The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world’s largest humanitarian…

Publications include the Responsibilities of health-care personnel working in armed conflict and other emergencies and…

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in collaboration with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)…

Disaster management is a complex process involving international, national and local organisations each with a…

Once emergency needs have been met and the initial crisis is over, the people affected…

It occurs in the first few weeks after the disaster has taken place, and focuses…

Disaster preparedness activities embedded with risk reduction measures can prevent disaster situations and also result…

These are activities designed to provide permanent protection from disasters. Not all disasters, particularly natural…

There is no country that is immune from disaster, though vulnerability to disaster varies. There…

Disaster management aims to reduce, or avoid, the potential losses from hazards, assure prompt and…