Chennai: To create awareness about disasters among students, the University Grants Commission (UGC) directed all higher ...

A new report by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) presents a tool for conducting an initial broad-based assessment of the resilience of a country’s health system to ...

Latin American and Caribbean countries encounter disasters each year, ranging from localized tragedies to region-wide catastrophes. These disasters are large, rapid-onset incidents, and they include ...

The provincial government of Laguna is fast-tracking rehabilitation and modernization of the Provincial Disaster Risk ...

Disaster management agencies get orientation in Incident Command System software. The increase in the frequency of disasters and their associated damages in the region is part of a worldwide trend, ...

Panama has instituted critical reforms to improve its technical and institutional capacity to manage the disaster risk resulting from natural and health-related hazards. The reforms allowed for a ...

The Morocco Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Program has helped strengthen Morocco’s disaster and climate resilience by promoting the development of a national Disaster Risk ...

Even in its current state of pandemic-induced isolation, North Korea continues to engage the international community on climate adaption and disaster risk reduction. In this undated photo provided ...

The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Located along the Pacific ring of fire, the Philippines is highly susceptible to seismic and volcanic risks. The country is ...

Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the ...