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10 Lessons from Fukushima: Reducing risks and protecting communities from nuclear disasters

12 May 2015
While it is very important to share the experiences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, people on the receiving end of such advice cannot take appropriate action unless they understand how to anticipate and prevent the actual disaster at the root of a...
Guidance material
Research

A Critical Disconnect: The role of SAARC in building the DRM capacities in South Asian countries

12 May 2015
This study considers the different elements of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s (SAARC) DMC’s efforts over the last decade and to assess their impact in supporting the national capacities of member states. This study eva...
Research
Case Study

IFRC Case Study: Unconditional cash transfers response to Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)

12 May 2015
As a response to Typhoon Haiyan, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched a preliminary Emergency Appeal to support the Philippine Red Cross in delivering humanitarian assistance to 100,000 families (500,00...
Case Study
Report

Elders leading the way to resilience

11 May 2015
This report describes and assesses the experience of Ofunato, Japan, which was devastated by the 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. After the GEJE, older people wanted to do something useful to help Ofunato recover. With facilitation by the NGO Iba...
Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Guidance material

Community early warning systems: guiding principles

11 May 2015
The Community early warning systems: guiding principles is one of a set of guides prepared by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), along with the guides for vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) and publi...
Guidance material, Early Warning Systems
Guidance material

Systèmes communautaires d’alerte précoce: principes directeurs

11 May 2015
Systèmes communautaires d’alerte précoce : principes directeurs est un des guides rédigés par la Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (FICR), et qui vient compléter le guide sur l’évaluation de ...
Guidance material, Early Warning Systems
Guidance material

Sistemas comunitarios de alerta temprana: principios rectores

11 May 2015
Sistemas comunitarios de alerta temprana: principios rectores ipertenece a una serie de guías elaboradas por la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, junto a las guías para el análisis de la vulnerabilida...
Guidance material, Early Warning Systems
Other type of resource

Comparative review of First Aid app between different countries- Concept note and template

11 May 2015
Background Through the Universal App Program, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) and the Global First Aid Reference Center have created a platform to facilitate the adaption and localization of mobile applications (apps) with first aid an...
Other type of resource
Guidance material

نظم المجتمع المحلي للإنذار المبكر: المبادئ التوجيهية

11 May 2015
لقد تراجعت نسبة الخسائر البشرية والمادية في الكوارث خلال الثلاثين سنة الماضية بفضل نظم الإنذار المبكر المحسنة حيث إن العديد منها ذات «تك...
Guidance material, Early Warning Systems
Case Study

GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Reponse in Guinea 2014

07 May 2015
In March 2014, MSF-Switzerland deployed a dedicated Geographic Information Systems (GIS) officer to Guinea in response to the Ebola outbreak in the south of the country. In support of the epidemiological team, the GIS officer was charged with produci...
Case Study, Communicable Disease, Mapping and Geospatial Data, Mobile Technology

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