risk reduction

Welcome to the 'risk reduction' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'risk reduction'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “risk reduction”

• Mayors pledged support to climate change control

  
  PinoyBusiness.ORG - Home — Authority: 135
  The effort to control climate change has trickled down to the local government levels as the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) pledged their support to zero-waste management campaign and transform their garbage dumps into eco-parks. This was disclosed by LMP national president Mayor Ramon Guico Jr. ...
  2 days ago

• Zambia: Lusaka declares war against malaria, cholera

  
  Sanitation Updates — Authority: 133
  Lusaka District Commissioner Christah Kalulu is confident [that the city] will have fewer cases of cholera and malaria, and suffer less disaster than it has during rainy seasons over the past decade. This follows the successful implementation of the District Disaster Reduction (DDR) programme which was launched on ...
  5 days ago

• Zambia: Lusaka declares war against malaria, cholera

  
  WASH news Africa — Authority: 126
  Lusaka District Commissioner Christah Kalulu is confident [that the city] will have fewer cases of cholera and malaria, and suffer less disaster than it has during rainy seasons over the past decade. This follows the successful implementation of the District Disaster Reduction (DDR) programme which was launched on ...
  5 days ago

• International Medical Corps to Lead PREPARE Team As Part of USAID Pandemic Threats Effort; Project to Focus on Improving Coordinated Emergency Management

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  International Medical Corps (IMC) - USA November 2, 2009, Los Angeles, Calif. - International Medical Corps is pleased to announce its participation in a three-year, $6.65 million contract awarded by the United States Agency for ...
  6 days ago

• Second disaster management conference begins Wednesday

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The second India Disaster Management Congress will be held in New Delhi from Wednesday and is expected to bring together 1,500 scientists and scholars from various global universities for interaction and integration of knowledge on various aspects of disaster risk reduction and management.The ...
  1 week ago

• India Disaster Management Congress begins in Delhi from Wednesday

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New Delhi, Nov 3 (ANI): The second India Disaster Management Congress will be held at the Vigyan Bhavan in the national capital from Wednesday.The Congress is being organized by the National Institute of Disaster Management in collaboration with the Ministry of Home affairs, National Disaster Management Authority, ...
  1 week ago

• SlashYourRisks.com (American Risk Reduction) Retains #1 Manhattan SEO – PRLog (free press release)

  
  Best Webmasters — Authority: 139
  SlashYourRisks.com (American Risk Reduction) Retains #1 Manhattan SEO – PRLog (free press release) PRLog (Press Release) Oct 31, 2009 SlashYourRisks.com (American Risk Reduction) has retained the #1 Manhattan-based SEO/SEO and web development company GetMeOnTop to improve search engine rankings for the ...
  1 week ago

• Ten Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Cancer Risk

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 544
  Cancer is a disease that does not discriminate. Anyone can get cancer , and unfortunately, one of the single factors contributing to the disease is aging. But don’t get discouraged. There are ways to reduce your cancer risk that you can control. read more
  1 week ago

• T1-2 Development Organizations: Enabling Desired Stakeholder Actions

  
  Apin Talisayon's Weblog — Authority: 114
  Knowledge management in government and development organizations is more complex than knowledge management in private corporations. For one, development organizations have to serve and deal with many stakeholders and external actors with their many different and sometimes competing interests and operating at different ...
  1 week ago

• T1-2 Development Organizations: Supporting Desired Stakeholder Actions

  
  Apin Talisayon's Weblog — Authority: 114
  Knowledge management in government and development organizations is more complex than knowledge management in private corporations. For one, development organizations have to serve and deal with many stakeholders and external actors with their many different and sometimes competing interests and operating at different ...
  1 week ago

• International Medical Corps Aids Wounded in Deadliest Iraq Bombings Since 2007

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  International Medical Corps (IMC) - USA CONTACT, IRAQ:Dr. Gerald Evans, Country Director International Medical Corps, Iraqgevans@imcworldwide.org CONTACT, U.S.: Stephanie Bowen, Communications ManagerInternational Medical ...
  1 week ago

• International Medical Corps Aids Wounded in Deadliest Iraq Bombings Since 2007

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  International Medical Corps (IMC) - USA CONTACT, IRAQ:Dr. Gerald Evans, Country Director International Medical Corps, Iraqgevans@imcworldwide.org CONTACT, U.S.: Stephanie Bowen, Communications ManagerInternational Medical ...
  1 week ago

• AFRICA: Digesting a "mouthful" of climate change

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: IRIN Disaster risk reduction as a tool for climate change adaptation is a "technical mouthful" said Rachel Shebesh, chair of the African Parliamentarian Initiative for Climate Risk Reduction.
  2 weeks ago

• ADPH Seeks Science-based Proposals For HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction, Health Promotion

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 144
  With federal funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Alabama Department of Public Health announces a request for HIV/AIDS proposals from community organizations and other entities. The HIV/AIDS Division is seeking two types of proposals. First, the division is seeking sciencebased ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sri Lanka: Learning from disasters

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland Several months after Sri Lankas 26-year conflict ended in May, approximately 270,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the northern part of Sri Lanka are still waiting to return home.An ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sunoco Logistics Selects Syntex IMPACT ERM(R) Suite Software Solutions As Its EHS Management Platform

  
  eReleases Press Release Headlines — Authority: 448
  HOUSTON, Oct. 22, 2009 — Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P., an industry leader among pipeline and terminal providers, has selected the Syntex IMPACT ERM(R) Suite as its company-wide QHSE management solution. Syntex Management Systems, Inc., the world’s leading provider of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), will ...
  2 weeks ago

• Southeast US exposed to climate change impact-Oxfam

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: Reuters * New report combines social vulnerability, climate hazard * Southeast, poorest U.S. region, seen most at risk * Oxfam urges backing for climate change legislation By Pascal Fletcher MIAMI, ...
  2 weeks ago

• GREATER HORN OF AFRICA: Preparing to mitigate negative impact of El Niño

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: IRIN As countries across East Africa and the Horn of Africa begin to receive El Niño-related enhanced rainfall, disaster risk reduction experts from 10 countries in the region are meeting in Nairobi to develop strategies for reducing the negative impact of the evolving El Niño phenomenon.
  3 weeks ago

• Warming Up Properly

  
  Health Choices — Authority: 147
  In our ‘Stretching’ article series (http://optimumlife.co.nz/Fitness%20Articles/Stretching/Stretching1.htm), we discussed why it’s important to stretch as part of your workout. We also touched on the importance of warming up before even *thinking* about stretching. Since that article, I’ve had a couple of ...
  3 weeks ago

• WMO says early warning of extreme weather does save lives

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 150
  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Eight countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus and five in Southeast Asia are implementing early warning systems to protect against weather-related events, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Today 14 October is International  Day for Disaster Reduction, ...
  4 weeks ago

Comments about risk reduction