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Current Reports  Myanmar Cyclone Nargis Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr Update Humanitarian Assistance for Afgan Refugees Report Asia-Pacific Daily Report Iraq Humanitarian Assistance Report Asia-Pacific Disease Outbreak/Surveillance ReportArchived Reports 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 Pacific Disaster Management Information Network (PDMIN) 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. PDMIN 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, PDMIN maintains an information resource center that is comprised of a core collection of materials on disasters, complex emergencies, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping and relief operations. PDMIN also relies heavily upon electronic means of information retrieval and dissemination for the timely delivery of its services. PDMIN 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, PDMIN 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 PDMIN is to foster open source information exchange and sharing between civilian, government and non-governmental agencies, and military organizations. To accomplish this, PDMINÍs 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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