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This focuses on the coordination structure established by UNHCR and Care International for humanitarian response in northwest Syria. It addresses challenges in the conflict-affected region and the...
This document concerns the approach adopted to natural hazards, in particular flood protection (floods, bank erosion, debris flows), avalanche protection, mass movements (fall, slide and flow...
Every year, 175 million children globally are expected to be affected by natural disasters, including floods, cyclones, droughts, heatwaves, severe storms, and earthquakes. Children are...
Every year, natural events, such as earthquakes, floods, storms, heatwaves and droughts cause huge humanitarian and economic damage around the world. Although we are now better able to identify...
The aim of this report is to assist agencies working in the tsunami crisis by highlighting seven generic lessons that have been learned from other natural disasters, specifically floods and...
The Cairo based World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean published in 2007 theWHO e-Atlas of disaster risk for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Volume 1: Exposure...
People affected by natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes, volcanoes, and other calamities often face urgent protection needs that may not be immediately visible to humanitarian...
Welcome address of Mr. Rudolf Müller - Chief, Emergency Services Branch, OCHA Geneva.
The increased occurrence of natural disasters over the years have led to greater awareness of their impacts and the need to be prepared. New Zealand has encountered tsunamis, earthquakes and...