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Displaying 15 of about 122 resultsThe WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific has taken steps to explore the role and potential of dark social communication for promoting health messages and reducing the spread of misleading information during and between influenza pandemics.
‘Dark social’ refers to internet traffic outside the scope of most analytical tracking. It describes people…
Over the years the need has surfaced for a more Caribbean focused conference on all possible disaster hazards. This conference seeks to bring together government agencies, academic institutions, and private sector for information exchange, dialogue and development of methods and practice to reduce the harmful impacts of hazards and disasters in the Cari…
This event is organized by The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations as a Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) national focal point and also as an integrator of the national emergency management system in collaboration with Prefecture Institution of Valcea County, Romania.
The main objectives of this seminar are:
-raising awareness within communit…
Fundamental shifts in preparedness planning are needed to ensure health, safety, and smooth operations during emergencies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This rapid expert consultation details what is known from research on evacuation behavior, social responses to disaster, and risk communication, as well as lessons learned from emergency manag…
A recently launched website 'Disaster Friendly Water and Sanitation' a joint initiative of Dhaka Ahsania Mission and Concern Bangladesh, is intended to help the process of formulating a coordinated disaster risk reduction strategy whilst strengthening field level activities.
A national advocacy campaign '2008 Year of Disaster Friendly Wat-San in Bangla…
This compilation of poems and slogans written in Hindi and English by high school students provides strong message on the importance of protecting the environment in order to reduce the risk of disasters and achieve sustainable development. Its aim is to raise public awareness about disaster risks related to natural hazards, such as earthquake, flood, d…
This report looks into adherence to SARS-CoV-2 infection prevention and control measures put in place in Belgium. The authors conducted a panel-based internet survey, addressing a sample of respondents representative for the adult Belgian population in terms of age, sex, region and socio-economic status. They also measured the actual and planned level o…
Drawing on the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication framework, this research sought to examine how leading health organizations use Instagram for communicating and engaging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governmental and non-governmental institutions increasingly use social media as a strategic tool for public outreach. Global spread, prompt…
This is the third edition of the Suffering in Silence report. The aim of this report is to highlight those humanitarian crises in 2018 that, though large, have received little public attention. In the final section, it also addresses the question of how to ensure better coverage, outlining eight steps to help shine a light on forgotten crises.
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Ce document présente les réalisations de l’approche de la Direction Générale de la Protection Civile (DGPC) Malienne en matière de gestion des urgences et catastrophes en 2012, 3 années après la mise en œuvre du projet PRECARICA viant à renforcer les capacités de la DGPC, des structures étatiques et des collectivités locales à mieux préven…
On entering Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport, visitors are greeted by posters on how to prevent COVID-19 transmission, even before having their temperatures taken by medical staff. Video messages play in the departure and arrival lounges. So far, the number of people in Africa confirmed to have the virus is much smaller than other parts of the wor…
By Narongsak (Tek) Thongpapanl, Brock University; Caitlin Ferreira, University of Cape Town, and Panom Gunawong, Chiang Mai University
In the wake of a disaster or crisis, people turn to trusted sources for information.
In today’s digitally connected world, those sources often take the form of social media platforms. These platforms allow fo…
Kathmandu - Nepal is at high risk of natural hazards such as floods, landslides, earthquakes, fires, cyclonic winds, hailstorms, and drought which can lead to hunger and epidemic outbreaks in their aftermath.
Among the major natural hazards, floods and landslides are the most recurrent in Nepal. More people are killed by disasters in Nepal compar…
By Tobias R. Keller, Visiting Postdoc, Queensland University of Technology; and Rosalie Gillett, Research Associate in Digital Platform Regulation, Queensland University of Technology
Even before the coronavirus arrived to turn life upside down and trigger a global infodemic, social media platforms were under growing pressure t…
By Aulona Ulqinaku, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Leeds
While lockdown measures are being lifted in some parts of the world, the situation for millions remains the same: stuck at home due to social distancing, worried and looking to their government for news about when life may return to normal.
The way national leaders and government…