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Latest Bulletins

Bulletin No. 130 March 2008 (380kb Download)

• California releases healthcare surge guidelines
• Computer Analysis of 9-1-1 Calls From California Wildfires
  Offers Potential Early Warning System
• Three computer simulations produce same pandemic strategy
• H5N1 now endemic in rural Egypt
• Emergency Management: Implications from a Strategic Management Perspective
• Sanitation, but not as we know it In disaster scenarios people behave like sheep
• Boosting capacity in “psychological first aid”

Bulletin No. 129 February 2008 (480kb Download)

• Risk Reduction does make a difference
• Floodwater with nowhere to go
• Cyclone shelters save lives, but more needed
• Influenza vaccine mismatch
• Cost-effectiveness of Antiviral Stockpiling
• LifeStraw water purifier grows into family size
• Madagascar: Picking up after Cyclone Fame
• Campaign launched to make hospitals safe from disasters
• Swaziland: Preparing for disaster

Bulletin No. 128 January 2008 (427kb Download)

• Rock and Roll Christmas Carols
• Slow motion volcano tests disaster preparedness
• Fire forces hospital evacuation
• Sunspot is Harbinger of New Solar Cycle, Increasing Risk for Electrical Systems
• Hundreds of thousands hit by norovirus bug
• Malaria Experts Publish Groundbreaking Research to Aid Malaria Eradication Efforts