Health
Health facilities, health practitioners, government and non-government efforts
moreOrganizations
IRP partner organizations and organizations working in recovery.
moreTools and Guidelines
Find tools and guidelines useful for recovery operations
- Guidance note on early recovery (PDF, 3.1MB)
2008 [UNDP] - Guidance note on early recovery (PDF, 3.1MB)
2008 [UNDP] - Handbook for estimating the socio-economic and environmental effects of disasters (PDF, 7.4MB)
2003 [ECLAC] - Integrated Risk Assessment (IRA)
Report Prepared for the WHO/UNEP/ILO International Programme on Chemical Safety 2001 [ILO, UNEP, WHO] - View all
morePublications
Select recovery documents and publications. Contributions welcome
- Innovative design for water supply during floods - India (PDF, 2.5MB)
2010 [UNDP] - Reconstruction strategy for the health sector: Pakistan (PDF, 1.3MB)
- ROLE OF LABORATORIES AND BLOOD BANKS IN DISASTER SITUATIONS (PDF, 791.7KB)
2002 [WHO] - HEALTH GUIDELINES FOR FIRE EVENTS (PDF, 1.2MB)
[UNEP, WHO] - Lessons from Aceh: key considerations in post-disaster reconstruction (PDF, 6.8MB)
2010 [DEC] - Guidelines for use of foreign filed hospitals (PDF, 496.5KB)
2003 [WHO] - Guidelines on non-structural safety in health facilities (PDF, 3.9MB)
2004 [WHO] - Guidelines for assessment of vulnerability of water systems (PDF, 975.3KB)
1998 [WHO] - Health recovery post tsunami (PDF, 8.2MB)
[WHO] - Health consequences of the tsunami (PDF, 43.6KB)
[WHO] - Disease impact post tsunami (PDF, 2MB)
2005 - Tsunami Recovery and imapct assessment (PDF, 3.4MB)
[WHO, IFRC] - Flood damage assessment Djibouti (PDF, 415.1KB)
2004 [WHO] - Health response to volcanic eruption (PDF, 1.6MB)
[WHO] - Health response to Mitch (PDF, 3.1MB)
[WHO] - Hospital decision making post Katrina (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Public health after Katrina (PDF, 2.7MB)
- Reconstruction of health facilities: Bam (PDF, 258.1KB)
[WHO] - Environmental health management ex-post (PDF, 4.5MB)
1982 [WHO] - Hospital seismic safety in California (PDF, 469.1KB)
2007 - Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters (PDF, 982.2KB)
[WHO] - Seismic rehabilitiation of hospital buildings (PDF, 1.8MB)
2003 - Guidelines for vulnerability reduction in the design of new health facilities (PDF, 1.1MB)
2005 [WHO] - Health and Economic Consequences of the 1997/98 El Niño (PDF, 466.3KB)
- Natural Disasters and the Impacts on Health (PDF, 60.3KB)
2002 - Health repsonse to disasters: Protecting public health (PDF, 759.2KB)
[WHO] - Health sector response to Bam earthquake: Lessons learned (PDF, 1MB)
2005 [WHO] - Management of dead bodies after disasters (PDF, 1.1MB)
2006 [WHO, IFRC] - Public health response to extreme weather and climate events (PDF, 102.1KB)
2004 [WHO] - Strengthening health systems' response to crises (PDF, 1.1MB)
2004 [WHO] - Disaster mental health programs (PDF, 871.4KB)
- Reconstruction of health services in Bam (PDF, 258.1KB)
[WHO] - Gender policy for earthquake affected areas (PDF, 530.6KB)
2007 [ERRA] - Turkey Marmara earthquake assessment (PDF, 820.4KB)
1999 [The World Bank] - Belize: Assessment of the damage caused by Hurricane Keith, 2000 (PDF, 1MB)
Implications for economic, social and environmental development 2000 [ECLAC] - Indonesia: Preliminary damage and loss assessment (PDF, 3.1MB)
The December 26, 2004 natural disaster 2005 [BAPPENAS] - Tsunami: Impact and recovery (PDF, 309.2KB)
Maldives post-Tsunami damage and needs assessment 2005 [The World Bank] - India: Post-Tsunami recovery program (PDF, 1.9MB)
Preliminary damage and needs assessment 2005 [ADB] - Pakistan 2005 earthquake (PDF, 1.2MB)
Preliminary damage and needs assessment 2005 [ADB] - Indonesia: Post-earthquake damage and loss assessment for Central Java and Yogyakarta (PDF, 5.8MB)
2006 [ADB, BAPPENAS] - Evaluacion del impacto acumulado y adicional ocasionado por la Niña en 2008 en Bolivia (PDF, 2.5MB)
2008 [The World Bank] - Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh: Damage, loss, and needs assessment for disaster recovery and reconstruction (PDF, 7MB)
2008 [European Commission] - 2008 Cyclone season in Madagascar: Damage, loss, and needs assessment for disaster recovery and reconstruction (PDF, 6.2MB)
Cyclone Fame, Ivan and Jokwe in Madagascar 2008 [The World Bank] - Post-Nargis joint assessment (PDF, 3.6MB)
A report prepared by the Tripartite Core Group comprised of Representatives of Government the Union of Myanmar, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United Nations with the support of the Humanitarian and Development Community 2008 [ASEAN] - Pakistan 2005 earthquake (PDF, 3.8MB)
Early recovery framework 2005 - Indonesia: Notes on reconstruction the December 26, 2004 natural disaster (PDF, 2.2MB)
A technical report prepared by BAPPENAS and the international donor community 2005 [BAPPENAS] - Sri Lanka 2005 post-Tsunami recovery program (PDF, 551.8KB)
Preliminary damage and needs assessment 2005 [ADB] - Review of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies recovery operations summary report (PDF, 669.1KB)
2006 [IFRC] - View all
moreRecovery Cases & Reports
- Early recovery and risk reduction - Yogyakarta & Central Java Earthquake (PDF, 6MB)
Lessons learned by PMI-IFRC 2007 [IFRC] - Recovery reports: Pakistan (from South Asia Earthquake 2005) (PDF, 5.5MB)
2007 [ERRA] - Case study: Housing reconstruction in Mexico City
[The World Bank] - A preliminary assessment of damage from the flood and cyclone emergency of February-March 2000 (PDF, 258.6KB)
2000 [The World Bank] - Gujarat earthquake recovery program assessment report (PDF, 148.4KB)
2001 [ADB] - Guyana: Preliminary damage and needs assessment (PDF, 730.9KB)
Following the intense flooding of January 2005 2005 [The World Bank] - ECHO/ISDR good practices for resilient communities
World Conference on Disaster Reduction (18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Japan) 2005 - Sharing Japan's experience in natural disasters
Anthology of Good Practices - to create a global culture of prevention - [Cabinet Office, Japan] - South Asia earthquake 2005: Learning from previous earthquake relief operations (PDF, 674KB)
2005 [ProVention Consortium] - View all
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