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    Weathering the storm: participatory risk assessment for informal settlements

    PreventionWeb, 2008
    Residents of informal settlements often bear the brunt of extreme weather and associated flooding. This guide is intended to strengthen participatory risk assessment capabilities for a wide range of municipal and development professionals and practitioners. It is also relevant to professionals involved in housing, social development, health, adult education, CBOs and NGOs.
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    AID All in Diary: a practical tool for field based humanitarian workers

    AID All in Diary - a practical tool for field based humanitarian workers, 2009
    <p>The immediate pressures of working in a disasters environment mean that humanitarian workers can struggle to access the most relevant information needed for the situation in which they are working. The All In Diary is designed for use in disaster situations and is specifically aimed at field based humanitarian workers in international and local NGOs.
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    Exit strategy: leaving responsibly practical guidance document

    Eldis Document Store, 2008
    When it comes to humanitarian and relief agencies leaving an area in which they have been working, it is important to ensure this is done responsibly and to link relief and reconstruction to development.
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    Exit strategy: an introduction to sustainable exit

    Eldis Document Store, 2007
    Whether scaling down operations or phasing these out completely, international agencies engaged in relief and recovery programmes should ensure that their exit strategies are sustainable.
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    Exit strategy: closure planning guidance document

    Eldis Document Store, 2007
    Closing emergency relief and recover missions should be considered as a project in itself and is best planned when there is a certainty and clear schedules for closing a programme. This document, originally conceived for the British Red Cross Recovery Programme in the Maldives, can also be used as a practical guidance tool for others about to embark on a similar process.
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    Humanitarian action and older persons: an essential brief for humanitarian actors

    Inter-Agency Standing Committee, 2009
    This advocacy paper on humanitarian assistance and older persons has been developed by a wide range of humanitarian actors. The authors state why there is a need to pay attention to older persons in emergencies and argue that recent events have brought to light the disproportionate impact of natural disasters and crises on older people:IASC Recommendations include:
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    Manual for the health care of children in humanitarian emergencies

    World Health Organization, 2008
    The acute phase of an emergency is defined by crude mortality rate and persists as long as the crude mortality rate is at least double the baseline mortality rate, that is, as long as there are twice as many people dying per day compared to the normal rate of death.
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    Education in emergencies: including everyone: INEE pocket guide to inclusive education

    Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2009
    This document is a quick reference guide to help practitioners ensure that education in emergencies is accessible and inclusive for everyone, particularly those who have been traditionally excluded from education.
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    Public health in crisis-affected populations: a practical guide for decision-makers

    Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2007
    A considerable proportion of humanity is currently living in crisis conditions. This paper by the Humnitarian Practice Network argues that never before has it been clearer what interventions must be implemented to mitigate the adverse health consequences of wars and natural disasters, and what standards those interventions must strive to achieve.
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    Guidance on profiling internally displaced persons

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2008
    Obtaining reliable data on internally displaced persons (IDPs) is challenging. In most countries affected by internal displacement, existing data on IDPs and the conditions of their displacement is incomplete, unreliable, out of date or inaccurate. This presents a key obstacle to effective advocacy, the improvement of IDP protection and the design of targeted assistance programmes.

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