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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
www.unhcr.ch
UNHCR is mandated by
the United Nations to lead and coordinate international action for the
world-wide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugee problems.
Web site provides
information about UNHCR, programs, and activities; as well as general
refugee information and news. The website is worth browsing on one’s own
and the home page is pretty descriptive for its categories.
The world offers map and text-based
access to country-specific information about refugees. Issues offers
a topic-specific route to articles about refugee children, the environment,
women's issues. Evaluation and Policy Analysis offers access to UNHCR
reports that can be searched by country, theme, or date. Statistics
related to crisis situations and UNHCR and partner efforts are also
available.
 http://www.unhcr.ch/news/news.htm
News includes press releases, news archives, new publications, briefing
news, and country updates. UNHCR
in the News contains the 100 latest news stories on UNHCR and refugees
from around the world.
http://www.unhcr.ch/pubs/pubs.htm
Publications offers online access to Refugees magazine and other
UNHCR publications. Also click on to reference which is an addition to the UN publications
page which provides links to working papers and other documents.
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/welcome.htm
REFWORLD – a collection of full-text databases representing the most
comprehensive and reliable refugee information resource available. UNCHR
and UN documents as well as an impressive refugee literature search.
- http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/pubs/rsq.htm
Refugee Survey Quarterly serves as an authoritative source for
current refugee and country information. Each issue is a combination
of country reports, documents, reviews and abstracts of
refugee-related literature.
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/refworld/unhcr/hcspeech/menu.htm
Speeches of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
includes a speech by former High Commissioner Sadako Ogata on “Telecommunications in the Service of Humanitarian
Assistance”.
http://ww.the-ecentre.net
Regional Centre for Emergency Training in International Humanitarian
Response in Tokyo, Japan.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Disaster Management
Center
http://epdwww.engr.wisc.edu/dmc/
The center's goal is
to help improve the emergency management performance of non-governmental
organizations, local and national governments, and international
organizations, through a comprehensive professional development program in
disaster management. Distance learning is the principal approach for this
international program.
Website includes
information about the Center, courses,
projects, and various external resources that can be accessed through links pages.
Lists of publications (in French, English, and Spanish): manuals
(course materials) and case histories that can be ordered are also
available. Publications and courses include topics like emergency
management, contingency planning, logistics, coordination, emergency health
management, and media relations.
http://www.medicine.wisc.edu/sections/em/pdm/home.html Journal
of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (English, French, Spanish) PDM
provides an international forum for the reporting and discussion of
scientific studies, both quantitative and qualitative, that have relevance
to the practice of out-of-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical care,
disaster medicine, and public health and safety. Abstracts of articles,
some complete papers, and subscription information available on the
website.
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int (English,
French, Spanish)
The objective of WHO
is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
Functions include: acting as the directing and coordinating authority on
international health work; promoting technical cooperation; assisting
governments in strengthening health services; furnishing appropriate
technical assistance and, in emergencies, necessary aid; to stimulate and
advance work on the prevention and control of epidemic, endemic and other
diseases; promoting the improvement of nutrition, housing, sanitation,
recreation, economic or working conditions and other aspects of
environmental hygiene; and promoting improved standards of teaching and
training in the health, medical and related profession.
Searchable website
includes information about WHO, programs, and activities. Health
topics offer links to information about diseases (surveillance and
response, research, prevention, related WHO publications), and subjects
such as Family and Reproductive health, Health technology, and
Lifestyle. Information Sources gives access to WHO library where
you can search for WHO documents by subject (including emergencies /
disasters) many of which are accessible online. Others can be ordered from
WHO. Reports and Information Services give access to various WHO
publications and newsletters which are either online or orderable.
http://www.who.int/eha/disasters/
Department of Emergency and Humanitarian Action. On the left side of
this page find a list under Specific Emergency Situations. For each link,
find background information, reports, epidemiological surveillance reports,
needs assessments, and related links. On the right hand side of the main
page are Specific Topics that provide links to documents relating to
emergency situations and various health topics, food and nutrition,
diseases, and drugs. Other Related Links give access to training and
research, standard health kits, evaluations, manuals, a bibliography, and
links to the Humanitarian Supply Management System (SUMA) and HINAP.
- http://www.hinap.org/HinapWeb/HinapSite.nsf/Main?OpenFrameSet
Health Information Network for Advanced Planning (HINAP).
HINAP is an information system designed to optimize effective
contingency planning for health relief in complex humanitarian
emergencies involving sudden population displacements. HINAP
consolidates, analyzes and deploys information on topics such as
nutrition, epidemiology, logistics, country health profiles, status of
local health facilities and the availability of resources for
emergency contingency planning. On the left click on
area of interest (Asia for example), which brings up countries.
Click on a country for a list of health issues, key health indicators,
and health profile. Use the interactive menu on the left to check out
options including: communicable diseases, mortality rates, nutritional
status, and immunization coverage. Also click on Related Sites at the
top for a long list of health and emergency links.
http://w3.whosea.org/index.htm
–Who Southeast Asia Regional Office. Searchable website that provides
information about activities, countries of work, and access to articles,
reports, publications, and policies. Malaria, Tobacco, AIDS & TB
programs highlighted.
http://www.who.int/dsa/cat98/emerg8.htm
–WHO library catalogue, subject emergencies / disasters.
http://www.who.int/emc-documents/
Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response Document Center
http://www.paho.org/
Pan American Health Office, WHO Regional Office for the Americas. Search
website contents by Topic
or Resource type. Information includes emergency
management, nutrition, diseases, water supply, and sanitation.
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