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Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/
The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) primarily serves as the
national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control,
environmental health, and health promotion and education activities.
Website
includes wide array of information on health topics,
data and
statistics (mostly U.S.), publications
(many on-line), and training
opportunities. Use the search engine to get to documents and links of specific
interest.
 Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) oftenincludes international
articles. Use the search engine to find specific articles or browse by
subject.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ierh/IECDProgram.htmThe
International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch (IECD) Program
serves the international community as a technical resource in international
public health and epidemiology and has supplied short-term consultations to
international relief organizations working in emergencies.
Web page
offers list of publications that can be ordered or (if MMWR) can be
found on-line. Topics are: communicable diseases, water / sanitation,
nutrition, general. Publications are also listed country specific. Famine-Affected,
Refugee, and Displaced Populations: Recommendations for Public Health
Issues is available on line.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ierh/IECDProgram.htm
CDC International Emergency Capacity Development Program provides
education and experience in the public health and epidemiological aspects
of international emergencies for a cohort of junior and mid-level
professional CDC staff. Website offers program information and a list
of online publications on mental health, nutrition, and surveillance from
IECD work experience.
The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of
Disasters (CRED)
http://www.cred.be/centre/intro.html
The main
focus of the Centre is on safeguards, public health and the sanitation
aspects of disaster. CRED also studies the socio-economic and long-term
effects of these large-scale disasters. CRED's activities cover applied
research, the development of management tools, logistics and training.
Website
includes information about CRED, brief summaries of current projects,
information about courses, and access to a list of orderable publications
and online
publications. Publications are available in English, French, or
Spanish and cover a variety of emergency and health issues.
http://www.cred.be/emdat/
EM-DAT: The main objective of the OFDA/CRED International
Disaster Databaseis to serve the purposes of humanitarian action at
national and international levels. It is an initiative aimed to rationalize
decision making for disaster preparedness, as well as providing an
objective base for vulnerability assessment and priority setting.
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Disaster
Databases contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of
over 12,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present. Submit your
email address for future updates and click on Continue to download
databases in zip format. Check out Glossary
for definitions of terms common to disaster information and Guidelines,
which helps explain the information and format of the database.
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Summary Data
contains various statistical reports, figures and tables, highlighting
various aspects of disasters. Disaster
Profiles and Map Center are currently limited to natural disasters
but are set to include conflict related material in the future. Search
Engine and Emergency Documentation are currently in development and
unusable. Links
page offers access to UN agencies and various other organizations working
in disaster relief.
European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/echo/
(English, French)
The
mission serves to provide assistance and emergency aid to victims of
natural catastrophes and conflicts.
English
website is temporarily under construction. French website offers access to
information about ECHO mission and activities, as well as lists of
orderable ECHO publications and NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Assistance –
an advanced degree program) manuals. Several Journals are potentially
available – Ethics and Humanitarian Affairs, Humanitarian Action:
Perception and Security, and Humanitarian Affairs Review.
http://www.cred.be/centre/publi/120qe/begin.htm
Workshop on Efficiency, Effectiveness and International Collaboration in
Emergency Relief: Final Report.
The Global Information Networks in Education (GINIE)
http://www.ginie.org/
GINIE is
a resource to help provide governments, donor and relief organizations with
on-line information, both current and historical, on crisis- and
change-oriented educational services and materials.
The website
provides information about GINIE, how
the website works, and provides discussion forum
for members. Home page provides links to featured related links. Search
engine is currently inoperable, but should be useful in the future.
http://ginie1.sched.pitt.edu/referencedesk/
Reference desk provides access to information, manuals, programs, and other
resources for various crisis situation education topics (including Education and Psychological Distress, Landmine
Awareness Education, and Rapid Educational Response in Complex Emergencies), and
country specific
reports and links. Crisis Links, Crisis Reading Room, Development
Reading Room, and Classroom Desk provide lists of more general links by
subject and organization.
International Committee of the Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org/
(English, French, Spanish)
The
mission of The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) directs and
coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement
in situations of conflict. It also endeavors to prevent suffering by
promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian
principles.
Website
contains information about the organization, activities (by subject or
country), issues and topics, news (press releases and weekly news
articles), documents relating to humanitarian law issues, and a well
developed links
page.
http://www.icrc.org/eng/publications
Publications from Home page. Information about and how to order ICRC
publications. Off Press, Coming soon display recent and coming publications
from ICRC. Other publications provide online access to Annual
Reports, online access to all articles of Red Cross Red Crescent
Magazine, and ordering information for publications: Forum and Panorama.
List of video resources and CD Rom "International Human Rights
Law" also orderable from this section.
Catalogue of ICRC publications (for purchase, some
available on web). Subject material includes: Protection and Assistance,
War and Health, International Humanitarian Law, Internal Conflicts,
Prisoners of War, Tracing and Family Ties, and others
http://www.icrc.org/eng/review
International Review of the Red Cross. Its aim is to promote
reflection on humanitarian policy and action and on international
humanitarian law, while at the same time strengthening the dialogue between
the ICRC and other organizations and individuals concerned with
humanitarian issues. Information about magazine, contents, some
articles, and subscription information is available on-line.
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