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- Floods - World Health Organization (WHO)
Floods are the most frequent type of natural disaster and occur when an overflow of water submerges land that is usually dry Floods are often caused by heavy rainfall, rapid snowmelt or a storm surge from a tropical cyclone or tsunami in coastal areas Floods can cause widespread devastation, resulting in loss of life and damages to personal property and critical public health infrastructure
- Checklists to Assess vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the . . .
WHO Checklist to Assess vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change to support health care facility managers and other health workers in establishing a baseline with regards to climate change resilience in health care facilities
- Safety during monsoons and floods - World Health Organization (WHO)
Safety measures to protect your health during floodsInfographic
- STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICES
Activated HCs, particularly sub-national, may also return to the acute phase frequency of PHIS services if a new emergency is super-imposed onto a protracted crisis (for example, a sudden flood occurring in an armed conflict affected area)
- Multi-country outbreak of cholera, external situation report #26 -22 . . .
Conflict, mass displacement, disasters from natural hazards, and climate change have intensified outbreaks, particularly in rural and flood-affected areas, where poor infrastructure and limited healthcare access delay treatment These cross-border factors have made cholera outbreaks increasingly complex and harder to control
- Climate change - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO fact sheet on climate change and health: provides key facts, patterns of infection, measuring health effects and WHO response
- Hospital emergency response checklist - World Health Organization (WHO)
Hospital emergency response checklist An all-hazards tool for hospital administrators and emergency managers
- Malaria - Pakistan - World Health Organization (WHO)
The risk is assessed as very high considering the current flood crisis affecting the capacity of the national health system Many challenges to response measures surfaced when some flood-affected districts reported a doubling in incidence rates, a high P falciparum ratio, and limited stocks of emergency medicines, insecticides and supplies
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