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In recent years, there has been a growing
recognition that strengthening resilience to disasters is
not only about disaster management but an essential component
of all emergency and development programming. Communities/households
with sustainable livelihoods, good levels of health care and
access to a strong and accountable civil society are less
susceptible to hazards and faster to recover. However, it
is also important that these development gains are protected
from disasters.
The International Federation has made
it a priority to ensure that disaster risk reduction is an
integral part of its development work and that all its programmes
work towards disaster risk reduction in an integrated and
mutually supportive way. The Safer Communities initiative
is working at all levels – governance, policy, management
and practice – to achieve this, while continuing to
promote disaster preparedness and disaster mitigation.
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Disaster management
