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Scaling up the community-based health workforce for emergencies
This joint statement by the Global Health Workforce Alliance outlines the pivotal role of the community based health workforce in building resilience to disasters, and advocates the scaling-up, training and involvement of community health workers and reinforcing the community-based health workforce. In addition, the joint statement provides a range of concrete country examples of community-based health workforce in action.- Date:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 7 p.
- Sources:
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- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- International Medical Corps (IMC)
- Save the Children International (SCI)
- Medical Emergency Relief International (MERLIN)
- International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Médecins du Monde/Doctors of the World International Network (MdM/DOW)
- CARE International UK
Keywords
- Themes:
- Community-based DRR, Health & Health Facilities, Social Impacts & Resilience
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The Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2013.
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