Glossary

1. Level of excellence required or specified; average quality; ordinary procedure

(Oxford Pocket Dictionary, 1992).

2. Something that serves as a basis for comparison (JM Last, 2001).

3. A statement of expectations; an expected level of performance or quality

(T.A.M.K.ibid).

4. A specific statement of the rules and constraints governing the deliverables

(W.C.G.P.M, ibid).

5. A specific consensus solution to a repetitive problem (W.C.G.P.M, ibid).

6. Any established or accepted rule, model, or criterion against which comparisons are

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To be ready or available to act; One to be relied on especially in emergencies; one that

is held in reserve ready for use; On standby: ready or available for immediate action or

use (Webster Dictionary).

 

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Type of selection bias specific to retrospective surveys, whereby households that

disappear during the recall period because of the death of all members and

consequent disintegration are not represented in the sample. It occurs when high

and/or very clustered mortality persists for a long period. Survival bias always results in

an under-estimation of mortality. (1)

 

(1) Checchi and Roberts, Interpreting and using mortality data in humanitarian

emergencies, ODI/HPN paper 52, 2005.

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Study of past mortality in a population using a standardized questionnaire that is

administered to the entire population or, more commonly, to a randomly selected

sample. (1)

 

(1) Checchi and Roberts, Interpreting and using mortality data in humanitarian

emergencies, ODI/HPN paper 52, 2005.

 

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Ongoing collection of epidemiological data, with real-time analysis. Mortality

surveillance systems usually rely on home visitors who record deaths in households on

a weekly basis. (1)

 

(1) Checchi and Roberts, Interpreting and using mortality data in humanitarian

emergencies, ODI/HPN paper 52, 2005.

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Ability to obtain additional resources when needed during an emergency (US Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention).

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Both “natural” disasters (e.g. earthquakes, hurricanes, floods) and man-made or

"complex" disasters (e.g. sudden conflict situations arising from varied political factors),

for which there is little or no warning (1)

 

(1) WHO, Definitions: emergencies

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Viral strain classified by the versions of Haemagglutinin and Neuraminidase that it possesses.

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The "straw man fallacy" is an informal falsehood based on the misrepresentation of

an opponent's reasoning; it consists in assembling a strong opposition argument

together with one or many weak ones to create a simplistic weak argument that can

easily be rejected.

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Strategic gender needs are the needs women identify

because of their subordinate position in society. They vary according to particular

contexts, related to gender divisions of labour, power and control, and may include

issues such as legal rights, domestic violence, equal wages and women’s control over

their bodies. Meeting SGNs assists women to achieve greater equality and change

existing roles, thereby challenging women’s subordinate position. They are more long

term and less visible than practical gender needs.

 

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