An 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck 437km off the coast of Indonesia’s Banda Aceh on Wednesday, sparking a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean region. The quake provided a test for the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) early warning system installed by Indonesia and its neighbors in the wake of the devastating 2004 tsunami. […]
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Project development for early warning systems in Costa Rica.
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Flash Floods and Debris Flow are a major hazard in Europe and worldwide and Early Warning Systems are the best way to increase preparedness and suport efficient operational risk management. The video presents the advanced tools developed under the EU FP7 IMPRINTS project to support operational risk management and the implementation of the EU Flood
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Acces to climate information is a vital aspect of adaptation planning, particularly when it comes to creating life saving early warning systems. UNDP is working with countries like Benin in enhacing national capacities to collect and analyse relevant climate and weather data and communicate it to local populations. Benin’s work in delevloping an effective early
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PRESENTER: Anna Stewart – Research Scientist, and Latin America Research Coordinator, Center for Global Health and Translational Science TITLE: Developing a dengue early warning system in coastal urban EcuadorDATE: September 19th, 12-1pm TOPIC: Emerging mosquito-borne viral diseases, such as dengue fever and chikungunya, present a major global health threat. To improve the ability of the public
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Ireland is the first country in the world to introduce Community Based Health and First Aid (CBHFA) in Action through groups of special status Irish Red Cross Volunteer Inmates in a prison setting. The programme operates under a partnership between the Irish Red Cross, Irish Prison Service and Education Training Boards (formally known as the
Since March 2014 – for the past eight months — the Red Cross and Red Crescent boots have been on the ground to combat one of most terrifying diseases on the planet that has shattered the lives of millions. Trained staff and volunteers have been providing life-saving services to communities in West Africa, expanding Ebola
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The Government of Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak on 21 March 2014. This is the first time the Ebola virus has surfaced in Guinea. People fell sick and started dying. With support from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Red Cross Society of Guinea, in collaboration with the Ministry
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The event draws upon the online Policy Debate on the failure of the aid system in Haiti http://poldev.revues.org/1606 published by the journal International Development Policy http://devpol.org/ (DevPol). Each speaker briefly presents their reflections before inviting the audience to participate. Speakers:Jean-Marc Biquet, (MSF | CERAH)Andrea Binder (GPPi)Elyse Mosquini (Disaster Law Programme, IFRC) Moderator:Prof Gilles Carbonnier (Graduate Institute) You can join
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Eric A. Feldman, Deputy Dean and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School. CJS Winter 2012 Noon Lecture Series.
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