Ten years since adopting the Hyogo Framework for Action shortly after the Indian Ocean Tsunami, government representatives have gathered in Sendai to negotiate a new framework for global action to reduce the risks of disasters. For the first time, protecting people’s health is at the centre of such a framework.
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People’s well being at the centre of new international blueprint to reduce disaster risks
Ten years because adopting the Hyogo Framework for Action shortly right after the Indian Ocean Tsunami, government representatives have gathered in Sendai to negotiate a new framework for global action to lessen the risks of disasters. For the initial time, protecting people’s health is at the centre of such a framework.
“In the ten years considering that Hyogo, governments have increasingly recognized that healthy folks are resilient men and women, and that resilient men and women recover much a lot more speedily from emergencies and disasters,” says Dr Bruce Aylward, Assistant Director-Basic for Emergencies at the Globe Health Organization (WHO). “Current and ongoing disasters – from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the Ebola crisis in West Africa – highlight the centrality of human wellness to our collective objectives in disaster danger reduction by all sectors.”
Emergencies and disasters
WHO and partners begin reaching people in need on many Philippine islands hit by typhoon
15 November 2013 — WHO is working with the Government of the Philippines and international partners to reach survivors of Typhoon Haiyan who need medical care. The full extent of the disaster is becoming increasingly clear, with dozens of separate sites needing assistance.
Emergencies and disasters
Breastfeeding is life-saving for babies in Philippines typhoon emergency
28 November 2013 — UNICEF and WHO today called on those involved in the response to the Philippines’ Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) disaster to promote and protect breastfeeding to avoid unnecessary illness and deaths of children.
Emergencies and disasters
New psychological 1st aid guide to strengthen humanitarian relief
16 August 2011 — Humanitarian emergencies – like earthquakes, intense drought, or war – not only affect people’s physical well being but also their psychological and social well being and well-being. A new guide makes positive that very best practices are regularly applied in humanitarian settings to improve the mental health of disaster affected populations.