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Disasters  Supercourse  (Natural and Man Made) 

Supercourse Lectures Related to Surveillance, Prevention and Disaster Mitigation, Terrorism, Bioterrorism, Disasters and Injuries   

Disasters and JIT Lectures by main topics
    EDUCATIONAL SURGE    
AIR SAFETY BIOTERRORISM DISASTERS IN GENERAL DROUGHT FLOODS
EARTHQUAKES EBOLA HURRICANES INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA
INJURY

LANDSLIDES

LECTURES BY WALTER HAYS MAD COW DISEASE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS

OTHER LECTURES

OTHER WINDSTORMS

RADIATION

RELATED WEB SITES RESILIENCE
SEPTEMBER 11 LIGHTNING Homelessness Cold  

SURVEILLANCE

TERRORISM

TORNADOES

VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

WILDFIRES

         

 

 

 

 

 



EDUCATIONAL SURGE

USING EXISTING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE TO BENEFIT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
A GLOBAL SURGE. ACTIONS THAT WILL MULTIPLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF 7 BILLION+ PEOPLE
2016 IS A GOOD TIME FOR A GLOBAL SURGE IN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER RESILIENCE
INCORPORATING LAST YEAR’S DISASTER INFORMATION IN THIS YEAR’S EDUCATIONAL SURGES. Part I   Part II   Part III
TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE. PART 2. Earthquake and Tzunami, Japan,2011.  
TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE. PART 5. Tornado.
TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE. PART 4 (Continued) Hurricanes.
TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE. PART 4. Storms.

TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE. PART 6. Flooding.

TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO DISASTER RESILIENCE EDUCATIONAL SURGES. Part I. Floods.

TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE. PART 3.Wildfires.
TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE. PART 7. Volcano.

GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL SURGES: A WAY TO ELIMINATE THE ROOT CAUSES OF DISASTERS


DISASTER RESILIENCE: It’s Time to Achieve Our Unfulfilled Global Vision. 2016 and Beyond
The Most Practical Model for Disaster Preparedness at Country Levelust
WHOcc & Supercourse Global Collaboration: Ebola, Just in Time Disasters and Networking of Experts
SENDAI FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: 2015-2030
A TIME FOR RE-ENERGIZED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION ACTIONS
A MEGA-PARADIGM SHIFT FOR THE 21st CENTURY
LET’S WAKE UP THE SLEEPING GIANT THAT IS IMPEDING GLOBAL DISASTER RESILIENCE
FROM 2015 TO 2020 IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PAST 14 YEARS OF REALITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY


Ebola
JIT: Ebola the Evolving Epidemic: Special Update. 17 February, 2015


JIT: Ebola Weekly Update. 21 January, 2015 15 January, 2015  31 December, 2014  in Spanish 17 December, 2014  11 December, 2014  04 December, 2014 

JIT: Ebola the Evolving Epidemic: From Africa to Europe & US updated on November 24, 2014 

MYTHS AND REALITIES OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE updated on November 22, 2014  

EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE updated on November 21, 2014 

Ebola Virus Disease from the Beginning: Science and Shock updated on November 18, 2014  by Joel Breman, MD, DTPH, Fogarty International Center, NIH, USA

MYTHS AND REALITIES OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE  with 13 translations: simplified Chinese   Chinese   Russian   French   Bahasa   Arabic   Urdu   Japanese   Farsi   Spanish   Hebrew   Pashto   Korean

MYTHS AND REALITIES OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE updated on October 16, 2014

UNDERSTANDING RISK AND RISK REDUCTION FOR THE EBOLA VIRUS updated on August 12, 2014 

"Just a few days . . . Ebola, Zaire, 1976". Part I updated on March 01, 2005 

"Just a few days . . . Ebola, Zaire, 1976". Part II updated on March 01,  2005 


Homelessness


Resilience

DISASTER RESILIENCE: Supernatural Fulfillment of a Global Vision. 2015 and Beyond
EQUIPPING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL “HELPING HANDS TEAMS” FOR ACTION
EQUIPPING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL “HELPING HANDS TEAMS” FOR ACTION. 2016
TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE IN MALAYSIA. A Paradigm Shift From Disaster Proneness That Will Improve the Quality of Life in Malaysia
BALANCING REALITY AND HOPE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE 2ND WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RESILIENCE
MAKING OUR WORLD DISASTER RESILIENT. January 2015
MAKING OUR WORLD DISASTER RESILIENT. January 2015 in Spanish

GLOBAL DISASTER RESILIENCE. The Paradigm for 2014. That Makes Our Tomorrows Better. STEP 1
GLOBAL DISASTER RESILIENCE. The Paradigm for 2014. That Makes Our Tomorrows Better. STEP 2
GLOBAL DISASTER RESILIENCE. The Paradigm for 2014. That Makes Our Tomorrows Better. STEP 3
THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE. Part 1: Preparedness
THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE. Part 2: Protection
THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE. Part 3: Early Warning
THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE. Part 4: Emergency Response
THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE. Part 5: Recovery
HAVE WE FINALLY FOUND THE ELUSIVE HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE OF DISASTER RESILIENCE?

RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE. Some basic postulates …

Lightning
LIGHTNING: A DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE GLOBAL NATURAL HAZARD


Another topic
 


DISASTERS IN GENERAL

3-4 days Training Course/Workshop on 
Community Based Disaster Risk Management for Community Health Workers/Professionals

A TIME FOR RE-ENERGIZED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION ACTIONS

WORLD DISASTER DAY

DISASTERS – AN INDIAN EXPERIENCE

REMEMBERING NINE OF THE WORST NATURAL DISASTERS. Part 1. (in terms of casualties)
REMEMBERING NINE OF THE WORST NATURAL DISASTERS. Part 2. (in terms of casualties)
REMEMBERING NINE OF THE WORST NATURAL DISASTERS. Part 3. (in terms of casualties)

LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 0: FRAMEWORK

THE USA’S NEW POLICY DIRECTIVE ON NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS

A WAY TO ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL GLOBAL LEGACY DURING THE 21ST CENTURY Part I    Part II  Part III

AN URGENT GLOBAL RACE AGAINST TIME IS UNDERWAY

Internet Education for Disaster: Mitigation: Supercourse

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TURNS CORNER IN JAPAN ON DAY 14: MARCH 24

MARCH 11-14, 2011 EXAMPLES OF NO PLACE TO GO AND NO ONE TO RESCUE   in Spanish

THE SCALE OF THE DISASTER IN JAPAN IS OVERWHELMING  in Spanish

Global Health, Cuban Health Cooperation and Disasters

Public Health Disaster Consequences of Disasters (In Spanish)   (In Russian)  (In Arabic)  (In Portuguese)  (in Japan)

Disaster and Multi-Casualty Triage  (in Spanish)

DISASTER DATA BASE: A New Experimental Model   (in Spanish)

Safety matters: How to Safely Evacuate from your Home

Epidemiology of Disasters -part I-   -part II-

The Use of Epidemiologic Methods in Disasters

Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Perpetual Challenge to Global Health

Disaster epidemiology    General Considerations After a Disaster

Marty Silverstein Lecture. Change is Hard

Disaster epidemiology

Data for Decision making in disasters: advances and controversies

Epidemiological surveillance in disastres in Spanish

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN MEXICO

Disaster and Hospital Functions

Disasters: The Public Health Impact

Caring for Vulnerable Populations in the Community During a Disaster

Basic Principles of Mass Gathering Medical Care (in Spanish)

Disaster data base a new experimental model   (in Spanish)

Preparing to work in a crisis: Health and safety for field volunteers


BIOTERRORISM

Anthrax  

Anthrax II 

The History of Bioterrorism

‘I Think I Have Anthrax…’: Responding to Bioterror in the National Capital Region

Microbial Threats to Health in the United States: Natural and Manmade

Global Diseases biological challenges of the 21st Century

A model response to bioterrorism: Pennsylvania Region 13-WMD Task Force

Emerging Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism

Identification of Bioterrorism Agents. Part I   Part II 

Public Health Response To Terrorism - Bioterrorism-  in Chinese    The Role of Information Technologies and Science in the Prevention of Bioterrorism. Part I  Part I in Spanish  Part II

Assault with a Chemical Weapon: Its worse out there than just Bioterrorism. Part I      Part II

THE INTEGRAL ASSESSMENT OF BIOTERRORISM THREAT. Episode I.

 Introduction. Part I.   Part II  (Version in Russian)Part I.    Part II.

Episode II. OBJECTIVES, METHOD, TASKS  (Version in Russian)

Episode III. ONE YEAR AFTER. THE CHARACTER OF THREATS AND MAIN THREATS RANKING.  (Version in Russian)

Too Many Germs, Too Few Monkeys. The Need for Artificial Organisms for Testing and Validating Pharmaceuticals

Biosafety and Threat Reduction Activities in Georgia/Biosafety/ Biosecurity in Georgia

Modeling Potential Responses to Smallpox as a Bioterrorist Weapon

TERRORISM

The Threat of NBC Terrorism 

Epidemiology of Fear. Part I     Part II

Health and National Security Issues of the USA

Public Health Response to Terrorism -Preparedness-  in Chinese

Hacking as Warfare. Part I     Part II

The new approaches to the estimation of the epidemic risk  (In Russian)

Principles of Risk and Crisis Communication with the Public 

SEPTEMBER 11

Understanding Sept.11   (In English)     (In Russian)        (In Chinese)   (In Spanish)    (In Turkish)     (In Korean)    (In Italian)  (In Japanese) (In Hindi)   (in French)

Access to and Need for Counseling Among Children after the September 11th Attacks on the World Trade Center   (in Spanish)

Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York. Response to the attack on the World Trade Center and Report on Preparedness for Future Events  (in Spanish)

First Principles for Homeland Security Contingency Planning in a Decentralized Environment. Part I   Part II   Part III   

Issues Associated with Population Protection from Disaster and Infectious Disease and the Role of Public Health

MECHANICS OF PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE: WHAT DID AND DID NOT DOOM WORLD TRADE CENTER, AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN ? Part I    Part II

LANDSLIDES

LANDSLIDE DISASTER IN COLOMBIA. May 18, 2015
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 9: LANDSLIDES

NOTABLE LANDSLIDES IN 2010

MUDSLIDE IN WASHINGTON STATE, USA0

DEVASTATING LANDSLIDE IN THE PHILIPPINES INDUCED BY HEAVY RAIN

REMEMBERING 2O10’S LANDSLIDES. Part I  Part II

LANDSLIDE TRAGEDY IN GUATEMALA  in Spanish

RAIN-TRIGGERED MUDSLIDE BURIES HUNDREDS IN SANTA MARIA TLAHUITOLTAPEC, MEXICO   in Spanish

RAIN-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES IN BRAZIL

LANDSLIDE DISASTER IN COLOMBIA

OTHER LECTURES

IMPROVING YOUR COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

Collapse. What the mute Statues of Easter Island have to tell us about health care?

DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. Part I  Part II

Acute poisoning (In Russian)

Songhua River Polution and Control in Harbin, China

Tribal Emergency Response Preparedness

Emergency preparedness in the Baltics   (in Spanish)

Increasing Capacity Needs for Health Communication in Emergency Situations

The Mundane to the Critical: The Need for Transition from Individual Care to Population Health Maintenance

NANO-MECHANICS BASED ASSESSMENT OF FAILURE RISK, SIZE EFFECT AND LIFETIME OF QUASIBRITTLE STRUCTURES AT DIFFERENT SCALES

Economic Assessment of the Value of Statistical Life in Russian

HAZARD ANALYSIS    

FINK AND RISK

Hazard, Threats, Risk, Etc. An examination of some key terms …

Disaster preparedness in Estonia/Estonia Civil Protection Systems

STATE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE: our view to Scientific Networking and Global Health Supercourse

Preparing for the Preparedness Emergency and Disaster medicine system (EDMS) in Latvia

Natural disaster risks in Ukraine     in Russian 

“Is it Possible to Make People Accept Network Prevention as a Paradigm of Global Safety System?”

Safety Issues of Electric Power Production in Russian Federation: Brief Review and Analysis of Accidents and Emergencies"

Epidemiologic profile and risk factors of traffic accidents in Tunisia

The National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism and Current U.S. Changes in How Preparedness is Evaluated

Concept and terms used by government of Estonia in the field of health care preparedness for disaster

The Perspective of research for nurses in drugs consumption in Spanish

Related web sites: 

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This online resource for GIS and geospatial data has compiled data from a wide range of GIS Web sites located on the Internet. Some of the data is free once you set up a user account to be part of the GeoCommunity, with additional data available for a fee using the Premium option. Downloading may require the user to be proficient in GIS and own relevant software. Download options include: Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) Data, USGS Digital elevation Models (DEM), Digital Orthophotos (DOQ/DOQQ), and FEMA Flood Data. Bundles of data available for purchase include: VECTOR MAP (VMap) Level 1, National Wetlands Inventory, TIGER Data & U.S. Census Resources, data by individual states in the U.S. as well as data on countries around the globe. The majority of the datasets are in ARC/INFO E00, SHP, DLG, TIGER, and DEM formats. [VF] This site is also reviewed in the February 13, 2004 _NSDL MET Report_.  

The Cochrane Collaboration - Evidence Aid Project

Department of Health in Emergencies & Disasters (HEAD), IRAN http://nihr.tums.ac.ir/disaster/

Disasters in 2009

Disasters in 2008

DISASTER RECOVERY RESOURCES -http://www.disasterrecoveryresources.net/index.php

SCIENTIFIC NETWORKING AND THE GLOBAL HEALTH SUPERCOURSE FOR THE PREVENTION OF THREAT FROM MAN MADE AND NATURAL DISASTERS (Lectures from NATO Workshop, 2005, Lithuania) 

http://www.montclair.edu/pages/detectives/project/Summary.htm 

Environmental Disasters

GLOBAL POLUTION. Cities Experiencing Environmental Disasters
REMEMBERING 2O10’S OIL LEAKS AND SPILLS
GLOBAL POLLUTION
EVIDENCE OF PLANET EARTH'S FRAGILITY
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 11A: FUNDAMENTALS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
THE GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORY MODEL PART 20E: AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER RESILIENCETY

EARTHQUAKES

LEARNING FROM GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE DISASTER LABORATORIES. ECUADOR
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES APRIL 16, 2016 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES ECUADOR
M6.5 KYUSHU EARTHQUAKE APRIL 14, 2016 Part 1: Happenings During the First 24 HoursS
TWO DAYS--TWO DAMAGING EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN
A MODERATE M6.4 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES TAIWAN’S OLDEST CITY
M7.5 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES AFGHANISTAN
M8.3 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NORTHERN CHILEN
MALAYSIA: EARTHQUAKES
THE SECOND NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF MAY 12, 2015
Nepal Earthquake 2015: Epidemiology of Population Health Concerns2015

THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 25,2015 M7.8 11:56 AM Saturday Morning
THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 25,2015. Part 2: Happenings During the First 24 Hours
THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 25,2015. Part 3: Second day Happenings
THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 25,2015. Part 4: Third Day Happenings 
THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 25,2015. Part 5: Fourth Day Happenings
THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 25,2015. Part 6: Fifth Day Happenings
THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 25,2015. Part 7: Sixth Day Happeningsse
THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 25,2015. Part 8: Seventh & Eighth Day Happenings
THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 25,2015. Part 9: It Could Have Been Worse

TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE IN PAKISTAN. A Paradigm Shift That Will Improve the Quality of Life in Pakistan. Part 1: Earthquakes
TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE IN INDIA. A Paradigm Shift That Will Improve the Quality of Life in India. Part 1: Earthquakes

2014 A NEW FOCUS ON EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE. Part 1
2014 A NEW FOCUS ON EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE. Part 2
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 2: EARTHQUAKES
M6.3 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NORTHERN YUNNAN PROVINCE
THE GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORY MODEL PART 20A: AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE
Earthquake Hazards and Effects
THE MAGNITUDE 6.0 NAPA , CA EARTHQUAKE, AUGUST 24, 2014
MAGNITUDE 6.7 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CENTRAL JAPAN, November 22, 2014
NOTABLE EVENTS AND DISASTERS OF 2014. HIGHLIGHTS OF EARTHQUAKES
BANDA ASCHE, INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

MAGNITUDE 7.1 EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA AWAKENS 2004 MEMORIES

TOWARDS A NEW HAITI. FIVE YEARS AFTER THE JANUARY 12, 2010 EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
TOWARDS A NEW KOBE. TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE JANUARY 17, 1995 EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
TOWARDS A NEW NORTHRIDGE. AFTER THE JANUARY 17, 1994 EARTHQUAKE
TOWARDS PRE-EARTHQUAKE PLANNING FOR POST-EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY (PEPPER). EXAMPLES: TOKAI, JAPAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. Part 1: The United States
GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. Part 2: Learning From Others

SOUTHERN CA ON NOTICE AFTER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
MAGNITUDE 8.2 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFFSHORE CHILE
IMPACTS OF THE M8.2 EARTHQUAKE OFFSHORE CHILE
M7.5 (NOW M7.2) EARTHQUAKE STRIKES GUERRERO STATE, MEXICO
REMEMBERING SOME OF THE LESSONS FROM 2013’S DISASTERS. PART 1: EARTHQUAKE EXAMPLES

M6.6 EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF IDENTIFYING AND ELIMINATING VULNERABILITIES TO EARTHQUAKES IN A COMMUNITY’S BUILT ENVIRONMENT

TWO SMALL (M4.5 AND M5.2) EARTHQUAKES EXPOSE VULNERABILITIES IN OLD BUILDINGS IN LORCA, SPAIN

Public Health Consequences of Earthquakes Part I.     Part II.

Chile Earthquake and Tsunami  in Spanish

MAGNITUDE 7.1 AFTERSHOCK STRIKES JAPAN

M8.9 EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IMPACTS JAPAN WITH THE TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES   in Spanish  in Russian  in Chinese

A SNAPSHOT OF THE SITUATION ASSESSMENT IN JAPAN ON DAY 4

SEARCH AND RESCUE, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AFTER JAPAN’S EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER  in Spanish

Survival & Recovery from a 7.8 & 8.8 Quake: Lessons from Haiti & Chile for the US

INTEGRATING THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT. EARTHQUAKE SCENARIOS

Haiti Earthquake  in French   in Spanish  in Arabic

Tectonic explanation of the May 12, 2008, Sichuan Earthquake  in Chinese

China Earthquake: 12 May 2008. Short version  in Chinese   in Spanish 

China Earthquake: 12 May 2008. Long version

Pakistani Earthquake. 8 October 2005   (Spanish version)

Earthquakes 2000 to 2005 From Indonesia to Pakistan

Earthquake in Iran. Bam, December 26, 2003  (in Spanish)

AFTERSHOCKS OF 2010’S M8.8 EARTHQUAKE OCCUR IN CHILE

M6.8 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NORTHEASTERN MYANMAR

VULNERABILITY OF BUILDINGS TO EARTHQUAKE GROUND SHAKING

WHAT COULD BE THE NEXT EARTHQUAKE DISASTER FOR JAPAN

REMEMBERING 2O10’s EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS. Part I  Part II

EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND

EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AND EFFECTS SEATAC WASHINGTON. Part I    Part II

Indonesia Earthquake 27 May 2006   in Spanish

A Case Study for the Setting of Water Supply & Sanitation Priorities in the PAK Emergency

Earthquake & Tsunami South Asia, 26 Dec 2004

Earthquake Mitigation   (in Spanish)

THE 99 MARMARA EARTHQUAKE AND AFTERWARDS  (in Spanish)

Earthquakes in Turkey 

Revelation of 5.12 Quake, Sichuan, China. Part I. Background of Earthquake   Part2. Prevention   Part3. During the Quake   Part 4a. Short-term response after the quake     Part 4b. Short-term response after the quake   Part 5. Post-disaster problems that require long-term concern  

EXPERIENCE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EARTHQUAKE AT BHUJ IN INDIA

Disaster Epidemiologic lessons from Bam Earthquake Dec 26, 2003 Iran. Part I   Part II   Part III   Part IV   Part V   Part VI   Part VII

NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE 2010   in Spanish

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE EXERCISE

INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND VOLCANIC ERUPTION. Part I    Part II

PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKES

TWO EARTHQUAKES SEVERELY CUT NEW ZEALAND’S 2011 ECONOMIC GROWTH

 

TORNADOES

LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 5: TORNADOES
TORNADO OUTBREAK IN OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, AND IOWA

WHAT IS A DEVASTATING TORNADO LIKE?

SECOND EARLY SEASON TORNADO OUTBREAK IN USA

2011’S TREND OF DAMAGING TORNADOES CONTINUES IN THE MIDWESTERN USA

AN EF- 4 TORNADO STRIKES OKLAHOMA CITY, OK AND ITS SUBURBS

WORST SINGLE TORNADO SINCE 1953 STRIKES JOPLIN, MISSOURI

TORNADO STRIKES AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

164 TORNADOS IN 24 HOURS IMPACT 7 SOUTHEASTERN STATES. ALABAMA HIT BY EF5 STORM

AN EF 4 TORNADO STRIKES LAMBERT AIRPORT IN NORTH ST LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI

SEVERE DAMAGE IN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLIGHT 3-DAY, 15- STATE TORNADO OUTBREAK

SUPER TORNADO OUTBREAK

THE TREND CONTINUES: MORE TORNADOES IN 2011 THAN IN 2010

TEN TORNADOES HIT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN

EF3 TORNADO WITH A ½ TO 3/4 MILE-WIDE PATH DEVASTATES MAPLETON, IOWA

Tornados  In Spanish   

TORNADO-RELATED DEATHS AND INJURIES DUE TO THE MAY 3, 1999 TORNADOES

A Historical Look at Tornadoes: Damage and Death

Kansas 9/14/04 Tornado

Tornadoes

HURRICANES

TROPICAL STORM - HURRICANE EARL IMPACTS HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, BELIZE, AND MEXICO, 2016
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES: HURRICANES 2016
HURRICANE PATRICIA: AFTER LANDFALL IN SW MEXICO
HURRICANE PATRICIA: LARGEST STORM OF 2015   
FROM A TROPICAL STORM TO HURRICANE JOAQUIN5
REMEMBERING THE LESSONS FROM THE 2005 ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON
2015 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS VERY EARLY WITH TROPICAL STORM ANA
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 3: HURRICANES
TWO HURRICANES HEADED FOR HAWAIIS

THE CATASTROPHE AFTER IRENE’S EXIT  (in Spanish)

IRENE. A DISASTER FROM WATER, NOT WIND, IN THE NORTHEAST  (in Spanish)

HURRICANE IRENE After Landfall in North Carolina on August 27, 2011

IRENE. Ninth Storm and the First Hurricane of the 2011

BACKGROUND FOR THE 2011 HURRICANE SEASON

HURRICANE EARL

Hurricanes    Part I  (in Spanish) Part II  (in Spanish)   Part III   (in Spanish)

Hurricane Rita 

Hurricane     (In Spanish)      (In Chinese)  

Attribution of Recent Increases in Atlantic Hurricane Activity 

“BAD” HURRICANES: 1988-2008

TO EVACUATE OR NOT TO EVACUATE FOR HURRICANES. Part I    Part II

OTHER WINDSTORMS

TROPICAL STORM COLIN MADE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA ON JUNE 6
TROPICAL STORM COLIN NEAR LANDFALL IN FLORIDA. 3rd NAMED STORM OF 2016
WINTER STORM FINISHES TREK ACROSS NORTHEASTERN USA
WINTER STORM IMPACTS 35 MILLION PEOPLE IN TREK THROUGH NORTHEASTERN USA
IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN: HUGE WINTER STORM HEADED TOWARDS NORTHEASTERN USA
REMEMBERING NINE OF THE WORST NATURAL DISASTERS. PART 4: CYCLONES
2014 TYPHOON SEASON
2014 TYPHOON SEASON. TYPHOON RAMMASUN
TYPHOON RAMMASUN IMPACTS THE PHILIPPINES
TYPHOON RAMMASUN REACHES CHINA
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 1: TYPHOONS
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 4: CYCLONES
TYPHOON VONGFONG HITS JAPAN AND CYCLONE HUDHUD HITS INDIA
TROPICAL STORM FUNG-WONG (AKA MARIO) INUNDATES METRO MANILA
TYPHOON HAGUPIT STRIKES THE PHILIPPINES December 6-8, 2014
NOTABLE EVENTS AND DISASTERS OF 2014. HIGHLIGHTS OF SEVERE WINDSTORMS
CYCLONE ITA STRIKES AUSTRALIA
REMEMBERING SOME OF THE LESSONS FROM 2013’S DISASTERS. PART 2: TYPHOONS

2011’s TWELFTH STORM

22 STATES HIT BY MONSTER WINTER STORM. FEBRUARY 12-14, 2014

AFTER IRENE: JOSE, KATIA, LEE, MARIA, NATE Part I    Part II    in Spanish

2O10 ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORM SEASON. Part I   in Spanish  Part II

TROPICAL STORM HERMINE   in Spanish

UNDERSTANDING DISASTER-RISK REDUCTION FOR SEVERE WINDSTORMS. Part I   Part II

REMEMBERING 2O10’S SEVERE WINDSTORMS   Part II   Part III

SUPER TYPHOON MEGI (MEANS “CATFISH” IN KOREAN)   in Spanish

PAST NOTABLE DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN

PACIFIC WINTER STORM

MONSTER WINTER STORM                 CYCLONE YASI

UNDERSTANDING AND PREPARING FOR SEVERE WINDSTORMS IN 2011 AND BEYOND

THE GREAT SOLSTICE WINTER STORM OF 2010

COLD

UNUSUAL COLD WEATHER HITS EASTERN ASIA COUNTRIES

SURVEILLANCE

National Electronic Disease Surveillance System

Analysis, Reporting, and Feedback of Surveillance Data.  Part I  Part II

Overview of Public Health Surveillance. Part I     Part II

Drought

CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES FACED DROUGHT CONDITIONS DURING 2010

INJURY (see another list of lectures)

Injury Epidemiology - Introduction

Injury Epidemiology - Analytic Approaches

Positional compression of mild tissues, as type of crush syndrome (In Russian)

Medical Aspects of Blast Injuries

Injury Epidemiology- Participatory Action Research and Quantitative Approaches in Small Populations 

Injury Prevention and Control   in Spanish

Disabilities due to Injury in the U.S. Armed Forces

Motor Vehicle Crashes in Older Drivers    in Spanish

INJURY BIOMECHANICS

Effectiveness of a State Law Mandating Use of Bicycle Helmets among Children: An Observational Evaluation

Epidemiology of Childhood Fractures in Affluent and Deprived Areas

Is the CT Scan important at the 24 Hours in Children with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury? International Multicentre Study 

Corticosteroid Randomisation After Significant Head Injury

Teenage Driver Crashes - Carrying Passengers as a Risk Factor

Safety education of pedestrian. A systematic review. 

INFLUENZA

Influenza A(H1N1) (Swine Flu): Pandemic  Part II  in Russian  in Spanish Part II   in Farsi   in Arabic  in Vietnamese  in Malay  in French  in Macedonian  in Chinese   in Hebrew   in Bosnian  in Japanese

Eric Marler, M.D. links about H1N1 influenza A

Eric Marler, M.D. links about Avian Flu

Swine Flu in Arabic

Influenza: An Impending Pandemic  Part I  (in Macedonian)  (in Spanish)  (in Russian)   (in Chinese)  (in Persian)  Part II   (in Spanish)  (in Macedonian)   (in Chinese)  (in Russian)

AVIAN INFLUENZA: Zoonosis  (In Spanish)  

Influenza (the flu)

1976 Swine Flu Vaccine Debacle and U.S. Vaccine Strategy for Avian Flu: History Repeating Itself?

AVIAN INFLUENZA IN VIETNAM ‘Cum ga”  (in Spanish)

Biodefense and Pandemic Influenza: The Research and Public Health Interface

BIRD FLU  (In Spanish)

How to Improve your Immune System. Part I. Bird Flu   Part II

Herd Protection against Influenza

Challenges of Influenza Control   in Spanish

Incidence of Influenza in Ontario Following the Universal Influenza Immunization Campaign

Networked Information Sharing on Disasters - http://nishada.blogspot.com/

Influenza in Russian    

INFLUENZA A (H1N1) in Portuguese

New H1N1 Influenza - global pandemic in Macedonian

Current Status of the H1N1 Flu

Avian Influenza: Agricultural Perspectives & Interventions   

RADIATION

Radiation Epidemiology and Reflections on Fukushima. Part I
Radiation Epidemiology and Reflections on Fukushima. Part II
Fukushima is Not Chernobyl Fukushima is Not Chernobyl - What an Epidemiologist Should Know
Million U.S. Worker and Veteran Study
NCRP and International Consistency in Radiation Protection Standards
Genetic Effects in Children of Cancer Survivors

THE FUKUSHIMA FACILITY IS STILL LEAKING RADIATION INTO THE AIR

What We Know About Nuclear Energy? Russian version  Arabic version  Spanish version  Japanese version  in Ukrainian  in Bosnian   In Chinese

RECOGNIZING THE “FUKUSHIMA 50” AND THEIR VALIANT EFFORT   in Spanish

Radiation Epidemiology and Leukemia. Part I  Part II    Part I  Part II  (in Russian)

Radiation Part I    Part II

Amchitka Expedition as a Model for Multi- and Interdisciplinary Research into Radionuclide Contamination into the Marine Environment

Chernobyl disaster and experience of population protection from nuclear accident

Understanding Radiation

Introduction to Radiation Health: Late Effects - Cancer

Basics of Treatment of Victims of Radiation Terrorism or Accidents

Follow-up of Persons Exposed to Radiation and Radioactivity

Preparing for an Unplanned Radiation Event

History of “Nuclear” Health Issues  in Japanese

 

Air Safety

Air Safety and Terrorism   (In Spanish)   (In Arabic)

ERUPTION OF TWO VOLCANOES IN KAMCHATKA (RUSSIA) THREATENS PEOPLE AND AVIATION SAFETY  (In Spanish)

Air Travel. Pleasure or Peril? 

TSUNAMI

REMEMBERING NINE OF THE WORST NATURAL DISASTERS. PART 5: TSUNAMI
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 6: TSUNAMISMI
REMEMBERING SOME OF THE LESSONS FROM ONE OF 2013’S UNEXPECTED DISASTERS. PART 4: TSUNAMI TRASHS

Tsunami (In Arabic)  (In Telugu)  (In Spanish)       

M8.9 EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IMPACTS JAPAN WITH THE TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES   in Spanish  in Russian  in Chinese

Chile Earthquake and Tsunami   in Spanish

IMPACT OF TSUNAMI ON ANIMALS IN INDIA: TSUNAMI-Disaster Management. Programs for Livestock

SEARCH AND RESCUE, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AFTER JAPAN’S EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER  in Spanish   

Earthquake & Tsunami South Asia, 26 Dec 2004

TSUNAMI IN INDIA AND TSUNAMI WALLS 

FLOODS   Some Floods lectures(zipped file)

HISTORIC RAINFALL CAUSES FLOODING, COMPLETE CHAOS, AND DEATHS IN WEST VIRGINIA. June 24, 2016
HISTORIC WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUES IN TEXAS
HISTORIC WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN TEXAS May 27-June 1, 2016
HISTORIC “1,000 YEAR FLOOD” IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI
FLOODING IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
FLOODS IN REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA
MALAYSIA: FLOODS
FLOODS IN GHANA. June 5, 2015
HISTORIC FLOODING IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. May 23, 2015
TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE IN PAKISTAN. A Paradigm Shift That Will Improve the Quality of Life in Pakistan. Part 2A: Floods
TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE IN PAKISTAN. A Paradigm Shift That Will Improve the Quality of Life in Pakistan. Part 2B: Floods
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 7A: FLOODS
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 7B: FLOODS
THE GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORY MODEL PART 20B: AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCES
NOTABLE EVENTS AND DISASTERS OF 2014. HIGHLIGHTS OF FLOODS
TOWARDS FASTER LONG-TERM RECOVERY AFTER FLOODS: EXAMPLE: 2008 MIDWEST USA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODS
TOWARDS FASTER RECOVERY AFTER FLOODS. EXAMPLE: NOTABLE GLOBAL FLOODS DURING 2008
LESSONS LEARNED FROM ARGENTINA’S FLOOD
REMEMBERING SOME OF THE LESSONS FROM 2013’S DISASTERS. PART 3: FLOODS

SEASONAL MONSOON RAINS CAUSE FLOOD DISASTER AGAIN IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN

DISASTER RECOVERY. Part I: RECOVERY FROM FLOOD AND SEVERE WINDSTORM DISASTERS

FLASH FLOODS SPAWNED BY TROPICAL STORM WASHI

FLOODING IN BANGKOK, THAILAND AREA

RECORD FLOODING IN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA

THE CATASTROPHE AFTER IRENE’S EXIT   (in Spanish)

IRENE. A DISASTER FROM WATER, NOT WIND, IN THE NORTHEAST  (in Spanish)

SOURIS RIVER REACHES RECORD HEIGHTS IN NORTH DAKOTA (USA)

HISTORIC FLOOD CONTROL UNDERWAY IN LOUISIANA

NO TIME TO WASTE IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER'S DELTA STATES

SAINT LUCIA FLOODS AFTER FOUR DAYS OF RAIN

SAVING DOWNSTREAM CITIES AND REFINERIES IS THE GOAL AS MISSISSIPPI RIVER CRESTS IN MEMPHIS AND FLOOD WATERS MOVE SOUTHWARD

FLOODING CAUSED BY NON-STOP RAIN DEVASTATES WESTERN TANZANIA

SWOLLEN MISSISSIPPI RIVER REACHES MID-SOUTH STATES AND MEMPHIS,TN AREA

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN NEW JERSEY AS LOCAL RIVERS OVERFLOW AFTER SPRING STORMS

FLOODING FROM THE RED RIVER THREATENS THE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA AREA AGAIN

REMEMBERING 2O10’S FLOODS. Part I   Part II    Part I in Spanish  Part II in Spanish

FLOODS IN VIETNAM   in Spanish

Pakistan Floods. July-August 2010  in Japanese  in Spanish

RECORD FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA’S FLOODING

MAD COW DISEASE

Evolution of the Mad Cow Disease in the United States

Mad Cow Disease Outbreak in the United States. Following the Story in USA Today.

WILDFIRES

LEARNING FROM CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES. Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4

ADDING TO THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE ON WILDFIRES

WILDFIRES STILL RAGING IN BIG SUR CALIFORNIA, 2016

WILDFIRES BURNING IN “AMUR OBLAST” REGION AND LAKE BAIKAL AREA IN RUSSIA. June 20, 2016

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE TRIPLES IN SIZE; OTHERS IGNITED. June 21, 2016

WILDFIRES BURNING IN CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO. June 20, 2016

THE McMURRAY WILDFIRE: AN UNCONTAINED MONSTER IN CANADA

DEVASTATING WILDFIRES BURN IN THE WESTERN USA. July-August, 2015

DEADLY WILDFIRE EXPERIENCE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA July 17, 2015

CANADIAN WILDFIRES: JUNE 9, 2015

WILDFIRES LEAD TO STATE OF EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

WILDFIRES IMPACT WASHINGTON STATE AND CANADIAN COMMUNITIESA

SIXTY-THREE WILDFIRES BURNING IN TEXAS  in Spanish

THREE-DOZEN WILDFIRES BURNING IN PARTS OF ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND GEORGIA

WILDFIRES BURN OVER 1 MILLION ACRES OF DROUGHT-STRICKEN TEXAS

2010 WILDFIRE IN BOULDER COLORADO   in Spanish

ISRAEL’S 2010 WILDFIRE

REMEMBERING 2O10’S WILDFIRES  Part II

WILDFIRES IN FLORIDA

WILDFIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL IN WEST TEXAS AND TEXAS PANHAMDLE

INFECTIOUS DISEASES (see another list of lectures)

DENGUE FEVER
Dengue and Aedes Aegypti: a public health problem along the United States-Mexico border (Lecture number 1 - a series of Dengue lectures) 

Monkeypox: Outbreak in the US   (in Spanish)

Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Perpetual Challenge to Global Health

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

DENGUE: EPIDEMIOLOGY PART 1  PART 2   PART I in Spanish   PART II in Spanish

Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases: An Examination of Global Threats From a Public Health Education Perspective

Herd Immunity and Vaccination

Dengue, Aedes aegypti, and Hurricane Reconstruction in The Caribbean and Central America: Prevention and Control Following a Natural Disaster
(Lecture Number 2 - a series of Dengue Lectures)

Dengue, Aedes aegypti, and Hurricane Reconstruction in The Caribbean and Central America: Prevention and Control Following a Natural Disaster  (Lecture number 3 - a series of Dengue lectures)   in Spanish

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Part I   Part I. (In Spanish)    Part II  Part II. (in Spanish)  Part III  PART III (in Spanish)   Part IY  PART IY (in Spanish)  Part Y  PART Y (in Spanish)  Part YI  PART YI (in Spanish)   revised 

Communicable Diseases Following Natural Disasters: A Public Health Response

 

Volcanic Activity

ERUPTION OF INDONESIA’S SINABUNG VOLCANO. PROMPTS EVACUATIONS
REMEMBERING SOME OF THE LESSONS FROM ONE OF 2013’S NON-DISASTERS. PART 5: EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
TWO OF MEXICO’S DANGEROUS VOLCANOES THREATENING TO ERUPT
LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES PART 8: VOLCANIC ERUPTION
THE GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORY MODEL PART 20C: AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL VOLCANO DISASTER RESILIENCE
AIRLINES ON RED ALERT AFTER VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ICELAND. August 23, 2014
VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN JAPAN
LAVA FLOW—A SILENT VOLCANIC HAZARD IN HAWAII
NOTABLE EVENTS AND DISASTERS OF 2014. HIGHLIGHTS OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
ECUADOR’S VOLCANO TUNGURAHUA ERUPTS SPECTACULARLYS

ICELAND’S VOLCANO HEKLA ABOUT TO ERUPT
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE ERUPTION OF INDONESIA’S MOUNT SINABUNG
VOLCANO CHAPARRASTIQUE ERUPTS IN EL SALVADOR

CHILE’S VOLCANO PUYEHUE ERUPTS WITH A MASSIVE ASH CLOUD AND SPECTACULAR LIGHTNING

REMEMBERING THE HISTORIC ERUPTION OF MOUNT PINATUBO, THE PHILIPPINES

ICELAND’S GRIMSVOTN ERUPTS

REMEMBERING 2O10’S VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. Part I   Part II

MOUNT KARANGETANG ERUPTS IN INDONESIA

SHINMOE-DAKE ERUPTS IN JAPAN   

MOUNT MERAPI EXPOSES POSSIBILITY OF HUGE HEALTH CARE NEEDS IN INDONESIA

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS: POTENTIAL MEGA-DISASTERS IN SLOW MOTION

MOUNT BROMO FOLLOWS MOUNT MERAPI AND BEGINS TO ERUPT IN INDONESIA

ERUPTION OF TWO VOLCANOES IN KAMCHATKA (RUSSIA) THREATENS PEOPLE AND AVIATION SAFETY  (In Spanish)

Lectures by Walter Hays

SNOW TSUNAMI HEADED TOWARDS NORTHEASTERN USA
SNOW TSUNAMI SPARES NORTHEASTERN USA

2O10’S DISASTERS IN PICTURES. Part I  Part II    Part III  Part I   Part II  Part III in Spanish  Part IV

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. REMEMBERING 2OO7. Part I    Part II

2009’S DISASTERS IN PICTURES

DISASTER RESILIENT SCHOOLS 

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION. Making Cities Disaster Resilient  in Spanish

EQUIPPING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL “HELPING HANDS TEAMS” FOR ACTION WHEN THE INEVITABLE HAPPENS

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. REMEMBERING 2OO9

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. REMEMBERING 2O1O: Part Ia.   Part Ib    Part IIa.   Part IIb     Part IIIa.   Part IIIb  Part IV  Part V

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. REMEMBERING 2OO8

DISASTER RESILIENT TRANSPORTATATION SYSTEMS

The Goal for 2011 and Beyond: Making Cities Disaster Resilient

AN SOS FOR 2011. STRATEGIES ON SURVIVAL

THE CHALLENGE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

A FRAMEWORK FOR A COMPREHENSIVE, INTER-DISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE ON WHAT WE CALL “A DISASTER”

Lectures from  http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/faculty/lecturers.htm

 


  

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