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Sewalanka's community based disaster risk reduction (DRR) program underwent its first real test on Tuesday, 9 September when, following a major earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, the national disaster warning centre issued an official tsunami warning. The warning sparked…

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KATHMANDU, 3 September 2007 (IRIN) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) in Nepal in a new report has said it is concerned about the increasing risk of diarrhoeal and vector-borne diseases in the country due to recent floods…

By Corie Waddell - Community Engagement and Training Coordinator 1st September marks an increase in the momentum on AAI's Community Disaster Preparedness & Prevention Training from developing firm relationships with key leaders within the same three communities that are aligned with…

JOHI, 2 September 2007 (IRIN) - Rukhsana remonstrates with her infant child as he refuses to settle on an embankment where she wants him to relieve himself. After a brief bout of shrieking from the child, he finally relents…

For some people, climate change appears to be a distant threat. But for local communities in Bangladesh, Kenya and Zambia climate change is an everyday reality. Concern is helping these people by clearing irrigation and flood canals, building wells…

With hundreds of people already dead and 30 million others affected by floods from this season's monsoon rains in South Asia, the United Nations body that seeks to mitigate the impact of natural disasters today called on all governments…

ISLAMABAD, 9 August 2007 (IRIN) - Health experts warn of an increased risk of malaria in flood-affected southern Pakistan, as flood-waters triggered by cyclone Yemyin at the end of June recede further, providing fertile ground for mosquitoes to breed. An…

ISLAMABAD, 25 July 2007 (IRIN) - Over a million children are at risk of infectious diseases in Pakistan's flood-affected provinces of Balochistan and Sindh after last month's devastating cyclone Yemyin, which left nearly 300 dead and close to 400,000…

AI Index: POL 30/016/2007 (Public) News Service No: 127 Embargo Date: 16 July 2007 00:01 GMT New report by Amnesty International, Saferworld and other NGOs The…