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Displaying 15 of about 883 resultsThis paper assesses how the Covid-19 pandemic had ripple effects that extend beyond the domain of health risks into economic, social, and political domains. These effects were not evenly distributed and exacerbated existing societal inequalities and marginalisation. Informal and migrant workers, and those living in informal settlements, were disproporti…
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled ‘Local Recovery and Preparedness for the Pandemic’. This issue brings together policy experts, researchers and practitioners from diverse fields to deliberate on the trajectory of local level recovery and preparedness aspects. The focus is on highlighting the needs and the best practices on local level reco…
This policy brief presents adaptation strategies that are being implemented across Europe to strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change. Health system resilience is an essential component of adaptation. The European Union (EU) Commission launched the Next Generation EU COVID-19 Recovery Fund for Member States that include funding a…
This note intends to shift the discussion on pandemic and epidemic risk finance to a practical approach about the benefits of applying a disaster risk finance (DRF) lens to new financial mechanisms as they are developed and deployed. It outlines key trends of financial flows toward outbreak response and identifies relevant emerging initiatives and oppor…
This publication argues that wastewater surveillance is applicable to a variety of pathogens including poliovirus, mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) virus and influenza virus as well as SARS-CoV-2.1 Given the need for a global surveillance network that provides early warnings against potential health threats, the role of wastewater surveillance is incr…
This text provides a scoping literature review of learnings from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic commissioned by WHO to inform operational priorities for future respiratory pathogen pandemic preparedness. The learnings are grouped according to WHO’s subsystems for health emergency preparedness, response and resilience. Key takeaway…
This study provides insights into how privately owned groceries can complement large food storage facilities and provide sustainable public and private sectors (Public–Private Partnerships-PPP). Feedback from grocery tenants and customers showed that groceries can be crucial in disaster management. The grocery sector could bring innovative solutions to…
This study analyses international financial flows to nine countries for the 18 months after recent crises—drought, flood, cyclone, earthquake, and epidemic. It complements the Centre’s analysis of funding flows to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring similarities and differences for funding flows for natural hazards. International funding of…
This case study follows this collaboration from initial discussions and workshops, through to the use of SCOPE in various disaster responses in the Philippines, and to WFP’s local government capacity strengthening and its ongoing role helping the Government develop its own beneficiary management system. Providing food and cash assistance to populations…
This policy brief on COVID-19 preparedness at local level provides recommendations to cities on how to become more resilient in a world that is constantly changing. The University of Huddersfield is the leading partner of UNDRR in this effort, which also includes contributions from several RCC partners, such as UNDP and WHO, and the MCR2030 Resilience H…
This report articulates an alternative approach that addresses pandemic risk at its source and is grounded in One Health strategies of systems thinking, whole-of-society planning, and collaboration across disciplines at the human-animal-ecosystem interfaces as a central path to global health security. The report also outlines an investment framewor…
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled ‘Reaching the Last Citizen in the Pandemic: An Agenda for Panchayats’ and focuses on the important theme of effective local governance in the age of the pandemic. It deliberates on what good lessons can be drawn from PRI ecosystem and what measures can be taken to further strengthen its response capacities.…
Evaluación desarrollada para apoyar el diseño de políticas, programas y acciones que permitan a la Ciudad de México sobrevivir, resistir, recuperarse y adaptarse y crecer ante riesgos, tensiones crónicas, impactos actuales y futuros. Se ha desarrollado esta publicación como insumo para brindar herramientas a otras áreas del gobierno de la Ciudad de Méxi…
This analysis argues that investments to build country-level capacities in health security are critical to ensure that the global community is better poised to prevent, detect and respond to outbreaks. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that the world was not well prepared to respond to an infectious disease threat of this magnitude. Countries across al…
This first report of the 2021 World Risk Poll provides new global insights that identify the differences between people’s thoughts about, and experiences of risk before and after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The findings can be used by governments, regulators, businesses, NGOs, and communities to target their policies and carry out meaningful int…