World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia

SEARO Newsletter

Volume II – March 2010

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Bangladesh

*     Telecommunications in disaster management

*     WHO Director-General visits Bangladesh

*     Meeting on the impact of climate change and health on Bangladesh

 

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Bhutan

*     Emergency Preparedness and Response Strategy for the Health Sector

 

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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

*     Village hospitals upgraded in 10 counties

 

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Indonesia

*     Recent Emergencies in Indonesia

*     West Sumatra Earthquake Update

*     Joint Support to the Indonesia Disaster Rapid Response and Assistance (INDRRA)

 

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India

*     National Disaster Management Guidelines on Mental Health

*     Strengthening ties between National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and United Nations Disaster Management Team (UNDMT)

*     Chemical (Industrial) Disaster Management

 

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Nepal

*     CAP Launched

*     Health Cluster training

*     Contingency planning at the district level

*     Health Cluster Plans review

 

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Sri Lanka

*     Camps in Cheddikulum

*     Assessment of health facilities in the resettlement areas

*     Resettlement of Internally Displaced Population (IDPs)

*     Health Cluster Coordination

 

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Regional office for south-east asia (SEARO)

*     Technical support to Bhutan’s Emergency Preparedness Plan

*     Epidemiology in Emergencies

*     Global Framework for Risk Reduction and Preparedness

*     EHA SEARO on the Social Media site Facebook

*     Support to Haiti

 

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The Emergency and Humanitarian Action programme of the South East Asia Regional Office Of the World Health Organization produces regular news update of events and activities of countries of the Region. This note, which is not exhaustive, is designed for internal use and does not reflect any official position of the WHO Secretariat.

 

For more information, please visit our website: http://www.searo.who.int/eha

 

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