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'We are asking federal government for this allocation to save hefty spending on disaster management - as one dollar spent for preparedness saves 10 dollars on disaster management,' said National Disaster Management Authority Chairman Zafar Qadir...
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), with the help of the United Nations (UN) is launching an awareness campaign for safer schools, hospitals and more resilient civic facilities in Pakistan in remembrance of the martyrs of 2005 Earthquake...
Pakistan and Germany signed an agreement to carry out research in flood-hit areas to gain a social perspective on the vulnerability, resilience and coping strategies of the average local population in the socio-cultural, political and economic context...
In an editorial, researcher Syed Mohammad Ali calls upon the government of Pakistan to 'give disaster risk management national priority', calling for increased national investment in disaster risk reduction and a move away from a focus on emergency response...
'We do not know when, where and how destructive the tsunami would be but we know the presence of the Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ) makes it necessary to prepare to reduce the level of losses' said Ardito Kodijat from the Jakarta Tsunami Early Warning Centre...
UNDP provided prefabricated offices to local institutions to allow a full recovery of governance functions. BEGIN-ER programme's aims also include developing planning capacities and implementation of disaster risk reduction activities....
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