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Why the Philippines Wasn’t Ready for Typhoon Haiyan

Mon, 2013-11-11 17:14 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Destruction in the Philippines' Leyte province. (Ryan Lim/Malacanang Photo Bureau via Getty Images)

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washingtonpost.com - by Max Fisher - November 11, 2013

The typhoon that tore through the Philippines on Friday threw the country into such turmoil that, days later, public officials are reporting wildly different death tolls. The government disaster relief agency announced 229 killed, the army reported 942 and local officials in the devastated provence of Leyte went as high as 10,000. But none are much more than estimates, given that emergency workers still can't reach some of the worst-affected areas.

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Engaging Community Resilience for Change in Andar District, Afghanistan

Mon, 2013-11-11 01:23 — Amanullah Hotak

The following article shows how different communities use their energy to create an enabling environment for peace and development. However, some communities have the same context. By: Hotak

‘Comparing two insecure districts in Afghanistan, where research shows how each community engaged their resiliencies based on the existing context’……..

http://learn.future.edu/course/view.php?id=17

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Philippines - Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) Information

Sun, 2013-11-10 18:31 — Kathy Gilbeaux

       

Survivors stand among debris and ruins of houses destroyed after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines, November 10, 2013.  Erik De Castro / Reuters

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Google News Feed - Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)

Republic of the Philippines - Official Gazette

Facebook Page - Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines

Philippines - National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)

NDRRMC - Data Report per Province

NDRRMC - Report on Actions Taken by Government in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda

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Republic of the Philippines - Official Gazette - Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) Updates - Crisis and Relief Map

Sun, 2013-11-10 13:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) is one of the strongest storms to hit the Philippines. Click on the link below for updates from the Republic of the Philippines Official Gazette.

http://www.gov.ph/crisis-response/updates-typhoon-yolanda/

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Republic of the Philippines - DSWD Disaster Mitigation and Response Situation Map

Sun, 2013-11-10 12:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CLICK HERE - FULL MAP - http://disaster.dswd.gov.ph/maps.php

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GIS Corps - URISA - Philippines Typhoon Online Maps

Sun, 2013-11-10 11:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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This is a map of Tweets by category.

CLICK HERE - FULL MAP

The following crisis maps are powered by MicroMappers, and developed by ESRI and GISCorps volunteers. The request for volunteers is made by the UNOCHA to DHNetwork. GISCorps is a member of DHNetwork.

CLICK HERE - GIS Corps - URISA - Philippines Typhoon Online Maps

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2013 WHO Global Tuberculosis Report launched

Thu, 2013-11-07 20:30 — Elhadj Drame

The World Health Organization (WHO) unveiled 5 priority actions to strengthen the fight against one of the world’s leading infectious killers - tuberculosis (TB) - at the 23 October launch of a new report on the epidemic. The 2013 TB report calls for more attention to multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and reaching those who are being missed by the system.

 

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Gaps persist despite doubling of new products for neglected diseases

Thu, 2013-11-07 20:15 — Elhadj Drame

A rigorous assessment of drug and vaccine development for neglected diseases that shows some improvement over the last decade but still major gaps has been published in the Lancet today. Only 4% of the new therapeutic products registered between 2000-11 were for 11% of the global disease burden, and only 4 new chemical entities that can lead to truly new products were approved. 

 

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Research discussion at the World Health Summit in Berlin

Thu, 2013-11-07 20:00 — Elhadj Drame

A call for action in 4 areas was put out at the World Health Summit in Berlin, held 20-22 October. The 1000 decision makers and representatives of health-related fields from more than 80 countries were there to address pressing issues of medicine and health care systems. The M8 Alliance released a joint statement on what was needed in research and innovation; education and leadership; evidence to policy; and global health for development. 

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Community Resilience in Conflict Setting in Afghanistan_ case study

Thu, 2013-10-31 01:58 — Amanullah Hotak

 

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