With World Bank support, Morocco has made significant strides since 2008 in strengthening its disaster and climate resilience. This has included gradual transition from a post-disaster approach ...

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The Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) conducted a two-day capacity building workshop on “Disaster Risk ...

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what ...

A new report Preparing Health Systems for Shocks: Japan’s Experience of Enhancing the Resilience of its Health System by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) shows how Japan ...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF), Bilal Anwar has said that the Fund was evolving from a facilitating and funding entity to a catalytic fund leading on ...

Bohol PDRRM Officer Anthony Damalerio says the provincial government plans to use a proposed P50 million Disaster Assistance ...

NAVAL, Biliran (PIA) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Biliran officially launched the Disaster Preparedness ...

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From earthquakes in Nepal to flooding in Myanmar, disasters damage or destroy thousands of schools leaving hundreds of thousands of children unable to go to ...

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday lauded the National Disaster Management Authority's (NDMA) integrated strategy for disaster risk reduction, particularly its emphasis on innovation, ...