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Public/Disaster Information Management
Current Reports  Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Outbreak Update Humanitarian Assistance for Afgan Refugees Report Asia-Pacific Daily Report Iraq Humanitarian Assistance Report Asia-Pacific Disease Outbreak/Surveillance ReportArchived Reports Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr Update Myanmar Cyclone Nargis Solomon Islands Earthquake Jakarta Floods Update South Asia Earthquake Report Philippines: Leyte Landslide Update Indonesia: Central Java Earthquake Update Philippine Typhoon Updates Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami Emergency Report The Public Information / Disaster Information Management (PIDIM) unit provides timely open source information to Center staff, its collaborating partners, including the Virtual Information Center, Pacific Disaster Center, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, plus other Center clients. PIDIM also provides customized information research and current awareness services such as daily reports and situational reports, to support the information needs of the Center and that of its clients and research partners. For effective execution of its role as an information broker, PIDIM maintains an information resource center that is comprised of a core collection of materials on disasters, complex emergencies, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping and relief operations. PIDIM also relies heavily upon electronic means of information retrieval and dissemination for the timely delivery of its services. PIDIM has access to various online information sources such as Dialog, Dow Jones Interactive, Northern Light, and a host of other full text databases available on the Internet. In addition to this, PIDIM relies upon Center staff experience and expertise, field contacts and other sources of proprietary information to supplement its information products. One of the goals of PIDIM is to foster open source information exchange and sharing between civilian, government and non-governmental agencies, and military organizations. To accomplish this, PIDIM's efforts are directed toward creating and promoting an environment that is conducive to the open exchange of information in complex emergency and disaster situations. The main objective is to fill information gaps between various organizations and agencies involved in humanitarian and relief operations for better coordination and execution of aid operations. |
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