Desk Review and Recommendations for Private Sector Engagement
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR):
Core Knowledge for Emergency Preparedness and Response
In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper looks at lessons drawn from previous comparable disasters and seeks to provide invaluable information and assistance to the operational agencies responding to the crisis.
The report provides an overview of the disaster risk reduction and management in Nepal, a country under threat of multiple natural hazards: earthquakes, floods, landslides, fires, storms, the epidemics, and others. It presents background information on the country, its disaster profile, its legal an...d institutional framework, the country's achievements in regards to the Hyogo Framework for Action, and looks at the challenges and future steps in the area of disaster management in Nepal.
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The Thinking Health manual outlines an evidence-based approach describing how community health workers can reduce prenatal depression through evidence-based cognitive-behavioural techniques recommended by the mhGAP programme.
This manual is the first volume of WHO’s new series on low-intensity p...sychological interventions.
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AIDS Research and Therapy 2015, 12:12 (24 April 2015)
front cover © Hannah Maule-Ffinch/Save the Children
World Health Organization Chief Tells Security Council, Urging Sustained Focus to Prevent Future Outbreaks
Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book - 4
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.