Health Library for Disasters
(WHO & PAHO) − “the most complete electronic information resource on public
health for emergency preparedness and response and complex emergencies.”
Groundbreaking
approach to disaster relief (Bull. WHO,
2008)
World Disasters Report 2007 (IFRC, 2007) − previous issues
here.
Disaster risk reduction & emergency response for WASH
(WSSCC, 2009)
Practical Action Publishing: Books on Emergencies and
Disasters
Excreta Disposal in Emergencies: A Field Manual (WEDC,
2007)
The Sphere Project: Humanitarian
Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
The Sphere Handbook
(2004 edition)
Chapter 2: Minimum Standards in Water
Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion
Environmental health in emergencies (WHO
website)
Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters: A Practical Guide (WHO, 2002)
WHO Technical Notes for Emergencies
ReliefWeb − the global hub for time-critical humanitarian
information on complex emergencies and natural disasters.
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
(World Bank website)
ProVention Consortium (IFRC website)
International
Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN website)
Sanitation in Emergencies (Oxfam webpage)
UNHCR webpage on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
WEDC Technical Notes for Emergencies
Low-cost Drainage for Emergencies (Oxfam, draft, undated)
Send in the Latrines
(NY Times, 2008)
Up-flow clarifier for emergency water treatment (Water and Environment Journal, 2009)
Point of use water treatment in emergency response (LSHTM
& USAID, 2009)
Infectious diseases that pose specific challenges
after natural disasters: a review (Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases,
2006)
Patterns of chronic and acute diseases after natural
disasters – a study from the International Committee of the Red Cross field
hospital in Banda Aceh after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami (Tropical
Medicine & International Health, 2007)
Point-of-use water treatment and diarrhoea reduction in the
emergency context: an effectiveness trial in Liberia (Tropical Medicine
& International Health, 2006)
Climate Resilient Cities (World Bank, 2008) – a primer on reducing
vulnerabilities to climate change impacts and strengthening disaster risk
management in East Asian cities.
Disaster risk
reduction: Total disaster risk management handbook – Reducing the impact of
disasters on the poor (Asian Disaster Preparedness Center , 2005)
Floods
Floods and the Poor:
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor to the Negative Impacts of Floods (ADB,
2008)