The Malawi government has launched the "National Recovery Disaster Framework" which defines mechanisms for monitoring and management, clarify institutional roles and responsibilities and optimizes recovery investments across short-term humanitarian needs and medium to long-term reconstruction, taking into account the principles of building-back-better and resilience, reports the Nyasa Times.
The Minister of Information, Tourism and Civic Education, Jappie Mhango presided over the launch of the framework, following the commemoration of the 2015 International Day for Disaster Reduction. According to the report, in line with the theme under commemoration the Minister said science and indigenous knowledge in predicting weather were supposed to be used.