Documents and publications

More than 400 professionals from 48 countries attended this meeting to identify lessons learned with regard to the preparedness for and response to two of the most devastating hurricanes of the last decades: Georges and Mitch. The recommendations in this

A practical guide developed at the workshop held in Managua, Nicaragua, 7 June 2001

Recent disasters in Central America, such as Hurricanes Mitch and Georges in 1998 and the El Salvador earthquake in 2001, have underscored the importance of including the

This book is an updated compilation of various documents on the topic already published by PAHO-WHO. Sections of previous publications have been revised to address the needs of professionals from a variety of disciplines, particularly those involved in

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), brought together six Midwest flood

Major emergencies, disasters and other crises are no respecters of national borders and never occur at convenient times. The magnitude of human suffering caused by these events is huge, and many aspects of people’s lives are affected - health, security

UN Water Policy Brief 1

This document was developed by UN Water in support of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR), 18–22 January 2005, and the envisaged programme Outcome Document tentatively entitled Building the resilience of nations and

The inaugural issue, called Climate Risk Management in Africa: Learning from practice, describes current efforts that are helping societies better adapt, and shows that when climate information successfully reaches vulnerable populations, it can be used

In October 2000, the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) initiated a programme to reduce vulnerability to drought. It distributed cash totalling US$760,000 to 62,000 people in South Wollo, Ethiopia. In return, recipients had to work on ‘employment