Africa Center For Disaster Management

08/02/2022

http://africadisastermanagement.org/southern-africa-cyclone-season-tropical-cyclone-batsirai/

HIGHLIGHTS • Tropical Cyclone Batsirai made landfall in Madagascar, just north of the city of Mananjary, in Vatovavy region, on Saturday, 5 February, as an Intense Tropical Cyclone (Category 3 equivalent) with wind speeds of 165 km/h and wind gusts of up to 230km/h. • At least 10 people have die...

08/02/2022

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13753-021-00382-2

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015−2030’s (SFDRR) framing moved away from disaster risk as a natural phenomenon to the examination of the inequality and injustice at the root of human vulnerability to hazards and disasters. Yet, its achievements have not seriously challenged t...

15/01/2021

WHO report suggests African countries are not ready for COVID-19 vaccines

The WHO Regional Director for Africa urges governments to “ramp up readiness” as report suggests the region is not prepared for a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out. According to a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis, Africa is not ready for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and “the continent’s...

15/10/2020

Scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now hubs.li/H0y0r920

15/10/2020

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13/10/2020

In an increasingly interdependent world, our lifestyles, our choices mean that hazards are interwoven and spread throughout communities, societies and economies in complex ways that lead to systemic and cascading risks .

The health crisis stress-tests our ability to cooperate, learn and adapt in the face of deep uncertainties and rising risks The new coronavirus, COVID-19, was declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO) at the end of January and has since ...

30/07/2020

Nations that have not built robust capacity to plan and respond to major disasters will suffer.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Before New Zealand began its four-week lockdown to fight the coronavirus, a reporter asked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern what would happen if an earthquake struck...

30/07/2020

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24/07/2020

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24/07/2020

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24/07/2020

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06/07/2020

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