Jakarta– The province of Central Sulawesi has been struck by a second natural disaster in the space of a week. After being hit by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Sigi regency, severe flooding has now inundated Parigi Moutong regency and the city of Palu.
RECENT extreme weather disturbances have recently resulted in loss in lives and property in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon.
The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP), through the PHAPCares Foundation, earlier called on its members to again extend help to victims of massive floods in Metro Manila and affected Luzon provinces. Last week, the PHAPCares Foundation turned over P500,000 worth of medicines to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMMC). In coordination with our government partners, we intend to roll out a medicine donation caravan to assist the disaster victims.
An integrated recovery plan (IRP) being prepared for the recovery of disaster-affected families in the four provinces will be ready by the year’s end.
This week, tens of thousands of delegates are meeting in Washington for the biennial International AIDS Conference, striving to advance an agenda for an AIDS-free generation. Achieving such an ambitious goal will require multiple strategies,
Thousands of activists, researchers and leaders in the global AIDS response descended on Washington last week for the 19th International AIDS Conference with a renewed sense of hope that we finally have the tools to change the course of this epidemic. With recent scientific breakthroughs in both HIV prevention and treatment, we have an unprecedented opportunity to really turn this thing around.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake of 6.6 rocked western Indonesia on Wednesday, but there was no tsunami and no immediate reports of damages or casualties.
Increasing numbers of weather-related disasters — violent storms, wildfires that have ravaged more than 2 million acres in the Rocky Mountains, and drought conditions affecting some two-thirds of the United States — should have IT executives scurrying to update their disaster recovery plans.
ROME, Italy, July 9 – Senior representatives from 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-states visited Europe last week to observe European Union (EU) arrangements in managing disasters.
The visit is part of the “EU-ASEAN Knowledge Exchange Activity,” aimed towards greater cooperation and exchange of skills and practices, said a press statement from the ASEAN.
Korban tewas akibat hujan dan banjir baru-baru ini di Rusia selatan mencapai 144 orang pada Minggu pagi, saat negara itu bergulat dengan salah satu banjir terburuk dalam beberapa dasawarsa.
Di wilayah Krasnodar yang disapu hujan, “144 orang tewas, lima tewas akibat sengatan listrik,” kata Kementerian Dalam Negeri Rusia dalam satu pernyataan.
Disaster recovery planning involves having policies, process and procedures that are related to being ready to recover and ensure business continuity in regards to technological infrastructure that an organisation runs on, in the unfortunate event of a disaster whether man made or natural. This is a key component involving all aspects of a business, mainly the technology aspects that support a business and all the material data.