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Assist national Health Ministries to ensure that health sector vulnerability reduction priorities are formulated and instituted
HFA Priority for action 1
Cooperative Project with ADRC member countries
HFA Priority for action 1
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Programmes (DPM)
HFA Priority for action 1
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Training & Events in Asia
WBI distance learning program on natural disaster risk management (distance learning )
26 May 2008 - 01 May 2009
Certificate of advanced studies in disaster risk reduction: vulnerabilities and capacities in the context of climate change
01-10 Sep 2008
14th world conference on earthquake engineering
12-17 Oct 2008
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National Report in preparation for WCDR (2005) - Afghanistan
National Report in preparation for WCDR (2004) - Viet Nam
National Report in preparation for WCDR (2005) – Armenia
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ABS-CBN
Academia Sinica
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Afganistan - government
Aga Khan Planning and Building Service (AKPBS)
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General Facts
Population:
3,938 million (2005)
Density:
124 per sq km
Total Area:
31,870 sq km (X 1,000)
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
*: reported
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Multimedia Products
2007 Disasters in numbers
1.2008
Film: Safer construction
10.2007
The long last mile
2007
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DRR Jobs in Asia
Programme Officer (International Recovery Platform (IRP) Knowledge Management), L-4
Humanitarian and disaster risk management - programme officer (with focus on climate risk management)
Climate change scientist
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan: disaster reduction - Japan's action
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