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Credcrunch
Vacancy: GIS specialist
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Professor Deberati Guha-Sapir
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EM-DAT Database
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Latest Disaster Events
Week 43: Oct/19 - Oct/25, 2009
2009-0470 Shipwreck, North, Cameroon
2009-0455 Collision with two trains, Mathara, India
2009-0469 Flood, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Welcome
CRED, the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, has been active for over 30 years in the fields of international disaster and conflict health studies, with research and training activities linking relief, rehabilitation and development. CRED promotes research, training and technical expertise on humanitarian emergencies, with a special focus on public health and epidemiology.
The Centre undertakes research and provides an evidence base on the burden of disease and health issues arising from disasters and conflicts to improve needs-based preparedness and responses to humanitarian emergencies.

