HFA Success Stories – Sri Lanka Early Warning System
Video by UNISDR
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Early Warning Systems
Developing a dengue early warning system in coastal urban Ecuador
PRESENTER: Anna Stewart – Research Scientist, and Latin America Research Coordinator, Center for Global Health and Translational Science TITLE: Developing a dengue early warning system in coastal urban EcuadorDATE: September 19th, 12-1pm TOPIC: Emerging mosquito-borne viral diseases, such as dengue fever and chikungunya, present a major global health threat. To improve the ability of the public
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Risk governance for a resilient tsunami early warning system in Indonesia
http://preventionweb.net/globalplatfo…for more information and to download the presentation. This presentation examines tsunami risk resilience through an analysis of systems of governance, their architecture, and actor-agent perspectives, concentrating on the development of a Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) in Indonesia. A novel conceptual framework for EWS Governance is developed and employed to structure inquiry, and analyse
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Costa Rica early warning system for hydrometeorological hazards project
Project development for early warning systems in Costa Rica.
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Flash Flood Early Warnings: What can we do?
Flash Floods and Debris Flow are a major hazard in Europe and worldwide and Early Warning Systems are the best way to increase preparedness and suport efficient operational risk management. The video presents the advanced tools developed under the EU FP7 IMPRINTS project to support operational risk management and the implementation of the EU Flood
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Living with a river that rises; Coastal communities in Da Nang are taking measures to respond to flash flooding, but is it enough?
Interest story about “Living with a river that rises; Coastal communities in Da Nang are taking measures to respond to flash flooding, but is it enough?” Asian Disaster Preparedness Center – Website: http://www.adpc.net
Case Study: Striking Gender Balance to Build A Flood-Resilient Community
Published June 2013 An estimated US$ 45.7 billion loss caused by the 2011 flooding crisis in Thailand well reflected Mrs. Mayuree’s view towards less-prioritized issue of flooding resilience and preparedness among local communities. To enhance resilience and sustainably reduce vulnerability of flood-prone province, local residents at Ban Ta Luang for the first time learned about disaster risk management skill
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Flood early warning systems in Nepal: a gendered perspective
This publication captures the findings of a study on flood early warning systems in Nepal that assessed the institutional arrangements, key stakeholders, legal provisions, coordination and linkage mechanisms, and four key elements of early warning systems from a gender perspective. It also gathered experience from two villages with functioning community-based flood early warning systems.
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Outbreak surveillance and response in humanitarian emergencies. WHO guidelines for EWARN implementation
The purpose of this document is to provide a standard framework and best current practice for implementation of an Early Warning and Response Network (EWARN) and its operation in the field, following humanitarian emergencies. These guidelines are intended for all individuals responsible for disease surveillance activities at all levels. These individuals include health facility staff,
Communicable disease surveillance and response systems. Guide to monitoring and evaluating
1 – Introduction2 – Overview of monitoring and evaluation of surveillance & response systems3 – Components of surveillance & response systems for M & E4 – Practical steps to monitor surveillance and response systems5 – Practical steps to evaluate surveillance and response systems BibliographyAnnex 1 – Key definitions in M & EAnnex 2 – Summary of existing communicable disease surveillance