WHO Publications and Reports

Management of dead bodies after disasters: a field manual for first responders

Management of dead bodies in disaster situations

Risk reduction and emergency preparedness: WHO's six-year strategy
(pdf, 185 KB)

WHO-PAHO guidelines for the use of foreign field hospitals in the aftermath of sudden-impact disasters

Humanitarian assistance in disaster situations

Advances in disaster mental health and psychological support
(pdf, 1 MB)
(Arabic version)

Effective media communication during public health emergencies: a WHO handbook    
Hyer, Randall N.
(pdf, 438 KB)

Effective media communication during public health emergencies: a WHO field guide

Hyer, Randall N.
(pdf, 212 KB)

  The WHO e-atlas of disaster risk: Volume 1. Exposure to natural hazards

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Emergency capacity-building project
(pdf, 1.46 MB)

A collaborative initiative of the Interagency Working Group on emergency capacity

Women, girls, boys and men – different needs – equal opportunities

Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh: Damage, loss and needs assessments in disaster recovery and reconstruction
(pdf, 811 KB)

Rethinking disasters – Why death and destruction is not natural but human failure
(pdf, 811 KB)

Mental health system in West Bank and Gaza
(pdf, 221 KB)

UNICEF’s BEmergency and Humanitarian Actionviour Change Communication in emergencies
(pdf, 5 MB)

Outbreak communication: Best practices for communicating with the public during an outbreak - WHO expert consultation on outbreak communications (2004: Singapore)
(pdf, 1.40 MB)

6. Lignes directrices de l’OMS sur la communication lors des flambees de maladies : World Health Organization – Communicable Disease Cluster
(pdf, 452 KB)