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Displaying 210 of about 313 resultsThe IFRC's Everyone Counts Report 2023 is a comprehensive study on the humanitarian impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on vulnerable communities around the world. The report assesses the impact of the pandemic on health systems, economies, and disaster risk reduction efforts, and provides recommendations on how to address the humanitarian c…
With the publication of the third edition of the ASEAN Risk Monitor and Disaster Management Review (ARMOR) – titled When Disasters and Pandemic Collide: What does it mean to ASEAN, now and into the future? – the AHA Centre continues to provide well-researched and in-depth analysis of issues relating to disaster management in the ASEAN region. ARMOR aime…
This CSS Risk and Resilience Report provides a comparative analysis of national risk assessments. Specifically, it compares the assessments made by nine European countries and Swiss Re respectively of five types of cross-border risks: electricity supply shortage, nuclear accident, pandemic, severe space weather, and volcanic outbreak.
The report finds…
This case study highlights the gains and shortfalls with the Ebola virus disease preparedness interventions within the various contexts of nine countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) against the background of a renewed and growing commitment for global epidemic preparedness highlighted during recent World Health Assembly events.…
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This manual presents a clarification between natural hazards and 'natural disasters' and a discussion on risk and vulnerability, climate change and its impact on 'natural' disasters.
It describes briefly the framework of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA). The MA clearly links ecosystem well-being to human well-being, and presents the…
By utilizing practical tools and adapting them to individual country settings and contexts, the guide hopes to assist UN Country Teams and avian and pandemic influenza (API) Coordinators to work with their counterparts in developing practical coordination solutions that can reduce the threat from API. The guide can also help the UN at the country level…
A PowerPoint presentation at the South Asia Policy Dialog Workshop, New Delhi, India 21-22 August 2006.
The aim of this exploratory paper is to provide some critical perspectives and insights on the role of the private sector in disaster risk reduction, in particular with regards to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery process.
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) and the International Health Regulations (WHO, 2005) include biological hazards, such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus, among the major sources of risks for the 21st century. While COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by this most recent coronavirus, was declared by the World Health Organizati…
There are approximately 85 million persons living with some form of disability in the Americas and the Caribbean region. If we add to that their caregivers, families and support networks, it is clear that, either directly or indirectly, disability is a factor in the lives of a significant percentage of our population. Due to existing barriers in their e…
The intention of this paper is to contribute to Sendai Framework Priority 1, “Understanding disaster risk”, and Priority 2, “Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk”, by examining biological hazards and by proposing a structure for agencies to mitigate bio-risks.
With regard to Priority 1, the paper aims, first, to develop a…
This case study elaborates experiences of local election officials and what they have prepared for the future, with a focus on two contrasting districts: Semarang City (capital of Central Java Province — which was not flooded on election day itself) and to its east Demak, one of Indonesia’s most severely flood-affected regions.TΤhe year 2020 was very ch…
The World Disaster Report 2022 is an annual publication by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) that provides a comprehensive overview of the humanitarian challenges faced by communities around the world. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of natural and man-made disasters, including data on disaster freq…
This study examines and assesses the crisis communication of U.S. colleges and universities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic using the best practices framework. The COVID-19 pandemic started in January 2020 and has rapidly spread around the globe. Among the institutions at the forefront of responding to COVID-19 are U.S. colleges and universities. T…
The main aim of this publication is to identify ways to overcome the challenge to provide more equitable conditions for people with disabilites. This helps societies to fulfil their moral responsibility to be fair and inclusive in respect of those of its members who are disadvantaged and markedly more vulnerable during a pandemic period.The publication…