HIV AS A NATIONAL DISASTER AIDS has caused immense human suffering in the continent. The most obvious effect of this crisis has been illness and death‚ but the impact of the epidemic has certainly not been confined to the health sector; households‚ schools‚ workplaces and economies have also been badly affected. Although access to antiretroviral treatment is starting to lessen the toll of AIDS‚ fewer than half of Africans who need treatment are receiving it. The impact of AIDS will remain severe
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Running head: Fundamentals of Disaster Management in the context of Pakistan … Term Paper “Fundamentals of Disaster Management in the context of Pakistan” Junaid Ahmad Fundamental of Disaster Management MSDM2012 Shah Nasir Khan Dec 17th Jan 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page ABSTRACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 1 No. 7 [Special Issue –June 2011] Taking Community-Based System to Malaysian Communities for Disaster Management Binyamin Ajayi1 Department of Information Systems Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology International Islamic University‚ Malaysia E-mail: biyi_ajayi2000@yahoo.co.uk‚ Phone +60129444745 Bakhtiyar Badi Department of Information Systems Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology International Islamic
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AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM‚ PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN‚ APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of Volcanic Hazards (40 marks) More than 500 Million people live within 50 miles of a volcano‚ the potential therefore exists for major loss of life and damage to property and infrastructure‚ particularly when urban areas are situated in close proximity. Mitigation of such losses can be achieved through careful preparedness and planning. Preparedness is the process of ensuring that an organization has complied with the preventive
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Earthquake Disaster Management National University Holly Montgomery NSG 411 Professor Mason October 7‚ 2014 EARTHQUAKE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MANAGEMENT Introduction Nations abroad‚ individuals‚ families and entire communities are experiencing unprecedented disasters. Disasters occur suddenly and unexpectedly‚ and they often cannot be prevented. A disaster is any natural or human made incident that causes disruption‚ destruction or devastation requiring external assistance (Stanhope
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A community’s ability to cope after a disaster is critical in ensuring that the community and its citizens are able to return to a sense of normalcy after the disaster. Oftentimes‚ the response to a disaster can be a determining factor in the ability for the community to prepare for the next disaster. The conceptual model of societal response to disaster lays the framework for a society to understand the ways in which a disaster affects the community‚ either before‚ during‚ or after the event. The
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In 1980 Children Disaster Services was having meetings children to set up children care centers and also shelters and disaster centers across the nation for children. Some have been specially trained to respond to traumatized children. Even volunteers was provide which they provide a safe and calm environment. This is basically is set up for children‚ floods‚ hurricanes‚ wildfires really natural or human caused disaster. It has been volunteers all across the county that participate (Peek‚ Sutton
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To what extent can preparedness mitigate the impacts of tropical revolving storms? (40 marks) Tropical revolving storms can be referred to as Hurricanes‚ cyclones and Typhoons these occur in the Atlantic‚ Indian and pacific oceans. Nobody is quite sure how they form but certain factors do need to be met for one to form. One of these is the temperature of the sea which has to be above 28degrees‚ the water also has to be deep beneath the storm‚ this is how the storm gathers its energy. These storms
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Natural Disasters of the Last 100 years 2010 Haiti earthquake The 2010 Haiti earthquake was an earthquake of catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw‚ with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne‚ approximately 25 km west of the capital of Haiti. The earthquake occurred at 4:53 local time on Tuesday January 12‚ 2010. For January 24 were at least 52 replicates of 4.5 or greater. An estimated three million people were affected by the earthquake. The highest death toll is estimated at 220‚000. Haitian government
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