Thinking about Disasters
Handbook for Emergencies Content Overview Introduction
Defining a Disaster
Managing Disaster
Strategies for Involving Communities Introduction
Prioritizing Health Services
Supporting National and Local Health Systems
Coordination
Primary Health Care
Clinical Services
Health Information Systems Introduction
Disaster Preparedness
Planning Emergency Health Services
Mass Casualty Management
Emergency Medical Care
Mass Event with Long-term Major Implications
Mass Event of Immediate, Limited Implications
Intermediate Events Causing Temporary Displacements
Mass Event Long-Term Displacement
Managing Essential Drug Supplies
Post-emergency Phase Introduction
The Minimum Initial Services Package (MISP)
Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood
Family Planning
Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
Gender-based Violence (GBV)
Implementing GBV Programmes in the Health Sector Introduction
Stressors, Protective Factors and Mental Health Disorders in Humanitarian Emergencies
General Measures
Risk Factors and Intervention Strategies
Summary Basic Principles of Epidemiology in Emergencies
Rapid Health Assessment
Surveillance
Population Surveys
Outbreak Investigation Introduction
Communicable Diseases as Public Health Threats
Principles of Communicable Disease Control
General Approach to Setting up Disease Control Programmes
Major Disease in Emergency and Non-Emergency Settings
Diseases from the Animal Sector and Other Emerging Diseases
Monitoring, Evaluating and Research for Disease Control Programmes Introduction
Diseases Related to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Community Involvement in Disease Prevention
Improving Environmental Conditions
Excreta Disposal
Water Quantity
Water Quality
Hygiene
Food Safety
Vector Control
Solid Waste Management
Drainage
Planning Guidelines for Institutions
Water and Sanitation in Cholera Outbreak Response Introduction
Causes of Food and Nutrition Emergencies
Mortality Rates
Field Assessment
Emergency Food Aid Response
Food Pipeline, Logistics and Distribution
Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
Emergency Nutrition Intervention Response
Monitoring and Evaluating the Adequacy of the Emergency Response
Recovery and Household Food Security Introduction
Principles of Management
Project Planning in Emergencies
Writing a Project Proposal
Human Resources
Financial Management for Humanitarian Response
Monitoring and Evaluating Relief Projects
Summary
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