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The Disaster Resistant Communities Group has undertaken an effort to develop, facilitate and evaluate a series of disaster exercises for neighborhoods entitled "Formidable Footprint - A Neighborhood Tabletop Exercise".
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The scenarios for the Formidable Footprint National Neighborhood Exercise Series will include:…
This document reports on the network's successes in disaster preparedness, response and recovery; health promotion; food security; development; gender equality; promotion of humanitarian principles and values; and its efforts to reduce stigma and discrimination suffered by vulnerable groups across the world. It recalls the prioritization of disaster pre…
From 13-26 June 2010, 30-40 young scholars will be convened to the Institute for an the 'Climate change and its impacts: resilience and adaptation to changes in precipitation' to take place at Brown University.
This Institute will focus on changes in the amount and variability of precipitation that will occur globally in coming decades. Major themes…
In times of crisis, what often makes headlines is the international response. But in most cases, those who provide the initial lifesaving care are health workers from the very communities affected.
WHO works with governments and partners to equip, train and prepare community health workers worldwide to provide critical care for millions of people affec…
Dumaguete City - The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council is set to visit towns and cities here for an ocular inspection of hazard-prone areas across the province.
The inspection is in line with the council's provincial disaster risk reduction management plan which is expected to be completed by the end of this month, said Provincial P…
The second International Conference on Disaster Management has been reconvened following the success of the first meeting, held in the UK in 2009. This conference focuses on current global health risks, and how best to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters in order to reduce human health impacts. It will help participants to understand the…
This document provides essential information on how to prevent child and maternal deaths, diseases, injuries and violence. Its last chapter specifically addresses child protection in emergencies, such as conflicts, disasters or epidemics, delivering the information and support children and their family members may need to prepare for and cope with such…
This study presents a rapid disaster risk assessment carried out in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, to: (i) identify major hazards, assess vulnerabilities and analyze risks of future disasters, and (ii) recommend key mitigating measures to make prospective communities in Mutiara village resilient to disasters.
It reveals that earthquake, tsunami, flooding, inund…
Press release No. 2011/031/LAC
San Salvador - Heads of State and top officials from the Central American Integration System (SICA) and World Bank Group (WBG) President, Robert B. Zoellick, agreed today to join efforts towards regional cooperation and integration and adopted a comprehensive agenda that includes an action plan with more than 20 specifi…
In a first of a three-part series, IRI's Director-General makes the case for climate-risk management as an approach for dealing with droughts, floods, epidemics and other problems that plague society and hinder development:
By Stephen Zebiak
We live in a time of rapidly escalating concern about climate change. Although scientific evidence on climate…
Hanoi - Serious efforts are under way to respond to the impact of climate change in Vietnam but a lack of capacity and resources remains a challenge, experts say.
Vietnam has been identified as one of 12 countries at highest risk from climate change and is the most threatened by rising sea levels, according to World Bank studies.
UN-cited data on gl…
by Will Rogers, Irish Red Cross
The Red Cross Red Crescent is bringing life-saving health information to the survivors of the Haitian earthquake through a partnership with a local telecommunications company.
Haitians can now call a free mobile phone number to receive updates on Red Cross Red Crescent work to stop the spread of diseases in the many c…