Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid is aid given with respect of human dignity with a spirit of human nature to people in war, disaster including natural disaster and to refugees according to laws of war and international human rights law. To this end International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNICEF and Doctors Without Borders exist.

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Overview

Lists
- by death toll
- by cost

Disasters

Natural disaster; List of natural disasters by death toll

Anthropogenic hazards

Transport	Air Rail Maritime Shipwreck Spaceflight
Industrial	Structural failures and collapses Bridge Dam Nuclear by death toll Civilian radiation Civilian nuclear Military nuclear Oil spills Levee breach Mast and tower Infrastructure
Health	Famine Epidemic list Pandemic Famine scales List of famines

Man-made

Terrorist incidents
Riots
Wars and anthropogenic disasters
Battles and other violent events
Military
Wars
Massacres
Nightclub fires

Preparation

Disaster risk reduction
Earthquake preparedness
Hurricane preparedness
Survival kit

Countermeasures

Humanitarian aid
Emergency Alert System
Emergency population warning
Earthquake warning system
Evacuations
Emergency management
Hurricane response
Crisis management

Media

Disaster film (List of disaster films)

Organizations

International Association of Emergency Managers
International Disaster and Risk Conference
Disaster Accountability Project
International Disaster Emergency Service

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