Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Mid-Year Figures: Internal Displacement from January to June 2019

09/12/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). Published: 9/12/2019. The mid-year figures in this 16-page report reveal the most significant new internal displacements associated with conflict, violence, and disasters around the world between January and June 2019. The report serves as an important temperature gauge of global displacement halfway through the year, looking ahead to the trends and patterns expected in the months to come. A record number of disaster events triggered displacement in the first half of 2019, leading to the highest mid-year figure ever reported for displacements associated with disasters. (PDF)

Sheltering and Feeding Capabilities Definitions

09/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD). Published: 9/2019. This five-page document defines mass care capabilities and capacities to assist National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD) agencies in communicating to emergency management the kinds and quantities of resources necessary to deliver mass care services at the level required to meet the needs of the community. It provides definitions for each term, with a table outlining strategy, resource, kind, and available measure for the term's capability. (PDF)

Multi-Agency Definitions of Mass Care Terms

09/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD). Published: 9/2019. This nine-page document provides multi-agency definitions of mass care terms for use by National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD) member agencies, emergency managers, and mass care practitioners across the nation. It provides several definitions and their sources for each category of definition. (PDF)

Disaster Response: Federal Assistance and Selected States and Territory Efforts to Identify Deaths from 2017 Hurricanes

09/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Published: 9/2019. This 49-page report discusses how Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico identified and documented deaths related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017, and any challenges they experienced; the support selected federal agencies provided to Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico involving disaster-related deaths; and the number of Funeral Assistance applications the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) received, approved, and denied for the 2017 hurricanes. Puerto Rico officials said damaged roads, power outages, and shortages of medical examiner staff and equipment initially made it harder to identify deaths and certify them as disaster-related. (PDF)

Public Workshop of the Committee on Best Practices in Assessing Mortality and Significant Morbidity Following Large-Scale Disasters

08/29/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division (HMD). Published: 8/29/2019. This web page provides information and materials from a workshop held on August 29-30, 2019, to describe the importance of mortality and significant morbidity data after disaster impact, their use, and the organizations that capture these data or could benefit from use of the data. The workshop identified best practices for collecting, recording, and reporting mortality and significant morbidity data after disasters, and recommended priority areas of emphasis and allocation of resources to enhance state, local, tribal, and territorial mortality and significant morbidity data collection and reporting after disasters. (Video or Multimedia)

Rapid Review of the Inclusion of People with Disabilities and Older People in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Humanitarian Interventions

06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA). Published: 6/2019. This 30-page report summarizes a rapid review conducted to improve understanding of how people with disabilities and older people are included in gender-based violence interventions, and identify and document positive practice examples of inclusion of people with disabilities and older people in gender-based violence interventions. It found that there is an opportunity to expand learning on disability and older age inclusion in gender-based violence programming for natural disaster preparedness and response, as well as in health sector responses to gender-based violence. (PDF)

General Disaster Recovery Flexibilities: ACF-IM-HS-19-01

03/06/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Administration for Children and Families [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (ACF). Published: 3/6/2019. In the event of a significant disaster, such as a hurricane, wildfire, or tornado, this resource details how the Office of Head Start is removing barriers to make it easier for Head Start agencies to meet the needs of affected children and families, especially newly homeless children and families. In these events, Head Start programs are urged to begin taking steps to resume services. Even if facilities are inoperable, program staff can support families in meeting their basic needs, including nutrition, health, and mental health support, and alternative care for their children. (Text)