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Credcrunch

Newsletter, Issue N°18

Vacancy: GIS specialist

6 to 12 months starting February 2010

CE-DAT Scene

Newsletter 11 - October 2009

Professor Deberati Guha-Sapir

Elected as ordinary Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine, Belgium

New article accepted for publication:

"American Journal of Disaster Medicine"

EM-DAT Database

EM-DAT data is the core of the new OCHA/IDMC metodology to monitor disaster displacement in the context of climate change.

MICRODIS Website

New Website Design

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

Latest Surveys

Département de la Grande Anse, Haïti - Du 8 au 23 Décembre 2008

Port-au-Prince, Haïti - Du 4 au 18 mars 2009

Département du Centre, Haïti - Du 19 au 30 janvier 2009

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.

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