Strengthening health-system emergency preparedness.
SITUATION OVERVIEW as of 30 Jan.
- 688 000 refugees into Bangladesh (of which 585 000 in Kutupalong and Bulukhali camps)
- over 5000 clinically suspected Diphtheria cases and 37 deaths (reported in refugee camps)
Infographic/Map on Cholera and Diphteria cases in Yemen
With an estimated population of about 5 million and an annual growth rate of 8 per cent, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is Africa’s fastest growing city.1 Over 70 per cent of the people live in informal, unplanned settlements with inadequate infrastructure. In addition, heavy rainfalls twice a year ...result in signifi cant fl ood risks. The objectives in Dar es Salaam were to 1) obtain high quality and up to date exposure maps of aff ected communities and as a stretch goal 2) to create a hydrological model using elevation data. Both of these would form important elements to managing fl ood risks but neither had been previously available due to a lack of high quality digital imagery
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GDACS is a cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve alerts, information exchange and coordination in the first phase after major sudden-onset disasters
Gender-based Violence Area of Responsibility Working Group July 2010
Nosocomial infections and antimicrobial resistance are two special health issues listed in Annex 1 of Commission Decision 2000/96/EC of 22 December 1999 on the communicable diseases to be progressively covered by the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of th...e Council.
Nosocomial infections correspond to infections acquired in hospitals. The term “Healthcare-associated infections” is now preferred because it includes not only infections acquired in hospitals, but also in other settings where healthcare is provided, e.g. long-term care facilities, nursing homes, home care, etc.
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