How to improve public health systems : lessons from Tamil Nadu [PDF]
Public health systems in India have weakened since the 1950s, after central decisions to amalgamate the medical and public health services, and to focus public health work largely on single-issue programs - instead of on strengthening public health ...
Das Gupta, Monica +3 more
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No. 22: South African Government and Civil Society Responses to Zimbabwean Migration [PDF]
, 2008 This policy brief discusses a key paradox in relation to Zimbabwean migration into South Africa. While Zimbabwean migration since 2000 has been the largest concentrated flow in South African history, South Africa’s reaction to this movement has been ...
Poizer, Tara
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Guide to Australia’s national security capability [PDF]
This paper provides a single consolidated picture of the capabilities that enable Australia to achieve national security outcomes in a range of environments, including domestically, at the border, offshore and in cyberspace.
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Adapting to change: Time for climate resilience and a new adaptation strategy. EPC Issue Paper 5 March 2020 [PDF]
, 2020 The dramatic effects of climate change are being felt across the European continent and the world. Considering how sluggish and unsuccessful the world has been in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the impacts will become long-lasting scars.
Giuli , Marco +2 more
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Performance Power: Boosting Saudi Arabia’s Health System Disaster Readiness (2017–2023)
Saudi Journal of Health Systems ResearchIntroduction: The 2016 self-assessment based on joint external evaluation (JEE) identified certain gaps, which prompted the need for additional improvement.
Hisham Hassan Ali Dinar
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Generic Continuity of Operations/Continuity of Government Plan for State-Level Transportation Agencies, Research Report 11-01 [PDF]
, 2011 The Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20 (HSPD-20) requires all local, state, tribal and territorial government agencies, and private sector owners of critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) to create a Continuity of Operations ...
Edwards, Frances L. +2 more
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Pre-Disaster Risk Management in Post-Earthquake (1999) Turkey [PDF]
, 2010 This paper assesses the status of pre-disaster risk management in the case of Turkey. By focusing on the period following the catastrophic August 17, 1999 earthquake, the study benefits from USAID’s Disaster Risk Management Benchmarking Tool (DRMBT).
Erdem, Engin Ibrahim
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Constraints and Strategies for the Development of the Seed System in Mozambique [PDF]
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambiquefood security, food policy, Mozambique, seed system, Crop Production/Industries, Q18,
Boughton, Duncan +5 more
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Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in the Australian Capital Territory: a synthesis of climate change adaptation research [PDF]
This research synthesis provides policy-makers and practitioners with an understanding of the building blocks for effective adaptation decision-making, as evidenced through the NCCARF research program.
Jennifer Cane
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Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate: Developing Technology to Protect America [PDF]
, 2009 In response to a congressional mandate and in consultation with Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), the National Academy conducted a review of S&T's effectiveness and efficiency in addressing homeland ...
Barry Bozeman +5 more
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