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Guideline: Infant Feeding in Areas of Zika Virus Transmission
The purpose of this guideline is to provide a recommendation to guide governments, ministries of health,policy-makers and health-care workers in regions affected by transmission of Zika virus, in the development of local and national protocols and policies on infant feeding,…
Evidence review
Open Mindsets: Participatory Leadership for Health
The importance of leadership in bringing about change to improve health and well-being is increasingly emphasized — especially with the shift to SDGs — and there is now a need and opportunity to act to strengthen leadership for health. In…
Background report
Mapping the Risk and Distribution of Epidemics in the WHO African Region: A Technical Report
This WHO Technical Report offers a comprehensive spatially defined database of outbreaks and epidemics, and delineates the ecological zones of diseases classified as Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and malaria.
Evidence review
Psychosocial Support for Pregnant Women and for Families with Microcephaly and Other Neurological Complications in the Context of Zika Virus: Interim Guidance for Health-Care Providers
On 1 February 2016 WHO announced that a cluster of microcephaly and other neurologic disorders reported in Brazil is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Several countries have reported an increase in the incidence of cases of microcephaly and/or…
Background report
Zika virus risk assessment in the WHO African Region: A Technical Report
This WHO Technical Report seeks to assess the risk of Zika virus outbreak by country in the WHO African region and the capacity to contain it from becoming an epidemic.
Policy document
Setting, measuring and monitoring targets for disaster risk reduction
In many regions, disaster risk is continuing to increase, mostly because greater numbers of vulnerable people and assets are located in exposed areas. It is vital to start reversing these trends. Over the next 18 months, there will be negotiation…
Briefing
Focus on Nepal Earthquake and Earthquakes in Southern Asia
Nepal witnessed a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 25th April and a 7.3 quake on 12th May, the worst natural disasters since 1900 in terms of number of dead, population affected and economic losses (A). The earthquakes killed more than 9,000 people…
Background report
The human cost of natural disasters: A global perspective
This report offers a 20-year review of disaster impacts across the world.
Evidence review
Determinants of the Lethality of Climate-Related Disasters in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM): A Cross-Country Analysis
Floods and storms are climate-related hazards posing high mortality risk to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations. However risk factors for their lethality remain untested. We conducted an ecological study investigating risk factors for flood and storm lethality in CARICOM nations for…
Background report
Looking Upstream: Enhancers of Child Nutritional Status in post-Flood Rural Settings
Child undernutrition and flooding are highly prevalent public health issues in many developing countries, yet we have little understanding of preventive strategies for effective coping in these circumstances. Education has been recently highlighted as key to reduce the societal impacts…
Briefing
Disaster Data: A Balanced Perspective
In 2015, 346 natural disasters were recorded in the EM-DAT database. They claimed 22,773 lives, affected over 98 million others and caused economic damages of US$66.5 billion. The largest disaster of 2015 in terms of mortality was the earthquake in Nepal from…
Background report
What is the Human Cost of Weather-Related Disasters (1995-2015)?
This publication provides a sober and revealing analysis of weather-related disaster trends over a twenty year time-frame which coincides with a period which has seen the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties become an established high-…
