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• NRC responds to desperate shelter needs

  
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  Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) NRC continues to respond to the shelter needs in Myanmar. Several hundred thousand people are still in need of sustainable shelter, a year and a half after cyclone Nargis struck."NRC has built ...
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• INDONESIA: Buildings on shaky ground in event of another quake, says survey

  
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  Source: IRIN Indonesias West Sumatra province, recently hit by a deadly 7.9 magnitude earthquake, is likely to experience an even bigger quake, and buildings need to be constructed to withstand this, experts say.
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• Clean water for Zimbabwe

  
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  Johanniter - International Assistance By rehabilitating and building wells, the Johanniter aim to improve the drinking water supply in the province of Manicaland, and reduce the risk of cholera outbreaks. In the 1990s, Zimbabwe was ...
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• Statins ‘cut healthy women’s heart attack risk’

  
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  London, Nov 18 (ANI) Healthy women who take statins have decreased risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, according to a study in America.The finding could pressurise family doctors to prescribe statins to “healthy” patients.A brand of the cholesterol-lowering drug called Crestor was shown to reduce the risk ...
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• UMCOR Hotline for November 17, 2009

  
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  United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) - USA In Todays Hotline: Read how UMCOR is responding to needs around the world:PHILIPPINES: TYPHOON RECOVERYUMCOR: UMCOR RECEIVES ITS SECOND FOUR-STAR ...
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• Community Disaster Resilience Fund (CDRF) Insights from India

  
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  Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) - India Community Disaster Resilience Fund (CDRF): Insights from IndiaImplementation: states | villages | districtsOutreach: villages | districtsINTRODUCTIONThe idea of creating a mechanism to ...
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• Biomass research. “… technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products.”

  
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  The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy have announced “… projects selected for more than $24 million in grants to research and develop technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million announced today, DOE plans to invest up to $4.9 million with USDA ...
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• Islamabad, New Delhi must reduce nuclear risk: Pakistani daily

  
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  Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) It would be in the interest of Pakistan and India to reduce the “nuclear risk”, a leading Pakistani daily has said in an editorial.The Daily Times suggested how in an editorial Friday: “First, nuclear risk reduction, … implementing systems to prevent the accidental triggering of these ...
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• Mayors pledged support to climate change control

  
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  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. ...
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• Zambia: Lusaka declares war against malaria, cholera

  
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  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 ...
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• Zambia: Lusaka declares war against malaria, cholera

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

  
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  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 ...
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• Second disaster management conference begins Wednesday

  
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  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 ...
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• India Disaster Management Congress begins in Delhi from Wednesday

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

  
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  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 ...
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• Ten Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Cancer Risk

  
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  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
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• T1-2 Development Organizations: Enabling Desired Stakeholder Actions

  
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  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 ...
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• T1-2 Development Organizations: Supporting Desired Stakeholder Actions

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

  
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  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 ...
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