2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 From: "HORWELL, CLAIRE J." <claire.horwell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 Dear colleagues, Happy new year! The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network ( www.ivhhn.org) re-launched a few months ago, with a new website and a revised remit <http://www.ivhhn.org/about-ivhhn>. In association with the Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruptions <http://community.dur.ac.uk/hive.consortium/> project, IAVCEI, GVM and VolFilm, we are now proud to introduce a new range of informational products for public distribution (by agencies) and download during volcanic crises: *Videos* 1. Life with Ash â?? Accounts from the 2010 Merapi Eruption <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQR4_QWaxU&feature=youtu.be>. This film shares the experiences of communities living near Merapi volcano, Indonesia and how they coped with the volcanic ash which fell during the 2010 explosive eruption. The film aims to help people learn about eruptions and what it is like to experience ashfall. We hope that this will help people to be better prepared for future eruptions. 2. How to protect yourself from breathing volcanic ash <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9BU_xSQsm4&feature=youtu.be>. This video details how to protect yourself and your family from breathing volcanic ash. The information in this video can also be downloaded as a pamphlet <http://www.ivhhn.org/uploads/Booklet_English_0.pdf> (see below). 3. How to fit a facemask <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WYN99KRHYE&feature=youtu.be>. If a facemask does not fit well, it will not protect you from breathing ash particles. This PSA-style video shows how to fit a facemask properly. The information is also available as a leaflet <http://www.ivhhn.org/information/public-information-material/fitting-a-facemask-leaflet> (see below). *Printable Products* 1. How to protect yourself from breathing volcanic ash pamphlet <http://www.ivhhn.org/uploads/Booklet_English_0.pdf>. This detailed pamphlet is designed to be printed and distributed by agencies dealing with eruption crises. It is also available in text version at: www.ivhhn.org/ash-protection <http://community.dur.ac.uk/hive.consortium/outputs/www.ivhhn.org/ash-protection> . 2. Ash protection poster <http://www.ivhhn.org/information/public-information-material/ash-protection-poster>. Summarises the key actions that you should take to reduce exposure to ash. Designed to be posted in schools, libraries, health centres, community bulletin boards etc. 3. Fitting a facemask leaflet <http://www.ivhhn.org/information/public-information-material/fitting-a-facemask-leaflet>. The How to Fit a Facemask leaflet is designed to be handed out by agencies, along with facemasks, so that people have instructions on how to fit the facemask properly. All of the above are currently available in English, Spanish and Bahasa Indonesia. If you are able to provide a professional translation into your own language, please contact me! We would also greatly appreciate it if you could please share these products with your local emergency management and health agencies. We are happy to add their logos! The above products add to IVHHNâ??s existing public information on the health hazards of volcanic emissions, and scientific protocols for ash analysis during eruptions. *Look out for the following new IVHHN items going live in 2019:* · a new, searchable online IVHHN Library (all volcanic health-related literature) · standardised epidemiological protocols to enable rapid medical studies during eruption crises · a new pamphlet on the health hazards of volcanic gases and aerosols. With best wishes for a productive 2019, Claire Horwell & the IVHHN Co-Directors: Tamar Elias, David Damby, Carol Stewart ============================================================== Volcano Listserv is a collaborative venture among Arizona State University (ASU), Portland State University (PSU), the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI). ASU - http://www.asu.edu/ PSU - http://pdx.edu/ GVP - http://www.volcano.si.edu/ IAVCEI - http://www.iavcei.org/ To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxx. To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxx. Please do not send attachments. ============================================================== ------------------------------
