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Improved WASH provision has direct impacts on health, education, dignity and gender equality and therefore on long-term development and prosperity. But the reality is that the Ebola-affected countries in West Africa have some of the worst WASH coverage in the world. And […] View resource Technical briefing Prioritising Community Engagement to Strengthen Health Systems in Ebola Recovery 09/07/2015 1 documents 8 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disasters Ebola Health promotion Health systems WASH Overview Enormous progress has been made in the fight against Ebola, but there are still new cases occurring in Sierra Leone and Guinea, and sadly also again in Liberia. Evidence from earlier outbreaks shows that when the region is declared Ebola-free, there is a 30 percent probability that the disease will re-emerge within one year, and […] View resource Education resource Children’s Rights: Develop English skills with 8-11 year olds 19/06/2015 18 documents Languages: English, Welsh Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Activities Case Studies Children's rights Film Clips Lesson Plans Needs and wants Persuasive writing Presentations Speaking and listening Overview Improve your learners’ English skills while making the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child relevant and interesting. This popular resource for ages 8-11 was revised and updated in June 2015 to support the English curricula in England, Scotland and Wales. These materials include real-life case studies from Syria, Uganda and Sierra Leone, as […] View resource Briefing paper Never Again: Building resilient health systems and learning from the Ebola crisis 16/04/2015 4 documents 40 pages long Languages: English, French Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Ebola Health systems Overview It took the threat of a global health crisis to illustrate the failings of Africa’s health systems. Resilient health systems, free at the point of use, are evidently a global public good. They are essential for the provision of universal health coverage and for a prompt response to outbreaks of disease. Resilient health systems require […] View resource Issue briefing Ebola is Still Here: Voices from Liberia and Sierra Leone on response and recovery 27/02/2015 2 documents 16 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Active citizenship Ebola Overview In Sierra Leone and Liberia, thousands of local people have taken part in campaigns to spread the message about how Ebola can be controlled, and millions have taken vital practical steps to prevent infection. When the last case of Ebola is eliminated, it will not only be because of medical treatment and action by governments […] View resource Discussion paper Improving International Governance for Global Health Emergencies: Lessons from the Ebola crisis 28/01/2015 1 documents 6 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Ebola Humanitarian practice M&E Monitoring and evaluation Overview The 2014–15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa has demonstrated again the urgent need for strong leadership and coordination when responding to global health emergencies. All actors in the Ebola crisis appreciate that this has been a challenging response, and many agencies (including Oxfam) have struggled to identify and establish their role in the process. As […] View resource Issue briefing A Long Way to Go: The Ebola response in West Africa at the sixty day mark 09/12/2014 1 documents 4 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disasters Ebola Health systems Overview The international response to the Ebola epidemic is on the right path, but there is a long way to go. Case numbers are stabilizing in Liberia and Guinea, but remain out of control in Sierra Leone and the targets for cases treated have not been met. The issues raised by the Ebola crisis go beyond […] View resource Issue briefing Quarantines in Sierra Leone: Putting people first in the Ebola crisis 09/12/2014 1 documents 3 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Ebola Health systems Quarantines West Africa Overview Sierra Leone has declared a public health state of emergency in a bid to contain the spread of Ebola. Since then, quarantine measures have been imposed, including self-quarantines informed by district and chiefdom bye-laws and government-imposed quarantines. An effective quarantine strategy provides a means of mitigating the spread of Ebola and saving lives, but only […] View resource Issue briefing Ebola and the Private Sector: Bolstering the response and West African economies 09/12/2014 1 documents 4 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Ebola Overview Ebola is a humanitarian crisis first and foremost – but it is also a mounting economic disaster for Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The World Bank estimates the cost of the epidemic to be $3-4bn by the end of 2015, many times more than the amount donated for the response so far. The economic impact […] View resource Education resource Ebola: Behind the Headlines: Resources for ages 11-18 31/10/2014 7 documents Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Activities Assemblies Disease Ebola emergencies Presentations Overview Oxfam has called for urgent action to prevent the Ebola outbreak in West Africa from becoming the “definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation”. But what caused this crisis, what are its effects and how will it be overcome? This easily-adaptable resource for 11-16 year olds develops knowledge and understanding of the crisis. Use the issue […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 … Page 7 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know