CE-DAT: Scene N°8
From the Director’s Desk
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Time to say goodbye to Ruwan and Antonio
The beginning of a new year, unfortunately means that 2 members of the CE-DAT team are leaving us. More...
What do the health indicators tell us about humanitarian crises in 2008?
January is typically the month of the statistical overviews. Analysts rush through their databases to come up with summary tables and nice graphs showing clear improvements, deteriorations or no change at all. So did we. Although there is often a considerable lag between field work and the publication of the survey report, CE-DAT has already collected information from 99 nutrition and mortality survey for 2008. Several of them were conducted in locations that had already been surveyed in 2006 or 2007. In this brief overview we will try to draw some preliminary findings based on the comparison of 2006/2007 health data with that of 2008. More...
Development of a GIS at CRED
Cartography has imposed itself as an essential tool for all actors involved in the different sectors of the disaster and conflict management cycle. Over the last decade, the world witnessed a significant increase and diffusion of easily and freely available geographic information on disasters and conflicts. Notably, there has been a growing trend in the availability of satellite-based monitoring initiatives. Aware of the strong research potential and the high added value of these technologies, CRED decided jump on the bandwagon and make a first step towards the integration of the EM-DAT and CE-DAT databases into a Geographic Information System (GIS). More...
CE-DAT's survey quality checklist
Due the multiplicity of actors who carry out cross-sectional surveys and the varied levels of comparability of results, there has been an increasing need for standardization of epidemiological methods. In this context, the CE-DAT Expert Group Meetings (EGM) have brought together epidemiologists, data specialists and the CE-DAT team to analyze issues of a methodological nature, such as survey quality and consistent reporting.
Symposium: Documenting Mortality in Conflicts, 6-7 November 2008
In recent years, various analysts have attempted to estimate death tolls due to armed conflicts, including for Iraq and Darfur. As results have shown inconsistencies, this has led to vigorous discussions on the best approaches for collecting and analyzing such mortality data.
In this context, CRED, in collaboration with HHI, organized an innovative, inter-disciplinary symposium on the different techniques and applications for the estimation of mortality due to armed conflicts. More...
CRED News
EM-DAT/UNISDR Press Conference - Brussels, February 12th, 2008 A joint press conference with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) will be held at the International Press Center in Brussels on February 12, 2008 at 10:30. CRED will present its EM-DAT data on the occurrence and impact of natural disasters in 2008, with a particular focus on Europe. For more information, please contact Regina Below
EM-DAT/UNISDR Press Conference - Geneva, January 22nd, 2008 At a joint press conference in Geneva with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Secretariat, CRED released the EM-DAT natural disaster figures for 2008 More...
MICRODIS Annual meeting The EU-funded project "Integrated Health, Social and Economic Impacts of Extreme Events: Evidence, Methods and Tools (MICRODIS)” will hold its annual meeting at the Fondation Universitaire in Brussels on February 25th and 26th, 2008. For more information, please contact Barbara Cichon
Assessing Public Health in Emergency Situation (APHES) CRED's International summer course will be held in Brussels from July 6th to 17th, 2009. This course aims to familiarize professionals with epidemiological techniques to determine impacts of disasters and conflicts. The course will introduce participants to the methods and tools of epidemiology in the context of humanitarian emergencies and will also cover the different uses of quantitative tools for the assessment of health needs in populations affected by catastrophic events.
Deadline for submission of applications is April 30, 2009. For more information, please see the APHES official website