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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Disaster Simulations (Training and Exercises). DisasterReady November 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018
Webinar: Dec 7, 2018. Engaging Health Professionals in Environmental Public Health
Title: Engaging Health Professionals in Environmental
Public Health
Date: December 7, 2018 • 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EST
Registration (required):
You will receive a calendar invitation from WebEx once you
register.
Description
Healthcare professionals are important partners for the
advancement of environmental public health. On the front-line of healthcare
delivery, clinicians, pediatricians, nurses, and many other professionals play
an important role in providing their patients and the communities they serve
with valuable environmental health information. However, studies have shown
that there is a knowledge gap. This webinar will focus on the importance of
working with health professionals to build their environmental health literacy
and address environmental health issues. Presenters will discuss strategies
they are using to fill these knowledge gaps and improve environmental public
health. Speakers: (1) Nicholas Newman, D.O., M.S., Cincinnati Children's
Hospital Medical Center and (2) Mark Miller, M.D., M.P.H., University of
California, San Francisco.
For more information on PEPH Webinars visit:
Live Online Training 11/19/2018: "Certified Ethical Hacker Certification Prep" Today 12:00p ET
Today at 12:00p.m. ET is the "Certified Ethical Hacking
Certification Prep" live online training session
covering "Enumeration
and Scanning".
Enumeration
in information security is the process of extracting user
names , machine names, network resources, and other services from a system,
while scanning is one of the most popular techniques that attackers use to
discover services, which can exploit the systems.
To attend the live online training you must be an Insider Pro member. Enroll here:
https://www.cybrary.it/upgrade/
After joining Insider Pro, you can attend the live online training session here:
https://www.cybrary.it/cybrary-live-channel-1/
Cheers.
Ryan Corey
CEO, Co-Founder
Cybrary, Inc.
www.cybrary.it
To attend the live online training you must be an Insider Pro member. Enroll here:
https://www.cybrary.it/upgrade/
After joining Insider Pro, you can attend the live online training session here:
https://www.cybrary.it/cybrary-live-channel-1/
Cheers.
Ryan Corey
CEO, Co-Founder
Cybrary, Inc.
www.cybrary.it
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Dominica: Tackling climate disasters through cash transfers to social protection systems
https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/61933?&a=email&utm_source=pw_email
PUBLICATION DATE 07 Nov 2018
PUBLICATION DATE 07 Nov 2018
Dominica: Tackling climate disasters through cash transfers to social protection systems
SOURCE(S): THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION, TRUST.ORG (TRF)
By Regis Chapman, head of office, World Food Programme (WFP) Barbados (Caribbean Preparedness and Response)
Climate-related disasters and their dire consequences on vulnerable population are forcing us to re-think humanitarian assistance. Increasingly, the support of relief agencies is requested in countries where they do not traditionally operate, putting further pressure on already limited resources to reduce poverty and end hunger. One emerging solution is to transfer cash and with it technical knowledge, through existing national social protection systems to help them expand their capacity to respond to future shocks. The success of the emergency response in Dominica last year shows that a “shock-responsive social protection” model may be the way forward.
When hurricane Maria, one of the most devastating to hit the Caribbean in over a decade, fell on the island of Dominica in September 2017, it killed 31 people and practically destroyed this small eco-paradise next to French Guadalupe and Martinique. In the space of a few hours, most people were left without a roof, the country’s basic infrastructure was demolished, the electricity and telecommunication network stopped functioning and the main ports were blocked. It was an island under siege with a landscape reminiscent of a zone of war to use the words of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit in his address to the United Nations’ General Assembly after the disaster struck.
No one in the humanitarian community expected Dominica to be hit so severely as to need significant international assistance. The island is an upper-middle income country with tourism revenues, where humanitarian relief and development agencies such as the World Food Programme did not have a presence. However, considering the scale of the destruction, the government called for support in assisting its most affected people. Expecting Haiti to be hit, WFP had built up a stock of emergency relief supplies there and following Hurricane Irma which hit the Caribbean just days before Maria, a logistic hub was established in Antigua, both of which became essential when Maria hit Dominica. High-energy biscuits and then more complete in-kind food rations were initially distributed, the transport infrastructure and supply chain were re-established, and the telecom network restarted.
A month later, a joint cash transfer programme was established between the Ministry of Social Services, Family and Gender Affairs (MSSFGA) and WFP to provide cash to almost 25,000 people (nearly 40 percent of the population) through an existing social protection mechanism known as the Public Assistance Programme (PAP), which gives regular support to the most vulnerable people. Top-up funds were given to all the beneficiaries already registered in the PAP programme, and additional funds were allocated to the most affected population not previously enrolled in PAP. The transfer value was calculated by taking into consideration the average family size, the monthly cost of the minimum food basket and, by partnering with UNICEF the cost of providing children with sufficient and nutritious food, as well as clothes, hygiene, education and any other basic need. That helped people begin the long process of return to a normal life. Total cash transfers from WFP amounted to US$3 million over four months in addition to the US$790,000 provided by the Government and US$700,000 by UNICEF to cover the specific needs of children.
WFP had already implemented and advocated for this shock-responsive social protection approach before in the Latin America region, and now in the Caribbean it has identified a need for technical assistance at the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), an established inter-governmental cooperation mechanism with 18 participating States. Consequently, it started a sub-regional project focused on four main areas of support: information management and analysis, end-to-end supply chain management and emergency telecommunications, shock responsive social protection and climate change adaptation and risk financing.
To quote again Prime Minister Skerrit, “before this century no other generation had seen more than one category 5 hurricane in their lifetime. In this century, this has happened twice and notably it has happened in the space of just two weeks”. Unfortunately, we won’t prevent hurricanes from occurring, but we can ensure that their impact on people is reduced, and we can do that by investing in preparedness of government systems.
Saturday, November 17, 2018
National Puerto Rican Agenda. Nov. 17, 2018. UDC School of Law
Attended:
National Puerto Rican Agenda -Capital Region Engagement Session
University District of Columbia
David E. Clark Law School
November 17, 2018 9:30am-12noon
Washington, D.C.
Discussion:
Housing
Food
Education
Environmental
Concerns
Women, Business Opportunities
Climate Change
Disaster\Emergency Management
National Puerto Rican Agenda -Capital Region Engagement Session
University District of Columbia
David E. Clark Law School
November 17, 2018 9:30am-12noon
Washington, D.C.
Discussion:
- IDEA HACKING for individual and groups
- Areas of concern for NPRA National & Chapter Leve
Housing
Food
Education
Environmental
Concerns
Women, Business Opportunities
Climate Change
Disaster\Emergency Management
Charles D. Sharp
Chief Executive Officer
Black Emergency Managers Association
International
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We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every
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Friday, November 16, 2018
Retirement of Executive Director of BFI
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Sickle Cell Disease – Healthy Volunteers & Patients Needed. November 16, 2018
Doctors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seek healthy volunteers
(with or without a sickle cell trait) and patients with sickle cell for a
research study. Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that occurs
mainly in people of African descent. Study participants will have a one-time
visit to the NIH to provide blood samples. Researchers hope this study will
help us better understand sickle cell disease.
To be eligible for this study, you must:
For more information, contact:
NIH Clinical Center Office of Patient Recruitment
1-866-444-1132 (refer to study 18-H-0146)
prpl@cc.nih.gov
TTY for the deaf or hard of hearing: 1-866-411-1010
Se habla espaƱol
https://go.usa.gov/xP8Hx
To be eligible for this study, you must:
- Be between the ages of 18 to 80 years
- Describe yourself as African or African American
- Not have had a blood transfusion within the last 8
weeks
- Not be pregnant
- Blood collection
- Genetic and DNA testing
- Compensation is provided
For more information, contact:
NIH Clinical Center Office of Patient Recruitment
1-866-444-1132 (refer to study 18-H-0146)
prpl@cc.nih.gov
TTY for the deaf or hard of hearing: 1-866-411-1010
Se habla espaƱol
https://go.usa.gov/xP8Hx