9 Mar 2010, News, the
According to the Pakistan-based International News, risk reduction and mitigation approaches have now been incorporated in the existing and future health programmes of the National Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Centre (NHEPR), inaugurated this week...
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population ![]() |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 350,798 | ||
| Drought | 11,872,500 | ||
| Flood | 579,732 | ||
| Landslide | 10,772 | ||
| Earthquake | 2,887,030 | ||
| Tsunami | 119,424 | ||
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 2005 | 7,000,450 | |
| Flood | 1992 | 6,655,450 | |
| Flood | 1992 | 6,184,418 | |
| Earthquake* | 2005 | 5,128,000 | |
| Drought | 1999 | 2,200,000 | |
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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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Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.