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Prospect of tele-pharmacists in pandemic situations: Bangladesh Perspective

This publication highlights how pharmacists are the third-largest healthcare workforce globally and are uniquely positioned to support continuity of care through medication management, patient counseling, and public health education during crises.

European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (EJCM)
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Forecasted attribution of the human influence on Hurricane Florence

Changes in extreme weather, such as tropical cyclones, are one of the most serious ways society experiences the impact of climate change. Advance forecasted conditional attribution statements, using a numerical model, were made about the anthropogenic

Science Advances
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Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation

Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) — a subset of nature-based approaches to help people adapt to climate change — is an increasingly popular strategy. Evidence from 13 initiatives in 12 countries shows that EbA can provide important, wide-reaching and

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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Characterization of hydro-meteorological drought in Nepal Himalaya: A case of Karnali River Basin

Himalayan river basin is marked by a complex topography with limited observational data. In the context of increasing extreme events, this study aims to characterize drought events in the Karnali River Basin (KRB). Firstly, historical data for 34-years

Elsevier
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Assessing climate change and adaptive capacity at local scale using observed and remotely sensed data

Climate variability and change impacts are manifesting through declining rainfall totals and increasing frequency and intensity of droughts, floods and heatwaves. These environmental changes are affecting mostly rural populations in developing

Elsevier
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How much does the rainfall temporal resolution affect rainfall thresholds for landslide triggering?

In many areas of the world, the prediction of rainfall-induced landslides is usually carried out by means of empirical rainfall thresholds. Their definition is complicated by several issues, among which are the evaluation and quantification of diverse

Springer
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Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities: From results analysis to intervention planning

This guidance aims to help practitioners analyse results from using the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities, along with other information, as well as share and discuss results with communities and other relevant stakeholders. This analysis will

Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance
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Reducing risk and building resilience to SMEs to disasters

This publication provides guidance for how to build the resilience of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to multiple hazards, enabling SMEs to be sustainable and competitive in the long run by reducing disaster risks

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)