The following is a list of all conten labeled as "Health & Health Facilities"
The following Business Continuity Plan (BCP) lists the tasks that should be carried out as soon as an incident, or potential incident, is discovered and/or an emergency that affects the wellbeing of the people of Lesotho.
The purpose of national disaster risk reduction policy is to provide a framework for effective planning and implementation of disaster risk reduction in Lesotho. More than 90 percent of disasters in Lesotho are related to climatic changes.
This plan was established as a response to the impacts predicted due to the El Niño phenomenon (2015-2016). The overall objective of the National Response plan is to mount a timely, consistent, effective and coordinated response to save lives, property and livelihoods for the affected communities. The specific goals are to:
The Plan of Action (PoA) is the strategic plan for the implementation of the Sendai Framework in Africa. It is intended to provide guidance and direction for actions by all at the continental, regional, national and sub-national/local levels in Africa to prevent and reduce the risk of disasters for resilience in line with the Sendai Framework.
On April 24, 2019, the Union of Comoros was hit hard by Cyclone Kenneth, which affected 345,131 people, including more than 185,000, very severely.
The 2019 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent, analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and policies.
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 document presents the results of the project "Assessment of natural risks in the Comoros" which was commissioned in order to analyse and assess the current situation; main challenges and issues; strengths and weaknesses as well as the country's potential needs for external assistance in disaster risk management.
The Evaluation of Vulnerability to the Risks of Flooding in the Union of the Comoros is a document that:
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.