Assessments

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MEETING VITAL NEEDS Activities in 2006 reflected the successful and appropriate transition from relief to recovery and reconstruction. Specific interventions continued to help meet the needs of the most vulnerable: the temporary shelter plan of Action (TSPA) ensured all…

TYPHOON DURIAN - Situation Report (December 12, 2006) ASSESSMENT OF CAMARINES SUR Department of Health World Health Organization December 8-10, 2006 BACKGROUND Camarines Sur is one of the provinces of the Bicol Region severely ravaged by Typhoon Durian. The province is composed of…

Risk Assessment Violence in Indian Held Kashmir rose steadily during the months of July and August. After a relaxation in September and October it increased again during November.

Summary of achievements On Boxing Day, 2004, an earthquake centred in the Indian Ocean and measuring between 9.1 and 9.3 on the Richter scale - the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph - triggered a series of tsunamis,…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY An assessment of public health facilities was conducted in all eight earthquake affected districts (Mansehra, Kohistan, Shangla and Battagram in NWFP and Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Poonch and Neelum in AJK) to assess the functionality of public health facilities in…

I. INTRODUCTION 1. Les documents préparés en vue de la trente-deuxième session du CSA, dont le dernier numéro de SOFI (2006), passent en revue et commentent les progrès réalisés dans la lutte contre la faim par rapport au Sommet mondial…

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Upon request of the: WHO-EHA Nepal commissioned the Conflict and Health Programme Executive summary WHO-EHA Nepal commissioned the Conflict and Health Programme at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to assist it…

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5 années se sont écoulées depuis la chute des Talibans. En septembre 2001, l'Afghanistan, détruit par 20 ans de conflits et d'instabilité, est placé sous la protection de la communauté internationale. La population afghane retrouve enfin l'espoir d'une vie « normale…

Consolidated report on activities Undertaken through the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit Executive Summary Overview Since 29 May 2006, a mud volcano has been emitting hot mud in the Sidoarjo district of East Java, Indonesia. Mud volcanoes are geological phenomena due…