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Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers
Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers
Guidelines
Call to Action - A Cholera-Free Hispaniola: Moving from cholera control to cholera elimination through essential investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure
Communication Materials
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Health response to the earthquake in Haiti, January 2010: Lessons to be learned for the next massive sudden-onset disaster
Technical reports
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Psychological first aid: guide for field workers
Field guides
Presentation - Overview: International Health Regulations (IHR)
Presentations
Bringing the Community to Plan for Disease Outbreaks and Other Emergencies: A Step-by-Step Guide for Community Leaders
Guidelines
Most frequently-used acronyms related to the response to cholera in Haiti
Indexes
Proceedings of the WHO/PAHO Technical Consultation o Foreign Medical Teams (FMTs) Post Sudden Onset Disasters (SODs)
Meeting Documents
Epidemiological Alert: Poliomyelitis 20 October 2010
Epidemiological alerts and updates
Guide: DANA Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis in the Health Sector in Disaster Situations
Guide: DANA Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis in the Health Sector in Disaster Situations
Technical and scientific products
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The World Health Report 2007: A Safer Future - Global Public Health Security in the 21st Century
Other publications
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WHO guidance for the use of Annex 2 of the International Health Regulations (2005) - Decision instrument for the assessment and notification of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern
Other publications
Field Manual - PAHO/WHO Regional Disaster Response Team
Guidelines
Regional Update, Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - Epidemiological Week 29 (July 31 2009)
Epidemiological alerts and updates
Avian Influenza: Media Orientation Training Notes (USAID)
Communication Materials
Food Safety in Natural Disasters
Guidelines
Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Uruguay - Vol. 2, No. 23 (5 August 2004)
Epidemiological alerts and updates
Typhoid Fever Epidemic in Ca Pierre, Haiti - Vol. 2, No. 22—1 July 2004
Epidemiological alerts and updates
WHO-PAHO Guidelines for the Use of Foreign Field Hospitals in the Aftermath of Sudden-Impact Disasters
WHO-PAHO Guidelines for the Use of Foreign Field Hospitals in the Aftermath of Sudden-Impact Disasters
Guidelines
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The Role of Laboratories and Blood Banks in Disaster Situations
Technical reports