Inclusion

This document presents Oxfam's pilot project to combine Pre-Crisis Market Analysis (PCMA) – a typically humanitarian approach – with an approach more associated with development, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment methodology (VRA) to understand where

This document discusses the lack of disaster preparedness information specifically addressing the needs of the morbid obesity during disasters. While a small number of toolkits and training resources were found, there remains a paucity of research in

The Sendai Framework recognizes the high impact of disasters on vulnerable persons and encourages contributions from high-risk populations as stakeholders. This was the focus of a moderated interactive workshop hosted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) at the Fifth Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas (RP17).

Ensuring the safety of foreign visitors was the focus of a disaster preparedness drill in Tokyo's Asakusa district March 8 ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

International NGO Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) is hosting a workshop to finalize the Disaster Risk Reduction Roadmap for the education system. This workshop will include the participation of government officials and NGO stakeholders. The workshop is a part of ASB's project, "We are ready! Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction for the Culture of Safety".

African-Americans and other highly vulnerable populations are place-bound; concentrated in disaster-prone areas without the resources to move out of harm’s way. Exposure to and the impacts of disasters are not equally distributed. Lessons from American history should inform the work of disaster planners who care about equity in disaster preparedness, response and recovery.

Deploying the power of technology worldwide and ensuring that communities know how to act in an emergency are the keys to curbing the risks posed by tsunamis, experts said this week.

A Philippines Community Resilience Program uses an all-of-community approach to develop resilience in Typhoon Haiyan affected areas. The program also focuses on supporting the active contributions of persons with disabilities who have often been stigmatised and left behind, especially in disaster-related contexts.