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A presentation that talks about the problems and solutions of building waste from disaster and post-disaster construction, and specifically asbestos issues.
Karen Walker introduced how to deal with existing asbestos-containing materials in disaster and post-disaster settings where no specialist back-up is available and how to break the cycle and avoid...
This document highlights the key aspects of safe health-care waste management in order to guide policy-makers, practitioners and facility managers to improve such services in health-care...
The "WASH and Health Guidelines" Collection compiles recent humanitarian practices on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), aiming to improve the health levels of affected populations. According...
This factsheet describes the supporting role the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit (JEU) plays in disaster waste management activities. Disasters can generate large quantities of waste, which become...
On 1 September 2019, Hurricane Dorian made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane on Abaco Islands, The Bahamas, before moving over Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas. As of 29 October, the official...
This document can also be found on the Official website of the European Commision at https://ec.europa.eu.
This document provides guidance with a view to...
This document can also be found on the Official website of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at https://www.who.int/.
This document is an informative...
This document can also be found on the Official website of the United Nations Environment Program at https://www.unenvironment.org/.
This...
This document can also be found on the Official website of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at https://www.adb.org/.
This document is a list of...