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Handbook for Emergencies, Third Edition

UNHCR

Published in : 2007

Available in : English

The handbook is structured as follows:

- Section One summarizes UNHCR’s mandate of international protecdtion and the aim and principles of emergency response;
- Section Two deals with emergency management;
- Section Three covers the vital sectors and problem areas in refugee emergencies, including health, food, sanitation and water, as well as key field activities underpinning the operations such as logistics, community services and registration. The chapters in this section start with a summary so that readers, who might not need the full level of detail in each of these chapters, can understand the basic principles of
the subject quickly;
- Section Four gives guidance on the support to field operations, primarily administration and staffing;
- The Appendices include a “Toolbox” which gathers, in one location, the standards, indicators and useful references used throughout the handbook;
- Key companion references

Documents :
English (PDF, 7.58Mb)

Originally posted at : UNHCR - Publications

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Emergency, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Food Aid, Food Aid, Food Rations, HTP module 08, HTP module 11, Hygiene, water and sanitation, Infant feeding in emergencies, Infant, Young Child Feeding, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, MUAC, MUAC, Supplementary feeding, Supplementary feeding, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition

Resource types : Field guide, Guidelines, Operational guidance: Programme and implementation

Working groups : Nutrition in Emergencies