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Epidemic
A disease affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time. Non-pandemic disease attacking many individuals in a same community during short terms (days, weeks, months maximum), such as cholera, typhoid, bubonic plague, etc. source: GLIDE
Call for nominations: UN Sasakawa Award for disaster reduction
18 December 2008
The UNISDR calls for nominations of individuals and institutions from around the world who have contributed to building the resilience of nations and communities to natural hazards through innovative practices and outstanding initiatives...
- Assessing public health in emergency situationsCRED - 06-17 Jul 2009, Brussels (Belgium)
- 1st Congress on health and disastersCLAMED - 12-16 Oct 2009, Havana City (Cuba)
- Emergency ManagementFleming College, Peterborough, Ontario
- Disaster ManagementGlobal Fields Inst, Nairobi, Kenya
- How to prevent malaria in your communityIFRC; PNRC
- Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response: A WHO Guidance DocumentWHO - 2009
- At-risk populations and pandemic influenza: planning guidance for state, territorial, tribal, and local health departmentsCDC, United States of America - gov - 2008
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