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Pakistan
Pakistan: DRR integrated into existing and future health programmes
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...
National Platform
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National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) - Website:http://www.ndma.gov.pk/
- Contact:Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Islamabad
- Phone:+9251 9212444 +92333 5264426
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Pakistan: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)2009, NDMA, Pakistan - gov
- Pakistan: National Report in preparation for WCDR (2004)2004, Pakistan - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
- Pakistan: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, NDMA, Pakistan - gov
- Pakistan: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2007)2007, Pakistan - gov
- Other Development Reports
- Pakistan: Common country assessment - CCA (2003)2003, UNDG
- Pakistan: Poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2004)2004, IMF; Pakistan - gov; WB
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 350,798 |      |
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| Drought | 11,872,500 |  |
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| Flood | 579,732 |  |
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| Landslide | 10,772 |  |
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| Earthquake | 2,887,030 |     |
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| Tsunami | 119,424 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| 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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- Diploma in disaster risk managementPreston Univ
- Diploma in Disaster Preparedness and ManagementCDPM, Pakistan (Peshawar)
- ERRA recommendation - 1: site selection: you can make your new house safe against earthquake!ERRA, Pakistan - gov
- ERRA recommendation - 2: shape of house: you can make your new house safe against earthquake!ERRA, Pakistan - gov
- ERRA recommendation - 3: foundation: you can make your new house safe against earthquake!ERRA, Pakistan - gov
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Building back better: delivering people-centred housing reconstruction at scale2010, Practical Action
- Traditional knowledge and local institutions support adaptation to water-induced hazards in Chitral, Pakistan2009, ICIMOD
- Local responses to too much and too little water in the greater Himalayan region2009, ICIMOD
- Field programme directorCambodia (Phnom-Penh), Handicap Intl
- Forestry, climate change and biodiversity conservation technical advisorIndonesia (Jakarta), Winrock Intl
- Research specialistsJapan (Tsukuba), ICHARM
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