Forced displacement is one of the most acute and visible consequences of disasters and conflict....
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“ The link between vulnerability to HIV and humanitarian disaster has long been recognized; yet w...
“ Hunger and malnutrition are the worst enemies of humankind. They deny to children – even at bir...
“ Timely, preventive response to disaster risk requires effective early warning systems that are...
" Hurricane Katrina is now symbolic of what happens even in the most 'developed' of countries, wh...
The World Disasters Report is about people and disasters. It is about those vulnerable people who are most likely to be affected by disasters and the local institutions which provide the mainstay of disaster prevention, preparedness and relief. The first edition appeared in 1993. You can find out more about those previous edition here.
Over 72 million people, more than one in every hundred of the world’s citizens, are now forcibly...