Natural Hazards
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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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47
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2
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1
Nigeria
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Laos
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Burkina Faso
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Vanuatu
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Cambodia
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Guinea-Bissau
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Tanzania
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Western and Central Europe
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Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
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Papua New Guinea
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Russia
1
Namibia
1
Sudan
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Mali
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Botswana
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Iraq
1
Liberia
1
Solomon Islands
1
Cuba
1
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World Health Organization WHO
37
World Health Organization
28
et al.
18
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC
18
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
14
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
14
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA
11
World Health Organisation (WHO)
11
IFRC
10
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
10
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC
9
MapAction
9
World Health Organization (WHO)
9
Hesperian
7
International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
7
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project
6
Cordner, s.
6
ICRc
6
International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies IFRC
6
UN Children's Fund
6
R. Coninx
5
UNICEF
5
Grampari
4
Handicap International, CBM
4
J.-J. Kim
4
OCHA
4
OXFAM
4
PAHO/World Health Organization
4
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
4
Pan American Health Organization PAHO
4
Tippy Tap
4
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
Conant, J.
3
European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
3
Fadem, P.
3
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
3
Hesperian Foundation
3
IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross
3
OCHA Services reliefweb
3
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Relief and Resettlement Department
3
UN-Habitat
3
UNDP India
3
World Bank
3
World Food Programme
3
ACAPS
2
ALNAP
2
CAWST Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology
2
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
2
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Famine Early Warning System Network
2
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2
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
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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
2
World Meteorological Organization
2
A. August Burns, Ronnie Lovich, Jane Maxwell, Katharine Shapiro
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Action Aid
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Adams, J
1
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International, Caritas, Fiji Red Cross Society et al.
1
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
1
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
1
C. Hanlen
1
Care and ONU Femmes
1
CARE, Concern, CRS
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Care, ONUu Femmes et al.
1
Care, UNO Women, Unicef et al.
1
Cate Shockey & Kara Stephens
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Catholic Relief Services CRS
1
Catholic Relief Services CRS, REPSSI
1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Water Works Association
1
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - CRED
1
Chattopadhayay-Dutt, Purnima
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Cherian, M.N.
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CHF International, USAID
1
CICV, et al.
1
Climate central
1
College of American Pathologists
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Computational Epidemiology Group, Boston Children's Hospital
1
Conant , J.
1
Coninx, R.
1
Connolly, M.A.
1
Cosgrave, J.
1
CRA Terre
1
Curtin, M.
1
David Sanderson and Ben Ramalingam
1
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
1
Dion, Betty
1
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
1
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)
1
Florida Health
1
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
1
Gemma Sou and John Cei Douglas
1
Gemma Sou y John Cei Douglas
1
Germanwatch
1
GFDRR Habitat for Humanity IFRC
1
Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES), Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, Asia Disaster Preparedness Center
1
Global Shelter Cluster
1
Global Water Initiative
1
Government of Japan, World Bank, GFDRR
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Government of Malawi
1
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
1
H.J.Kim
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Handicap International Nepal
1
Haq, Bashirul
1
Harvard Humanitarian Intitative
1
Health Action in Crisis
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Health ClusterWorld Health Organization WHO
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HelpAge International
1
Hesperian and SOIL
1
Himachal Pradesh State DIsaster Management Authority
1
House of Commons Library
1
Hugh Earp
1
Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force - Indoor Environmental Pollutants Work Group
1
IASC Reference Group for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
1
ICG
1
Internal Medical Corps
1
International Crisis Group
1
International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks
1
International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC)
1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), South East Asia Regional Office
1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFR
1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescient Socities (IFRC)
1
International Medical Corps
1
International Organization for Migration
1
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
1
Isaac Boyd, Kirtimayi Mishra, and Cassie Dummett
1
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
1
Keswick, M.
1
Kim, J.-J. et al. (Éd.)
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Koirala, Pradip Kumar
1
L. Gujral, M. Benigna Matsinhe, M. Eusébio Luis, et al.
1
La Universidad de Manchester, Manchester, R.U.
1
Lambert Zounogo P. Nikiema, Sue Cavanna, and Jean-Philippe Debus
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Latief, H.
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Le Projet Sphère
1
Leslie Snider, Alison Schafer, Mark van Ommeren et al.
1
Linda Young Landesman,
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Lloyd-Jones, Tony
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Lucia Withers, Nir Dahal, Tara Bajracharya, Naina Puri
1
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
1
Mauder, S.
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MEDBOX
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MEDBOX- The Aid libary
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Mental Health Program
1
Mercy Corps
1
Ministère de la Santè Publique er de la Population, Haiti
1
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)
1
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
1
Nepal Red Cross Society
1
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
1
Our World in Data
1
Pacific Disaster Centre
1
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
1
Patel, V.
1
Practical Action Publishing Ltd, Catholic Relief Services
1
Public Health England, UNISDR
1
Qureshi, Aqeel
1
R Sari Kovats et al.
1
Rahmat, R.
1
Red Cross
1
REDLAC Shelter
1
RedR UK
1
ReliefWeb
1
Ruth Newman, Richard Hansen, John Quigley and Don Schramm
1
Save the Children
1
Save the Children, World Vision International, Plan International, UNICEF
1
Schafer, A.
1
Scientific Animation without Borders SAWBO
1
Sean Price
1
Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos (SGR), Secretaría Técnica de Cooperación Internacional (SETECI), República del Ecuador
1
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
1
Shahnaz Arshad
1
Shelter Cluster
1
Snider, L.
1
Sohaib Athar
1
Soltani A, Ardalan A, Darvishi Boloorani A, et al.
1
Southern African Development Community
1
Steele, Andre
1
Stephen Sheppard, Richard Hill
1
SWABO Scientific Animations Without Borders
1
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
1
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
1
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
1
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNDRR
1
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Country Team in Yemen
1
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Resident Coordinator for Mozambique, UN Country Team in Mozambique
1
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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Countries
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Key Resources
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Clinical Guidelines
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Capacity Building
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Pharmacy & Technologies
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Women & Child Health
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Public Health
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1,800,944 persons affected by Cyclone Idai and Kenneth as reported by INGC 53,246 persons reported across 50 sites in Sofala, Manica, Tete and Zambezia Provinces in DTM’s multi-sectoral location assessment 279,230 persons assisted with various shelter and essential household items in Sofala ... more
Mozambique: Cyclone Idai Responding Organisations Presence (Completed and ongoing as of 18 April 2019)
The Government has declared a national emergency and three days of national mourning starting on 20 March. The official death toll from Cyclone Idai’s landfall has reportedly risen to at least 202 and is expected to increase in the days ahead.Flood waters are predicted to rise significantly in ... more
Since the beginning of March 2019, Malawi has experienced flooding and sustained heavy rain caused by the Tropical Cyclone Idai weather system. According to IOM Malawi, 81,613 households (HH) have been affected across four districts in the south of the country, specifically Chikwawa (12,755 HH), Zom... more

National Earthquake Preparedness and Response Plan

Government of Myanmar European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2019) CC
It aims to minimize damage to property, reduce injury and lives lost, and normalize the lives of those affected in a timely manner in the case of a damaging earthquake in the country. It also seeks to contribute to the achievements of Myanmar Sustainable Development Goals as well as respond to Gl... more
The official death toll has risen to 518 people as of 1 April, according to the Government. • More than 1,000 cases of cholera and one death have been reported. • Nearly 110,000 houses have been identified by the authorities as totally destroyed (59,910), partially destroyed (33,925) or floode... more
A cólera é uma infeção diarreica aguda causada pela ingestão de água ou alimentos contaminados. Este curso providencia uma introdução geral à cólera e é dirigido aos profissionais que responde a surtos em emergências complexas ou em contextos onde as infraestruturas básicas ambientais f... more
The death toll from Cyclone Idai’s landfall has reportedly risen to at least 84 and the President has said that it could rise above 1,000, according to media reports.
It aims to enable participants to: know more about reactions to distress know what psychological first aid is and what it is not understand the three action principles of ‘Look, Listen and Link’ have practised providing PFA to someone in distress have considered comple... more
Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response. The 2018 Sphere Handbook builds on the latest developments and learning in the humanitarian sector. Among the improvements of the new edition, readers will find a stronger focus on the role of local authorities and communities as ... more
This half-day training module introduces participants to basic skills in psychological first aid (PFA). It is suitable for all Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers working in any sector. It aims to enable participants to: know what psychological first aid is and what it is not ... more

Our World in Data: Natural Catastrophes

University of Oxford (2018) CC
Our World in Data is an online publication that shows how living conditions are changing. The aim is to give a global overview and to show changes over the very long run, so that we can see where we are coming from and where we are today. We cover a wide range of topics across many academic discipli... more
La PFA pour les Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge comprend plusieurs parties qui peuvent être utilisées séparément ou ensemble. Il comprend ce guide, un petit livret sur l'APF et quatre modules de formation sur l'APF. Ce guide contient des informations générales sur les premie... more