Disaster Balloons can Be Used to Keep Communication Intact During Calamities
...unication systems are always vulnerable to natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes or volcanic eruptions. As such, when they go down, communication breaks and coordinating emergency responses become difficult. Now, Aris Mardirossian of Maryland, US, has proposed a balloon based communication system co...Toolkit to Assess Reproductive Health Needs of Displaced Women
...omen and infants, displaced by conflict or natural disasters occurring domestically or internationally," said John Lehnherr, acting director of CDC's Division of Reproductive Health. CDC officially began a reproductive health for refugees program in 1998....Red Cross renders emergency relief efficiently
...Red Cross have braved them all. The impact of disasters are high. It leaves people traumatised by the deat...ency relief to refugees and victims of poverty and disasters has been our key activity,' says a doctor at the St Johns Medical College, Bangalore. It would no...Nephrologists Reassess Disaster Response Strategies
Health services during natural disasters have been in the spotlight especially after recent...physician in Japan, where various types of natural disasters not only earthquakes and typhoons, but volcanic eruptions and tsunamis are a threat. Drawing on the ...... began to bite. Fraser says the lessons of these disasters can be brought together into an analytical tool to help predict if an agricultural system -- the complex web that includes food growing, trade, storage and distribution, inputs and finance -- is at risk. "Is the agro-ecosystem resilient? Can farmer...