Because tsunamis are the deadliest type of major natural disaster in terms of the proportion of victims killed, World Tsunami Awareness Day is being inaugurated on November 5, 2016.
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Because tsunamis are the deadliest type of major natural disaster in terms of the proportion of victims killed, World Tsunami Awareness Day is being inaugurated on November 5, 2016.
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Informal settlers are more exposed and vulnerable to displacement and are more likely to be relocated and excluded from the provision of durable housing assistance, finds IDMC report.
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The Toolkit is targeted at practitioners responsible for implementing recovery programmes, designed as a ‘how to’ guide on managing complex post-disaster recovery programmes.
Between October and December 2014, landslides occurrences increased by 224 per cent, flooding by 21 per cent and whirlwinds by 31 per cent compared to the same period in 2013.
Even after receiving more than US$7.7 billion in aid, Aceh remains one of the poorest provinces in Indonesia, with 18 percent of the population living below the country’s poverty line, against the national average of 11 percent.
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Like most of their peers around the world, countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami had few pre-established rules for managing incoming humanitarian assistance.
The disaster halted the violence, giving space for humanitarian response and unprecedented cooperation between Jakarta and the rebels.
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This brief considers the prospects for natural disasters to provide windows of opportunity for achieving peace via negotiated settlements, drawing on case studies of Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
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The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
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Ten years after the strongest tsunami in living memory, 24 countries participate in an exercise to assess the effectiveness of communication flows between stakeholders, country readiness and the efficiency of emergency procedures.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
Since 2004, malaria has been eliminated in Sabang, and government investment in disaster risk reduction included the construction of hundreds of earthquake-resistant schools.
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Women are essential players for effective risk assessment, early warning, and strengthening of disaster resilience. This tip sheet offers guidelines for gender mainstreaming in disaster risk and recovery efforts.
In building climate change related strategies and agendas, policy makers need to pay attention to the inclusivity of children, and how the changes will impact the lives of children.
In early February, a group of Arab donors visited the food-insecure regions of Brakna and Gorgol, a trip organized by UNOCHA. Gogol and Brakna are severely food insecure.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.