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Brussels
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In person
Assessing Public Health in Emergency Situations (APHES)
This course aims to familiarize professionals with epidemiological techniques to determine impacts of disasters and conflicts. The course will introduce participants to the methods and tools of epidemiology in the context of humanitarian emergencies and
This course aims to familiarize professionals with epidemiological techniques to determine impacts of disasters and conflicts.
Documents and publications
Risk factors for mortality and injury: post-tsunami epidemiological findings from Tamil Nadu

This study was initiated to identify specific risk factors for mortality and injury with the aim of strengthening the current evidence base on disaster impacts and vulnerabilities. The results suggest that the vulnerability of coastal population could be

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Santé et Société
This study was initiated to identify specific risk factors for mortality and injury with the aim of strengthening the current evidence base on disaster impacts and vulnerabilities.
Documents and publications
Annual disaster statistical review: numbers and trends 2007

This publication reports on the effects of disasters on human populations in 2007. This second issue analyses the 2007 disaster figures based on the EM-DAT database with comparisons to previous years.

In this year, 414 natural disasters were reported

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Santé et Société
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
This publication reports on the effects of disasters on human populations in 2007. This second issue analyses the 2007 disaster figures based on the EM-DAT database with comparisons to previous years.
Training event
Brussels
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In person
Assessing public health in emergency situations: international CRED summer course 2008
This two-week intensive course is designed to provide professionals from various backgrounds with the epidemiological techniques and tools to determine impacts of disasters and conflicts on human health. It will also cover the different uses of
This two-week intensive course is designed to provide professionals from various backgrounds with the epidemiological techniques and tools to determine impacts of disasters and conflicts on human health.
Documents and publications
Annual disaster statistical review: numbers and trends 2006

This publication is an analysis of the disaster figures in 2006 compared to 2005 and 2000-04.

CRED has been publishing statistics on disasters every year since 1998, thanks to the generous support of the United States Agency for International Development

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Santé et Société
This publication is an analysis of the disaster figures in 2006 compared to 2005 and 2000-04.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

http://www.uclouvain.be/esp.html
[email protected]
+880-2811-8600 ext 2423
Fax:
+880-2811-3196