27 Jul 2020
This toolkit is intended for clinicians working in intensive care units in low- and middle-income countries, managing adult and paediatric patients with severe forms of acute respiratory infection, including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distre...
Tags: Guidance material, Other type of resource, COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
24 Dec 2014
This handbook presents some basic information on safe construction practices. Its purpose is to provide guidance on choices regarding settlement planning in risky environments, as well as on the building techniques to improve individual shelters. The...
Tags: Guidance material, Earthquake, Flood, House Fire, Landslide, Livelihoods and Food Security
14 Aug 2018
The population of the municipality of Jonuta (Tabasco, Mexico), which depends heavily on farming for its subsistence, loses many farm animals during floods. To protect their livelihoods, the people have re-adopted and improved the local practice of b...
Tags: Case Study, Flood