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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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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
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World Health Organisation (WHO)
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MapAction
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
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Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project
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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
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UNICEF
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OCHA
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Oxfam
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Pan American Health Organization PAHO
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Tippy Tap
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF
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WHO
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World Health Organization, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Catholic Relief Services
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Conant, J.
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European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
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Fadem, P.
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Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
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Hesperian Foundation
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IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross
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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
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World Bank
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acaps
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Government of Tamilnadu
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC
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Jones, L.
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Médecins sans Frontières
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Pan American Health Organisation PAHO
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Pan American Health Organization
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Sphere
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The Sphere Project
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UN Development Programme
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UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Regional Interagency Standing Committee, Southern Africa
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UN-Habitat [Myanmar]
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UNDP
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United Nations
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk reduction (UNISDR)
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World Food Programme (WFP)
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World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food Security Cluster
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World Meteorological Organization
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A. August Burns, Ronnie Lovich, Jane Maxwell, Katharine Shapiro
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Action Aid
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Adams, J
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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
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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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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - CRED
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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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Conant , J.
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Coninx, R.
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Connolly, M.A.
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Cosgrave, J.
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CRA Terre
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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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Haq, Bashirul
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Harvard Humanitarian Intitative
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Health Action in Crisis
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HelpAge International
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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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International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks
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Kim, J.-J. et al. (Éd.)
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L. Gujral, M. Benigna Matsinhe, M. Eusébio Luis, et al.
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Lambert Zounogo P. Nikiema, Sue Cavanna, and Jean-Philippe Debus
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Nimesh Desai, Dhanesh Gupta, Ram Avtar Singh, et al.
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Nutrition Cluster
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Organisation mondiale de la Santé
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Organização Mundial da Saúde
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Our World in Data
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Pacific Disaster Centre
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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
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Patel, V.
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Practical Action Publishing Ltd, Catholic Relief Services
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Public Health England, UNISDR
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Qureshi, Aqeel
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R Sari Kovats et al.
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Rahmat, R.
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REDLAC Shelter
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ReliefWeb
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Scientific Animation without Borders SAWBO
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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
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Shahnaz Arshad
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Shelter Cluster
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Snider, L.
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Sohaib Athar
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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
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SWABO Scientific Animations Without Borders
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Syrian Association for Relief and Development SARD
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The Emergency Capacity Building Project, Oxfam
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The Psychosocial Working Group
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The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
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The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR), Relief and Resettlement Department
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The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Relief and Resettlement Department
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNDRR
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The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K
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The World Bank
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The World Bank Group
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Tippy Tap Org
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Tom Corsellis and Antonella Vitale
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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UK Parliament
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UKAid, CRS
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UN Children's Fund, Save the Children, Education Cluster
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UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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UN Habitat et al.
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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
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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
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UNESCO
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UNHCR
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UNHR
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United Nation Children's Fund
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United Nations agencies, the World Bank and the European Commission
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Global Water Partnership (GWP)
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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
1
United Nations Population Fund UNFPA
1
University of Cambridge shelterproject
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University of Oxford
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UNOSAT, International Charter Space and Major Disasters
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USAID
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USAID, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Challenge TB
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Valsamma Eapen, Philip Graham & Shoba Srinath
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Van Ommeren, M.
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WarTrauma
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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.
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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,
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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
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Мамель Куэлапио, Мария Идрисова, Гунта Дравниеце et al.
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Women & Child Health
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General Guidelines
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Flambées de choléra
recommended

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (2004) C_WHO
Évaluation des mesures mises en oeuvre en cas de flambées et amélioration de la préparation
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Environmental Health Management After Natural Disaster
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Ruth Newman, Richard Hansen, John Quigley and Don Schramm Pan American Health Organization (2003) C_WHO
Natural disasters often increase morbidity and mortality rates. Taking appropriate measures to maintain environmental health helps to reduce or eliminate the risks of preventable disease and death. Such measures contribute not only to the health of individuals in and near disaster-stricken areas, bu ... more
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Surgical Care At The District Hospital
recommended

WHO (2003) C_WHO
Promotion of the quality of clinical care through the identification, promotion and standardization of appropriate procedures, equipment and materials, particularly at district hospital level.
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Manual of Basic Techniques for a Health Laboratory
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World Health Organization WHO (2003) C_WHO
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Disposal of Dead Bodies in Emergency Conditions

J.Fisher WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (2003) C_WHO
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Psychosocial Intervention in Complex Emergencies: A Framework for Practice

The Psychosocial Working Group ICRc; Mercy Corps; MSF; et al. (2003) C2
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Package for Emergency Resuscitation and Intensive Care Unit

World Health Organization WHO (2003) C_WHO
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Needs Assessment & Evaluation form for essential emergency equipment in the emergency room

World Health Organization (2003)
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The Role of Laboratories and Blood Banks in Disaster Situations

Pan American Health Organization (2001) C_WHO
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Construction manual for earthquake-resistant houses built of earth

Minke, G. GTZ (2001) C1
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Four Steps for the Sound Management of Health-Care Waste in Emergencies

World Health Organization (2000) C_WHO
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Tsunami Catalog and Zones in Indonesia

Latief, H.; N.Puspito and F. Imamura (2000) C3
Journal of Natural Disaster Science 22(1):25-43 · January 2000
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Carta Humanitária e Normas Mínimas de Resposta Humanitária em Situação de Desastre

The Sphere Project (2000) CC
The Sphere Handbook is the oldest initiative in the field of humanitarian standards. It has been field-tested over twenty years and regularly updated to ensure it remains fit for purpose in a changing world. What does not change is its rights-based foundations: people have the right to assistance, ... more
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El Niño and Health

R Sari Kovats et al. World Health Organization (1999) C_WHO
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Production of Basic Diagnostic Laboratory Reagents

WHO (1995) C_WHO
Addresses the problematic to provide good laboratory services because of the quality and constancy of supply of laboratory reagents.
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Health Laboratory Facilities in Emergency and Disaster Situations

WHO (1994) C_WHO
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DesInventar Sendai - Disaster loss data for Sustainable Development Goals and Sendai Framework Monitoring System

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk reduction (UNISDR) (1994) CC
DesInventar as a Disaster Information Management System: DesInventar is a conceptual and methodological tool for the generation of National Disaster Inventories and the construction of databases of damage, losses and in general the effects of disasters. The Disaster Information Management System is ... more