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The Centre became a Following the retirement of Professor Lechat in 1992, , a researcher in the programme since 1984, became CRED's Director.Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - CRED , with activities linking relief, rehabilitation and development. CRED's research scope includes two main axes: natural disasters and crisis situations caused by civil strife, conflict or others. CRED has been active for over 40 years in the fields of international disaster and conflict health studies, with activities linking relief, rehabilitation and development.The Centre promotes research, training and technical expertise on humanitarian emergencies, particularly in public health and epidemiology.. The CE-DAT database is a compilation of - in other words, the most commonly used public health indicators of the severity of humanitarian crises. Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) CRED promotes research, training, and information dissemination on disasters, with a special focus on public health, epidemiology, structural and socio-economic aspects. The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) is a research unit of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain). 2018-0432 Explosion in a chemical factory; Zhangjiakou, China (P Rep)2018-0426 Earthquake; Kermanshah province, Iran (Islam Rep)2018-0413 Shipwreck with migrants; near Izmir, Turkey2018-0409 Wildfire; North California, United States2018-0410 Collision between two buses;Rusape, Zimbabwe2018-0398 Helicopter crash; Farah province, Afghanistan2018-0402 Collision between a bus and a truck; Amhara state, Ethiopia2018-0389 Train accident; Yilan county, Taiwan2018-0362 Bus accident; Between Nairobi and Kakamega, Kenya2018-0355 Military truck accident; Freetown, Sierra Leone2018-0364 Flash Floods; Cap Bon Peninsula, Tunisia2018-0340 Collision between a truck and a bus; Between Kashan and Natanz, Iran (Islam Rep)2018-0341 Typhoon Mangkhut; Phlippines, China and Hong Kong2018-0336 Explosion of gas tanker, Nasarawa, Nigeria2018-0327 Collision between two trains; Munhino, Angola2018-0325 Helicopter crash, Dehdadi district, Afghanistan2018-0306 Earthquake; Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago2018-0307 Truck accident; Kibulungu, (Kasaï), Congo (Dem Rep)2018-0296 Collapse of a bridge of an highway, Genova, Italy2018-0223 Wildfires; Athene surrounding, Greece2018-0222 Collapse of a dam in construction; Attapeu province, Laos2018-0228 Road accident; near Ecatepec, Mexico2018-0192 Collision between a truck and a bus; Sanandaj, Iran (Islam Rep)2018-0190 Floods and landslides; Okayama and Hiroshima Japan2018-0187 Fire in an open market; Nairobi, Kenya2018-0152 Coal mine explosion; Marwaarh, Pakistan2018-0141 Explosion and fire of a illegal oil well; Aceh, Indonesia2018-0126 Boats accident; Guilin, China (P Rep)2018-0106 Military plane crash; Boufarik, Algeria2018-0098 Bus accident with migrants; Igdir, Turkey2018-0083 Plane crash by landing; near Kathmandu, Nepal2018-0078 Truck accident; Bhavnagar district (Gujarat), India2018-0071 Collision between two trains; Al-Bahaira, Egypt2018-0035 Mount Sinabung eruption: Sumatra Isl., Indonesia2018-0057 Plane crash; Ramenski district, Russia2018-0026 Fire in an hospital; Miryang, Korea (Rep)2018-0025 Storm Friederike; Belgium, Netherlands and Germany2018-0010 Mudslide; California, United States2018-0009 Road accident; Near Grao Mogol (Minas Gerais state), Brazil2017-0520 Fire in a building, Jecheon, Korea (Rep of)2017-0529 Flood and landslide; Villa Santa Lucia (Los Lagos), Chili2017-0511 Wildfres; California, United States2017-0510 Collision between two boats, near Thatta, Pakistan2017-0505 Road accident; Tsholotsho district, Zimbabwe2017-0443 Earthquake; Pohang, Korea (The republic of)2017-0442 Road accident; Fuyang, Anhui province, China2017-0446 Earthquakes; Iran (Islam rep) and Iraq2017-0441 Shipwreck; Tanganyika lake, Congo (Dem Rep)2017-0425 Explosion in a thermal power station; Uttar Pradesh, India2017-0419 A bus falls into a river; Dhading district, Nepal2017-0432 Slide on a construction site; Penang, Malaysia2017-0435 Shipwreck with migrants; Kerkennah, Tunisia2017-0393 Volcanic activity; Mount Agung, Indonesia2017-0385 Dengue outbreak; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan2017-0363 Landslide; Bijie, Guizhou province, China2017-0351 Bus accident, Taman Peninsula, Russia2017-0340 Landslide; Ituri, Congo (Dem Rep of)2017-0333 Collision between two trains; Khourchid, Egypt2017-0295 Collapse of a buidling; Bombay, India2017-0271 Wildfires; British Columbia, Canada2017-0274 Bus accident; Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDisasters of the week 28 - July 10 - July 16, 20172017-0246 Floods and landslides; Kyusgu Isl., Japan2017-0241 A bus caught into fire; near Münchberg, Germany2017-0229 Cable car accident; nera Islamabad, Pakistan2017-0166 Thunderstorms; Western Cape, South Africa2017-0157 Road accident; Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India2017-0150 Migrants falls from overloaded ship; near Zouara, Lybia2017-0150 Migrants falls from overloaded ship; near Zouara, Lybia2017-0210 A bus falls into a ravin; Motozintla (Chiapas state), Mexico2017-0093 Cholera and diarrhea outbreaks; Somalia2017-0092 Fire during a religious gathering, near Tambacounda, Senegal2017-0094 Violent winds; Central African Rep.2017-0088 Collision between two boats; near Pathein, Myanmar2017-0103 Fire in a karaoke bar; Magway, Myanmar2017-0106 Floods; Oshana and Omusati regions, Namibia2017-0114 Shipwreck with migrants; near Kusadasi district, Turkey2017-0081 Transport accident; near Saint-Louis, Senegal2017-0056 Collision between two buses; near Rosario, Argentina2017-0066 Fire in a slum; Manilla, Philippines2017-0029 Fire in a massage room; Zhejiang, China2017-0028 Floods; Visayas and Mindanao islands, Philippines2017-0011 Plane crash, Datcha-Souou; Kyrghyzstan2017-0004 Rail accident; New York, United States2017-0001 Fire on a boat; near Jakarta, Indonesia2016-0495 Earthquake; Esmeraldas province, Ecuador2016-0500 A bus falls into a ravin; Abancay region, Peru2016-0498 Gold mine collapse; Makungo, Congo (Dem Rep of)2016-0463 Forest fires; Tennessee, United States2016-0433 Tropical storm Otto; Pnama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua2016-0412 Coal mine explosion; Laisu, Yongchuan district, China2016-0396 Collapse of buildings; Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China2016-0355 Hurricane Matthew; United States, and the Caribbean2016-0351 Coal mine explosion; Shizuishan, CHina (P Rep)2016-0331 Floods; Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, United States2016-0318 Landslides; Villa Nueva, Guatemala2016-0317 Road accident, Al-Wadi province, Egypt2016-0320 Fire in Qilinto jail; Addis Abeba, Ethiopia2016-0312 Wildfires; Washington state; United States2016-0314 Fire in a warehouse; Moscow, Russia2016-0296 Bus accident; Kavre district, Nepal2016-0292 Floods; Louisiana and Mississippi, United States2016-0278 Collapse of a bridge; Bombay region, India2016-0267 Floods and landslides; Nepal and India2016-0277 Balloning accident; near Lockhert, Texas, United States2016-0258 Collision between two trains; Pouilles, Italy2016-0205 Chemical spill from a factory; Shenxian county (China)2016-0203 Storms and floods; Virginia, United States2016-0221 Floods and landslides; Kumamota prefecture, Japan2016-0204 Helicopter crash; Choco department, Colombia2016-0210 Collision between two trains; Durban, South Africa2016-0213 Wild fires; Arizona, California and Alaska, United States2016-0177 Explosion in an amunition depot; near Nagpur, India2016-0180 Fire in an Elderly house; Litochki (Kiev region)2016-0151 Earthquakes; Esmeraldas and Manabi provinces, Ecuador2016-0171 Collision between a truck and a bus; Burkina Faso2016-0149 Landslide; Great Lakes region, Uganda2016-0157 Coal mine explosion; Lougansk, Ukraine (Russia)2016-0115 Thunderstorms, Soriano department, Uruguay2016-0144 Explosion in a petrochimical plant; Coatzacoalcos, Mexico2016-0103 Collapse of a hoist on a building; Donggua, China2016-0100 Earthquake; Pakistan and Afghanistan2016-0097 A bus falls into a river; Cusco province, Peru2016-0111 Storm Katie; France and United Kingdom2016-0102 Collapse of a bridge; Calcutta, India2016-0108 Accident in a coal mine; Shanxi province, China2016-0079 Fire in a rehabilitation centre; Sterlitamak, Russia2016-0073 Collapse of a building; Lekki, Nigeria2016-0069 Contamination; Unite state, South Sudan2016-9050 Drought and food insecurity; Lesotho2016-0064 Coal mine explosion; near Vorkouta, Russia2016-0042 Collision between a bus and a truck; Ghana 2016-0044 Collision between two trains; Bavaria, Germany2016-0047 Poisoning in a mine; Choco department, Colombia2016-0027 Snowstorm and cold wave; South Korea2016-0007 Fire in a factory; Moscow, Russia2016-0010 Snowstorm, East coast, United States2016-0020 A bus falls into a ravin; Junin region, Peru2016-0018 Eruption of Ubinas; Moquagua region, Peru2016-0013 Gaz leak; California, United States 2016-0003 Gaz explosion in a bus; Karak, Pakistan2015-0556 Fire in an hospital; Jazan, Saudi Arabia2015-0551 Floods; Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay2015-0539 Bus accident; Rosario de la Frontera, Argentina2015-0537 Fire in and hospital; Voronej region, Russia2015-0524 Landslide; Lebong Tandai (Sumatra Isl), Indonesia2015-0523 Roads accidents during 'Magal'; Senegal2015-0531 Winter storm; Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma states, United States2015-0513 Crash of an helicopter; Igarka, Russia2015-0505 Train accident; near Quetta, Pakistan2015-0496 Shipwreck with migrants; near Ayvacik, Turkey2015-0463 Collision bettween a truck and a bus; Puissegin, France2015-0452 Explosion in a restaurant; Anhui province, China (P Rep)2015-0444 Landslide; Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala2015-0414 Stampede during pilgrimage to Mecca; Mina, Saudi Arabia2015-0419 Gaz explosion in a restaurant; Madhya Pradesh, India2015-0404 Shipwreck with migrants; Lybia (Arab Rep)2015-0376 Migrants accident; Burgenland, Austria2015-0363 Floods; Durazno and Trinta y Tres departments, Uruguay2015-0360 A bus falls from a bridge; Kwa-Zulu natal, South Africa2015-0340 Stampede during a pilgrimage; Jharkhand state, India2015-0319 Collapse of a building; Canchungo, Guinea-Bissau2015-0292 Floods; Quand Ninh province, Vietnam2015-0295 Fire in a furniture factory; Cairo, Egypt2015-0260 Collision of two boats; Waraq region, Egypt2015-0262 Collision of two trains; Johannesburg, South Africa2015-0244 Typhoon Chan-hom; China (P Rep), Japan, Taiwan and Philippines2015-0241 Collapse of a military house, Svetly (near Omsk, Siberia), Russia2015-0267 Military plane crash; Medan, Indonesia2015-0233 Road accident; near Tédoua, Central African Rep2015-0230 Collision between a train and a bus; Tabika (El Fahes), Tunisia2015-0193 Fire of a truck in a road accident; Onitsha, Nigeria2015-0188 Fire in an elderly home; Pingdingshan, Henan province, China (P Rep)2015-0221 Oil spill, California, United StatesBy providing a wealth of data on health issues arising from disasters and conflict, CRED seeks to improve The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) within the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) provides We are currently preparing two publications based on the SCORCH project.