09/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency [Department of Homeland Security] (FEMA). Published: 9/2019. This 29-minute presentation provides an overview of why we have building codes, how they work, how codes have a central role in increasing community resilience to disaster and safety in general, and how emergency managers can get involved. It discusses disaster-resistant building codes, and how strong building codes and standards make a visible difference in disaster outcomes. (Video or Multimedia)
08/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific. Published: 8/2019. This one-page fact sheet discusses why health systems must be made more resilient in order to respond to the impacts of climate change, which will have particularly serious consequences in the Pacific island countries and areas. Extreme exposure to climate-related disasters, such as cyclones, floods, droughts, and the long-term rise in sea levels, coupled with geographically dispersed populations in remote islands with fragile health systems, make climate change an existential threat to Pacific islanders. (PDF)
07/10/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Ohio Department of Public Safety, Emergency Management Agency (ODPS). Published: 7/10/2019. This 54-minute presentation from a conference for school nurses is part of a series that provides updates in emergency preparedness, including pandemic influenza, responding to trauma and performing triage, understanding the steps to effectively control bleeding and equipment, practical tips for securing appropriate and budget-friendly supplies, and use of community resources to assist the nurse in the establishment of a school medical emergency response team. It focuses on the all hazards approach to preparedness. (Video or Multimedia)
07/10/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Ohio Department of Public Safety, Emergency Management Agency (ODPS). Published: 7/10/2019. This 36-minute presentation from a conference for school nurses is part of a series that provides updates in emergency preparedness including pandemic influenza, responding to trauma and performing triage, understanding the steps to effectively control bleeding and equipment, practical tips for securing appropriate and budget-friendly supplies, and use of community resources to assist the nurse in the establishment of a school medical emergency response team. It focuses on pandemic influenza and influenza surveillance. (Video or Multimedia)
07/10/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Ohio Department of Public Safety, Emergency Management Agency (ODPS). Published: 7/10/2019. This 38-minute presentation from a conference for school nurses is part of a series that provides updates in emergency preparedness, including pandemic influenza, responding to trauma and performing triage, understanding the steps to effectively control bleeding and equipment, and practical tips for securing appropriate and budget-friendly supplies. It discusses how to use community resources to assist in the establishment of a school medical emergency response team. (Video or Multimedia)
06/27/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Meridian Institute, Community and Regional Resilience Institute (CARRI). Published: 6/27/2019. This one-hour webinar, co-sponsored by the Clean Energy Group, features a discussion of how resilient backup power technologies could benefit medically vulnerable households, and how battery storage and solar technologies can mitigate risks when power outages due to storms, fires, or other disasters impact the home medical devices that the medically vulnerable need to survive. A speaker also presents a case study from Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria of PV-battery storage systems for powering critical loads during emergencies. (Video or Multimedia)
04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/2019. This six-page vaccine development technology roadmap supports the development of Zika vaccines for outbreak and endemic use. Its goal is to support development of vaccines that prevent serious Zika-associated clinical complications, and ensure availability and affordability for use in countries where Zika circulates. Vaccine development technology roadmaps produced by the World Health Organization aim to provide a strategic framework underpinning priority activities for vaccine researchers, funders, and product developers, with the goal to address globally unmet medical needs. (PDF)
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