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The escalating burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide warrants an
urgent public health response. Resource constraints and other factors necessitate an
integrated and...
The Matrix on Agency Roles and Responsibilites for Ensuring a Coordinated, Multi-Sectoral Fuel Strategy in Humanitarian Settings defines the key fuel-related activities that must occur in order to...
The key findings and lessons learned in New Orleans are presented in Chapter 4. These include: the importance of resilient building systems and back-up power and water, internal self-sufficiency...
Interlocking Stabilised Soil Block (ISSB) technology has been gaining recognition, particularly in East Africa. This material and method of construction has the advantages of low cost and minimal...
Kailali disaster risk reduction initiatives. This report identifies ten risk reduction practices which were successfully implemented in the pilot communities and are replicable elsewhere. Its...
shelter training
Training modules on Shelter, based on the guidelines Transitional
Settlement Displaced Populations are available to download as free
shareware through...
This video made by the IFRC explains how to build / to realize a bamboo shelter. The earthquake-resilient shelters are made out of local materials such as bamboo and rope and cost the equivalent...
A two-sided leaflet on how to keep warm and prepare shelters for cold weather, created for distribution with winterisation kits in the Syrian refugee crisis.
A two-sided leaflet on how to keep warm and prepare shelters for cold weather, created for distribution with winterisation kits in the Syrian refugee crisis.
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the salient strengths and shortcomings in the existing legal and institutional capacities of the Lao PDR to address hazards and their risk of becoming a...