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Lecture notes for Health Science Students on Disaster prevention and preparedness in order to define disaster, hazard, vulnerability and risk, describe the types and the causes of disasters,...
The IASC Shelter Cluster prioritised a review of the shelter needs of families in emergency shelter. A large number are expected to remain in emergency shelter during 2011 or longer. The majority...
The 2010 food crisis in the Sahel has affected millions of men, women and children. The humanitarian response, although too slow and insufficient, did at least allow the worst to be avoided....
Securing space for an education response in humanitarian
appeals and for the inclusion of education during the
first phase response to rapid onset emergencies poses
significant...
This document is intended to capture discussions from the UK Shelter Forum in a concise format for dissemination. The presentations and discussions from the day have been framed within current HLP...
Brief IASC leaflet highlighting the major environmental considerations in humanitarian response, with links to other useful documents and organisations.
This group discussed the role of emergency shelter and its relation to urban infrastructure, along with urban settlements and focus on the preparedness phase. These notes, along with...
This discussion covered the hardware, tools and guidance within the context of training and guidance in the shelter sector. These discussions included...
The group identified and discussed the existing needs around fora and partnerships and expanded on ideas of how to manage and...
The group discussed capacity building and training, including current challenges with both and improvements that can be made. The discussion resulted in...