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'The Disaster Risk Reduction day provides us with an opportunity to educate children on the health impacts of extreme events experienced in the UK such as floods and heat-waves. There is much we can do to lessen the devastating impact natural disasters can have on public health through engaging in education about risk reduction'...

Speaking at the commemoration of this year's International Day for Disaster Reduction celebrated at the University of Nairobi, Minister for Special Programs Esther Murugi has sounded an alert to the public to keep off areas thought to be vulnerable to incidents of flooding and mudslides...

CDKN's guest blog for the International Day for Disaster Reduction is from Maggie Ibrahim. She shows that working with meso-level (district level) government has been crucial to ensuring safer and more resilient livelihood strategies in communities...

On the International Day for Disaster Reduction, Ines Smyth argues that a gendered approach is the best way to ensure effective DRR. 'This is an opportunity to celebrate how people and communities are reducing their risk to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of DRR'...

Over 50 children from 13 countries from Asia Pacific met today at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok to celebrate the International Day for Disaster Reduction and discuss how they can play a more active role in preventing disasters...

The UN today highlights the essential role played by children and young people in preparing for natural disasters, as it commemorates this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction...

'The impact of disasters can be minimized—even prevented—if local governments, communities, and other relevant stakeholders work together to identify the risks and implement mitigation measures,' said Ricarda Rieger, Country Director of UNDP...

'Despite these occasional problems, Exercise IOWave11 has achieved its goal of evaluating the state of readiness of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in responding to a potentially destructive tsunami,' said Wendy Watson-Wright, Executive Secretary of UNESCO-IOC...

On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2011, ODPM recognises the important role of the youth in disaster risk reduction and commits to implement strategies geared toward the youth and aimed at increasing their involvement in disaster risk reduction...

During his International Day for Disaster Reduction message, the deputy governor Donovan Ebanks said it was essential that the unique perspectives of children and young people are included in disaster risk reduction...