Comparison of Jurisdictional Seismic Resilience Planning Initiatives
Conclusion
The performance measurement frameworks (recovery timetables) developed as part of the SPUR, RWS, and ORP initiatives are one of the most notable and innovative features the work and so is the primary focus of conclusion. This innovation is sure to live on and evolve because it is the core feature of the NIST guide. SPUR’s performance measurement framework timetable undoubtedly the primary persuasive force behind initiation of the RWS and ORP efforts. SPUR’s framework was easy to communicate and compelling to WASSC and OSSPAC. Interestingly, the SPUR performance measurement framework played a prominent role i...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - March 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Scott B. Miles Source Type: research
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We were on the corresponding situation – as you want to save ones marriage now; Need be to save lots of quarry. But I do not know the direction to go, and I did not know where by you sh...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - March 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: disasters Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: research
Aspects For Rus Brides – What ’ s Required
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It’s not stated without purpose the fact that getting using colleagues is imperative for the people most people. No issue what your training profile is or which industry you are part of, you would like to become friendly to all or any or any folk working together with most people. You can’t consider of increasing good for accomplishment ladder should you be not really acceptable meant for the company employees. It’s therefore suggested to always walk yet one more mile to foster healthy operations on the job. We should seek out many of the techniques that wil...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - March 18, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: disasters Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: research
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Associations have a significant amount from work, to be patient and dedication. There is a danger is quitting too rapidly. With no giving the required time it’s possible you’ll neglect the fun of a more complete plus more seductive relationship than you truly thought possible. If you keep trying continuously and again with out improve, it’s possible you’ll be prolonging the suffering. In case you have no children the perfect solution is may just be simpler. With children you will find vital ramifications which usually ought to be deemed.
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Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - March 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: disasters Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: research
Community ’s Emergency Preparedness for Flood Hazards in Dire-dawa Town, Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study
CONCLUSIONS
In the history of Dire Dawa town, the flood disaster of 2006 was the turning point in prompting some emergency preparedness actions. The local government in collaboration with the federal government initiated the construction of flood protection dams in some flood prone areas of the town. However, according to this study’s findings, some of the already constructed dams had already collapsed and the residents had no confidence in those dams. In Kebele-05 where an NGO existed to operate on flood hazards prevention and mitigation, some emergency preparedness actions were undertaken by the communities. These majo...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - February 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Luche Tadesse Ejeta Source Type: research
Humanitarian Needs in Government Controlled Areas of Syria
Conclusions
Timely and accurate report of needs in emergencies is a persistent challenge. Situational reporting is often anecdotal or based on information provided by convenience samples, key informants, projections or a combination of these approaches. This assessment is the only large-scale multi-sectoral assessment conducted in Syria in the past two years that uses a random sample of households, thus findings are more scientifically rigorous than most other available sources.
The greatest levels of unmet humanitarian needs were observed in the West Coast, Rif Damascus, and al-Hasakeh. Of note, was the finding that Lat...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - February 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shannon Doocy Source Type: research
Infectious Disease Risk and Vaccination in Northern Syria after 5 Years of Civil War: The MSF Experience
Conclusions
Access to EPI vaccination for children is a key example of preventative public health interventions that have been curtailed in Northern Syria since the start of the conflict.
These findings demonstrate that collapse of the formal public health system has led to an increasingly large group of children who are susceptible to infectious diseases with serious consequences, with younger children most vulnerable.
We call on all health actors and the international community to work towards re-establishment of EPI activities as a priority to ensure that children who have had no access to vaccination in the last fi...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - February 2, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alan de Lima Pereira Source Type: research
Rio ’s Mountainous Region (“Região Serrana”) 2011 Landslides: Impact on Public Mental Health System
In conclusion, our study is an effort to address what the Sendai Framework considers a priority: Understanding disaster risk. We observed that the 2011 Landslides in Serrana Region led to a higher burden to public mental health care and that this event is part os a series of events that have been happening in the region as in other areas of the country for a long time.
Recommendation: Recognising this study has shown significant impacts in time and space on mental health, it may be helpful to consider using similar methodologies to repeat this work to see if it is a consistent finding from other landslides, extreme weath...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - January 25, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dell'Aringa Source Type: research
The United Nations Material Assistance to Survivors of Cholera in Haiti: Consulting Survivors and Rebuilding Trust
Conclusion
A consultation process to inform the Material Assistance program for survivors of the cholera epidemic would offer the best chance to “get it right for victims and survivors” and design a program that is responsive to survivors’ needs and priorities while achieving broader goals of recognition of harm, mending relationships, and rebuilding trust. It is an opportunity for the U.N. to counter the perception that MINUSTAH has acted with impunity on Haitian territory. Importantly, this consultation must be seen as only the first step toward a meaningful engagement with communities. Lessons learned in engaging ...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - October 23, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: ngibbons Source Type: research
Discussion Informed by Recurrent Lessons from a Systematic Review on Targeting Practices in Urban Humanitarian Crises
Conclusions and Recommendations
The current evidence and recurrent lessons above do not point to one single best approach for targeting vulnerable populations in urban crises. As humanitarian programs have a wide variety of goals and urban contexts and crises vary, the complex nature of vulnerability makes it impossible to have one best approach for each situation. Any approach will have strengths and limitations and none will be perfect as needs may often exceed available resources. In addition to these technical limitations, the security situation and political context can also impact the selection of a targeting approac...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - October 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: rbpatel Source Type: research
The Effect of Armed Conflict on the Utilization of Maternal Health Services in Uganda: A Population-based Study
Conclusion
The findings in this study have shown that armed conflict can have a negative impact on maternal healthcare utilization, as previous studies have also suggested. However, certain aspects of maternal healthcare utilization, such as skilled assistance at birth in this study, show better results in conflict areas, likely as a result of humanitarian aid interventions to ensure the continuity of some healthcare services. In terms of the speed of post-conflict recovery, this study indicates that a 5-year period is too short to see any significant improvement in maternal health utilization rates.
The complex nature o...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - October 3, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Amrita Namasivayam Source Type: research
Listening to the Voices of the People: Community ’s Assessment of Disaster Responder Agency Performance During Disaster Situations in Rural Northern Ghana
Conclusion
This study used a combined qualitative methodological approach of focus group discussions and the community score card in four communities in Northern Ghana to evaluate the performance of the main disaster responder agency. All four communities identified NADMO as the main responder agency during the last disasters with community members identifying education/awareness, selection process of beneficiaries, networking/collaboration, timing of response, quantity of relief items, appropriateness of relief items, mode of distribution of relief items, investigation and overall performance as the main evaluative indica...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - September 20, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: apanga Source Type: research
A Rights-based Approach to Information in Humanitarian Assistance
Humanitarian use of digital data: the coming crisis
Humanitarian assistance is increasingly digital data-driven and dependent on information communication technologies (ICTs). Humanitarian actors increasingly use ICTs as a core component of their work, including satellite and drone imagery analysis and mobile surveys. Meanwhile, crisis-affected populations increasingly rely on mobile technology to maintain contact with loved ones and diasporas, locate and access aid, transfer money, and identify migration routes.1
These developments, represent a pivot point in the history of the humanitarian project that requires new doc...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - September 20, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniel Scarnecchia Source Type: research
The Theory of Planned Behavior and Disaster Preparedness
Conclusion
The results of the present research have essential practical implications for strategies of intervention. First, DPB was found to be influenced both by intentions and perceptions of behavioral control. Therefore, an effective intervention will not only have to encourage people of the desirability of DPB, but also to provide them with the skills and means to do it. The more powerfully they can be made to feel that they have control on DPB, the more likely they are to perform their intentions. That is, heightened perceived control tends to reinforce people’s motivation to do DPB.
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Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - September 6, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mehdi Najafi Source Type: research
The Enduring Health Challenges of Afghan Immigrants and Refugees in Iran: A Systematic Review
This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by the author.
Data Availability
All national (MagIran, Science Information Database (SID) and Iranmedex) and international (PubMed, Scopus) databases were searched from November 2010 to November 2016 using keywords both in English and Persian: Afghan immigrants, Afghan refugees, Iran, infectious diseases, tuberculosis, HIV, Hepatitis B and C, non-communicable disease, food security, mental health, barriers, health insurance, access to health service. All related websites and webpages were also searched by Google with the same keywords ...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - July 21, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: nasim Source Type: research
