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Displaying 105 of about 123 resultsThis 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…
When the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) came to paradise, India had to try to act swiftly. Goa is a tiny emerald land on the western coast of the Indian peninsula with a population of 1.8 million. On its north runs the Terekhol River, which separates Goa from Maharashtra, and on the south lies the state of Karnataka.
However, with the onset of the…
Risk awareness is the best way to prevent and slow down the transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic and is achieved through the communication of risk assessment. Effective risk communication is an important measure to control infodemics as well. Most risk assessment tools focus on either tracking affected patients or diagnosing a probable health cond…
By Thomas Licart and Christophe Z Guilmoto
India introduced a national lockdown on March 24 hoping to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. As April 2020 begins, the country has registered over 1,500 cases of COVID-19, the disease associated with the new coronavirus, according to the latest data available.
These numbers translate…
By Yves-Marie Rault Chodankar
While the number of reported cases of the new coronavirus in India remains in the low hundreds, concerns are already growing about the capacity of its healthcare system to deal with the potential threat.
This is a major political test for the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi. It is already having to deal…
Anand Vihar Bus Terminal, teeming with thousands of workers. During his speech on the night of 22 March, Modi mentioned that there were plans in place to keep essential services open, but the details of these plans were left undisclosed. Details were provided online later, through advisories, though the situation seems to differ from state to…
Globally, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to about 200 countries and impacted everyone we know in some way, with over 14 million cases and more than 600,000 deaths across the globe till date. India now has the third most cases in the world, after the United States and Brazil. Madhya Pradesh is the second-largest state in India and the…
The coronavirus disease 2019 (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) wil…
In the villages of Uttar Pradesh, India, a local NGO has set up community grain bank services and mobilised farming families to grow their own vegetables and ensure food security during Covid-19. Neelmani Gupta reports
This is the forty-third in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN.
Situated in the north c…
Researchers in India use GIS mapping to identify city neighborhoods at highest risk of a COVID outbreak—helping officials place targeted restrictions to avoid an economic shutdown
Herndon, Va. – As COVID-19 vaccines slowly roll out across the world, government officials in densely populated countries must still manage vulnerable communities at highest…
By Catherine Davison
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Across the globe, coronavirus health threats are adding new volatility to disaster preparedness planning. Since the pandemic was declared in March, at least three major storms have threatened parts of Asia and the Pacific: Amphan in India and Bangladesh, Typhoon Vongfong in the Philippines, and Cyclone Harold in the Paci…
By Arivudai Nambi Appadurai
The axiom for this anxious moment is: coronavirus makes everything more complicated. That has been the case in Bangladesh and eastern India in the season’s first tropical cyclone, Amphan, where high winds and lashing rain threatened the region’s most vulnerable populations. Decades of preparation, plus a weakening of the sto…
By Soumya Sarkar, Zofeen Ebrahim and Ramesh Bhushal
The dramatic drop in air pollution after large swathes of South Asia shut down in response to Covid-19 was short-lived. Newly clean skies in cities from Peshawar to Guwahati stirred hope that action on South Asia’s lethal air pollution was possible. But as lockdowns eased, pollution levels crept back…
By Rory Horner
With rich countries having bought up the majority of the world’s COVID-19 vaccines, the rest of the world has relied on India – one of the world’s largest vaccine producers and exporters – to increase access to doses.
But now India’s exports – which include supplies for Covax, the global vaccine-sharing programme, as well as bilateral d…
This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on disaster response and recovery from various types of hazards, with regard to preparedness, evacuation, volunteering, early recovery, awareness and knowledge of different types of hazards, and preparedness capacity development. This study targets hazards such as Cyclone Amphan in India, the Kumamoto flood…