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Control of Major Communicable Diseases
  Malaria
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Priorities in Health

Epidemics im complex emergencies and disaster situations

In the context of complex emergencies and disasters, SDC's humanitarian aid in health is complementary to development cooperation. Switzerland provides humanitarian aid to those most affected by crisis, conflict and natural or technological disaster. All health activities supported in the framework of humanitarian aid shall be initiated with a long term perspective and need to be coherent with the priorities and principles of SDC. In addition to the policy priorities, Swiss humanitarian aid may choose additional types of activities to address emergency situations ranging from prevention, relief, rehabilitation or advocacy, to disease outbreak mitigation, mental health support, surgery in the humanitarian context and assistance to landmine victims.

(SDC Health Policy 2002 - 2010)
Resources
 

ReliefWeb
"ReliefWeb is the world’s premier electronic clearinghouse for those needing timely information on humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters – designed specifically to help the humanitarian community improve its response to emergencies. ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)."
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WHO Fact Sheet: Emergency and Humanitarian Action
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WHO: Health Action in Crises
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IRIN News
By the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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Sphere Handbook
"In a remarkable international initiative aimed at improving the effectiveness and accountability of disaster response, the Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response sets out for the first time what people affected by disasters have a right to expect from humanitarian assistance." (2004, including a chapter on health)
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Health in Emergency
Bulletin of Medicus Mundi Switzerland, October 2005
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Organisations
 

UNHCR
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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
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