Huracanes: Como construir una casa de madera más segura

Emerging Explorer Patrick Meier pioneers the lifesaving new field of crisis mapping, which is helping revolutionize the effectiveness of relief efforts worldwide.

NIAMEY, Niger, 17 July 2008 — The latest UNICEF-World Health Programme Joint Monitoring Programme report focuses on sanitation improvements. The report finds that while more people are drinking water from safe sources, far too few are using imp...

The IFRC has focused its planning 2009-2010 on early warning, early action. This entails proactively using existing knowledge and resources to better identify risks and to act before disasters happen. This community-based, preventive approach not onl...