Surge in climate change-related disasters poses growing threat to food security
This provisional Facilitator's Kit provides a complete framework for a 3-day training on Community Preparedness for Reproductive Health and Gender. The goal is to build community capacity to prepare and respond to risks and inequities faced by women and girls during emergencies.
The Handbook on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction (the Handbook) has been developed to provide guidance on how to use the Checklist and conduct related legislative reviews and reform processes. While the methodology for using the Checklist needs to be tailored to each country’s context and respectiv...e needs, the Handbook is intended to provide general guidance on key steps to consider.
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The strategy focuses on mobilizing and coordinating partners, experts and resources to help countries enhance surveillance of the Zika virus and disorders that could be linked to it, improve vector control, effectively communicate risks, guidance and protection measures, provide medical care to thos...e affected and fast-track research and development of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics
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Updated Guideline.
The Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) guidelines provide guidance on the most common emergency conditions in children presenting at the health facility. These include but are not limited to airway obstruction and other breathing problems; circulatory impairment or ...shock; severely altered CNS function (coma or convulsive seizures); and severe dehydration which require urgent appropriate care to prevent death.
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LINEAMIENTO TÉCNICO PARA JORNADAS DE LAVADO Y CEPILLADO DE TANQUES DE ALMACENAMIENTO DE AGUA DE USO DOMÉSTICO Y DEPÓSITOS DE AGUA DE USO INSTITUCIONAL, COMO MEDIDA DE PREVENCIÓN ANTE LA INFESTACIÓN POR AEDES AEGYPTI PARA DENGUE, CHIKUNGUÑA , ZIKA Y OTRAS ENFERMEDADES TRANSMTIDAS POR VECTORES E...N COLOMBIA.
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Extraced from the full version of WDI 2016