Inclusion

This resource aims to provide relevant and practical guidance to DRR practitioners (policy and programme colleagues), on how to ensure inclusion - particularly of vulnerable groups - in Community-Based DRR (CBDRR) initiatives in Myanmar. It comprises an

People who do not speak the language of government and public broadcasts are more vulnerable when disasters strike. New tech tools are now available to address the information needs of people in crises in multiple languages. An interview with Translators Without Borders.

This brief describes the details of heat action plans launched in 2016 in Nagpur, Odisha and Ahmedabad, India, aimed to increase preparedness, information-sharing, and response coordination to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable

The Bangkok Principles were agreed today at the conclusion of the first international conference on the health aspects of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction which was attended by government officials from 54 countries.

This report focuses on the water crisis in the Gaza Strip, a semiarid region which has been suffering from a severe and exponentially deteriorating water crisis for decades and is highly dependent on the coastal aquifer as its sole source of fresh water

The 2016 Heat Action Plan is an updated version of the first comprehensive early warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat events in India launched in Ahmedabad in 2013.

This report investigates the futility of trying to build resilience to Ebola and future infectious disease shocks in households and communities without also addressing systemic gender inequality. Particular attention is paid to women’s labour force

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, pp. 1-11, doi:10.1007/s13753-016-0077-6:

This article looks at how population movements are addressed by the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR), and highlights some of the