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- Tropical Cyclones - World Health Organization (WHO)
The health impacts of tropical cyclones depend on the number of people living in low-lying coastal areas in the storm’s direct path, the built environment including building design, and whether there is sufficient time for warning and evacuation Tropical cyclones, may directly and indirectly affect health in many ways, for example by: increasing cases of drowning and other physical trauma
- Cyclone Winston 2016 - World Health Organization (WHO)
The most powerful cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere ravaged Fiji on 20–21 February 2016, leaving 44 dead, nearly 130 injured and 45 hospitalized The cyclone had a significant impact on the health system, damaging health facilities, disrupting health care services, resulting in lost medical supplies, and interrupting telecommunications, road and sea transportation, and water
- Start of the cyclone season in the South Pacific: Tips on how to prepare
According to the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and MetService six to ten cyclones are projected in the South Pacific for the upcoming cyclone season between 1 November 2024 and 30 April 2025
- Providing essential NCD medicines during cyclone Mocha health emergency . . .
Health facilities in cyclone affected areas including those from displaced camps, particularly those in capital of Rakhine state, were damaged, disrupting both the health service delivery and medicine supply chain Health services in Rakhine state were able to resume only 3 days after the cyclone Support oral diabetes medication to the patient
- Tropical cyclone Gita - World Health Organization (WHO)
Tropical cyclone Gita In early February 2018, Tropical Cyclone Gita, a Category 4 storm with winds of more than 275 kilometres per hour, ravaged the Pacific As the country most affected by the cyclone, Tonga was the focus of WHO's support From 12 to 13 February, the storm ravaged the main island of Tongatapu and nearby 'Eua
- Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the Response to Cyclone Idai in . . .
Purpose, scope and users of this Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation 1 Purpose and scope: This Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation (IAHE) provides an independent assessment of the collective humanitarian response to communities impacted by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique The IAHE primary focused on the scale-up activation period during 22 March through 30 June 2019 The terms of reference (TOR
- Building resilience through multisectoral approach: Vanuatu completes . . .
Vanuatu has today concluded its first-ever Joint External Evaluation (JEE), a process that assesses a nation’s capacity to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to public health risks including outbreaks of diseases to events such as cyclones and earthquakes The evaluation, eighth of its kind in the Pacific island countries, began on 16 June and delivered key recommendations to enhance
- Protracted Emergencies - World Health Organization (WHO)
A protracted emergency is defined as “an environment in which a significant proportion of the population is acutely vulnerable to death, disease and disruption of livelihoods over a prolonged period of time ” If a graded emergency persists for more than six months, it may transition to a protracted emergency
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