2009

4 محرم 1431

What has the tsunami really taught us?

Five years ago, on 26 December 2004, a massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra created a tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean.
25 شوال 1430

Decreasing the Destructiveness of Disasters is our only choice

Today, as Asia Pacific reels from one devastating disaster after another, more than 12 million people have been extensively affected.
6 شوال 1430

The G20 must lay the foundations for bold action on climate change in Copenhagen

If necessity is the mother of invention, we should be looking forward to a breathtakingly innovative agreement on climate change in Copenhagen in December.
23 شعبان 1430

Are you pandemic-proof?

When catastrophes hit the world - killing people, wreaking havoc, and threatening our way of life - the world responds with its entire means.
24 جمادى الثانية 1430

Climate change: the ultimate early warning

To many people enduring its effects worldwide, the global economic crisis must have felt like what we, in the humanitarian sphere, call a “sudden-onset” disaster.
9 جمادى الأولى 1430

Breathing new life into the principle of humanity

How has today’s world come to have 2.
26 ربيع الأول 1430

Tuberculosis : lack of information is a killer

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a high cause of mortality throughout the world.
17 صفر 1430

Cholera soars while funds dry up

At some point in the past three weeks Zimbabwe passed a grim milestone.

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