360 video: Appropriate technology for flood early warning systems in Peru
This 360 degree video allows you to explore the flood early warning systems installed by Practical Action in Chosica, Peru. Open-source electronics and 3D printing are used to create systems that are affordable and appropriate to the communities who need them - meaning life saving information can...
An unforgettable event: a qualitative study of the 1997-98 El Niño in northern Peru
Durante El Niño de 1997-98 , Tumbes, Perú recibió 16 veces el promedio anual de precipitaciones . Este estudio explora cómo los residentes de Tumbes perciben el impacto del fenómeno de El Niño en las necesidades básicas , el transporte, el cuidado de la salud , el empleo y la migración. Cuarenta...
Balkan floods of May 2014: challenges facing flood resilience in a former war zone
Major floods that swept through the Balkan region in 2014 have added to the problems facing people still recovering from conflict. Some had only just rebuilt their lives, only to be forced to flee again, this time to escape the floods. The legacy of war makes recovery more difficult and...
Bio-Latrines
This brief looks at the option of using bio-latrines, an on-site dry toilet technology which generates fertilising materials and fuel from the human excreta.
Burundi Floods 2011 DREF Operation
This case study from the IFRC details their Disaster Relief and Emergency Fund Operation in Burundi, 2011. Five days of heavy downpour in the last week of March 2011 had severe consequences for the residents of Ngagara, Cibitoke and Kinama, three impoverished and densely populated suburbs of...
Development of a Simplified Risk Mapping Tool to Facilitate and Optimize Emergency Response to...
The main objective of this initiative is to improve capacity to predict and address future post-disaster shelter recovery needs and issues as well as to manage information about on-going risks after a disaster and their implications for shelter planning. This improved capacity will ensure quick...
Disability inclusion and disaster risk reduction: Overcoming barriers to progress
Disasters have a disproportionate impact on people with disabilities, who are at higher risk of death, injury and loss of property. Although the rights and needs of people with disabilities in disasters are increasingly being addressed through policies, standards and guidelines, much more needs...
DISASTER MANAGEMENT TRAINING CENTRE COMMUNITY-BASED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION/WASH:Training Manual
This Training Manual aims at providing an overview of DRR/WASH and the basic skills necessary for implementing Community-based DRR/WASH.
Emergency Preparedness: Taking Responsibility for Your Safety,Tips for People with Disabilities...
This Guide is for everyone who has trouble walking, hearing, seeing, breathing, understanding, learning, or responding quickly. These reduced abilities can be temporary or permanent. They can be due to conditions such as allergies, age or disability. Use this Guide with other preparedness guides...
Few, Roger; Ahern, Mike; Matthies, Franziska; Kovats, Sari
Tras el debate preliminar de las cuestiones de riesgo de inundación mundial (capítulo 2), los principales sectores de la informe comprende un análisis pidemiológico de la base de pruebas para los resultados de salud de las inundaciones (capítulo 3) y una revisión de los mecanismos de análisis de...
Flood Resilient Sanitation : West Champaran Gandaki River Basin, India [Info-graphics] (2017)
ICIMOD along with its partners Megh Pyne Abhiyan (MPA) and Water Action (WA), is piloting Eco-San Toilet, or Phaydemand Shauchalaya (Beneficial Toilet) as it is locally known, in Naya Tola Bhishambharpur (NTB) village, Nautan Block in Pashchim (West) Champaran district of Bihar.
Flooding and communicable diseases fact sheet: risk assessment and preventive measures
Presenta los riesgos de las enfermedades transmitidas por el agua en contexto de desastres producidos por inundaciones.
Flooding and communicable diseases fact sheet: risk assessment and preventive measures
Presenta los riesgos de las enfermedades transmitidas por el agua en contexto de desastres producidos por inundaciones.
Flooding Quick Reference Guide
This brochure highlights important health and safety concerns to address before, during, and after major flooding. It is not intended to cover every type of flooding situation.
Floods: climate change and adaptation strategies for human health
Dentro de un proyecto europeo financiado por la Comisión ( EVK2 - 2000-00070 ) , la OMS y la Escuela de Londres de Higiene y Medicina Tropical organizó un taller para identificar los riesgos para la salud asociados a las inundaciones en la Región Europea de la OMS, explorar las proyecciones de...
Floods: climate change and adaptation strategies for human health
Dentro de un proyecto europeo financiado por la Comisión ( EVK2 - 2000-00070 ) , la OMS y la Escuela de Londres de Higiene y Medicina Tropical organizó un taller para identificar los riesgos para la salud asociados a las inundaciones en la Región Europea de la OMS, explorar las proyecciones de...
Gambia Floods 2010 DREF Operation
This case study from the International Federation of the Red Cross details their Disaster Relief and Emergency Fund Operation in Gambia, 2010. In 2010, the seasonal rainfall in Gambia from May to September was nearly 56 per cent above its normal range3 , resulting in floods that damaged...
Guidelines for developing emergency simulation and drills
This handbook gives the guidelines for organizing, developing, and evaluating simulations and drills and describes different uses for the exercises in the context of emergencies and disasters. It has been written primarily for health sector organizations that are in the process of reviewing and...
Here's how to escape a flooding vehicle
If you're ever in a car accident that results in the car sinking, you only have seconds to react and save your life.
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