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Displaying 6 of about 6 resultsThis book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
TACLOBAN, 12 December 2013 – The ground floor patients including those in intensive care had a narrow escape. Indeed, as the tidal surge broke through the hospital’s perimeter wall security guards had to come and rescue the director of Leyte Island’s largest public hospital, the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC), as he struggled waist deep…
This consultative meeting has been convened by Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committees on Climate Change and Foreign Relations, for Asian parliamentarians to discuss actions that parliamentarians can take and lead, in order to increase the resilience of Asian countries to disasters and climate change.
The expected results of the meeting…
GENEVA, 7 May 2012 - Mayors from across the disaster-affected island of Mindanao are to petition the President of the Philippines, Benigno C. Aquino Jr., to allow the use of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund for prevention and mitigation activities at local level as part of a nine-point plan of action agreed at the weekend.
The m…
Manila launch of the UNISDR “Making Cities Resilient: My City Is Getting Ready!” Campaign.
At a ceremony at East Rembo Elementary School in Makati City, the Philippine Government commitment was supported by eight Metro Manila Mayors who also signed up to make their local government units safer from disasters:
Metro Manila Development Authorit…
Female health workers comprise 70% of the health workforce worldwide, but women occupy only 25% of leadership positions in health. The gender pay gap in health and social sectors is around 26% in high-income countries and 29% in upper-middle-income countries.
Gender discrimination, implicit bias, sexual harassment, and assault have been found to be sys…