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Displaying 6 of about 6 resultsBy May Masangkay
New York-based clinical psychologist Judy Kuriansky, a specialist in helping children traumatized by disasters, says the same techniques work for stricken kids wherever they are and that making them feel connected with their counterparts abroad is part of the healing process.
“We’ve used the same exercises and games for children who s…
By Obinna Anyadike
Nairobi - As rates of Ebola infection fall in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone planning has begun on how to rebuild public health systems and learn lessons from the outbreak.
Nobody is declaring victory yet. But in Sierra Leone, the worst-affected country, there were 117 new confirmed cases reported in the week to 18 January, the la…
WASHINGTON — Saying the world was “dangerously unprepared” for future pandemics, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on 27 January 2015 laid out a vision in which insurance companies, governments, multi-lateral organizations, corporations and international donors worked together to build a system that would help all countries prepare for potentially…
This report analyses the indirect, economic costs and in particular the effects on economic output in 2015 due to the Ebola epidemic. The results underscore the importance of Ebola and broader pandemic preparedness towards disaster risk reduction in African countries and of reaching the goal of zero new cases as soon as possible in the three most affect…
In early March, global health leaders cheered as Liberia announced it had zero cases of Ebola. After weeks with no new cases, however, the Liberian government confirmed on March 20 that a patient had tested positive for the disease.
With the ongoing possibility of future Ebola cases, now is the time to build momentum toward a stronger Liberian health s…
WCDRR highlights for Monday, 16 March 2015, issue #3:
The third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) continued its deliberations on Sunday with two ministerial roundtables, several working sessions and Main Committee discussions on the text of a post-2015 framework for DRR. Country delegations delivered statements in a general exchang…