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PUBLICATIONS
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Public health guide in emergencies
Johns Hopkins/International Federation, 2008
This guide, prepared by the Johns Hopkins Center for Refugee
and Disaster Response and the Red Cross Red Crescent, is a
practical action plan to keep people safe. Its ten chapters
set out key public health principles for managing disasters.
In a thorough revision of the first edition, published in
2001, the focus is on planning for relief in the context of
long-term development.
Available in English.
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Second regional TRIAMS workshop
WHO/UNDP/International Federation, 2008
At a workshop in Thailand in March 2007, participants using
the Tsunami Recovery Impact Assessment and Monitoring System
examined what progress had been made after the Indian Ocean
tsunami in Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
This report also discusses incorporating disaster risk reduction
into recovery and adjusting four key indicators of progress:
basic social services; vital needs; infrastructure; and livelihoods.
Available in English.
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Stay safe: the International Federation’s guides for
staff on mission and security managers
International Federation, 2008
These two guides, one aimed at staff on mission and the other
at security managers, cover all aspects of security during
International Federation missions, including the role of the
emblems, personal security, vehicles, natural disasters and
how to respond to dangerous situations.
Available in English, French to follow.
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Partnering for community impact, 2000–2007 report
International Federation, 2008
This report describes the achievements of the Measles Initiative
and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative between 2000 and
2007. It gives particular credit to National Society volunteers
whose contribution to mass immunization campaigns helps to
stamp out these childhood killers.
Available in English.
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Women and war
ICRC, 2008
War and violence today spare no one, but they affect men,
women, boys and girls in different ways. Whether violence
is internal or cross-border, civilians are all too often caught
in the firing line, directly targeted or endangered by the
proximity of the fighting. Women and girls in war-torn countries
face unimaginable risks, threats and challenges. This publication
looks at the ways in which women can be affected by conflict
and the actions taken by the ICRC to take their specific needs
into account. It also promotes the rules of international
humanitarian law which provide specific protection for women
in war.
Available in English, French and Spanish. Sfr 5.
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Cluster munitions – time to act
ICRC, 2008
Cluster munitions have been a persistent problem for decades.
These weapons’ unique characteristics present grave
dangers for civilian men, women and children, not only at
the time they are used but also long after the fighting has
ended. A new information kit is now available. It has been
developed especially to support work on the cluster munitions
issue. The kit comprises a DVD with a short film, informational
fact sheets and the cluster munitions brochure.
Available in English, French and Spanish. Free of charge
(for six-month period).
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Increasing respect for International humanitarian law in non-international
armed conflicts
ICRC, 2008
The most widely prevalent type of armed conflict today is
non-international in nature. A major challenge has always
been how to make the rules of IHL known to the opposing sides
and how to ensure they are applied. This new publication aims
to provide states and armed groups, as well as humanitarian
and other actors working with parties to non-international
armed conflicts, with suggestions for ways in which the law
could be better implemented. It outlines a range of legal
tools and policy arguments that the ICRC, and others, have
employed to increase respect for IHL.
Available in English, French and Spanish. Sfr 5.
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Chechnya
– rising from its ashes
ICRC, 2008
In Grozny, the streets of the market are full. But despite
the rebuilding, it is hard to find a decent flat or a proper
job. Some people have started their own businesses thanks
to the ICRC, such as Taiza who is making mattresses. But as
Grozny rises from its ashes, other families still struggle
to come to terms with the past, desperate to know what has
happened to their missing relatives.
DVD available in English, French and Russian. Sfr 20.
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Federation materials are available from the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,
P.O. Box 372, CH-1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland.
www.ifrc.org for the
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ICRC
materials are available from the International Committee
of the Red Cross, 19 avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva,
Switzerland.
www.icrc.org
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