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Displaying 5 of about 5 resultsProceedings of the first session of the Global Platform Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, 5-7 June 2007, including:
Opening statement,
Extracts from opening address,
Introduction;
Section 1:
Raise awareness on reducing disaster risk
Addresses and interventions by heads of delegations
High level dialogue
Section 2:
Share natio…
The global event was a high level panel discussion featuring representatives of countries that have suffered major disasters, and have since focused closely on protecting critical infrastructure such as health facilities and schools. The website for the World Campaign for Disaster Reduction 2008-2009: Hospitals Safe from Disasters was also launched on t…
The International Day for Disaster Reduction raises the profile of disaster risk reduction, and encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more resilient communities and nations.
This year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction falls on the third anniversary of the massive 2005 South Asian Earthquake that devastated a whole…
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED ON HOSPITALS SAFE FROM DISASTERS
“The most expensive hospital is the one that fails”
Hundreds of hospitals and heath facilities are destroyed or damaged every year by disasters caused by natural hazards such as earthquakes, hurricanes and floods. Millions of people are left without emergency care during and after disasters when hospit…
The theme of the the 2008-2009 World Disaster Reduction Campaign is Hospitals Safe from Disasters: Reduce Risk, Protect Health Facilities, Save Lives. During these two years the secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) and the World Health Organization (WHO), with some support from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduc…