17 Dec 2024
About this Paper: This study investigates barriers to accessing and acting on Early Warning Systems (EWS) among traditional coastal communities in southeastern Brazil, focusing on Quilombola and Caiçara groups. These communities face unique challeng...
Tags: Research, Communication As Aid, Community Engagement and Accountability, Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness, Early Warning Systems, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
20 Mar 2023
In October and November of 2020, a series of cold fronts and two cyclones caused severe flooding in the states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and Veracruz, Mexico. Tabasco also received significant rainfall in the month of November. Floods, landslides and the ...
Tags: Report, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
18 Jul 2014
The Communicable Disease Epidemiological Country Profile series was conceived and developed by the World Health Organization team for Disease Control in Humanitarian Emergencies (DCE). The aim is to provide up-to-date information on the major communi...
Tags: Report, Communicable Disease