ICCM 2014: Hilary Ervin, Mapping in a Time of Ebola: Gender Considerations in Outbreak Response

Informal Networks for Disaster Risk Reduction Presented by Rocio Carrero, Project Lead Researcher University College of London – UCL City Leadership Lab February 14, 2017  

In 2014 Liberia suffered a deadly outbreak of Ebola that spread quickly throughout the country and claimed the lives of more than three thousand people. Although recent weeks have seen a considerable drop in the number of confirmed Ebola cases, Liber...

One of the main purposes of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies is to mobilize people and resources at community level to improve the lives of the vulnerable. In order to become locally sustainable, branches must expand the types of local resources ...