Situation analysis
Description of the disaster
An Ebola epidemic that started in March 2014 in Guinea has relentlessly continued to claim lives and to spread to other countries in West Africa. The current Ebola outbreak is the largest in history and the first to affect multiple countries simu...ltaneously. There have been over 24 000 reported confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of EVD in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone (table 1), with almost 10 000 reported deaths (outcomes for many cases are unknown). A total of 58 new confirmed cases were reported in Guinea, 0 in Liberia, and 58 in Sierra Leone in the 7 days to 8 March (4 days to 5 March for Liberia). Many experts believe that the official numbers substantially understate the size of the outbreak because of families' widespread reluctance to report cases. Because of the fluidity of movement of people between West Africa and several countries in the East African countries, especially Kenya and Ethiopia (who in turn have extensive interaction with other countries in the region in terms of human movement), the risk of an outbreak of Ebola in East Africa is as eminent as in any of the countries bordering the affected countries. The IFRC regional office intends to support National Societies to raise their Ebola preparedness and response capacity through training, technical support in planning and implementation of Ebola related activities, and coordination both within and outside the movement.
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The context of the Ebola epidemic presented extreme challenges for Oxfam, as it did for many organisations. At the onset of the epidemic, there was a general lack of understanding of the disease and how to respond to it effectively and safely. A pervasive and persistent climate of fear, coupled with... changing predictions about the likely evolution of the epidemic, influenced analysis and response at all levels. There was strong pressure to treat the epidemic as a medical emergency requiring a medical response – organised through topdown processes – rather than standard humanitarian coordination
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12 Themen auf 46 illustrierten Arbeitsblättern vermitteln erste einfache Sprachkenntnisse und eine lebenskundliche Erstorientierung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz mit dem Schwerpunkt der mündlichen Kommunikation. Als hilfreich haben sich Untertitel in englischer Sprache erwiesen. Das ...Konzept beinhaltet keinen Alphabetisierungskurs! Für die Lehrkräfte wird begleitendes Unterrichtsmaterial in Form eines Foliensatzes und einer CD mit den Arbeitsblättern sowie auf dieser Homepage zusätzlich kostenlos eine Handreichung mit bewährten und erfolgreichen Unterrichtsmethoden und mit besonderen Hinweisen zu den einzelnen Themen angeboten.
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Services, Identified needs and recommendations following the April and May 2015 Earthquakes in Nepal
Mapping Report - Catalonia (Spain).
Совместные действия в связи с туберкулезом и злоупотреблением алкоголем в Эстонии
Первый отчет по демонстрационному проекту
Take Action on Antimicrobial Resistance. For students in high school.
This AMR booklet is designed to inform high school students on AMR and how they can prevent it on a personal level. It is a brief document that has the potential to capture their interest as they learn from it.
Like the first volume, this one contains messages for the community but they are presented in a different version.
Fact sheet on Tuberculosis in Rwanda
Living Conditions Among Persons with Disability Survey Report
Kit de ferramentas de avaliação e melhoria da qualidade e dos direitos humanos em serviços
de saúde mental e de assistência social
Training manual that outlines the training of smallholder farmers to improve biosecurity and practices in their farms to prevent infectious diseases and thus the need for use of veterinary drugs. Describes training sessions and includes exercises and handouts.
Enzyklika Laudato Si' von Papst Franziskus über die Sorge für das gemeinsame Hause