Natural Hazards
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The NATURAL HAZARDS TOOLBOX is a compilation of basic information on humanitarian cases caused by natural disasters. The NATURAL HAZARDS TOOLBOX strengthens the preparedness and response capacity of humanitarian workers in the field, health authorities and the public to the increasing dangers of natural disasters.

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World Health Organization WHO
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World Health Organization
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et al.
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA
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IFRC
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
10
MapAction
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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Hesperian
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International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
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Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project
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Cordner, S.
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ICRC
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UN Children's Fund
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International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies IFRC
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R. Coninx
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UNICEF
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Pan American Health Organization PAHO
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PAHO/World Health Organization
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OCHA
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WHO
4
Watershed Management Group
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF
4
Grampari
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Handicap International, CBM
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J.-J. Kim
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World Health Organization, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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OXFAM
4
Tippy Tap
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UNDP India
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The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Relief and Resettlement Department
3
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
3
Hesperian Foundation
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European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
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Fadem, P.
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UN-Habitat
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Conant, J.
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IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross
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Catholic Relief Services
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World Bank
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OCHA Services reliefweb
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World Food Programme
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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
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Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform – Nepal (HRRP)
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Pan American Health Organization
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United Nations
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Sphere
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Pan American Health Organisation PAHO
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Government of Tamilnadu
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Famine Early Warning System Network
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World Meteorological Organization
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Jones, L.
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ALNAP
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UNDP
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UN-Habitat [Myanmar]
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Regional Interagency Standing Committee, Southern Africa
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee
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The Sphere Project
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Médecins Sans Frontières
2
ACAPS
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
2
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
2
CAWST Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology
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World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food Security Cluster
2
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk reduction (UNISDR)
2
UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR
2
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR), Relief and Resettlement Department
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The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Relief and Resettlement Department
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists
1
The Psychosocial Working Group
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The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K
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The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNDRR
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The World Bank
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The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
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A. August Burns, Ronnie Lovich, Jane Maxwell, Katharine Shapiro
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The Emergency Capacity Building Project, Oxfam
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Ruth Newman, Richard Hansen, John Quigley and Don Schramm
1
Organização Mundial da Saúde, World Trauma Foundation, World Vision
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Pacific Disaster Centre
1
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
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Patel, V.
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Practical Action Publishing Ltd, Catholic Relief Services
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Public Health England, UNISDR
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Qureshi, Aqeel
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R Sari Kovats et al.
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Rahmat, R.
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Red Cross
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REDLAC Shelter
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RedR UK
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ReliefWeb
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Save the Children
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Syrian Association for Relief and Development SARD
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Save the Children, World Vision International, Plan International, UNICEF
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Schafer, A.
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Scientific Animation without Borders SAWBO
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Sean Price
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Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos (SGR), Secretaría Técnica de Cooperación Internacional (SETECI), República del Ecuador
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
1
Shahnaz Arshad
1
Snider, L.
1
Sohaib Athar
1
Soltani A, Ardalan A, Darvishi Boloorani A, et al.
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Southern African Development Community
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Steele, Andre
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Stephen Sheppard, Richard Hill
1
SWABO Scientific Animations Without Borders
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Shelter Cluster
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UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
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The World Bank Group
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World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food Security Cluster
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WarTrauma
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Water Engineering Development Centre
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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
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WHO South-East Asia New Delhi
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WHO, EHT, CPR
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WHO, Unicef
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Wisner, B
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Word Health Organization
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Word Health Organization WHO
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World Bank, GFDRR
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World Food Programme (WFP)
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World Food Programme, Logistics Cluster
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Valsamma Eapen, Philip Graham & Shoba Srinath
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World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office of the Western Pacific
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World Health Organization (WHO) and InterAgency Standing Committee (IASC), Save the Children, et al.
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World Health Organization et al.
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World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa
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World Health Organization WHO, UNICEF
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World Health Organization WHO, War Trauma Foundation and World Vision International
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World Health Organization, MapAction, Health Cluster
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World Meteorological Organization,
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World Vision
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World Vision e.V
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World Vision, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
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World Vision2022
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Департамент "Остановить туберкулез", ВОЗ
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Van Ommeren, M.
1
USAID, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Challenge TB
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Tippy Tap Org
1
UNEP
1
Tom Corsellis and Antonella Vitale
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1
UK Parliament
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UKAid, CRS
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UN Children's Fund, Save the Children, Education Cluster
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UN Development Programme
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UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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UN Habitat et al.
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UN office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Organización Panamericana de la Salud
1
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNDRR
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Country Team in Yemen
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Resident Coordinator for Mozambique, UN Country Team in Mozambique
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UNESCO
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USAID
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UNHCR
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UNHR
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UNISDR
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United Nation Children's Fund
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United Nations agencies, the World Bank and the European Commission
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Global Water Partnership (GWP)
1
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
1
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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United Nations Population Fund UNFPA
1
University of Cambridge shelterproject
1
University of Oxford
1
UNOSAT, International Charter Space and Major Disasters
1
Organização Mundial da Saúde
1
Minke, G.
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Organización Mundial de la Salud, War Trauma Foundation, Visión Mundial Internacional.
1
Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)
1
Curtin, M.
1
David Sanderson and Ben Ramalingam
1
David Sanderson and Paul Knox-Clarke
1
Davis, Ian
1
Department for International Development
1
Department of Diaster Management, Government of Bihar
1
Dion, Betty
1
Disaster Preparedness Campaign
1
Eastern Mediterranean Region
1
EducaVison Inc.
1
Emergency Operations and Emergency Response Team
1
European Commission
1
European Commission: European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
1
European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
1
Florida Health
1
Cosgrave, J.
1
Global Water Initiative
1
Government of Mozambique, World Health Organization
1
Government of Mozambique, World Bank
1
Government of Mozambique, International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
1
Government of Mozambique
1
Government of Malawi
1
Government of Japan, World Bank, GFDRR
1
Global Shelter Cluster
1
Food and Agriculture Organization
1
Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES), Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, Asia Disaster Preparedness Center
1
GFDRR Habitat for Humanity IFRC
1
Germanwatch
1
Gemma Sou y John Cei Douglas
1
Gemma Sou and John Cei Douglas
1
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
1
CRA Terre
1
Connolly, M.A.
1
Government of Nepal, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
1
Asian Disaster Reduction Centre (ADRC)
1
Bob Reed
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Bangladesh, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR)
1
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society , German Red Cross
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Bangladesh Red Crescent Society , et al.
1
Atullya Foundation
1
Assessment Capacities Project
1
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
1
Care and ONU Femmes
1
American Public Health Association
1
ALNAP, Provention Consortium
1
Alastair Cook
1
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International, Caritas, Fiji Red Cross Society et al.
1
Adams, J
1
Action Aid
1
C. Hanlen
1
CARE, Concern, CRS
1
Coninx, R.
1
Cherian, M.N.
1
Conant , J.
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Computational Epidemiology Group, Boston Children's Hospital
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College of American Pathologists
1
Climate central
1
CICV, et al.
1
CHF International, USAID
1
Chattopadhayay-Dutt, Purnima
1
Care, ONUu Femmes et al.
1
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - CRED
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Water Works Association
1
Catholic Relief Services CRS, REPSSI
1
Catholic Relief Services CRS
1
Cate Shockey & Kara Stephens
1
Care, UNO Women, Unicef et al.
1
Government of Myanmar
1
GSDRC
1
Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS
1
Marc Prou & Mel Schorin
1
Mercy Corps
1
Mental Health Program
1
MEDBOX- The Aid libary
1
MEDBOX
1
Mauder, S.
1
Marilise Turnbull, Charlotte L. Sterrett, and Amy Hilleboe
1
M. Jesse and T. Sim
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Ministério da Saúde, Direcção Nacional de Saúde Pública, Departamento de Epidemiologia,
1
Lucia Withers, Nir Dahal, Tara Bajracharya, Naina Puri
1
Lloyd-Jones, Tony
1
Linda Young Landesman,
1
Leslie Snider, Alison Schafer, Mark van Ommeren et al.
1
Le Projet Sphère
1
Latief, H.
1
Ministère de la Santè Publique er de la Population, Haiti
1
Ministry of Health, Haiti
1
La Universidad de Manchester, Manchester, R.U.
1
Nimesh Desai, Dhanesh Gupta, Ram Avtar Singh, et al.
1
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS
1
Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), Organisation panaméricaine de la santé, Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge
1
Organisation mondiale de la Santé
1
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS
1
OMS
1
Nutrition Cluster
1
Nepal Red Cross Society
1
Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Myanmar
1
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Agency for International Development
1
National Disaster Management Authority India
1
Nathalia Dukhan
1
N.Puspito and F. Imamura
1
Myanmar Red Cross Society, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
1
MSF
1
Lambert Zounogo P. Nikiema, Sue Cavanna, and Jean-Philippe Debus
1
L. Gujral, M. Benigna Matsinhe, M. Eusébio Luis, et al.
1
GTZ
1
Himachal Pradesh State DIsaster Management Authority
1
Internal Medical Corps
1
ICG
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IASC Reference Group for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
1
Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force - Indoor Environmental Pollutants Work Group
1
Hugh Earp
1
House of Commons Library
1
Hesperian and SOIL
1
International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks
1
HelpAge International
1
Health Action in Crisis
1
Harvard Humanitarian Intitative
1
Haq, Bashirul
1
Handicap International Nepal
1
H.J.Kim
1
International Crisis Group
1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), South East Asia Regional Office
1
Koirala, Pradip Kumar
1
J.Fisher
1
Kim, J.-J. et al. (Éd.)
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Keswick, M.
1
Kenya Red Cross
1
Kaz de Jong
1
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
1
Jamie Bartram, Sandy Cairncross, Thomas Clasen et al.
1
J. Kiyono and H. Ram Parajuli
1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescient Socities (IFRC)
1
Isaac Boyd, Kirtimayi Mishra, and Cassie Dummett
1
International Research Institute for Climate and Society, World Health Organization
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International Rescue Committee (IRC), et al.
1
International Organization for Migration IOM
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International Organization for Migration
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International Medical Corps
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Мамель Куэлапио, Мария Идрисова, Гунта Дравниеце et al.
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Map that shows the operational presence map and WASH partners in Mozambique
The map shows access constrainst as of 10 April 2019.
Hand Hygiene: Why, How, & When?
This Fiji contextualized manual was initially drafted for CANDO partners as a result of the work done by the humanitarian arms of the various Christian denominations. However as the work progressed it became evidently clear that the training was needed for all responders, and not only Christian resp... more
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck at 04:17 local time on 6 February 2023, with its epicentre located in Pazarcık district in Kahramanmaraş province, Türkiye. Over 1200 aftershocks have since been reported. These are Türkiye’ s most powerful earthquakes since 1939
À la suite des tremblements de terre dévastateurs qui ont frappé la Türkiye et la République arabe syrienne, l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé a livré 72 tonnes de fournitures pour des soins de traumatologie et de chirurgie d’urgence, y compris des traitements, afin de soutenir les opé... more
En respuesta a los devastadores terremotos que afectaron a Türkiye y a la República Árabe Siria, la Organización Mundial de la Salud entregó 72 toneladas de suministros de cirugía de traumatología y de emergencia, incluidos tratamientos, a ambos países para apoyar las iniciativas de respuest... more
In the early morning of 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern Türkiye near the northern border of Syria. The earthquake was followed 11 minutes later by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock. Many aftershocks continue to be felt across the region. Whilst the impact is still being ass... more
In the early morning of 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred in southern Türkiye near the northern border of Syria. The earthquake was followed 11 minutes later by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock. Many aftershocks are still being felt across the region. Whilst the impact is still bei... more
TUATION UPDATE In the early morning of 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred in southern Türkiye near the northern border of Syria. The earthquake was followed 11 minutes later by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock. Many aftershocks are still being felt across the region. Whilst the imp... more
At 4:17 in the morning on 6 February, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck northwestern Turkey. According to latest reports, this enormous tremor has already caused over 16,000 deaths in both Turkey, and Syria while over 20,000 are reportedly injured. At least 20 strong aftershocks have also been ... more
On 6 February at 4:17 am, a 7.8 degrees magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey near Syria’s northern border. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was centered about 33 km (20 miles) from Gaziantep, a major city and provincial capital. Tremors were felt as far away as Lebanon, Greece... more
General tips: 1- Make sure to assign a staff member to be the focal point to support persons with disabilities in every location/project. (The focal point should know the evacuation procedures). 2- The focal point should coordinate the evacuation and support persons with disabilities in case of an... more
The WHO health advisory provides guidance to countries on adapting all existing preparedness and response plans and procedures for natural hazards such as cyclones, tropical storms, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes and potential outbreaks of other diseases to their existing COVID-19 strategic prepared... more
Map abput presence of WFP during the earthquake in Syria
Conformément aux recommandations de divers comités de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), le Bureau régional de l’OMS pour l’Afrique a mis en place trois initiatives phares afin de permettre aux États Membres de la Région africaine de se préparer aux urgences de santé publique, ... more
Conformément aux recommandations de divers comités de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), le Bureau régional de l’OMS pour l’Afrique a mis en place trois initiatives phares afin de permettre aux États Membres de la Région africaine de se préparer aux urgences de santé publique, ... more