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En Uruguay varias instituciones realizarán una actividad relacionada al Día para la Reducción de Riesgos de Desastres en el Sector Salud, el cual permitirá reflexionar sobre la importancia de prevenir, mitigar y responder con rapidez a los riesgos de su producción...

Una recién creada red de científicos busca respuestas para que América Latina conozca y se adapte a esos diversos escenarios que está montando el cambio climático, reporta Ecoticias...

China's cities should be given help to improve disaster preparation and response systems, as populous areas are becoming increasingly vulnerable to catastrophes, experts said at the Beijing-Tokyo Forum on Sunday...

Stating that the federal capital falls on the most active fault line with the seismic hazard varying from sector to sector, a new research paper calls for an updated building code to avoid human and material damages...

Mr Kofi Portuphy, National Coordinator of NADMO, stressed the need to inculcate education and sensitisation on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into the routine humanitarian aid work to reduce occurrences of disasters...

While noting steps already taken to tackle mega-disasters, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the need to reshape response strategies and place a much higher premium on disaster risk reduction...

The Republic of China Red Cross Society will continue a US$3.1 million project to help with healthcare and disaster risk reduction in five tsunami-hit countries...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region IV-A hosted recently a two-day workshop on preparedness and response to oil spill during which LGU prepared a draft sensitivity map and a draft Municipal Oil Spill Contingency Plan...

The Government, with the support from the UN system, is in the process of establishing a Geographic Information System hazard risk map on natural and human–induced disasters to minimize the effects of disasters triggered by climate change...

The project, funded by DIPECHO and implemented in 20 schools by HOPE'87 and Hashoo Foundation, intends to provide safety to school students, villagers and community in times of natural hazards such as earthquake, floods and landslides...