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Epidemic & Pandemic
A disease affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time. A pandemic covers a wider geographical area than an epidemic. An epidemic is specific to one city, region or country, while a pandemic goes much further than national borders. The social disruption, economic loss, and general hardship caused by a pandemic are higher. sources: GLIDE, Medical News Today
Nepal: Disaster risk - the challenges of dealing with it
15 Apr 2013, Himalayan Times
Navaraj Pokharel calls for improved governance and public awareness, writing a brief history of disaster risk reduction for the Himalayan Times and highlighting disaster risk in Nepal. 'The hilly terrain mainly suffers from landslides and erosion whereas in the Terai damage from floods is more common. Earthquakes also happen occasionally. Epidemics also occur, causing damage to those areas where the unplanned and haphazard settlements are created. Moreover, the climate change continues to trigger disasters.'...
- Facilitating community managed disaster risk reduction11-21 Jun 2013, Ethiopia
- Facilitating community managed disaster risk reduction19-30 Aug 2013, South Sudan (Juba)
- Facilitating community managed disaster risk reduction22 Oct - 01 Nov 2013, Uganda (Soroti)
- Master of disaster management and risk governanceUni Bonn, Germany (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler)
- PhD in disaster and emergency healthTehran Univ of Med Sciences, Iran, Islamic Rep of (Tehran)
- Certificates in humanitarian policy and practice and diploma in humantiarian assistanceWits, South Africa (Johannesburg)
Rapport technique d'activités 2012: projet PRECARICA2012, Min of Internal Security and Civil Protection, Mali - gov
BoletÃn actualidad CRID, marzo 20132013, CRID
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
External Online Resources on Epidemic & Pandemic
- DARA: Climate vulnerability monitor
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- National Disaster Management Authority of India guidelines: multiple hazards, capacity development, information and risk management
- Pangeo project - Geological information in support of global monitoring for environment and security
- Towards a Safer World
- Towards a Safer World website
- UN-Water
- UNFCCC: local coping strategies database
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