Health & health facilities

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This report examines the current state of business engagement on climate change adaptation in South and Southeast Asia and  indentifies key barriers to greater private sector involvement. It aims to initiate a discussion

Brazil is increasing training opportunities for its disaster managers through the development of a new version of the International Course on Health, Disasters and Development, known as LEADERS (created by PAHO/WHO). The goal is to offer distance learning to disaster managers in about 5,600 Brazilian municipalities on surveillance of disaster risk factors...

Over the last five years, Peru has stood out among the countries of South America for the marked progress it has made in adopting a strategy on safe hospitals. The country has a National Safe Hospitals Committee, a national Policy on safe hospitals, and the budget to implement measures to ensure that hospitals remain safe after disasters...

The MDG Report 2011 highlights where progress is being made and where stronger efforts are urgently needed to meet each of the eight Goals. The report presents the latest statistics on each of the Goals, globally and regionally, collected through more

With the celebration of July as “Disaster Awareness Month” and its mission to save lives, minimize suffering, and protect properties from damage and destruction, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council charted out concerns that will be prioritized...

Migration and Climate Change provides the first authoritative overview of the relationship between climate change and migration, bringing together both case studies and syntheses from different parts of the world. It discusses policy responses, normative

In a matter of minutes, at least one hazard can change the world they know. Only through incorporating risk into development planning can we start to reduce this exposure says Margareta Wahlström, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction in an editorial for IISD...

The damage from yesterday's earthquake was minimal, however, Fran O'Sullivan questions why the latest national infrastructure plan does not emphasise more the need to ensure that the country's networked infrastructures and public buildings, such as schools and hospitals, can withstand the impact of a major earthquake...