NiE (and cross-cutting issues)

Electronic transfers, or e-transfers, are a form of value transfer that relies on digital payment systems. The great many benefits they can realise for aid recipients and aid agencies alike in terms of increased security, convenience, privacy, speed, reduced operational/transaction costs and logistics, etc. have been widely documented. Equally, many aid agencies have experienced challenges …

In cash transfer programming, electronic transfers (e-transfers) offer a digital replacement for paper vouchers or physical cash. This guide provides guidance and tools for teams considering, or already using, e-transfers in humanitarian programs. While the guide was designed for Mercy Corps team members, we hope that it will be a resource for the wider humanitarian …

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) manages public works programmes to provide transfers to vulnerable, food-insecure and/or crisis-affected households in return for the provision of labour (particularly through labour-intensive construction and rehabilitation projects). The two main objectives of public works programmes are to: provide income opportunities and increase consumption of goods build or repair assets …

Updated main points of the guidance document on infant feeding in the context of Ebola dated  August 22nd 2014 are summarised below. This version dated September 19th 2014 replaces the earlier guidance note. Guidance produced through informal consultation involving UNICEF technical advisors at HQ, regional & country levels; WHO Infant and Young Child Feeding and Ebola specialists; CDC …

This interim guideline provides recommendations on nutritional support to adults and paediatric patients in Ebola treatment unit (ETUs). It highlights the key clinical problems in patients affected by Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) that would interfere with nutritional status and support of patients; what the nutritional needs are; and what nutritional support should be given in …