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	ASEAN Disaster Management Reference Handbooks Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2022) C1 View PDF(1167) Download (1536) Add to my MEDBOX Disaster Management Reference Handbook Series Overview. Floods, storms, and wind account for large proportions of displacement compared to other disasters. Floods are the most frequent type of disaster whereas wind-related disasters constitute the biggest losses in terms of economic damage, displacement, and number of affected people. ASEAN has succeeded in developing institutions not only for addressing the threat posed by natural hazards but also for building resilience into communities at ris Tags: disasters, disaster management, Disaster Risk, guideline, Southeast Asia, Natural disaster, Disaster risk reduction, Mitigation, Resilience, Source: https://reliefweb.int/attachments/0f4e6c
	Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2021 UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2022) C1 View PDF(281) Download (102) Add to my MEDBOX Continuing a worrying decade-long rising trend, the number of people forced to flee due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order climbed to 89.3 million by the end of 2021. This is more than double the 42.7 million people who remained forcibly displaced at the end of 2012 and represents a sharp 8 per cent increase of almost 7 million people in the span of just 12 months. As a result, above one per cent of the world’s population – or 1 in 88 people – were forcibly displaced at the end of 2021. This compares with 1 in 167 at the end of 2012. During 2021, some 1.7 million people crossed international borders seeking protection and 14.4 million new displacements within their countries were reported. This is a dramatic increase from the combined 11.2 million a year earlier Tags: refugees, IDP, Internally Displaced Persons, conflict, humanitarian crises, Source: https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/publications
	Myanmar 2019 Humanitarian response plan Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2022) CC View PDF(280) Download (36) Add to my MEDBOX While much of Myanmar’s population continues to benefit from the ongoing process of political and economic reforms, there are close to one million people who remain in need of emergency assistance and protection as a result of ongoing crises in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan. In addition, despite significant progress and investments in disaster risk reduction, millions of people in different parts of Myanmar face the ever-present risk of natural disasters in one of Asia’s most disaster-prone countries Tags: Myanmar, humanitarian work, Bangladesh, response plan, Source: https://reliefweb.int/attachments/c52421
	2022 Humanitarian Action Overview United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2021) C1 View PDF(1037) Download (433) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: humanitarian work, humanitarian needs, humanitarian aid, funding, crisis, Human rights, COVID-19, gender aspects, Women, girls, gender inequality, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh: Health Sector Bulletin No. 15, Reporting period: April to June 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO View PDF(484) Download (168) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: humanitarian crisis, rohingya refugee crisis, rohingya, Refugees, refugee camps, cox's Bazar, situation update, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Tanah - The Tsunami & Earthquake Fighter Red Cross/Red Crescent Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC), UNESCO Bangkok, Opendream (2021) C1 Open external link (2472) Add to my MEDBOX Be a hero, be prepared! Learn with Tanah how to be prepared in case of tsunamis and earthquakes. Tanah: The Tsunami and Earthquake Fighter is a mobile gaming app developed by UNESCO-Bangkok, the Red Cross Global Disaster Preparedness Center, and USAID. Players can download the game for free on their mobile devices and follow the avatar Tanah through different levels as she prepares for and respond to tsunamis and earthquakes. It is available in English, Spanish, Nepalese, and Bahasa Indonesian. Android and IO Tags: Disaster Preparedness, earthquake, tsunami, IEC, IEC Material, game, mobile device, Source: https://preparecenter.org/resource/tanah
	World Health Statistics 2021: monitoring health for the SDGs World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO View PDF(294) Download (131) Add to my MEDBOX The report presents the latest data on more than 50 health-related Sustainable Development Goal and "triple billion" target indicators. The 2021 edition includes preliminary estimates for global excess deaths attributable to COVID-19 for 2020 and the state of global and regional health trends from 2000-2019. It also focuses on persistent health inequalities and data gaps that have been accentuated by the pandemic, with a call to urgently invest in health information systems to ensure the world is better prepared with better data Tags: health systems, statistics, Report, global data, SDGs, Source: https://www.who.int/data/gho/publication
	Global Humanitarian Overview 2022 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2021) C1 Open external link (1116) Add to my MEDBOX In 2022, humanitarian action will need to adapt to new and challenging realities. The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll in developing countries, civilians continue to be the most affected by conflict and extreme poverty is rising. Climate change effects are devastating, forced displacement is at record levels and 161 million people face acute food insecurity Tags: Human rights, humanitarian needs, humanitarian crisis, Refugees, conflict, migrantes, Natural disaster, natural hazard, rohingya, Climate Change, COVID-19, hunger, poverty, food insecurity, Displacement, climate change, Source: https://gho.unocha.org/
	Humanitarian Action for Children: Myanmar UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF View PDF(319) Download (88) Add to my MEDBOX Over 1 million people, including an estimated 450,000 children, are affected by Myanmar’s decade-long conflict and are increasingly vulnerable to gender-based violence, exploitation, abuse, detention and trafficking. Community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is increasing in Myanmar. COVID-19 requires a nationwide response focusing on critical urban and vulnerable populations, such as those in overcrowded camps for internally displaced persons Tags: humanitarian action, unicef, children, Myanmar, COVID-19, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Standards Audit Tool for Indian Palliative Care Programs Pallium India (2020) C1 View PDF(825) Download (543) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: palliative care, Source: https://palliumindia.org/wp-content/uplo

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