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Author: Dore, Mohammed ; Etkin, David
Source: Australian Journal of Emergency Management; 15(3): p.-, Mar.-May 2000. tab/graf
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Author: Ogallo, L.A
Source: UNESCO; World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Proceedings of the WMO/UNESCO : Sub - Forum on Science and Technology in support of Natural Disaster Reduction. s.l, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 1999.
Keywords: droughts, water
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Author: Jendritzky, G
Source:: UNESCO; World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Proceedings of the WMO/UNESCO : Sub - Forum on Science and Technology in support of Natural Disaster Reduction. s.l, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 1999
Keywords: climate, temperatures, earthquakes, eruption, weather, winter, temperatures, flooding, typhoon, storm, insurance, drought
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Description: In volcanic emergencies there are two elements that can severely impact populations: ashfall and volcanic gases. The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN) has published technical guidelines on the hazards of volcanic ash and gases. The content is practical, easy to understand and is meant for wide distribution in cases of eruptions. "The Health Hazards of Volcanic Ash--A Guide for the Population," gives recommendations for respiratory, eye, or skin problems, and how best to protect oneself or one's children from ashfall. Another pamphlet, "Guidelines on Preparedness Before, During, and After Ashfall," offers general preparedness recommendations for disaster administrators.
The 31 experts who are members of the IVHHN work in various scientific disciplines such as volcanology, epidemiology, toxicology, and public health, with the common aim of trying to determine the health effects of volcanic emissions. They have published a series of pamphlets for the public, for disaster managers, and for scientists that are available in Spanish, English, Italian, French, Portuguese, and Japanese at http://www.ivhhn.org (see the section on "guidelines and databases").
Keywords: volcano, eruptions, preparedness, ashfall, public health
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Description: Until recently, obligations for countries governed by the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR) were limited to monitoring, reporting on, and controlling a limited number of diseases. In 1969, when the Regulations were adopted, six communicable diseases were included: cholera, plague, yellow fever, smallpox, relapsing fever, and typhus. By 1981, only cholera, plague, and yellow fever remained on the list. In the past, reporting was often made at the discretion of the affected countries. Cholera, for instance, was underreported or, when politically convenient, re-labeled as “acute watery diarrhea.”
In the last few years, however, international concern over issues such as the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in industrialized countries, with its consequent global economic impact, the impending threat of an influenza pandemic, or the worst-case scenario of a deliberate release of hazardous agents, has prompted a fundamental revision of the International Health Regulations. Following extensive deliberations, the World Health Assembly adopted the revised Regulations on 23 May 2005.
Keywords: WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), cholera, plague, yellow fever, smallpox, relapsing fever, typhus, SARS, epidemic, Public Health
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Description: Until recently, obligations for countries governed by the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR) were limited to monitoring, reporting on, and controlling a limited number of diseases. In 1969, when the Regulations were adopted, six communicable diseases were included: cholera, plague, yellow fever, smallpox, relapsing fever, and typhus. By 1981, only cholera, plague, and yellow fever remained on the list. In the past, reporting was often made at the discretion of the affected countries. Cholera, for instance, was underreported or, when politically convenient, re-labeled as “acute watery diarrhea.”
In the last few years, however, international concern over issues such as the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in industrialized countries, with its consequent global economic impact, the impending threat of an influenza pandemic, or the worst-case scenario of a deliberate release of hazardous agents, has prompted a fundamental revision of the International Health Regulations. Following extensive deliberations, the World Health Assembly adopted the revised Regulations on 23 May 2005.
Keywords: WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), cholera, plague, yellow fever, smallpox, relapsing fever, typhus, SARS, epidemic, Public Health
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Description:The Hospital Safety Index--developed by PAHO/WHO--assesses the existing safety level in health facilities should they be affected by a disaster.
This instrument helps develop a list of priorities for corrective measures
Keywords: existing safety level, natural hazards, preparedness, readiness
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http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/specialpopulationsanddisasters.html
Description: The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) has launched a website for special populations that addresses preparedness for emergencies and disasters. The site contains information on safety measures, evacuation, preparedness, etc., for the disabled, the elderly, people with hearing and sight impairment, women, children, diabetics, indigenous populations, and foreigners, among others. In addition, it presents lessons learned from disasters caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the attacks on the World Trade Center. The site includes laws and regulations and a preparedness guide for the government and its agencies.
Keywords: special populations, safety measures, evacuation, preparedness, disabled, elderly, impairment
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Description:
an excellent set of resources on infections agents,
diseases and other threats, mass trauma, natural disasters,
radiation emergencies, training , preparation and
planning, disasters and children and more
Key
words: mass trauma, natural disasters, radiation,
children, general planning, public health, CBRN, Chemical,
Radiological, Biological, Nuclear, terrorism Appeals
to physicians, public health
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Description:
CDCs specific site for mass trauma preparedness
Key words: mass trauma, natural disasters Appeals
to physicians, public health
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Date:
Fourth Edition, February 2001
Description:
USAMRIID's MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CASUALTIES
HANDBOOK includes toxin and live agent diagnosis and
management. This site also has a version for PDA.
If you want more specific and cutting edge research
information you can link from this page to the USAMRIID
publications library which is constantly updated
Key
words: Infectious diseases, bioterrorism, CBRN, Chemical,
Radiological, Biological, Nuclear, terrorism, public
health Appeals to physicians, public health
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Description:
the Food and Drug Administration's resource page on
bioterror, food safety and infectious disease. Some
toxicology information available as well.
Key
words: bioterror, food safety, infectious disease,
CBRN, toxicology Appeals to physicians, public health
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Description:
this is a good resource page for first responders.
MIPT have specifically decided to support police officers,
firefighters, emergency medical technicians and all
of the others who are first on the scene in the aftermath
of terrorist activity. They sponsor research to discover
equipment, training and procedures that might assist
them in preventing terrorism and responding to it.
The site has links to an extensive library that may
take a bit of time to wade through until you find
what you want but it has many good resources. Worth
a visit, particularly for EMS.
Appeals
to physicians, nurses EMS.
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Description:
This is a high concept background paper that broadly
explores the response to disease outbreaks by intergovernmental
organizations (World Health Organization (WHO), Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organization
for Animal Health / Office International Epizooties
(OIE).
Interest
to public health
Type: PDF
Key
words: infectious disease, epidemic, NGO
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Description
- information and advice on communicating with children
about disasters.
Key words; public health, community response, pediatrics
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Description
- an information page on coping with terrorism.
Key words: public health, community response, psychiatry
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Description
- A search portal that scans through multiple US public
health sites. Simple and comprehensive searches, easy
to use, a good starting point for a data search StatePublicHealth.org,
also provides links to directories of state health
agencies, state health officials, and public hotlines.
Key
words: public health, community response, hospital
readiness
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Description
- a PDF outlining public health response to bioterrorism.
Key
words: public health, community response, prophylaxis,
hospital readiness
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Final
Report, August 2000, American Hospital Association
Policy Forum with the support of the Office of Emergency
Preparedness and the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
Key
words: public health, community response, prophylaxis,
hospital readiness
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Very
complete overview of the planning in Washington DC,
provides a framework for other cities to use.
Key
words: public health, community response, prophylaxis,
hospital readiness, bioterrorosm, epidemic, pandemic
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Description
- A variety of educational and other resources primarily
geared to hospitals. Some good content but must be
searched for. They so have a site search engine. Under;
General planning, public health
Key
words: public health, community response, hospital
readiness
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Description
- page includes sections on Physician Resources, Federal
Resources, Coping with Disaster, National and State
Resources, and AMA Policy and Resources. They also
provide free JAMA articles on selected biological
weapons.
Key
words: public health, community response, hospital
readiness, general planning, terrorism, bioterrorism
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- Highlights of GAO report from a survey of over 2,000
urban hospitals where about 73 percent provided responses
addressing emergency preparedness. The survey collected
information on hospital preparedness for bioterrorism,
such as data on planning activities, staff training,
and capacity for response.
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- This report illustrates the changes in the American
public health system including areas of progress,
areas where improvements need to be made and explains
how to understand the difference in capabilities among
the states, which must be able to work together in
times of emergency. The analysis considers an "all-hazards"
assessment of the states' abilities to respond to
the full spectrum of possible public health emergencies,
as most of the same resources and capabilities would
be necessary to respond to terrorist threats, accidents
or threats posed by nature.
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- July 2000 document from the Headquarters Departments
of The Army, The Navy, and the Air Force, and Commandant,
Marine Corps. Very complete including field management
and other aspects of care
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- Excerpted from theTextbook of Military Medicine,
1997, published by the Office of the Surgeon General,
Department of the Army, United States of America.
This is a well organised review of all chemical, toxin
and biological hazards facing the military and - by
extension - terror targets in civilian populations.
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease,chemical
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Description
- A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice
guidelines. This site has links to guidelines
for bioterrorism agents. Search for the specific
agent.
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- this site has in it a resource toolkit for physicians.
Produced by the TMA Bioterrorism Task Force, the toolkit
includes physician protocols on the diagnosis, reporting,
etiology, and management of anthrax, botulism, smallpox,
and plague, and one-page reproducible patient handouts
on each of those diseases. Also included is the American
Medical Association's "Quick Reference Guide to Biological
Warfare."
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- Bioterrorism resources for medical professionals.
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- A bibliography of web resources for "first responders"
on bioterrorism and public safety.
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- This site provides a series of quick links to FAQs
posed by first responders as well as the public. Despite
the fact that much of the material is specific to
Virginia the site is useful because of the topics
it lists and some of the material is generaliseable. If anyone wants to put together a Canadian version
of the public information here (and in other similar
sites) please contact the CEEP webmaster for support.
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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Description
- General resources for dealing with Bio-events
Key
words: CBRN, biological, terrorism, tactical violence,
hospital readiness, public health, community response,
general planning, bioterrorism, epidemic, pandemic,
infectious disease
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