Webinar
Disaster Temporary Housing: Urban Planning Considerations
March 24, 2017, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT
American Planning Association
Cost and Access: Free, register online before the event
This webinar will look at the challenges of providing temporary housing after a disaster. Topics include planning to provided temporary housing before a disaster, federal policies regarding temporary housing, new technologies to provide more resilient housing, and including post-disaster housing in the local planning process.
Training
Gender Equality in Disaster Risk Reduction
April 24-26, 2017
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Bangkok, Thailand
Cost and Registration: $1075, closes March 24
This three day course highlights how women and other marginalized populations can be disproportionally affected by disaster. The training will teach participants how to integrate gender issues into risk reduction programs. Topics include gender budgeting, program implementation, vulnerability analysis, and gender-based violence in disasters.
Webcast
Communicating During a Crisis: What a Hospital Epidemiologist Needs to Know
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cost and access: Free, available for viewing
This webcast of a February 6 webinar is the first in a series that will help epidemiologists communicate during outbreaks. The discussion covers core principles of crisis emergency risk communication, crisis communication planning, and ways to tailor communication plans for individual audiences.
Webcast
Cybersecurity and Healthcare Facilities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ASPR TRACIE
Cost and access: Free, available for viewing
This webcast discusses cybersecurity issues for healthcare preparedness professionals. Topics include lessons learned from recent experiences, planning considerations, and steps the federal government is taking to address cybersecurity.