Governance

'A person living in our region is four times more likely to be affected by natural disasters than someone living in Africa and 25 times more likely then someone living in Europe or North America' said Dr. Noeleen Heyzer...

UNISDR Africa educational series, vol. 2, issue 4

This booklet seeks to raise awareness among decision makers and community leaders in Africa on the importance of good governance in disaster risk reduction.

An opinion piece suggesting the need for Vietnam to integrate measures on natural hazard mitigation into the national programme on climate change...

WFP/EB.1/2007/5-B:

This update paper concurs that prevention is an essential part of disaster preparedness and mitigation that would need to be developed in a policy paper. It stresses that partnerships are a current and essential feature of the World

Focus on gender:

This report summarizes the evidence about women, ageing and health from a gender perspective and provides a framework for developing action plans to improve the health and well-being of ageing women.

It urges policy-makers and

Minister of Environment, Mr John Odey, commended the National Emergency Management Agency for taking proactive steps on disaster and emergency issues, adding that government was impressed by some of the agency's initiatives, especially on disaster risk reduction...

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

Study report prepared for the meeting of experts on space applications for disaster management, Chiang Mai, 25-28 July 2005:

Besides bringing out a set of recommendations on integrating space information products and services for disaster reduction