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El Salvador
Government ministers call for support to disaster-proof schools and hospitals at Global Platform
22 May 2013, UNISDR
Representatives from 35 governments who met with business executives and senior experts at the 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, have issued a call 'to develop nationally agreed standards for hazard risk assessments especially of critical infrastructure (including schools, health centers, electricity and water supply systems, nodal ITC centres, road and transport systems) by 2015'...
National Platform
- National Platform Focal Point:
Dirección General de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres - Website:http://www.proteccioncivil.gob.sv/
- Contact:Secretario Presidencial para Asuntos de Vulnerabilidad y Director General de Protección Civil
- Phone:(503) 2527-7122 (503) 7070-3354
- HFA Focal Point:
Dirección General de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres - Website:http://www.proteccioncivil.gob.sv/
- Contact:Secretario Presidencial para Asuntos de Vulnerabilidad y Director General de Protección Civil
- Phone:(503) 2527-7122 (503) 7070-3354
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- El Salvador: Ley de protección civil, prevención y mitigación de desastres2005, El Salvador - gov
- El Salvador: Ley de creación del fondo de protección civil, prevención y mitigación de desastres2005, El Salvador - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
- Other Development Reports
- El Salvador: Review of current and planned adaptation action2011, Adaptation Partnership
- El Salvador: Common country assessment - CCA (2005)2005, UNDG
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake* | 2001 | 1,334,529 |  |
| Earthquake* | 1986 | 770,000 | |
| Drought | 2001 | 400,000 | |
| Earthquake* | 2001 | 256,021 | |
| Storm | 2009 | 90,000 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- Module on disaster reduction2002, MINED, El Salvador - gov
- Module V - Risk management and disaster reductionMINED, El Salvador - gov
- Global Risk Data Platform (dynamic mapping tool)
El Salvador: Population exposed to inundation hazard2010, COPECO, Honduras - gov; BGR, Germany - gov; INETER, Nicaragua - gov; INSIVUMEH, Guatemala - gov; SNET, El Salvador - gov
El Salvador: Infrastructure exposed to inundation hazard2010, COPECO, Honduras - gov; BGR, Germany - gov; SeagrassNet; INETER, Nicaragua - gov; INSIVUMEH, Guatemala - gov
- Asistente Administrativa y finanzas de Proyecto DIPECHO VIIIEcuador (Quito), IFRC
- Coordinador Regional de Proyecto DIPECHO VIIIEcuador (Quito), IFRC
- Oficial Nacional de Enlace Perú – Proyecto DIPECHO América del Sur 2013-2014 (UNISDR)Peru (Lima), UNISDR - AM
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