Search

Reset

Searching with a thematic focus on Aid and debt, Humanitarian and emergency assistance

Showing 441-450 of 577 results

Pages

  • Document

    Guidelines for the evaluation of post disaster programmes

    United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2001
    This guide is part of a series that draws upon UNCHS (Habitat)ís experience in the field of post disaster management and local governance.
  • Document

    Natural disasters and adaptive capacity

    OECD Development Centre, 2004
    The ability of countries to manage risks associated with natural disasters – their vulnerability before disaster strikes and their resilience after the fact - is a pressing concern for development agencies and developing-country governments.
  • Document

    WHO-PAHO: guidelines for the use of foreign field hospitals in the aftermath of sudden-impact disasters

    World Health Organization, 2003
    In complex disasters, field hospitals (civilian or military) have been used with notable success. However, the experience in the aftermath of natural disasters in developing countries has proven to be less satisfactory in terms of effectiveness and cost.
  • Document

    Mental and social health during and after acute emergencies: emerging consensus?

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005
    This article from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization acknowledges that there is no agreement on the public health value of the post-traumatic stress disorder concept, or the appropriateness of vertical (separate) trauma-focused services during and after acute emergencies.
  • Document

    Profile of internal displacement : Sudan

    Norwegian Refugee Council, 2004
    Compilation of the information available in the Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council as of 19 May 2004.
  • Document

    Health in emergencies - newsletter

    World Health Organization, 2004
    The Health in Emergencies newsletter, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), focuses on WHO’s work in preparedness and response to disasters, conflict and post conflict situations. It raises awareness of good practice in emergency health management in humanitarian emergencies and provides guidance on further reading and resources.
  • Document

    Infectious disease risks from dead bodies following natural disasters

    Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2004
    This paper, from the Pan American Journal of Public Health, reviews existing literature to assess the risks of infection from dead bodies after a natural disaster occurs. The paper establishes who is most at risk, what precautions should be taken and how to safely dispose of the bodies.
  • Document

    Humanitarian charter and minimum standards in disaster response: chapters one and four

    International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2004
    This updated edition of the Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response sets out what people affected by disasters have a right to expect from humanitarian assistance. Chapters one and four focus on minimum standards in water, sanitation and hygiene, and in health services.
  • Document

    Dealing with increased risk of natural disasters: challenges and options

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2003
    Natural disaster risk is emerging as an increasingly important constraint on economic development and poverty reduction. This paper reviews what is known about these risks - that the costs of disaster have been increasing, seem set to continue to increase, and bear especially heavily on the poorest - and sets out the key economic and development issues at stake.
  • Document

    Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters

    Climate Change, World Bank, 2004
    This study examines the short and long term economic and financial impacts of natural disasters. It relies in part on in-depth case studies of overall sensitivity to natural hazards in the small island economy of Dominica; public finance consequences of disasters in Bangladesh; and the economic consequences of climatic variability and the use of climatic forecasting in Malawi and southern Africa.

Pages