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As the world celebrates World Humanitarian Day, UNISDR, the strategic arm of the United Nations working on disaster risk reduction, recognizes the valuable contribution of humanitarian workers who risk their lives everyday to help others, whilst emphasizing their crucial role in reducing disaster risk.

'Recognizing that we can do more and do better for the mental health of disaster affected populations, WHO and partners have developed this guide to ensure that standards and best practices are consistently applied in humanitarian settings' - and hopefully aid long-term recovery, too...

As he inspects his country’s medical stores, President Ernest Bai Koroma has called on the public and development partners to make collective inputs into the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness Fund (DRRPF)...

'Schools can be an important catalyst in the overall risk reduction agenda and what this project aims to do is to develop a toolkit to move the process of knowledge enhancement forward,' said Dr. Balfour Spence...

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan signed an agreement on the establishment of a Central Asian joint Center for Disaster Response and Risk Reduction in order to strengthen regional cooperation and coordination in DRR in the Central Asian region...

Mercy Corps and ITT Corporation announced the next stage of their multi-year partnership: risk reduction programs in six developing countries where people are particularly vulnerable to water-related disasters...

Oxfam has said that an effective DRR mechanism could have prevented the effects of fresh flooding in southern areas of Pakistan and urged the government to urgently spend at least two per cent of its district budget on disaster risk reduction measures...

En Argentina se lanzará oficialmente el Observatorio de Cambio Climático, dependiente del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable. El mismo permitirá entender y afrontar las problemáticas vinculadas al cambio climático a nivel provincial...

El director de la Conagua, José Luis Luege, alertó que el cambio climático incrementa la vulnerabilidad del valle de México al provocar sequías, lluvias y ciclones de mayor severidad, con lo que se afecta la disponibilidad de agua...

Le 4 août dernier à 3h36, un séisme de magnitude de 4 sur l’échelle ouverte de Richter a eu lieu en Cévennes dans une zone assez peu connue pour sa sensibilité sismique, à la limite du Gard, de l’Ardèche et de la Lozère...