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Communicable diseases following natural disasters: Risk assessment and priority interventions

20 Oct 2013
The Communicable Diseases Working Group on Emergencies (CD-WGE) at WHO/HQ has developed this document to describe the communicable disease risks in populations affected by natural disasters. It is hoped that this document, by detailing the priority m...
Guidance material, Communicable Disease, Risk Assessment
Training material

Behaviour change communication (BCC) for community-based volunteers: Trainer’s manual

20 Oct 2013
Behaviour change communication (BCC) can be a very effective way to combat public health problems by encouraging health behaviour changes. The information in this manual is intended to help prepare you to facilitate the BCC learning sessions so as to...
Training material, Community Engagement and Accountability
Report

Regional Experience Exchange Workshop on Urban Risk Management in the Americas

20 Oct 2013
Report of the Workshop organized in Port‐au‐Prince ‐ Haiti between 22nd – 26th of August 201. It covers main elements of the urban context with the additional complementary perspective of Disaster Risk Management and Public Policies, and...
Report, Post-Disaster Recovery, Urban Resilience
Report

Learning from the city – British Red Cross Urban Learning Project Scoping Study

20 Oct 2013
The study looks at the evolving nature of risk and vulnerability in urban areas relating to natural hazards, urban violence and conflict, markets and livelihoods, health and water, sanitation and hygiene, and shelter, land and the built environment a...
Report, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Assisting Host Families and Communities after Conflict and Natural Disaster

20 Oct 2013
These guidelines published by IFRC Shelter Department, are intended as a multi-sectorial tool for assistance to people affected by conflict and natural disaster, both as displaced individuals and as host communities. Particular attention is given to ...
Guidance material
Report

Building Urban Resilience workshop: Arusha, Tanzania

20 Oct 2013
With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) brought together representatives from 15 Red Cross/Red Crescent (RC/RC) natio...
Report, Flood, Urban Resilience
Report

Building Urban Resilience workshop: Bangkok, Thailand

20 Oct 2013
With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) brought together more than 40 participants from eight Red Cross/Red Crescent ...
Report, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Guidelines for Relief Activities under Nuclear Disasters

18 Oct 2013
The Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) has published this set of “Guidelines for Relief Activities under Nuclear Disasters”. According to the guidelines, JRCS will conduct relief activities outside of the area restricted by the national/lo...
Guidance material, Technological hazard
Guidance material

原子力災害における救護活動マニュアル

18 Oct 2013
日本赤十字社(以下、「日赤」)は、「原子力災害における救護活動マニュアル」を作成し、警戒区域外で活動する一般の災害救護に携わる救護班に許容される累積被ばく線量を1ミリシ...
Guidance material, Technological hazard

Texts from the Frontline

14 Oct 2013
The Global Network for Disaster Reduction has undertaken SMS text-based surveys to expand the pool of input for identifying people’s perceptions of progress in Disaster Reduction in various countries world-wide as part of the Views from the Frontli...
Communication As Aid
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