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Natural Hazards

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
37
World Health Organization
29
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
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
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Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA
11
World Health Organisation (WHO)
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IFRC
10
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC
9
MapAction
9
World Health Organization (WHO)
8
Hesperian
7
International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
7
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project
6
Cordner, s.
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ICRc
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International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies IFRC
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UN Children's Fund
6
UNICEF
6
Pan American Health Organization PAHO
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R. Coninx
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Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
4
Grampari
4
Handicap International, CBM
4
J.-J. Kim
4
OCHA
4
OXFAM
4
PAHO/World Health Organization
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Tippy Tap
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF
4
Watershed Management Group
4
WHO
4
World Health Organization, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
4
Catholic Relief Services
3
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
3
Conant, J.
3
European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
3
Fadem, P.
3
Hesperian Foundation
3
IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross
3
OCHA Services reliefweb
3
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
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The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Relief and Resettlement Department
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UN-Habitat
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UNDP India
3
World Bank
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World Food Programme
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ACAPS
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ALNAP
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CAWST Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Famine Early Warning System Network
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Government of Tamilnadu
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Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform – Nepal (HRRP)
2
Inter-Agency Standing Committee
2
Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC
2
Jones, L.
2
Médecins Sans Frontières
2
Pan American Health Organisation PAHO
2
Pan American Health Organization
2
Sphere
2
The Sphere Project
2
UN Development Programme
2
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
2
UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR
2
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Regional Interagency Standing Committee, Southern Africa
2
UN-Habitat [Myanmar]
2
UNDP
2
United Nations
2
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk reduction (UNISDR)
2
World Food Programme (WFP)
2
World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food Security Cluster
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World Meteorological Organization
2
A. August Burns, Ronnie Lovich, Jane Maxwell, Katharine Shapiro
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Action Aid
1
Adams, J
1
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International, Caritas, Fiji Red Cross Society et al.
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Alastair Cook
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ALNAP, Provention Consortium
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American Public Health Association
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Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
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Asian Disaster Reduction Centre (ADRC)
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Assessment Capacities Project
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Atullya Foundation
1
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society , et al.
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Bangladesh Red Crescent Society , German Red Cross
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Bangladesh, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR)
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Bob Reed
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C. Hanlen
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Care and ONU Femmes
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CARE, Concern, CRS
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Care, ONUu Femmes et al.
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Care, UNO Women, Unicef et al.
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Cate Shockey & Kara Stephens
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Catholic Relief Services CRS
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Catholic Relief Services CRS, REPSSI
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Water Works Association
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Chattopadhayay-Dutt, Purnima
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Cherian, M.N.
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CHF International, USAID
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CICV, et al.
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Climate central
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College of American Pathologists
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Computational Epidemiology Group, Boston Children's Hospital
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Conant , J.
1
Coninx, R.
1
Connolly, M.A.
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Cosgrave, J.
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CRA Terre
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Curtin, M.
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David Sanderson and Ben Ramalingam
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David Sanderson and Paul Knox-Clarke
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Davis, Ian
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Department for International Development
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Department of Diaster Management, Government of Bihar
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Dion, Betty
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Disaster Preparedness Campaign
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Eastern Mediterranean Region
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EducaVison Inc.
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Emergency Operations and Emergency Response Team
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European Commission
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European Commission: European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
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European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)
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Florida Health
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Food and Agriculture Organization
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Gemma Sou and John Cei Douglas
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Gemma Sou y John Cei Douglas
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Germanwatch
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GFDRR Habitat for Humanity IFRC
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Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES), Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, Asia Disaster Preparedness Center
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Global Shelter Cluster
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Global Water Initiative
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Government of Japan, World Bank, GFDRR
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Government of Malawi
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Government of Mozambique
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Government of Mozambique, International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
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Government of Mozambique, World Bank
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Government of Mozambique, World Health Organization
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Government of Myanmar
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Government of Nepal, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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GSDRC
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GTZ
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H.J.Kim
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Handicap International Nepal
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Haq, Bashirul
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Harvard Humanitarian Intitative
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Health Action in Crisis
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Health ClusterWorld Health Organization WHO
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HelpAge International
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Hesperian and SOIL
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Himachal Pradesh State DIsaster Management Authority
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House of Commons Library
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Hugh Earp
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Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force - Indoor Environmental Pollutants Work Group
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IASC Reference Group for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
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ICG
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Internal Medical Corps
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International Crisis Group
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International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks
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International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC)
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), South East Asia Regional Office
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFR
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescient Socities (IFRC)
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International Medical Corps
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International Organization for Migration
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International Organization for Migration IOM
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International Rescue Committee (IRC), et al.
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International Research Institute for Climate and Society, World Health Organization
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Isaac Boyd, Kirtimayi Mishra, and Cassie Dummett
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J. Kiyono and H. Ram Parajuli
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J.Fisher
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Jamie Bartram, Sandy Cairncross, Thomas Clasen et al.
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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Kaz de Jong
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Kenya Red Cross
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Keswick, M.
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Kim, J.-J. et al. (Éd.)
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Koirala, Pradip Kumar
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L. Gujral, M. Benigna Matsinhe, M. Eusébio Luis, et al.
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La Universidad de Manchester, Manchester, R.U.
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Lambert Zounogo P. Nikiema, Sue Cavanna, and Jean-Philippe Debus
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Latief, H.
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Le Projet Sphère
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Leslie Snider, Alison Schafer, Mark van Ommeren et al.
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Linda Young Landesman,
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Lloyd-Jones, Tony
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Lucia Withers, Nir Dahal, Tara Bajracharya, Naina Puri
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M. Jesse and T. Sim
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Marc Prou & Mel Schorin
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Marilise Turnbull, Charlotte L. Sterrett, and Amy Hilleboe
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Mauder, S.
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MEDBOX
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MEDBOX- The Aid libary
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Mental Health Program
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Mercy Corps
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Ministère de la Santè Publique er de la Population, Haiti
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Ministério da Saúde, Direcção Nacional de Saúde Pública, Departamento de Epidemiologia,
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Ministry of Health, Haiti
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Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Myanmar
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Minke, G.
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MSF
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Myanmar Red Cross Society, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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N.Puspito and F. Imamura
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Nathalia Dukhan
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National Disaster Management Authority India
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Agency for International Development
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Nepal Red Cross Society
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Nimesh Desai, Dhanesh Gupta, Ram Avtar Singh, et al.
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Nutrition Cluster
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OMS
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Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS
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Organisation mondiale de la Santé
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Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), Organisation panaméricaine de la santé, Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge
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Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS
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Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS
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Organización Mundial de la Salud, War Trauma Foundation, Visión Mundial Internacional.
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Organización Panamericana de la Salud
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Organização Mundial da Saúde
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Organização Mundial da Saúde, World Trauma Foundation, World Vision
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Our World in Data
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Pacific Disaster Centre
1
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
1
Patel, V.
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Practical Action Publishing Ltd, Catholic Relief Services
1
Public Health England, UNISDR
1
Qureshi, Aqeel
1
R Sari Kovats et al.
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Rahmat, R.
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Red Cross
1
REDLAC Shelter
1
RedR UK
1
ReliefWeb
1
Ruth Newman, Richard Hansen, John Quigley and Don Schramm
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Save the Children
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Save the Children, World Vision International, Plan International, UNICEF
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Schafer, A.
1
Scientific Animation without Borders SAWBO
1
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
Shelter Cluster
1
Snider, L.
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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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Syrian Association for Relief and Development SARD
1
The Emergency Capacity Building Project, Oxfam
1
The Psychosocial Working Group
1
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
1
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR), Relief and Resettlement Department
1
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Relief and Resettlement Department
1
The Royal College of Psychiatrists
1
The Tippy Tap Org
1
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNDRR
1
The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K
1
The World Bank
1
The World Bank Group
1
Tom Corsellis and Antonella Vitale
1
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1
UK Parliament
1
UKAid, CRS
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UN Children's Fund, Save the Children, Education Cluster
1
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
1
UN Habitat et al.
1
UN office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
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UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNDRR
1
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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UNEP
1
UNESCO
1
UNHCR
1
UNHR
1
UNISDR
1
United Nation Children's Fund
1
United Nations agencies, the World Bank and the European Commission
1
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
1
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)
1
United Nations Population Fund UNFPA
1
University of Cambridge shelterproject
1
University of Oxford
1
UNOSAT, International Charter Space and Major Disasters
1
USAID
1
USAID, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Challenge TB
1
Valsamma Eapen, Philip Graham & Shoba Srinath
1
Van Ommeren, M.
1
WarTrauma
1
Water Engineering Development Centre
1
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
1
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
1
WHO South-East Asia New Delhi
1
WHO, EHT, CPR
1
WHO, Unicef
1
Wisner, B
1
Word Health Organization
1
Word Health Organization WHO
1
World Bank, GFDRR
1
World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food Security Cluster
1
World Food Programme, Logistics Cluster
1
World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office of the Western Pacific
1
World Health Organization (WHO) and InterAgency Standing Committee (IASC), Save the Children, et al.
1
World Health Organization et al.
1
World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa
1
World Health Organization WHO, UNICEF
1
World Health Organization WHO, War Trauma Foundation and World Vision International
1
World Health Organization, MapAction, Health Cluster
1
World Meteorological Organization,
1
World Vision
1
World Vision e.V
1
World Vision, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
1
World Vision2022
1
Департамент "Остановить туберкулез", ВОЗ
1
Мамель Куэлапио, Мария Идрисова, Гунта Дравниеце et al.
1
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Clinical Guidelines
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First Steps for Managing an Outbreak of Acute Diarrhoea
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World Health Organization (2010) C_WHO
THIS LEAFLET AIMS AT GUIDING YOU THROUGH THE VERY FIRST DAYS OF AN OUTBREAK
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Doenças diarreicas agudas em emergências complexas
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Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2010) C_WHO
The document provides comprehensive guidelines on cholera outbreak management, including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. It emphasizes rapid response measures, the importance of rehydration therapy (oral and intravenous), and public health interventions such as water sanitation, hygiene promot ... more
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Manual on Cyclone: Causes, Effects & Preparedness (Burmese Version)

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Relief and Resettlement Department; UN-Habitat (2010) C1
No publication year indicated.
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Technicien sanitaire en situations précaires

Médecins sans Frontières (2010) C1
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Setting up a national disaster preparedness and response mechanism: Guidelines for National Societies

IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross Red Cresent Societies (2010)
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Hand Hygiene: Why, How and When?
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World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
Poster
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Guidelines for creating barrier-free emergency shelters

Curtin, M. Handicap International Nepal (2009) C1
This manual provides guidance on the design and building of barrier-free emergency shelters that are used by all people within a community following a natural disaster, such as a flood or landslide. It provides information with examples of the essential aspects to consider when designing and buildin ... more
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Earthquake (Burmese Version), Poster

Myanmar Red Cross Society, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2009) C1
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Be a Better Donor: Practical Recommendations for Humanitarian Aid

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; UNICEF; OCHA; OXFAM; et al. (2009) C_WHO
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Household water treatment and safe storage in emergencies

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescient Socities (IFRC) (2008) C1
A field manual for Red Cross/Red Crescent personnel and volunteers
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Saber donar. Recomendaciones prácticas sobre donaciones humanitarias

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; UNICEF; OCHA; OXFAM; et al. (2008)
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The Johns Hopkins and Red Cross Red Crescent Public Health Guide in Emergencies
recommended

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2008) C1
2nd edition. Essential guideline for humanitarian assistance
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Household Water Treatment Flocculant/ Disinfectant Powder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2008) C_CDC
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Managing WHO Humanitarian Response in the Field

World Health Organization (2008)
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Household Water Treatment Ceramic Filtration

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2008) C_CDC
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Responding to earthquakes

ALNAP, Provention Consortium (2008)
Learning from earthquake relief and recovery operations
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IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. Checklist
recommended

Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC (2008) C1
Armed conflicts and natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering to affected populations. The psychological and social impacts of emergencies may be acute in the short term, but they can also undermine the long-term mental health and psychosocial well-being of the affected ... more
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Haitian Creole for Health Care. Kreyòl Ayisyen pou Swen Sante

Marc Prou & Mel Schorin EducaVison Inc. (2007) C1
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Laboratory General Checklist

College of American Pathologists (2007) C2
Improve identification, verification, communication and coordination.
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Diretrizes do IASCsobre Saúde Mental e Apoio Psicossocial em Emergências Humanitárias
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC (2007) C2