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Displaying 15 of about 29 resultsThe COVID-19 epidemic was declared a Global Pandemic by WHO on 11 March 2020. The outbreak began in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. For the first time since the outbreak began, there have been no new confirmed cases caused by local transmission in China reported for five consecutive days up to 23 March 2020. This is an indication that the so…
While the COVID-19 pandemic has spread like wild fire, some parts of the world have bucked the trend through careful planning, imaginative use of technology, efficient deployment of available resources, and community participation. Such efforts are leading to inspiring success stories. The state of Karnataka is located in the south-western region of Ind…
This guidance document presents the local government's response to COVID-19 in Korea. The measures taken are categorised under the following themes:
Innovative public health administration (pp. 2-4);
Support and management of self-quarantine (pp. 5-7);
Local economic recovery (pp. 8-10);
Transparent disclosure of information (p. 11).
For more co…
COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented global impact. Since its onset, the Government of India, State Governments and local authorities have been directing all their efforts towards handling the crisis. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) with the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) will be releasing a series of arti…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Turkmenistan, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, earthquake, epidemics, and mud flow. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an eva…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Nepal, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as land slide, wild fire, flood, epidemic and earthquake. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an…
The document is a compendium of all the guidelines and advisories issued by various ministries and departments of the Government of India for mitigation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The report provides an overview of the disaster risk reduction and management in Nepal, a country under threat of multiple natural hazards: earthquakes, floods, landslides, fires, storms, the epidemics, and others. It presents background information on the country, its disaster profile, its legal and institutional framework, the country's achievements i…
This document provides the required guidance to Member States for establishing and/or strengthening legal authorities for a Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) and describes the process of developing or amending country-specific legal frameworks. It will serve as a reference to the Member States of the African Region to adapt their PHEOC l…
This DRR Tool Kit for Constituent Assembly members is produced jointly by the following organizations, with funding support of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (through DIPECHO V partners–ActionAid with AusAID co-finance, Care Nepal, Handicap International, Mercy Corps, Practical Action and UNDP–BPCR South and South–West Asia), Oxfam…
This is an occasional paper series from NDRC Nepal documented by Dr. Dhruba Gautam, Adviser and Research Fellow of #NDRC on #COVID19 Response and Readiness in #Nepal. The document talks about the pandemic context, Nepal efforts and challenges as well as recommendations to cope with the situation in COVID-19 response.
The Hyogo Prefectural Government (Japan) has developed revised guidelines to support municipalities with preparedness and the operation of evacuation centers in the context of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The original guidelines were published in Japanese, but they have been summarized and translated into English for this publication.
This report is a compendium of understanding, concepts, experiences and lessons of disaster risk management (DRM), emergency response planning and capacity building in Nepal. It also provides a chronology of the development of DRM processes in the country including government's initiatives in creating suitable policy and legal environments for effective…
This book captures the measures undertaken and the systems established for disaster management in India. It also articulates the next steps required. It is intended to be used by disaster management practitioners to promote collaborative efforts to reduce disaster risk in the country. It is the outcome of a Ministry of Home Affairs in-house compilation…
This report asserts that the more widespread integration of science into disaster risk reduction policy making will depend on science being ‘useful, useable and used’. The case studies in the report describe specific examples of scientific learning being employed to enhance disaster risk reduction, providing evidence that science is useable for disaster…