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Guidance material
Sistemas comunitarios de alerta temprana: principios rectores ipertenece a una serie de guías elaboradas por la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, junto a las guías para el análisis de la vulnerabilida...
Guidance material
Systèmes communautaires d’alerte précoce : principes directeurs est un des guides rédigés par la Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (FICR), et qui vient compléter le guide sur l’évaluation de ...
Report
This report describes and assesses the experience of Ofunato, Japan, which was devastated by the 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. After the GEJE, older people wanted to do something useful to help Ofunato recover. With facilitation by the NGO Iba...
Case Study
In March 2014, MSF-Switzerland deployed a dedicated Geographic Information Systems (GIS) officer to Guinea in response to the Ebola outbreak in the south of the country. In support of the epidemiological team, the GIS officer was charged with produci...
Case Study
This case study examines the increased use of cash transfer programming in emergencies by the Viet Nam Red Cross (VNRC) with support from Red Cross and Red Crescent Partner National Societies (PNS) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Re...
Research
This article in Nautilus magazine highlights research by Nirajan Shiwakoti at Monash University in Melbourne into the influence of architectural design on evacuation speed and efficiency. Drawing on the observation that panicking humans and ants exhi...
Research
Based on research by a team of Nepalese and international experts, this report carries out an analysis of five key elements related to urban housing and settlement – land, basic services, housing finance, building materials and construction tec...
Guidance material
This guidance has been developed to facilitate internal advocacy regarding cash transfer programming. It provides the materials required to run an awareness session for senior representatives of a National Society on the nature of cash transfer progr...
Report
This report is a compendium of understanding, concepts, experiences and lessons of disaster risk management (DRM) and emergency response planning and capacity building in Nepal. It reflects the status of DRM in Nepal including peoples’ aspirati...