Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Webinar: Communication Channels

11/03/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Preparedness and Response (CDC CPR). Published: 10/24/2018. This one-hour webinar offers guidance on how to select the appropriate channels for communication during an emergency. It examines what it means to be first in an emergency, identifies the channels people actually use and which social media outlets would best serve an organization’s audiences, and discusses what to do when access to information channels becomes challenging. (Video or Multimedia)

Unaccompanied Children: Agency Efforts to Reunify Children Separated from Parents at the Border

11/03/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Published: 10/2018. This 44-page report discusses Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) planning efforts related to the Attorney General’s April 2018 memo which, according to HHS officials, resulted in a considerable increase in the number of minor children whom DHS separated from their parents after attempting to cross the U.S. border illegally. It examines processes for tracking and reunifying separated families. (PDF)

Ebola Communication and Awareness Resources

11/03/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 9/6/2018. This web page provides 12 posters for Ebola communication and awareness, available in English, French, Kinande, Kinyarwanda, and Swahili. It was created as a communication resource for the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Text)

Chemical Hazards Compendium

11/03/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 11/23/2017. This web page provides a collection of chemical resources, in alphabetical order, for the public and those professionals responding to chemical incidents, including emergency services and public health professionals. Each chemical profile has three sections: General information on the chemical, toxicological overview of the compound, and incident management focusing on information needed during chemical incidents, such as physicochemical properties, health effects, and decontamination. (Text)

North Kivu’s Ebola Outbreak at Day 90: What Is to Be Done?

11/02/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Published: 11/2018. This report details how the Ebola outbreak unfolding in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most recent, powerful showcase of what it means to battle dangerous health security threats in a disordered world. There is an urgent need for high-level political attention focused on generating an updated game plan to improve security, train and deploy community health workers and Congolese public health experts, and win community trust and cooperation during this outbreak. (Text)