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Displaying 15 of about 32 resultsThis report examines the impact of Covid-19 so far and what the year ahead holds for the world’s most fragile states – Yemen and Syria in the Middle East; Somalia, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Africa; Afghanistan in Asia – and the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Evidence comes from DEC-commissioned independent Respons…
This document, a product of unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities, provides sound scientific information on the connections between weather and climate and major health challenges. These range from diseases of poverty to disease outbreaks and emergencies caused by weather-, climate- and water-related hazards, most…
Illustrated with examples from recent research in the field, this book summarizes the most pertinent and useful information about the public health impact of disasters. It is divided into four sections dealing with general issues, geophysical events, weather-related problems, and human-generated disasters. Throughout the book the focus is on the level o…
Communicable diseases are the major killers in complex emergencies. Death rates among refugees and displaced persons over 60 times the baseline rates have been recorded, with over three quarters of these deaths being due to communicable diseases. In the initial phase of a complex emergency the diseases with the greatest burden are measles, diarrhoeal di…
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Le plan ORSEC est un plan cadre gouvernemental, permettant d’organiser la réponse en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur qui dépasse les moyens habituellement misent en place pour y répondre. Il permet d’appuyer le leadership du gouvernement sur l’organisation de cette réponse en clarifiant les rôles et responsabilités de chacun mais auss…
This is the third edition of the Suffering in Silence report. The aim of this report is to highlight those humanitarian crises in 2018 that, though large, have received little public attention. In the final section, it also addresses the question of how to ensure better coverage, outlining eight steps to help shine a light on forgotten crises.
Using th…
This background paper presents considerations on how the COVID-19 pandemic is accentuating existing vulnerabilities of populations forcibly displaced by war (refugees, asylum-seekers, internally-displaced and stateless persons), in settings across East Africa and the Middle East. In addition to the devastating health threat the pandemic poses, lockdown…
The aim of this report is to explore intersectional risks that arise in South Sudan following hazards and how they intersect with disaster risk and reduction within an FCV context. To do this, the study investigated the current state of DRM in South Sudan, from the perspectives of both community members and stakeholders.
The findings reveale…
The GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning (CM4EW) is an international and transparent multi-source, consensus assessment of the crop growing conditions, status, and agro-climatic conditions that are likely to impact global production. The CM4EW reports on climate hazards, such as drought, flood, and extreme weather, as well as pests and crop diseases,…
This study investigates the type of programmatic activities that could be suitable for Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) funding if it were to open applications for early action in anticipation of humanitarian crises. The study considers both the actions that are relevant under the CERF’s life-saving criteria, as well as the kinds of actions humani…
Regional health forum – volume 13, number 1, 2009: special issue, world health day 2009:
The first five articles in this edition are based on the theme of World Health Day 2009: Health Facilities in Emergencies. The articles address various issues such as: methodologies for assessing structural and non-structural vulnerability of health facilities; com…
This booklet is a practical, and easy to comprehend, assistance manual for citizens to be prepared for emergency situations.
This document is a Russian contribution to the implementation of IDNDR programmes.
This brief focuses on COVID-19 in Myanmar and how the interplay between conflict, displacement and inter-communal tensions may influence disease control. All health emergencies have social and political challenges, but sensitive consideration and effective management of these is especially important where there is past or ongoing conflict, and where tru…
This paper explores how COVID-19 compounds the known climate-fragility risks, with a specific focus on contexts that are already characterised by situations of fragility and conflict. It then suggests entry points to respond to these evolving risks, and how we can ‘build back better’ from the pandemic, while at the same time tackle the climate cris…
This study employs a novel remote qualitativeresearch method in a conflict-affected setting to look at how some of the most at-risk internally displaced and hostpopulations were impacted by COVID-19, what determined their responses, and how this affected their health andsocio-economic vulnerability.
The remote research approach demonstrated efficacy in…