Health & health facilities

To maximize the resilience of its urban communities, the Makati City government recently conducted a symposium on Reducing Risks in Health and Education Sector, part of the three-month long capacity building course on Climate and Disaster Resilience Initiative (CDRI)...

This plan aims to facilitate the adoption by the Member States of the theme 'hospitals safe from disaster' as a national risk reduction policy, and achievement of the goal of constructing all new hospitals with a level of protection.

This policy brief addresses the significant and emerging threat of climate change to public health and the risks posed by the continuing loss of biodiversity and the global degradation of ecosystems to our long-term good health. It warns for disaster risk

This report summarises the progress made by UCL on its ambitious vision for research aiming at improving humanity's circumstances worldwide. This includes UCL's position in research on risk and disaster reduction.

The report outlines areas where UCL

With emphasis on the Philippines, Indonesia and China:

This draft publication explains 'what East Asia and the Pacific can do to prepare for the next big earthquake: developing and implementing regional and countrywide strengthening programs for

During his speech at the fourth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction at Incheon, Republic of Korea, City mayor said that Chennai has taken the initiative to construct its own seismically resistant buildings such as schools and health posts...

This study of the economics of adaptation to climate change follows the sector approach, with separate estimates of adaptation measures for infrastructure, water, agriculture, industrial forestry, fisheries, coastal zones, human health, and ecosystems.

Uganda Red Cross has launched its 2011-2015 Strategic Plan which aims to implement preventive measures while strengthening community capacity to resist - or cope with - and recover from disasters...