This manual, packaged in a folder, describes deployment of the Disaster Response Team, its objectives, and responsibilities at different stages of an emergency. It explains the process of mobilizing resources and provides practical information for work in the field. The manual includes evaluation forms and checklists for health services, shelter, water and sanitation, epidemiologic surveillance, damage assessment and needs analysis, and mental health, among others.

Human survival and health are the common objectives and measures of success of all humanitarian endeavors.

A collection of guidelines which focus on natural disasters.

The second edition of this popular text sets out in 10 chapters key public health principles for managing disasters in developing countries. This is a thorough revision of the first edition published in 2001. For this updated edition, the focus has shifted more toward planning for relief activities in the broader context of long-term development activities in middle- and low-income countries, with less emphasis specifically on refugee circumstances.

A comprehensive source of up-to-date information and resources from multiple sectors and sources. This resource is designed to be rapidly produced and distributed in paper format at the onset of a disaster, providing people with the information they need, at the time they need it, in a format which is easy to use. Linking a working diary with key information has the benefits of making this a practical tool, where information is readily to hand and easily shared.

Provides 3 checklists in Creole, including what to do before, during, and after an earthquake: 1. Kijan mwen kapab pare kò m ? 2. Kisa mwen ta dwe fè pandan yon tranbleman tè ? 3. Kisa pou m fè apre yon tranbleman tè ?

These checklists, specific to the Pacific Region, aim to facilitate the integration of human rights issues in natural disaster management. They can be used by all concerned actors in situations of humanitarian emergencies to ensure that human rights concerns are effectively incorporated in every stage of preparedness, response and recovery. These checklists are not to be used as a questionnaire or survey. They are meant to provide a “memory trigger” regarding key human rights issues. The checklists are dynamic tools that can be revised and expanded whenever needed.

These checklists, specific to the Pacific Region, aim to facilitate the integration of human rights issues in natural disaster management. They can be used by all concerned actors in situations of humanitarian emergencies to ensure that human rights concerns are effectively incorporated in every stage of preparedness, response and recovery. These checklists are not to be used as a questionnaire or survey. They are meant to provide a “memory trigger” regarding key human rights issues. The checklists are dynamic tools that can be revised and expanded whenever needed.

A reference tool which serves to reinforce a common understanding among the many key actors in emergency situations.

This toolkit is designed to help programme managers from UNICEF, UN agencies, NGO partners and government personnel to prepare, plan, implement and monitor behaviour change communication initiatives supporting health, hygiene and child protection efforts in emergencies. The toolkit has three parts: an overview section, several programmatic chapters and many practical tools to plan, implement and monitor a BCC initiative for emergencies.

This guide is intended for persons who wish to carry out a rapid assessment of the health-related status of an emergency affected popluation, such as internally displaced persons or refugees.

This new edition of the handbook (2004) has been thoroughly revised and updated, taking into account recent developments in humanitarian practice in wat/san, food, shelter and health, together with feedback from practitioners in the field, research institutes and cross-cutting experts in protection, gender, children, older people, disabled people, HIV/AIDS and the environment.

Public Health Promotion is the planned and systematic attempt to enable people to take action to prevent or mitigate disease. It combines insider knowledge (what do people know, do and want) with outsider knowledge (e.g. the causes of disease, epidemiology, vector control and communications and learning strategies). Public Health Promotion can be used to target a wide variety of Public Health problems but Oxfam’s distinctive competence at present focuses on the control of diarrhoeal diseases and malaria.

These guidelines aim at presenting a framework that an administratror can rely on to make effective decisions in managing the health sector’s activities to reduce the consequences of disasters. It does not pretend to cover every contingency. In fact, some of the suggested procedures may need to be adapted to fill some local needs. The book’s 14 chapters and 4 technical annexes describe the general effects of disasters on health, highlighting myths and realities.

Although intended primarily for use in refugee relief operations, the materials have a much wider application. There is still some discussion of details amongst technical agencies but in general the standards are agreed by most of the major relief agencies. The materials therefore provide a very useful tool for disaster managers engaged in planning and implementing relief operations for disaster victims.

The FOG contains information on general responsibilities for disaster responders, formats and reference material for assessing and reporting on populations at risk, DART position descriptions and duty checklists, sample tracking and accounting forms, descriptions of OFDA stockpile commodities, general information related to disaster activities, information on working with the military in the field, and a glossary of acronyms and terms used by OFDA and other organizations with which OFDA works.

This book is a collective accomplishment of the different sections of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and has been written to consolidate the broad experience of MSF in refugee programmes. It deals with refugees and internally displaced persons, and what a health agency can do to relieve their plight. It focuses on policies rather than on practical aspects, and is meant to act as a guide to decision-makers.

The purpose of this Guide is to help local communities and their health personnel cope with the consequences of disasters, particularly natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes, gales, tidal waves and droughts. It is intended for relatively small communities with scanty resources, in which there is a health centre or local hospital and where the local health personnel consists of a small team, including at least a physician or trained nurse.

Based on previous experience with disasters in Haiti and earthquakes in other countries, CDC has a general understanding of what the public health needs will be in Haiti following the January 12th earthquake. The following projections and recommendations take into account Haiti’s socio-economic and demographic situation, and the health of its people prior to the earthquake.

Immediately following a disaster, the needs of the population must be assessed as part of the comprehensive approach that the responsible national authorities employ to the overall situation. The comprehensive approach must be headed up by a single national agency. Preferably, the agency should be in place before an event occurs and have trained, experienced staff and appropriate, tested instruments for its work during an emergency.