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Sanitation in Asia Pacific Countries - New partnerships help resolve urban challenges
By Rosemarie North, IFRC
Innovations that bring together the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, local government and the private sector could solve sanitation problems that threaten the health of urban populations.…
Thailand - Interior Ministry urges drought relief aid provision
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Ministry of Interior (MOI) is urging officials to provide relief aid and assistance to the drought affected public, urging the local administration to establish a disaster mitigation center on the local level too…
Downpours cause deadly floods, mudslides in Sao Paulo
Source: AL Jazeera - Parts of Brazil have gone from a state of drought to intense flooding after torrential downpours hit southeastern areas of the country
Ankara, death toll of the terroristic attack rise 34 - live update
A car bomb explosion ripped through a busy square in the Turkish capital Sunday evening, killing at least 34 people and wounding 125 others, officials said.
Master in Emergency Medical Services Leadership - George Washington University
George Washington University is a leading higher-education institution located in Washington D.C. that offers a prestigious Masters degree in Emergency Medical Services Leadership.
Understanding vulnerability and adaptation in semi-arid areas in Botswana
Semi-arid areas in Botswana are characterised by high rainfall variability, frequent droughts, low soil moisture and extreme events such as flash floods which normally combine with governance shortcomings and structural inequalities to…
In Intensive care doctors what is the impact of night shift work on cognitive performance?
Source: Maltese. Intensive Care Medicine (2016) 42:393-400 DOI 10.1007/s00134-4115-4
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In Intensive care doctors what is the impact of night shift work on cognitive…
Pet's safety: What happen when you are alone? Prevent electric fire and save pet's life
Being home alone might not be as fun as it looks. 60.000 people in the UK have lost a pet in an electrical fire. Don't leave your charger plugged in and swithced on.
Charity finds that the UK’s animal lovers are putting their pets at risk…
Mosul and Baghdad under risk of catastrophic tsunami wave for problems in the Tigris Dam
Iraq's Mosul Dam faces 'risk of catastrophic failure,' U.S. says
Source CNN - The Mosul Dam is "under serious and unprecedented risk of catastrophic failure with little warning" the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad warned on Sunday.
At the…
WSAZ Investigates: A Dose of Reality
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A WSAZ investigation into the heroin epidemic in Cabell County quickly went viral. Now, we are following up with the young man shown overdosing and the paramedics who saved him in that shocking body camera…