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Africa is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world. However, disasters continue to pose threats to lives and livelihoods and have resulted in reversing development gains. Global climate change is already affecting Africa as one of the most vulnerable continents, and hence has exacerbated existing disaster risks. Africa is also one of t…
Health is a key element of the Sendai Framework. It places strong emphasis on resilient health systems by the integration of disaster risk management into health care provision at all levels, and by the development of the capacity of health workers in understanding disaster risk and applying and implementing disaster risk approaches in health work. The…
Training Workshop Event As part of activities under Track I of the GFDRR in Africa, the UN/ISDR and the World Bank together with a number of ISDR system partners, including UNDP/Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Reduction (BCPR) and the ProVention Consortium, under the auspices of the African Union, will sponsor a training workshop for Sub-Saharan Afric…
The Ebola outbreak that affected Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had severe socio-economic consequences. The affected countries have undertaken a remarkable effort to fight the devastating effects of the outbreak with the support of the international community. The focus now is on shifting from an emergency operation towards one of multi-faceted long-t…

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