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10 Arab Countries Shared their Lessons Learned in Preparing & Responding to COVID -19 During their Participation in UNDRR ROAS Webinar

The inevitable impact of COVID 19 and its impact globally and on all Arab countries is far more than a health crisis, it is affecting societies and economies in multiple ways. While the impact of the pandemic varies from one country to another, it will
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UNDRR Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Brief: Risk communication and countering the ‘Infodemic’

This brief highlights the challenges and opportunities for effective risk messaging. Special emphasis is placed on reaching and helping to protect vulnerable communities and deploying tactics to counter misinformation and disinformation which threaten the public health responses and increase societal tensions.

Webinar: Disaster-Responsive Social Protection: Lessons from COVID-19

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Launch of an online training course on building business resilience in the face of COVID-19 for small and medium enterprises

BANGKOK - The Regional Office for Asia and Pacific of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), in collaboration with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), announces the launch of an online training course to help small and
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COVID-19 puts human rights of millions at risk

GENEVA - Widespread abuse of migrant workers and multiple examples of human rights violations were vividly highlighted by experts in the Asia and the Pacific Region speaking in a UNDRR-hosted webinar on “Human Rights Dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic”
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UNDRR Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Brief: Business Resilience in the Face of COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on businesses across Asia-Pacific. Many are closed while others are struggling to maintain operations while ensuring the safety of their workers. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)- which comprise more

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Transformational potential of COVID-19 recovery in Asia-Pacific

BANGKOK - The COVID-19 pandemic poses unique challenges in response and recovery. Governments are trying to manage the shock in the face of existing societal threats like poverty and inequality. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 recovery process has the
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Disaster Preparedness Guides for Persons with Disabilities

As a contribution to the Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Network (DiDRRN), UNDRR Asia-Pacific collaborated with the ASB Office for Indonesia and the Philippines to produce a series of disaster preparedness guides for persons with disabilities

Webinar: The Human Rights Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Bangkok
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Cutting through the COVID-19 ‘Infodemic’

BANGKOK – “Trusted, timely, accurate, simple and widely shared risk information saves lives, particularly when it reaches the last mile and is used by vulnerable communities”. This how the Chief of UNDRR’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Loretta