Search
Results for " "
Displaying 6 of about 6 resultsThis Action Brief builds upon the earlier work done by UN Women and UNDRR and other partners to progress the Leave No One Behind agenda in response to COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific region. It aims to explore gender inequalities and their linkages to disaster manage and COVID-19, as well as identify key barriers to delivering disaster preparedness and res…
National Societies’ and volunteers’ roles will change through the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic in their respective countries/communities, based on which public health, clinical and health systems activities are likely to be most impactful. At the national and local level, the WHO has divided the COVID-19 outbreak into four distinct phases:
No…
This resource handbook for grassroots organizations aims to help them monitor governmental security agencies. Chapter 14 specifically assesses the role that civil society can play in overseeing the security sector in states of emergency resulting from natural disasters or health epidemics.
The handbook for civil society organizations on public oversigh…
This publication reports on the discussions and outcomes from the Second India Disaster Management Congress organized by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), India and held on 4-6 November, 2009 in New Delhi. The report presents a total of 26 technical sessions organized around 13 thematic clusters, including sessions on:
-- Earthquake
-- M…
In English
It is generally acknowledged that, in Africa, poverty, the lack of development, high population density, environmental degradation, diseases, poor governance, wars, conflicts, violence and other such threats are underlying factors that concur to make communities more fragile. However, while poverty is the main cause of vulnerability, disas…
Based on public health theories and illustrated by relevant examples, this manual introduces how health and disaster preparedness education programmes could be organized in remote rural China, which could become useful reference materials for organizers and volunteers of rural development projects. The manual is a summary of experience and insights gain…