Articles Category: Disaster
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #7: Building Health System Resilience in ASEAN
by Resilience Development Initiative and Aly Diana ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #7 ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Policy Brief is a publication of the ASCC Department at the ASEAN Secretariat. It identifies trends and challenges that will impact ASEAN and ASCC sectors and propose policy-relevant solutions and recommendations to … ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #7: Building Health System Resilience in ASEAN
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #2: Common Resilience Challenges in ASEAN and Potential Areas of Collaboration in Disaster Management
Inclusion of Women and Girls as Both Targets and Agents of Humanitarian Response
Forging Ahead: The New AADMER Programme for 2021-2025
ASEAN Aspires to be the Global Leader in Disaster Management
ASEAN Training Centre For Social Workers: Social Protection and Social Resilience in Disaster Situations
Countries around the globe face various types of catastrophic disasters. Tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, cyclones, typhoons, floods, drought, and other climate change-related hazards are among the most common natural disasters. Their intensity and unpredictability have resulted in great loss of lives and damages to property and infrastructure.
Myanmar Unified Platform for Disaster Risk Application: A Decision Support Tool for Risk Informed Development Planning and Implementation
Can ASEAN Respond to a Slow-Onset Disaster?
“One ASEAN, One Response” is far from just a tagline. It is a well thought out concept born out of a necessity to connect the real disaster experience from ground zero to the highest level of the diplomatic arena in ASEAN. It was borne from ASEAN’s experience in its response to the 2013 Super Typhoon … Can ASEAN Respond to a Slow-Onset Disaster?
Rowel Balais
When Super Typhoon Haiyan (local name: Yolanda) struck the Philippines on 7 November 2013, Rowel Balais and his family hunkered down in their home in the town of Palo, Leyte province. Along with Tacloban city, it was one of the hardest hit areas by the deadly typhoon. Haiyan affected 16 million people and killed over … Rowel Balais