Rapports

Highlights Epidemiological week no. 11 (11 to 17 March 2012) • In week 11, 2012, total 85 districts including 3 agencies provided surveillance data to the DEWS on weekly basis from around 1,947 health facilities. Data from mobile…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-077-2012 April 3, 2012 The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to express its concern toward the scrapping of the provision prohibiting amnesty for human rights violations in the Bills establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and…

Series #:12/28 Contacts: In Manila: David Llorito (632) 917-3047 E-mail: dllorito@worldbank.org Kitchie Hermoso (632) 917-3013 E-mail: mhermoso@worldbank.org In Washington: Mohamad al-Arief 1 (202) 458-5964 E-mail: malarief@worldbank.org MANILA, MARCH 30, 2012—Many residents in poor communities that were heavily affected by Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng in…

Introduction Floods and droughts can occur anywhere in the Lower Mekong Basin. A flood is a highly visible natural disaster that clamours for attention and better management. In contrast, drought is a ‘quiet’ and largely invisible disaster…

I. BACKGROUND Natural and human-induced disasters are becoming more frequent and climate change has further added to the unpredictability of these occurrences as well as their impact on…

Islamabad: A four-day training workshop organized jointly by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and World Bank on probabilistic risk modeling concluded here today. The Workshop was organized to create awareness and to train the staff of the…

A project worth more than 365,000 euros has been launched in Long An province to help build a strategy for climate change adaptation in the Vam Co River basin. The Netherlands committed 312,786 euros to the project…

Analysis by Manipadma Jena BANGKOK, Mar 27, 2012 (IPS) - India, like other Asian countries, has focused its climate change adaptation strategies on rural and urban areas while neglecting the urban fringes, say experts. Peri-urban areas are characterised…

Highlights Epidemiological week no. 12 (18 to 24 March 2012) • In week 12, 2012, total 85 districts including 3 agencies provided surveillance data to the DEWS on weekly basis from around 1,881 health facilities. Data from mobile…

OLONGAPO CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), Philippine National Red Cross-Olongapo Chapter and the Olongapo City Police Office recently conducted earthquake drills with the participation of city government…