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Disaster Risk Reduction in School Curricula: Case Studies from Thirty Countries

Executive Summary

This document reports the findings of a UNICEF/UNESCO Mapping of Global DRR Integration into Education Curricula consultancy. The researchers were tasked with capturing key national experiences in the integration of disaster risk reduction in the curriculum, identifying good practice, noting issues addressed and ones still lacking and reviewing learning outcomes.
The methodology employed has been one of meta-research of available literature and case study documentary research into the experiences of thirty countries.

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Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Needs of Older Persons in Disaster Situations in the Caribbean

PAHO/WHO celebrates World Health Day with the theme: Good health adds life to years

Every year, World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. The topic of World Health Day in 2012 is Ageing and Health with the theme: Good health adds life to years. The issue gains more importance as within the next five years, the number of adults aged 65 and over will outnumber children under the age of 5.

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Anguilla + 20 others
Disaster loss reductions tools not being fully utilised

Barbados, Feb 18, 2005 (CDERA) - A released by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) today shows that some Caribbean countries are not fully utilising disaster loss reduction tools available to them.
The study has made a number of recommendations which if implemented could help in reducing the loss a country suffers as a result of a disaster.

- officially released today, was commissioned by CDERA as an important first step for knowing the status of these tools and to compile a database of relevant information and materials.

Vulnerability assessments and hazard