Science news articles about 'relief efforts'

Humanitarian relief efforts are often hampered by the inability of the different international and local bodies involved to properly communicate and share information. European researchers have come ...

... as the Red Cross, and governmental organisations, such as the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) and the Myanmar Department of Forestry. The Red Cross printed several sets of maps and ...

Earth observation satellites have provided vital information to relief workers in Myanmar throughout a particularly long crisis response window following the devastating Cyclone Nargis that hit the ...

... in the September issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Including plastic surgeons in disaster-relief efforts could improve long-term outcomes for victims of catastrophes, particularly in ...

... with fewer fatalities from natural disasters than average, developing nations were hard hit and need better relief efforts, says the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

... when exposed to a video presentation that described Hurricane Katrina and then blamed the botched relief efforts on one of two causes: either government incompetence or racism, because the majority of ...

... expressed interest in improving the prediction of water needs for the general public and disaster relief efforts. Dr. Cheuvront points out that an improved sweating prediction equation would not only ...