The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has recently published the results of a midterm review of The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030). Read More
Sponsored by the IFLA Health and Biosciences Section, the IFLA Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group works to promote and strengthen the roles that librarians play in times of disaster and in response to global health challenges. In the spirit of partnership, this month IFLA features the IFLA Health and Biosciences (HBS) Section and their partner the IFLA Evidence for Global Disaster and Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group in the Units + Strategy recognition series, for their collaborative efforts not only with each other, but with several external medical and health-related information organisations. Read about what they’ve been doing and what they’ve got planned for 2022-2023. Read More
On 14th and 15th December, Blue Shield International will host the 25th anniversary conference of the Blue Shield, celebrating 25 years of protecting heritage in conflicts, disasters and crisis around the world. IFLA is one of the four founding organisations of the Blue Shield. Secretary General Gerald Leitner will… Read More
The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme hosted the 2nd Memory of the World Global Policy Forum from 21-22 September 2021. Read More
This practical session (3.30pm - 4.30pm GMT) will be led by Caroline De Brun, Knowledge and Evidence Specialist, Public Health England, and Isla Kuhn, Medical Librarian, University of Cambridge. Details of a new resource guide will be included. Read More
The presentations and accompanying papers from our 2018 satellite meeting are now available, together with resource guides and training materials from the afternoon workshop on Finding the Evidence. Please visit the website for details. Read More
We are delighted to announce that full programme details for our Evidence for Global and Disaster Health satellite meeting are now available. Read More
IFLA has put together a brief on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and what it means for libraries around the world. Read More
IFLA is proud to announce the creation of its new Special Interest Group on Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH). This group will bring together members of the global library field engaged in raising awareness of the potential of libraries to promote better health and wellbeing… Read More
"Evidence for Global & Disaster Health: Where are we now and where do we need to be?" Our satellite meeting is now open for registration. Visit the website for details. Read More