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Haiti Humanitarian Aid Evaluation Structured Analysis Summary Report

January 2011. University of Haiti and Tulane University’s Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy Summary Report on a humanitarian aid evaluation in Haiti, prepared with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of this evaluation is to provide programmatic recommendations to the government (and people) of Haiti and the international actors that will increase the resilience of Haitians and their communities.

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Well-Being in a Deeply Religious Society in the Shadows of War: Results of a Household Survey of Kuwaitis

Study of well-being in a community at war and its relationship to religion available from the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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U.S. Government Coordination H1N1

FORTHCOMING: This case study will look at coordination within the USG as well as between the USG and the international community in response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

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Australian Government’s H1N1 Adjustment Response Measures

FORTHCOMING: DRLA will review how “PROTECT” was developed, focusing on leadership decisions and actions in the various stages of development “PROTECT”.

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Research Programs

Funded and active programs of research at the DRLA

Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy

The Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy was established to systematically strengthen leadership globally in disaster resilience through training, education and research.

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Center of Excellence for Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure, and Emergency Management (NDCIEM)

The Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy, as part of the Payson Center, is collaborating with Jackson State University to provide academic and research support to the NDCIEM around issues related to natural disasters and their impacts on infrastructure and communities.

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact Assessment

DRLA provides mission support to the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and to the Interagency Workgroup for Community Support.

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Community Resilience Evaluation of Haiti Earthquake Emergency Response

The Tulane Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy (DRLA) is leading an evaluation of the humanitarian aid programs initiated in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010.

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Global Disaster Resilience Network Planning Grant

All disasters are local and in order to strengthen disaster resilience directly in impacted areas, the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy has received a planning grant from the Gates Foundation to identify and establish disaster resilience leadership partnerships with local universities in East Africa, West Africa, Southeast and South Asia.

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Social Impact Assessment of the BP Oil Spill Disaster on Gulf Communities

The Tulane DRLA Assessment Team will carry out an impact assessment in Terrebonne and Plaquemines Parishes in coastal Louisiana to help OXFAM and its partners better understand the affects of the oil spill catastrophe on vulnerable coastal Louisiana communities and their resilience.

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