03/14/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations. Published: 3/14/2019. This one-hour, 34-minute Congressional hearing reviews the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, other emerging health threats, and general preparedness for emerging infectious diseases. Speakers from federal agencies highlight existing public health and medical preparedness and response capabilities; efforts to protect Americans at home and eliminate emerging threats, like Ebola, overseas; the role of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the research response to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases; and the role the U.S. Agency for International Development plays in global health security. (Video or Multimedia)
03/13/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH). Published: 3/13/2019. This one-hour lecture describes the discovery and development of a human monoclonal antibody (mAb114) targeting Ebola, discusses the safety and pharmacokinetic data resulting from Phase 1 and follow-on trials of mAb114, and discusses progress to date utilizing monoclonal antibody treatment strategies and remaining challenges. It also details related activities at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (Video or Multimedia)
03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Published: 3/2019. This 88-page study examines the relationship between natural hazard-related disasters and child and adolescent poverty in India and Kenya. It explores these connections through a lifecycle approach focusing on the incidence of child poverty and longer-term poverty dynamics and well-being. The analysis combines a range of different datasets around household and child poverty, disasters, and local climatology, (PDF)
03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Published: 3/2019. Two major hurricanes – Irma and Maria – caused extensive damage throughout Puerto Rico in 2017. This 43-page report describes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s public assistance spending in Puerto Rico and oversight efforts of federal recovery funds; and initial challenges with the recovery process. It found that applicants in Puerto Rico have reported encountering challenges in applying for funding of more permanent projects (like repairs to roads), including unclear guidance on how to properly apply for these federal recovery funds. (PDF)
06/04/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center. Published: 6/4/2018. This report discusses how mental health can be an important factor in solving the puzzle of why people don’t prepare for disasters, with lessons from Haiti and Nepal, which have recently been devastated by a series of major disasters that are exacerbated by ongoing economic and political instability. It explores design and cultural adaptation of an intervention, and results that indicate that mental health-integrated disaster preparedness is effective. (Text)
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