Health and Disaster Risk Reduction session was held on 26 May during the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, Mexico. Read about the session: http://towardsasaferworld.org/?q=content/health-and-disaster-risk-reduct...
Health and Disaster Risk Reduction Conference, 10-11 March 2016, Bangkok-Thailand
http://www.unisdr.org/conferences/2016/health
The Fifth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Cancun, Mexico on 22-26 May, 2017. The Platform website: http://www.unisdr.org/conferences/2017/globalplatform
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In this issue:
- Global Platform of Disaster Risk Reduction - Taking Stock of Achievements: Charting Future Directions
- “Invest Today for a Safer Tomorrow: Resilient People - Resilient Planet”
- and more...
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The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is pleased to announce that the proceedings of the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction held 19-23 May 2013 in Geneva is now available online at the following address: http://www.preventionweb.net/globalplatform/2013/news/view/34344
The event brought together 47 members of the TASW network. They examined what has been achieved since 2011 and they considered how best to strengthen the capacity and contribution of the network’s members.
This quarterly newsletter provides TASW network members with an opportunity to share recent activities, case studies and developments that may be of wider interest.
The Towards a Safer World (TASW) initiative was launched after the last ISDR Global Platform in 2011.
The first phase of the initiative was to review the impact of 'whole-of-society' pandemic preparedness efforts since 2005. 11 parameters were used in the analysis and key achievements and lessons were identified.
To assist Member States with the revision of their pandemic plans after the 2009 influenza H1N1 pandemic, WHO/Europe performed an evaluation of the usefulness of pandemic plans and preparedness activities (PPA) undertaken by Member States and WHO in the response to the pandemic. Using a systematic approach, more than 200 individuals representing national, regional and local responders in seven Member States were interviewed. Six major themes considered essential to PPA were identified: communication; coordination; capacity; adaptability/flexibility; leadership; and mutual support.
The TASW Network is a diverse group of energetic and expert practitioners from a variety of sectors, organisations and countries demonstrated how they had initiated whole-of- society preparedness for pandemic and related threats. They also indicated their commitment to maintaining and refining the best practices they have developed. They agreed to communicate it widely, mainstream it within institutions, sustain it, reach out and engage others who might benefit from it, and to continue to learn from each other.
More than 30 Member States in the WHO European Region are in the process of revising their pandemic plans, with two already published. Changes are being made based on lessons learnt from the response to the 2009 pandemic and these follow recommendations from numerous national, regional and global evaluations.