World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia

SEARO Newsletter

Volume IV – 2010

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Bangladesh

*      A year after Cyclone Aila, UN  assessment finds health services need further scaling up

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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

*     Workshop to prepare for floods and other emergencies

*     UN international team reviews CERF-funded projects

*     Dissemination of the ‘Kathmandu Declaration on Protecting Health Facilities from Disasters’

*     Procurement for emergencies

 

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Indonesia

*     Earthquake in Aceh

*     Training of Trainers (TOT) for the ‘100 Days Hospital Disaster Plan’

*     Early Warning and Response System (EWARS) Strengthening and Evaluation

*     Revision of ‘Technical Guidelines for Health Response to Disasters’

 

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India

*     Launch of the Global Campaign on ‘Making Cities Resilient’

*     Earthquake near Nicobar Islands

*     125 000 displaced in cyclonic storm in Assam

 

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Myanmar

*     Floods in North Rakhine State

 

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Nepal

*     Health Cluster Plan

*     Status of Contingency Planning

*     Preventing diarrhoeal outbreaks

*     Health Management Information System (HMIS)

 

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Sri Lanka

*     Humanitarian Situation in the North: Menik Farm

*     Health in the resettlement areas

*     Humanitarian situation in the North: Communicable Diseases

*     Health Cluster Coordination

*     WHO response to floods

 

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Timor-Leste

*     Landslides in Quelicai sub-district (Baucau district)

*     Landslide in Hatubuilico sub-district (Ainaro District)

 

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Regional office for South-East Asia (SEARO)

*     Logistics Support to countries

*     SEARHEF funds to Bangladesh

*     Nursing and Midwifery in Emergencies

*     Primary Health care in Emergencies

 

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Photoessay

*     EHA at work in SEAR

*     Will Health Facilities Function when most needed?

 

 

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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