Recently added articles from Arrows For Change:
Feminist and rights-based perspectives: sexual and reproductive health and rights in disaster contexts.(EDITORIAL)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Asia-Pacific is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. According to the World Disaster Report 2009, 40.5% of global disasters between 1999 and 2008 occurred in Asia, and 84.5% of those affected during the same period lived in the region ....
Indian grassroots women create sustainable change in post-tsunami health service provision.(SPOTLIGHT)
Dec 01, 2008; ... The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami took away the lives of 12,000 people, displaced 650,000 and injured over 5,000 in Tamil Nadu, India. (1) It destroyed housing, sources of livelihood, schools, primary health care centres, drinking water supply systems and other community assets. ...
The Wenchuan earthquake and government policies: impact on pregnancy rates, complications and outcomes.(SPOTLIGHT)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Background. On 12 May 2008, an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale struck Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China. The earthquake had adverse impacts on 51 counties in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu Provinces. As of 25 April 2009, 69,225 people had ...
Regional.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Public Health in Complex Emergencies training programme (PHCE) is a two-week residential course that aims to enhance the capacity of humanitarian assistance workers and their organisations to respond to the health needs of internally displaced persons and refugees affected by complex ...
Bangladesh.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Bangladesh is considered to be one of most vulnerable countries to natural disasters and climate change impacts by the International Panel Committee on Climate Change (IPCCC). Increased salinity of water as sea level rises, changes in inter-seasonal weather and rainfalls, frequent flooding ...