Official website of the Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) in Bangladesh which was established in 1972 and is operated as a joint intiative of the Government of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. THe CPP has been credited with bringing about a significant reduction in loss of life in Bangladesh as a result of cyclones […]
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The Great ShakeOut is a once a year earthquake drill first held in California in 2008 to raise awareness across all segments of the community. Participation has since spread around the globe and an increasing numebr of communities take part every year. The Great ShakeOut website, ShakeOut Drill Manual for Schools, ShakeOut Drill Manual for
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This publication is one of a series produced under the project ‘Living with risk – sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region’, implemented by ICIMOD during a 15-month period in 2006 and 2007. Through this project, ICIMOD has endeavoured to encourage knowledge sharing and to strengthen capacity among key practitioners in the fi eld of disaster preparedness and
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This report is the result of legal research taken within the framework of the Project on Legal Preparedness for Responding to Disasters and Communicable Disease Emergencies in Viet Nam. The Project was managed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) with technical assistance from World Health Organization (WHO), supported by
In the winter of 2009‐2010 Mongolia experienced the most severe dzud since the consecutive dzud winters of 1999‐2002. The 1999‐2002 dzud was an important catalyst for a number of donor‐led efforts to improve pasture and livestock management and risk preparedness using community‐based approaches. In the 2009‐2010 dzud, about 8.5 million livestock had died, approximately 20%
The paper focuses on financing and institutional arrangements for dzud. It seeks to encourage a more coordinated, predictable, timely and targeted approach to dzud on the part of both the Government of Mongolia (GoM) and its development partners, based on an analysis of the 2009-2010 dzud response efforts. The paper also explores the scope for
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This legal research study was conducted in Lao PDR between March and August 2009 to: Identify gaps and areas of good practice in addressing legal issues and implementing the key regional and international instruments relevant to disaster and communicable disease emergencies in Laos; Recommend legal and policy measures to minimise legal barriers and encourage effective
This legal research study was conducted in Cambodia between June 2008 and April 2009 to: Identify gaps and areas of good practice in addressing legal issues and implementing the key regional and international instruments relevant to disaster and communicable disease emergencies in Cambodia; Recommend legal and policy measures to minimize legal barriers and encourage effective
(Regulations on notification and reporting of communicable diseases), 2010 Onlinve version of regulations http://www.ifrc.org/docs/idrl/951VI.pdf
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日本赤十字社（以下、「日赤」）は、「原子力災害における救護活動マニュアル」を作成し、警戒区域外で活動する一般の災害救護に携わる救護班に許容される累積被ばく線量を1ミリシーベルトとした。作成に当たっては、国際放射線防護委員会（ICRP）が一般市民に対する1年間の実効線量限度の勧告に準拠することとした。日赤の救護班の活動期間は1週間以内を基本としており、この基準では福島県で「帰還困難区域」に設定されている地域でも、多くの場所で活動できることを意味する。また、救護活動時の行動基準を定めるとともに、救護班要員には研修会等において放射線防護の教育を行うなど、要員の安全を確保する基準についても定めている。 原子力災害における救護活動マニュアル http://ndrc.jrc.or.jp/archive/item/?contentNumber=000001-00
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