Typhoon Haiyan (Philippines 2003): Health Information Resources: ARCHIVE
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Overview
- Hurricanes and Typhoons
Disaster Information Management Research Center, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health - Floods
Disaster Information Management Research Center, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Philippine Government Agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations
- Office of the President of the Philippines, Official Gazette, Crisis Response
- Department of Health
Also available on Twitter: @doh_philippines - Department of Social Welfare and Development
Also available on Twitter: @dswdserves - National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
Also available on Twitter: @NDRRMC_OpCen - Philippine Red Cross
Also available on Twitter: @philredcross
International Organizations Providing Health Information
- World Health Organization: Humanitarian Health Action
- WHO - Country Field Office for the Philippines
- WHO Regional Field Office (Western Pacific Region)
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Typhoon Haiyan home page - ReliefWeb
Typhoon Haiyan - Nov 2013 home page
U.S. Federal Agencies Supporting U.S. Response
- USAID
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) home page - The White House
Typhoon Haiyan home page - U.S. Department of Defense
Operation Damayan home page - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Typhoon Haiyan- A Look at Public Health's Role in Disaster Recovery
Public Health Matters Blog
Cleanup and Recovery
- Disaster Recovery and Environmental Health
Disaster Information Management Research Center, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Specific Populations
- Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Coping with Disasters
- Coping with Disasters, Violence and Traumatic Events
Disaster Information Management Research Center, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Health Resources for the Public
- MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
- Tox Town, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Free Resources from Publishers for Medical Responders
- Emergency Access Initiative
The Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) has been activated in support of medical efforts in the Philippines and surrounding areas following the devastating typhoon. The Emergency Access Initiative is a collaborative partnership between the U.S. National Library of Medicine and participating publishers to provide free access to full-text articles from over 650 biomedical serial titles and over 4,000 reference books and online databases to healthcare professionals and libraries affected by disasters. The free access period is November 11, 2013 - December 9, 2013. - The Cochrane Library
All resources are free to those in the Philippines until March 2014. Free access is based on using a computer address (IP address) that originates in the Philippines. - Evidence Aid
Resources related to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. - Wolters Kluwer Health (WKH) Emergency Resources Portal
This portal is IP-validated for the Philippines, and available to hospitals, institutional libraries and other healthcare entities supporting the disaster relief efforts. It includes Ovid MEDLINE, LWW Total Access journal collection and several eBook collections for Emergency Medicine, Trauma etc. Immediate access, available for 60 days.
At the same URL, expert searches for post-Typhoon clinical needs are available for Ovid MEDLINE at:http://demo.ovid.com/demo/philp1/philp1.htm. Topics include Tetanus; Dysentery; diarrhea in adult and child; bacterial, viral, respiratory or parasitic diseases, PTSD, vaccinations, etc. The IP address is authenticated for the region. - American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics is providing access to these publications for people in the Philippines who have a Philippine-based IP address:
NeoReviews™
Pediatrics in Review®
AAP Grand Rounds™
These two publications from American Academy of Pediatrics are available through the Emergency Access Inititative:
Pediatrics®
Red Book® Online - Elsevier
In addition to participating in the National Library of Medicine Emergency Access Initiative, Elsevier is providing free access to its primary online clinical information and reference tool, ClinicalKey, to all IP addresses originating from the Philippines for 60 days.
Multi-language Resources
- Health Information in Tagalog
MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health - Where Women Have No Doctor
Complete text available in Tagalog. Scroll to the link “MAG-DOWNLOAD (PDF).
Hesperian Health Guides - Where There is No Doctor
One chapter available in Tagalog: Chapter 27: Newborn Babies and Breastfeeding
Hesperian Health Guides
Social Media
- Twitter List: Agencies Responding to Health Aspects of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda
- Twitter Hashtags: #Haiyan, #Yolanda, #TyphoonHaiyan, #Philippines, #YolandaPH, #Typhoon , #reliefPH, #FloodPH(damage reporting), #TracingPH (report missing people), #RescuePH (do not use unless you are a local citizen in urgent need of assistance or a local responder), and #SafeNow (do not use unless you are a local citizen in urgent need of assistance or a local responder).
- Twitter
- Department of Health, Phillipines: @doh_philippines
- Department of Social Welfare and Development: @dswdserves
- National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council: @NDRRMC_OpCen
- International Committee of the Red Cross: @ICRC
- ReliefWeb: @reliefweb
- United Nations Philippines: @UNPhilippines
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: @UNOCHA
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Asia Pacific: @OCHAAsiaPac
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Pacific: @unocha_rop
- USAID/OFDA(Office of the U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance): @theOFDA
- USAID: @USAID
- World Food Programme: @WFP
- World Health Organization: @WHO
Maps
- DSWD Disaster Mitigation and Response Situation Map
Department of Social Welfare and Development, Republic of the Philippines - Typhoon Yolanda Relief Map
GBG/GDG/GSA Communities of the Philippines
People Locators
- Person Finder: Typhoon Yolanda
Google - People Locator
U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health - The American Red Cross is also helping to reconnect families separated by this typhoon and has activated its family tracing services. If people are looking for a missing family member in the Philippines, please remember that many phone lines are down. If people are unable to reach loved ones, contact your local chapter of the American Red Cross to initiate a family tracing care. Local chapter finder: http://www.redcross.org/find-your-local-chapter
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