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Public Awareness and Public Education for DRR: Key messages

This publication, a supplement to the previously published “Public awareness and education for disaster risk reduction: a guide”, is offered as a tool for practitioners internationally to use in a consensus-building validation process. National Societies, national disaster management organizations, governmental and non-governmental organisations and international organizations are invited to be part of a global validation […]

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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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Irish Red Cross CBHFA Prison project | Prison inmate Ryan talks about HIV awareness in prisons

Ireland is the first country in the world to introduce Community Based Health and First Aid (CBHFA) in Action through groups of special status Irish Red Cross Volunteer Inmates in a prison setting. The programme operates under a partnership between the Irish Red Cross, Irish Prison Service and Education Training Boards (formally known as the

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Communicable disease epidemiological profile: Côte d’Ivoire

The purpose of this communicable disease profile for Côte D’Ivoire is to provide up-to-date information on the major communicable disease threats faced by the resident and displaced populations in these two countries. The purpose of the information given is to assist with the strategy for, and the prioritization and coordination of, communicable disease control activities

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Communicable disease epidemiological profile: Sri Lanka

The Communicable Disease Epidemiological Country Profile series was conceived and developed by the World Health Organization team for Disease Control in Humanitarian Emergencies (DCE). The aim is to provide up-to-date information on the major communicable disease threats faced by the resident and displaced populations in emergency-affected countries. The information provided is designed for use in

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