Epidemic: bubonic plague, cholera, dengue, non-pandemic diseases, typhoid;
Pandemic: H1N1, HIV, smallpox, tuberculosis, COVID-19.
The following is a list of all conten labeled as "Epidemic & Pandemic"
The aim of this report was to highlight existing capacities, challenges and gaps, as well as make recommendations for strengthening national and local capacities regarding DRR (including climate change risks) through key sectors.
This is the third consecutive year that CARE publishes its report “Suffering In Silence”. It serves as a call for the global community to speak up for people in crises who are otherwise forgotten and to help them overcome hardship.
This report analyses some of the southern african countries readiness to humanitarian impacts related to their macro-economic conditions, the regional seasonal rainfall forecast, the food, livelihood and nutrition security and the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo.
In light of national, cross-border, transboundary and regional hazards of various type in Southern Africa, a desk review was undertaken by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in order to enhance the understanding of disaster risk and spaces of vulnerability (i.e.
This report summarizes all activities implemented for Seychelles in the context of the joint UNISDR/ISLANDS project entitled "Strengthening Capacities for Unified Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Through the Facilitation of Risk Transfer and Finance Mechanisms" within the "ISLANDS Programme for Financial Protection against Climatic and Natural Disasters."<
This report assesses the content and implementation of Namibia's new national framework for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and related legislation, which includes the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) of 2012, the National Disaster Risk Management Plan of 2011, and the National Disaster Risk Management Policy of 2009.
An Official Statement made by His Majesty King Mswati III, at the fifth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, May 2017.
This report summarizes all activities implemented for Mauritius in the context of the joint UNISDR/ISLANDS project entitled "Strengthening Capacities for Unified Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Through the Facilitation of Risk Transfer and Finance Mechanisms" within the "ISLANDS Programme for Financial Protection against Climatic and Natural Disasters." T
The report presents findings on the assessment of progress and experiences in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into national development frameworks in Malawi. The assessment was commissioned jointly by the secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), ECA and UNISDR.
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are prepared by member countries in broad consultation with stakeholders and development partners, including the staffs of the World Bank and the IMF.