Reports

1. INTRODUCTION The Coronavirus disease 2019, hereinafter referred to as COVID-19, is caused by SARS CoV-2 Virus and is the third recorded animal-to-animal transmission of a Coronavirus, after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS, 2002), and Middle East…

INTRODUCTION The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), firstly detected in China in November 2019, has spread throughout the globe to the scale of a pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). In Nepal, the first case of COVID-19…

The poorest continue bearing the burden of global challenges: How can we transform agri-food systems so that no one is left behind? Statement of the Global Network against Food Crises on the release of the Global Report…

INTRODUCTION The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), firstly detected in China in November 2019, has spread throughout the globe to the scale of a pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). In Nepal, the first case of COVID-19…

Highlights 336030 cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Nepal, 283994 of which cases have been recovered so far. Of the reported cases, Acute Gastro-Enteritis (AGE) is the leading cause of morbidity in week 16. Note: This…

JUN ERIK RENTS, CHLERCHRISTOPH KLAIBER & JIAN VUN Over the past 20 years, floods have displaced more Indonesians than any other disaster type, causing significant damage and disrupting local economies. The poor and vulnerable often bear the…

Iffat Idris GSDRC, University of Birmingham 1. Summary There are strong interlinkages between the effects of climate change and natural disasters in Pakistan, food insecurity, and exposure to COVID-19.1 Areas/groups at risk of one will often be at risk…

Ha Noi, 28 April 2021 – The United Nations Development Programme organized an inception workshop for an upcoming diagnostic study on disaster risk finance and inclusive insurance. The workshop aimed to gain a comprehensive understanding of…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context In November 2019, the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) began a multi-year collaboration to help address the urgent challenge of reducing disaster risks…

This review of a four-year disaster risk management programme in Bangladesh’s north-western district of Gaibandha demonstrates that flood-prone communities moved ‘a level up’. 'A level up' represents the first use of the resilience radar tool as…