March 2016

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.…

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…

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

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.

RETTmobil, the international exhibition for rescue and mobility, will continue her success story in 2016. The 16th edition of the global exhibition will open on May 11, 2016. The preparations currently under way underscore the very positive…

Authors: Polly Tayloremail, David Nutt, Val Curran, Rudi Fortson, Graeme Henderson on behalf of DrugScience Full Text on The Lancet We would like to highlight the medicinal value of ketamine. In November, 2015, WHO's Expert Committee on…

This handbook is intended to provide decision makers, planners, responders and disaster management practitioners with an overview of the disaster management structure, policies, laws, and plans for Papua New Guinea. It also provides basic…

Emergency managers, responders, volunteers, in a few words “emergency management actors” are accustomed to follow different guidelines, to interact with other countries’ representatives, but less used to work with European civil protection…

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.

PALADIN LAUNCHES ALL-NEW CASE LIGHT, NOW MADE IN THE U.S.A.  All-New Paladin Case Light CLU10K provides more durability along with 10,000 lumens of portable light that runs four hours on battery power alone. ROANOKE, TEXAS,…