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Displaying 4 of about 4 resultsA PowerPoint presentation at the South Asia Policy Dialog Workshop, New Delhi, India 21-22 August 2006.
A PowerPoint presentation.
Bhutan is a Himalayan Kingdom with population of over 600,000 approx. It is threatened by GLoF, flash flood, landslides, forest fires and earth quakes disasters. Acknowledging the emerging disaster threats, Government of Bhutan has asked MoHCA to come up with a comprehensive National Framework for disaster risk management in…
This publication outlines the health sector's role in reducing the impact of disasters, laying out a framework that an administrator can rely on to make effective decisions in managing the health sector''s activities to reduce the consequences of disasters. It describes the overall effects of disasters on health, highlighting myths and realities, and su…
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…