Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation
Counterfeit Drugs and National Security
Stimson Center
This 14-page US report asserts that counterfeit drug trafficking is not only a public health hazard of highest magnitude, it is also a national and international security threat
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2011-02-25
A European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps
SWP
A 4-page German commentary urging the establishment of a European Voluntary Corps modelled after the US Peace Corps
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, European UnionPosted: 2010-08-23
Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance
TI et al.
A 42-page report of research conducted on the problem of corruption in humanitarian assistance
Corruption, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-08-15
Drink-Driving: Prevalence and Attitudes in England and Wales 2002
U.K. Home Office
This 6-page U.K. paper summarises the findings of two surveys on the prevalence of drink-driving in England and Wales and attitudes towards the practice
Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2004-12-08
Responding to Incidents of National Consequence
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
A 117-page U.S. report containing recommendations for fire and emergency services based on events of 11 September 2001 and other incidents. It includes a prioritized checklist of recommended actions for emergency response agencies
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2004-05-28
Aviation Safety: More Research Needed on the Effects of Air Quality on Airliner Cabin Occupants
U.S. General Accounting Office
This 69-page study reviews the state of knowledge of the health effects of air contaminants on airline passengers and cabin crew, surveys the technologies available for reducing contamination and urges a more proactive approach to the issue by the FAA
Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2004-02-11
Antibiotic Resistance: Federal Agencies Need to Better Focus Efforts to Address Risk to Humans from Antibiotic Use in Animals
U.S. General Accounting Office
This 102-page report examines various aspects of the risk to humans from antibiotic use in animals and recommends improvements in the procedures used by relevant U.S. agencies for assessment and monitoring
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2004-05-25
Aviation Security: Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System
U.S. General Accounting Office
This 53-page study finds implementation of the system to be beset by difficulties
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2004-02-13
Influenza Pandemic: Lessons Learned from the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccine Shortage
U.S. Government Accountability Office
A 16-page statement to a U.S. House committee on the lessons learned from the 2004 influenza vaccine shortage and their relevance to future outbreaks
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2005-11-07
Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack
U.S. Government Accountability Office
A 34-page report on the health effects observed in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack and the efforts in place to monitor and understand these effects
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2004-09-13
Experiences of Seven Countries in Consolidating Their Food Safety Systems
U.S. Government Accountability Office
This 68-page U.S. report examines the approaches, challenges and outcomes of seven countries in consolidating their food safety functions
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2005-02-23
Air Traffic Control: FAA Needs to Ensure Better Coordination When Approving Air Traffic Control Systems
U.S. Government Accountability Office
This 62-page U.S. report reviews the FAA's process for approving ATC systems and the challenges that it has faced in approving such systems
Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2004-11-24
Danger in the Air: Unhealthy Levels of Air Pollution in 2003
U.S. PIRG Education Fund
A 56-page U.S. examination of the levels of ozone and particle pollution in U.S. cities and towns during 2003
Climate Change & Environment, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2004-09-28
At the Crossroads: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
UN
This 162-page report provides a snapshot of how DRR (disaster risk reduction) and CCA (climate change adaptation) are being integrated in the Asia Pacific region
Climate Change & Environment, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2011-09-12
Financing the Response to AIDS in Low-income & Middle-income Countries
UNAIDS, Kaiser Family Foundation
An 18-page analysis of global AIDS assistance financing for 2010
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2011-08-18
Uranium Weapons: Why All the Fuss?
UNIDIR
This 10-page article evaluates the risks associated with uranium exposure
Disarmament & Peacekeeping, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-10-15
What Happens to Victims? A Research Guide for Disaster-Response Studies
Urban Institute
An 18-page US guide providing a series of starting, generic checklists of outcome indicators and related information considered pertinent to studying emergency services responses
Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2006-08-03
Haiti: A Forward Look
USIP
A 4-page US assessment of the situation on the ground in Haiti five months after the earthquake
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2010-07-11
Transcending the Past to Build Haiti’s Future
USIP
The 4-page US report of a meeting held to consider how best to achieve Haiti's recovery
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2010-12-10
Haiti After the Earthquake
USIP
A 6-page US brief outlining Haiti's post-earthquake needs
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-02-18
Public Health Risk Assessment and Interventions - The Horn of Africa: Drought and Famine Crisis
WHO
This 29-page public health risk assessment is to provide health professionals in United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organizations, donor agencies and local authorities currently working with populations affected by this emergency, with up-to-date technical guidance on the major public health threats faced by the displaced population
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2011-08-26
Multidrug and Extensively Drug-resistant TB (M/XDR-TB): 2010 Global Report on Surveillance and Response
WHO
A 71-page global report on TB surveillance and response
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-03-28
World Malaria Report 2010
WHO
This 220-page report summarises information received from 106 malaria-endemic countries and other sources and updates the analyses presented in the 2009 Report
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-12-15
Public Health in an Interdependent World: Cash Commodities, Capacities, and Conspiracies
WHO
An 11-page lecture discussing the advances of public health in the first decade of the 21st century. The lecture comments that although the decade produced many gains like spurring the development of new vaccines, it also revealed some problems such as issues due to rapid urbanization and unhealthy lifestyles
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-03-25
Public Health Risk Assessment and Interventions - The Horn of Africa: Drought and Famine Crisis
WHO
This 29-page public health risk assessment for the The Horn of Africa: Drought and famine crisis is to provide health professionals in United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organizations, donor agencies and local authorities currently working with populations affected by this emergency, with up-to-date technical guidance on the major public health threats faced by the displaced population
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2011-07-26
Characterizing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Middle East and North Africa: Time for Strategic Action
World Bank
This 310-page report aims at addressing the dearth of strategic information on HIV spread in MENA through a joint effort of the World Bank, the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and the World Health Organization (WHO)
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-07-15
Implementing Projects, Achieving Results
World Bank
A 40-page progress report on reconstruction efforts in Aceh stresses the success of community-led projects
International Development, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2006-12-28
The World Bank's Commitment to HIV/AIDS in Africa
World Bank
This 146-page document outlines the World Bank's strategy for fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-05-19
AIDS in South Asia: Understanding and Responding to a Heterogeneous Epidemic
World Bank
A 131-page report analyzing South Asia's HIV/AIDS epidemic and offering recommendations for halting its spread
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2006-12-04
The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda
World Bank
This 312-page report urges African governments and their development aid donors to do significantly more to prevent new HIV infections
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2012-03-16
Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies
World Bank, Columbia University
This 204-page report examines major natural hazards, focusing on specific regions and risks
Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2006-10-16
Climate Resilient Cities
World Bank, UN
A 176-page tool to self-assess whether an East Asian/Pacific city is a climate change "hot-spot" and create strategies to increase its resilienc to those impacts
Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-08-13
Public Health Response to Urgent Case Reports
"Health Affairs"
An article describing a test of the ability of local public health agencies in the U.S. to meet a preparedness standard for responding to urgent case reports of communicable diseases arising naturally or as a result of bioterrorism
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2005-08-31
Contact Tracing to Control Infectious Disease: When Enough is Enough
"Health Care Management Science"
A 15-page US article comparing the efficiency of screening and contact tracing in the control of infectious disease
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-01-22
Averting Disaster
"Newsweek"
This US article explains that rebuilding in Haiti can become a model for how the global community can work together to reduce the fallout of such disasters in the future
Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-02-06
Principles for Characterizing the Potential Human Health Effects from Exposure to Nanomaterials: Elements of a Screening Strategy
'Particle and Fibre Toxicology'
A 35-page report presenting a broad data-gathering strategy applicable to this early stage in the development of a risk assessment process for nanomaterials
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2005-10-25