Rapports

Severe hazards and disasters are common in Far-Western Nepal, including floods, river bank degradation, landslides and soil erosion—each resulting in loss of life and property. Agriculture is the pillar of Nepal’s economy and 74% of the population…

Cox’s Bazar, 13 October 2020 Every year on 13 October, International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction places a spotlight on how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters. This year’s historic monsoon floods…

Blog Post from Ria Sen Disaster Risk Reduction Expert Co-authored with Martha McPherson and Katie Keward In an increasingly uncertain world, the concept of ‘risk’ has come to the forefront of policy. We use it to describe the…

Note: This bulletin includes data since January 2020 till date, including comparison of the same period last year. Since May 2019, 36 new sentinel sites (including public hospitals, private hospitals, and medical colleges) were added and were gradually…

Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals is underway in the north with mixed conditions due to recent flooding, desert locust concerns, ongoing conflict, and socio-economic challenges. Planting of second season cereals is underway in…

Since the tragedy of the 2015 earthquakes, Nepal has undergone a political and structural transformation in how it approaches disaster risk governance. This has resulted in the decentralization of authority to the lowest levels of government…

Highlights 86823 cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed so far in Nepal, of which 64069 cases have been discharged from the hospital. Of the reported cases, Acute Gastro-Enteritis (AGE) was the leading cause of morbidity in…

By Hideki Mori, Yuka Makino (co-team leaders), Kenichi Nishkawa-Chavez, Rajib Shaw, Adea Kryeziu, Raiden Dillard, Thomas Vaughan Bowen, Barry Patrick Maher, Matthew Liam Hobson, Ana-Veronica Lopez, Erika Vargas, Phillippe Leite, Semeon Joachim Abel, Rich Webster, Galina…

Islamabad, October 01, 2020 — Ministry of Climate Change and UNDP in Pakistan held a project consultation meeting for the Scaling up of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Reduction in Northern Pakistan (GLOF-II) Project. The consultation…

Rangu Debi, 70, lives on Monpura, an isolated island of Bhola district in Bangladesh, by the Meghna River. A widow with six children, she has seen many catastrophic cyclones and floods, but fifty years ago, Cyclone…