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Sphere Handbook Health Standards

WEBThe Sphere Minimum Standards for Healthcare are a practical expression of the right to healthcare in humanitarian contexts. The standards are grounded in the beliefs, …

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Glossary of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management

WEBThe glossary is developed to remedy the lack of standardized terminology in the field of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM). It is designed for …

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Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a

WEBEnvironmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide. The guide is targeted to emergency planners and environmental technical staff working in a disaster context. It …

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Safe management of wastes from health-care activities

WEBThis document highlights the key aspects of safe health-care waste management to guide policy-makers, practitioners and facility managers to provide services in health-care …

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Healthcare Waste

WEBHealthcare waste, or medical waste typically refers to clinical waste or hospital waste. Healthcare waste can be divided into infectious waste, hazardous waste, radioactive …

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Chemical Releases Caused by Natural Hazard Events and Disasters

WEBDisasters resulting from natural hazards such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis and floods, are increasing in intensity, frequency and impact, in part due to climate change. …

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Overview of technologies for the treatment of infectious and sharp

WEBThis study, conducted in 2019 by WHO, looks at safe health care waste management, including segregation, collection, transport, treatment and waste disposal and …

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Faecal Sludge Management in Africa

WEBThe research paper, “Faecal Sludge Management in Africa: Socio-economic aspects, human and environmental health implications”, aims to explore how current trends in …

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Sphere Handbook Food Security Standards

WEBThe Sphere Minimum Standards for food security and nutrition are a practical expression of the right to adequate food in humanitarian contexts. The standards are grounded in the …

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USAID – Sector Environmental Guidelines: Healthcare Waste

WEBThis document presents one sector – Healthcare Waste – within the Sector Environmental Guidelines (SEGs) prepared for USAID under the Agency’s Global Environmental …

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Compendium of Technologies for Treatment/Destruction of

WEBThe UNEP division of Technology, Industry and Economics International Environmental Technology Centre has written a compendium which outlines the process of technology …

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Bidibidi Refugee Settlement: Environmental Scoping Report and

WEBThe report presents the results of a September 2019 environmental scoping mission by the UN Environment Programme / OCHA Joint Environment Unit (JEU) and Norwegian …

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Environment in Humanitarian Action: What Donors Need to …

WEB2 PRINCIPLES The Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability1 identifies the need to act on environmental issues systematically. This is well-recognized by the …

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UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit Mission Report

WEBThis mission report describes the findings of a United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team and two environmental experts deployed by the UN …

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The Sidelined Cross-Cutting Issue: Mainstreaming

WEBA more widespread definition is offered by Dalal-Clayton and Bass (2009: 20), who argue that environmental mainstreaming is “the informed inclusion of relevant …

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UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit Case Study: Super Typhoon

WEBThis paper provides a review of the multilateral response system for environmental emergencies, using the response mission to Super Typhoon Haiyan conducted by the …

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The Cyanide Spill at Baia Mare, Romania

WEBCyanide harms by blocking the ingestion of oxygen by cells. Acute effects include rapid breathing, tremors, effects on the nervous system, and ultimately death. Chronic effects …

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