Filter
831
Text search:
flood
Featured
Recommendations
67
New Publications
288
Language
Document type
No document type
458
Studies & Reports
172
Manuals
58
Guidelines
47
Strategic & Response Plan
31
Situation Updates
27
Training Material
20
Fact sheets
10
Resource Platforms
5
Dashboards/Maps
2
Infographics
1
Countries / Regions
Myanmar / Burma
52
Global
37
Mozambique
31
Bangladesh
25
India
24
South Sudan
22
Nepal
21
Ethiopia
14
Kenya
14
Philippines
13
Pakistan
13
Congo, Democratic Republic of
11
Sierra Leone
10
Nigeria
10
Uganda
10
Zimbabwe
10
Malawi
10
Liberia
9
Syria
9
Ghana
8
Somalia
8
Indonesia
8
Haiti
7
Yemen
7
Afghanistan
6
Central African Republic
6
Colombia
6
South–East Asia Region
6
Asia
6
Guinea
5
Tanzania
5
South Africa
4
Sudan
4
Brazil
4
Ukraine
4
Western Pacific Region
4
Western and Central Europe
4
Africa
4
USA
3
Zambia
3
Chad
3
Papua New Guinea
3
Namibia
3
Peru
3
Eastern Europe
3
Laos
3
Burkina Faso
2
Togo
2
Germany
2
Lebanon
2
Cambodia
2
Thailand
2
Ecuador
2
Madagascar
2
Latin America and the Carribbean
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
2
Vietnam
2
Mali
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Iraq
1
Jordan
1
China
1
Vanuatu
1
Argentina
1
Eswatini/ Swaziland
1
North Macedonia
1
Greece
1
Angola
1
Lesotho
1
Sri Lanka
1
Chile
1
West and Central Africa
1
Middle East and North Africa
1
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
1
Paraguay
1
Fiji
1
Solomon Islands
1
Bhutan
1
Venezuela
1
Palestine
1
North Korea
1
Djibouti
1
Russia
1
Iran
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
300
Key Resources
131
Clinical Guidelines
25
Public Health
24
Capacity Building
13
Women & Child Health
11
Pharmacy & Technologies
4
Annual Report MEDBOX
2
Toolboxes
Natural Hazards
131
Planetary Health
125
Conflict
49
Mental Health
45
COVID-19
39
Rapid Response
37
Global Health Education
35
Disability
23
Refugee
12
TB
12
Cholera
10
HIV
10
Pharmacy
10
Ebola
9
NTDs
9
Typhoon
7
Specific Hazards
6
Caregiver
6
Health Financing Toolbox
6
AMR
4
NCDs
3
South Sudan
2
Social Ethics
2
A recent survey of the literature and experience identified five broad actions that development institutions and governments, as well as their partners and stakeholders, can take to improve disability-inclusive disaster risk management. Those five actions are:
- Include persons with disabilitie ...
- Include persons with disabilitie ...
This paper provides information to assist World Bank and GFDRR staff in affecting disability-inclusive DRM. It is based upon desk reviews of existing practice, as well as consultations with experts in the field of disability-inclusive DRM. The paper:
- Illustrates promising practices related to ...
- Illustrates promising practices related to ...
Torrential rains and the onset of Cyclone Komen triggered severe and widespread floods and landslides in July and August 2015 across 12 out of 14 states and regions in Myanmar. An estimated 1.6 million individuals were recorded as having been temporarily displaced from their homes by the disaster, a
...
Survival, Health and Dignity for Refugees
Accessed March 13, 2019
The disaster and Red Cross Red Crescent response to date
9 March 2019: Tropical Cyclone Idai forms over Northern Mozambique Channel. CVM preparedness and early warning actions underway
13 March 2019: IFRC Surge Capacity is deployed to Maputo
14 March 2019: 342,562 Swiss francs allocated from th
...
While the full extent of Cyclone Ida’s impact is still being assessed, early reports indicate significant damage to infrastructure and livelihoods, with an estimated 3,000km2 of land submerged. Preliminary government reports as of 24 March indicate that more than 58,600 houses have been damaged, i
...
The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country.
NSW Health Disaster Mental Health, handbook 3
The Disaster Mental Health Manual and associated handbooks are intended as a resource for mental health staff who are seeking background information and practical guidance and resources to assist in a disaster mental health response.
Emergency assistance needs are anticipated to be atypically high through 2019/20 lean season.
The 2018/19 rainy season was marked by a delayed start of season, below average rainfall, early cessation of rains, and heavy late season rainfall and flooding associated with Tropical Cyclones Desmond, I
...
This document is produced by the Humanitarian Country Team and the United Nations Resident
Coordinator’s Office in Mozambique, with the support of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The projects reflected here support the national government. It covers
...
Internal displacement at all-time high after unprecedented year of crises
The total number of people living in internal displacement reached a record 55 million by the end of 2020. During a year marked by intense storms and persistent conflict, 40.5 million new displacements were triggered across
...
New displacements by conflict and disasters in 2020
Food Security And Nutrition In Emergency
recommended
Chapter 9: Public health guide for emergencies
Between 1992 and 2012, disasters caused more than 1.3 million deaths, affected more than 4.4 billion people and led to US$ 2 trillion in economic damages and losses around the world. This Disaster Risk Management Strategy explains how the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) anti
...
