnglishFINAL.pdf).
• Nurturing care for early childhood development. 2018 (https://nurturing-care.org/).
• Care for childhood development package. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund; 2012 (https://www.unicef.org/earlychildhood/index_68195.html).

Disability

• The state of the world’s children 2013: children with disabilities. New York: United Nations Children's Fund; 2013 (https://www.unicef.org/sowc2013/).
• Disability checklist for emergency response. Yogyakarta: Handicap International; 2005 (https://www.miusa.org/sites/default/files/documents/resource/HI-%202005-%20disability%20checklist%20for%20emergency%20response.pdf).
• Disabilities among refugees and conflict-affected populations: a resource kit for fieldworkers. New York: Women’s Refugee Commission; 2008 (https://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/disabilities/resources/609-disabilities-among-refugees-and-conflict-affected-populations).
• Including children with disabilities in humanitarian action. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund; 2017 (http://training.unicef.org/disability/emergencies/index.html).
• Inclusion made easy: a quick program guide to disability in development. Bensheim: CBM International; 2012 (https://www.cbm.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/cbm_inclusion_made_easy_a_quick_guide_to_disability_in_development.pdf).
• World programme of action concerning disabled persons. New York: United Nations; 1983 (https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/resources/world-programme-of-action-concerning-disabled-persons.html).
• Disability in humanitarian contexts: views from affected people and field organisations. Lyon: Handicap International, 2015 (https://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/WHS/Disability-in-humanitarian-contexts-HI.pdf).
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). New York: United Nations; 2006 (https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html).
• Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action [website]. 2016 (http://humanitariandisabilitycharter.org/the-charter/).
• WHO community-based rehabilitation: CBR guidelines. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 2010 (https://www.who.int/disabilities/cbr/guidelines/en/).
• Disability survey instruments for children and adolescents (see Annex 7).
• Model disability survey. Brief version. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017 (https://www.who.int/disabilities/data/mds/en/).

Psychosocial distress and mental health

• mhGAP humanitarian intervention guide (mhGAP-HIG): clinical management of mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015 (https://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/mhgap_hig/en/).
• IASC guidelines for mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings. Geneva: Inter-Agency Standing Committee; 2007 (https://www.who.int/mental_health/emergencies/9781424334445/en/).
• Minimum standards for child protection in humanitarian action. New York: Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action; 2019 (https://alliancecpha.org/en/system/tdf/library/attachments/cpms_2019_final_en.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=35094).
• Guidelines for child friendly spaces in emergencies. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund; 2011 (https://www.unicef.org/protection/Child_Friendly_Spaces_Guidelines_for_Field_Testing.pdf).
• Psychological first aid: guide for field workers. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011 (https://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/guide_field_workers/en/).
• Psychological first aid training manual for child practitioners. Copenhagen: Save the Children; 2013 (https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/library/save-children-psychological-first-aid-training-manual-child-practitioners).
• Assessing mental health and psychosocial needs and resources: Toolkit for humanitarian settings. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012 (https://www.who.int/mental_health/resources/toolkit_mh_emergencies/en/).
• Thinking healthy: a manual for psychosocial management of perinatal depression. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015 (https://www.who.int/mental_health/maternal-child/thinking_healthy/en/).

Sexual and reproductive health

• Minimum initial service package (MISP). In: Inter-agency field manual on reproductive health in humanitarian settings, 2018. New York: Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises; 2018 (http://iawg.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-inter-agency-field-manual.pdf).
• Adolescent girls in disaster and conflict. New York: United Nations Population Fund; 2016 (https://www.unfpa.org/publications/adolescent-girls-disaster-conflict).
• Adolescent sexual and reproductive health programs in humanitarian settings: an in-depth look at family planning services. New York: United Nations Population Fund; 2012 (https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/AAASRH_good_practice_documentation_English_FINAL.pdf).
• Adolescent sexual and reproductive health toolkit for humanitarian settings. New York: United Nations Population Fund; Westport: Save the Children USA; 2009 (https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/UNFPA_ASRHtoolkit_english.pdf).
• Reproductive health assessment toolkit for conflict-affected women. Atlanta: Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; 2007 (https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/global/tools/docs/pdf/rha-toolkit-cover_tag508.pdf).
• Minimum standards for prevention and response to gender-based violence in emergencies. New York: United Nations Population Fund; 2015 (https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/GBVIE.Minimum.Standards.Publication.FINAL_.ENG_.pdf).

WASH

• Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT). Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/254910/9789241511698-eng.pdf?sequence=1).
• UNHCR WASH manual: practical guidance for refugee settings. Geneva: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency; 2017 (https://wash.unhcr.org/download/unhcr-wash-manual-part-1-programme-guidance/).
• Guidelines on water quality. In: Communicable disease control in emergencies: a field manual. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2005: 36 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/96340/9241546166_eng.pdf?sequence=1).
• Family water kits. In: Emergency field handbook: a guide for UNICEF staff. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund; 2005:175 (https://www.unicef.org/publications/index_28057.html ).
• Menstrual hygiene in emergencies: a resource for improving menstrual hygiene around the world. In: Menstrual hygiene matters. London: WaterAid; 2013: 129–50 (https://washmatters.wateraid.org/publications/menstrual-hygiene-matters).
• Menstrual hygiene management in emergencies toolkit. New York: Columbia University and International Rescue Committee; 2017 (https://www.rescue.org/sites/default/files/document/2113/themhminemergenciestoolkitfullguide.pdf).
• WASH emergency tools for refugee settings. Geneva: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency; 2015 (https://wash.unhcr.org/emergency-tools/).