21 May 2020
New research and Study on COVID-19 Response in Urban Areas. Webinars: Rethinking Urban Community Risk Reduction and Resilience while responding to COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that cities are at the front lines of this crisis...
Tags: Guidance material, Communicable Disease, COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Urban Planning, Urban Preparedness, Urban Risk Reduction
08 May 2020
This guidance material offers an introduction to Psychological First Aid (PFA) in the community, in the context of the coronavirus. It will help readers/participants understand how community members become worried, and the National Society’s ro...
Tags: Guidance material, COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
20 Jun 2020
Heatwaves are deadly disasters that are increasingly common and can seriously affect human health and well-being. When a heatwave strikes, the most vulnerable are the most impacted. In the past decade severe heatwaves have been responsible for numero...
Tags: Guidance material, COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Heat Wave