26 Nov 2017
The 2018 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop, CAP Training Session, and a Filtered Alert Hub Workshop were held in or near the headquarters of Hong Kong Observatory in Hong Kong, China. There are many lodging options convenient to...
Tags: Report, Early Warning Systems
28 Nov 2014
Preventing disease outbreaks has been a vital role carried out by WHO during the 2009 humanitarian crisis in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province. This film looks at how WHO and its Health Cluster partners have used the Disease Early Warni...
Tags: Video, Communicable Disease, Early Warning Systems
14 Oct 2013
The World Disaster Report (WDR 2014) argues that risk management can be a powerful instrument for development—not only by building people’s resilience and thus reducing the effects of adverse events but also by allowing them to take advantage...
Tags: Report, Urban Preparedness