NEPAL: Diarrhoea Outbreak in Mid West and Far West Region (14 July, 2009)
District Public Health Office confirms 103 diarrhoea related deaths in Jajarkot District from 1 May to 13 July 2009, and 25 diarrhoea related deaths in Rukum District from 29 June to 13 July, currently under investigation. District Line Agencies are ...
UNOCHA, (2009)
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Post-Emergency Syndromic Disease Surveillance Guidelines: Epidemiology & Disease Control Division
Highlights:
1. Syndromic disease surveillance is NOT a replacement of regular surveillance systems
2. It is an active reporting system to enhance surveillance and ensure quick flow of information in periods of increased health risks during or short...
GoN, WHO, (2014)
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Regional Earthquake Recovery Dialogue
for Building Back Better
Organized by
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,
SAARC Disaster Management Centre and
National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) along with SAARC Disaster Management Centre (SDMC) and the National Planning Commission (NPC), Government of Nepal organised a regional recovery dialogue for building ...
GON, SAARC, ESCAP, (2015)
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Humanitarian Crisis After the Nepal Earthquakes 2015: Initial Public Health Risk Assessment and Interventions, May 2015
The purpose of this public health risk assessment is to provide all health sector partners, including professionals of local and national authorities, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), donor agencies and United Nations agencies currently working ...
WHO, (2015)
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Health Cluster Coordination Meeting - WHO/UN House: 5 May 2015
Source: http://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/nepal/document/150505-health-cluster-meeting-minutes
Assessment of the health care needs and treatment of the injured is on-going in the affected districts. Response coordination, includi...
HC/UN, WHO, (2015)
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FINAL REPORT: UNFPA Nepal Emergency Response Evaluation
A Joint Initiative of UNFPA and the Columbia University
School for International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
New York, NY
May 2009
Nepal is simultaneously a developing country, a country in transition, and a country in humanitarian crisis. The fact that Nepal is vulnerable to natural disasters only further compounds the country’s challenge for social, economic, and political dev...
UNFPA, (2009)
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GENDER EQUALITY UPDATE NO. 12 Nepal Flood Response 2017 UPDATE No. 12
Although the legal frameworks of Nepal largely support gender equality and social inclusion, various social norms and discriminatory practices have a devastating impact on the most vulnerable and marginalized populations when disaster strikes.
Integ...
UNWOMEN, (2017)
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UNICEF WASH RESPONSE
Earthquake April 25 2015
Update as of Jan , 2016
Nine months after the devastating earthquakes of 25 April and 12 May which struck Nepal, the overall humanitarian situation has improved. The aftershocks are still being experienced though their frequencies are quite rare these days,
and most of the...
UNICEF, (2016)
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Key Note Address by Honorable Dr. Min Bahadur Shrestha, Vice
Chairman, and National Planning Commission of Nepal during Asia
Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2017: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction for Poverty Eradication in Asia-Pacific.
This bulletin includes statement by Honorable Dr. Min Bahadur Shrestha, Vice
Chairman, and National Planning Commission of Nepal during Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2017: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction for Poverty Eradicati...
GON, UNESCAP, (2017)
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CONTINGENCY PLAN
Nepal: Monsoon flooding and landslides
June 2017
Every year, during the monsoon period of June to September, communities
in the Terai and Hill areas of Nepal are exposed to increased levels of flood
and landslide risk. Such risks can lead to immediate humanitarian suffering;
they can exacerbate ...
CFP-UNRCO, (2017)
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After-Action Review of
Nepal Earthquake Response:
Final Report
Crisis Response Unit
United Nations Development Programme
24 November 2016
Abhijit Bhattacharjee
On 25 April 2015, a devastating earthquake hit Nepal causing severe destruction of lives and property in 14 of the country’s 75 districts. This was followed by another severe earthquake on 12 May which further worsened the humanitarian situation.The ...
UNDP, (2016)
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Supporting Nepal In Building Back Better: Disaster And Climate Risk Management (August 2015)
The two recent earthquakesthatstruck Nepal in April, and May 2015 caused landslides, weakened hilltops and sent hundreds of thousands of poorly built structures, especially in rural areas, to the groundNepal is a hazard-prone nation: the 11th worldwi...
UNDP, (2015)
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Key advocacy messages on gender equality and social inclusion in covid-19 emergency response
Background The following advocacy messages were endorsed by the HCT on 25 03 2020. They were developed on the basis of the IASC Policy Statement on Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action (November 2017) 1 , and in light of lessons learned from the Eb...
UNRCHCO, (2021)
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