Humanitarian Assistance

 

CARE : Safety & Security Handbook
http://www.coe-dmha.org/care/index.htm

 

HA Multiservice Procedures for Humanitarian Assistance Operations (USA)
http://www.operationalmedicine.org/TextbookFiles/HumanitarianAssistance.htm
http://www.operationalmedicine.org/Army/Milmed/fm100_23_1.pdf

GTA 41-01-003 -  Civil Affairs Foreign Humanitarian Assistance Planning Guide 
https://rdl.train.army.mil/soldierPortal/atia/adlsc/view/public/12408-1/...

Military approach to medical planning in humanitarian operations
Martin C M Bricknell and Tracey MacCormack
BMJ 2005;330;1437-1439
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/330/7505/1437.pdf

 

Civil Humanitarian Assistance vs. Military Humanitarian Operations: the debate within the European Union
by George Zoris, M.A. in Conflict Resolution, University of Lancaster- Stagiaire at the Hellenic Center for European Studies (E.K.E.M.)
http://www.ekem.gr/archives/2007/02/civil_humanitar.html
http://www.ekem.gr/pdf/CivHum.pdf (18 p)

 

Military Medicine in Humanitarian Missions
http://www.bordeninstitute.army.mil/published_volumes/ethicsVol2/Ethics-ch-24.pdf
Military Humanitarian Assistance, The Pitfalls and Promise of Good Intentions
http://www.bordeninstitute.army.mil/published_volumes/ethicsVol2/Ethics-ch-25.pdf

Learning the hard way: Australian Defence Force health responses to terrorist attacks in Bali, 2002 and 2005
Steven Cook, Tracy Smart and Jeff Stephenson - ADF Health 2006; 7 (2): 51-55.

Medical support to civilian populations on deployed military operations: the UK approach
Michael von Bertele - ADF Health 2006; 7 (2): 56-58.

 

 

WHO

Surgical Care at the District Hospital (2003 - 514 p)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241545755.pdf

Surgical Care District Hospital (SCDH) teaching slides
http://www.who.int/surgery/scdh_slides/en/index.html

Prevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis [pdf 2.87mb]
Report of a WHO Expert committee, Geneva 2002
Ref: ISBN 92 4 120912 7

Preventive chemotherapy in human helminthiasis (2006 - 74 p)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241547103_eng.pdf

 

Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care - a guide for essential practice (2007 - 186 pages - pdf 2.27 MB)
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/pcpnc/index.html

Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth (2003 - 448 p - pdf 10 MB)
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/impac/

Managing newborn problems: A guide for doctors, nurses and midwives (2003 - 335 pages - pdf 1.57 MB)
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/mnp/index.html

http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/maternal_newborn.en....

Prise en charge des problèmes du nouveau-né (2007 - 331 p  - 2.25 MB)
Manuel de la sage-femme, de l’infirmière et du médecin
http://libdoc.who.int/publications/2007/9242546222_fre.pdf    

 

Military Medical Humanitarian Assistance Course (MMHAC) (pediatrics)
http://prthealth.org/uploads/MMHAC.pdf

Elementary pediatrics under conditions of limited resources
Considerations concerning pediatric medicine and nursing in Emergency esponse Units.
J. Gardemann, University of Applied Sciences, Muenster, Germany
https://www.fh-muenster.de/humanitaere-hilfe/downloads/elementary_pediat... (37 p - 707 KB)

Médecins sans Frontières Reference Books
http://www.refbooks.msf.org

  • Essential Drugs - 2006 (en, fr, es)
  • Clinical Guidelines - 2006 (en, fr, es)
  • Obstetrics in Remote Settings - 2007 (en,fr)
  • Refugee Health - 1997 (en)
  • Tuberculosis - 2008 (en, fr)
  • Management of epidemic meningococcal meningitis - 2008 (en, fr)
  • Rapid health assessment of refugee or displaced populations - 2006 (en)

Hesperian’s Online Library

Where There Is No Doctor
http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php#wtnd
Where Women Have No Doctor
http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php#wwhnd
A Book for Midwives
http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php#midwives
Where There Is No Dentist
http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php#dentist