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Celebrating International Women’s Day with the Avoidable Deaths Network

By Mr. Tom Caley and Dr. Madhulika Sahoo   On 8th March, the world celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD) with this year’s campaign theme as #EmbraceEquity. The IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity theme campaigns for gender equity; the latter understanding “equal opportunities are no longer enough”…
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Avoidable Deaths of Migrants Attempting to Get to Europe by Sea

Avoidable Deaths of Migrants Attempting to Get to Europe by Sea By: Tony Moore Introduction At a Press Conference in April 2022, a spokesman for the United Nations Human Rights Council, the UN’s Refugee Agency, announced that more than 3,000…
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Shine Light on an ADN’s Project: Regional Network for First Responders (RN4FR)

Shine Light on an ADN’s Project: Regional Network for First Responders (RN4FR) By: Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett and Steve Glovinsky A region as diverse and vulnerable as the Caribbean requires a continually vigilant, collaborative and coordinated approach to major disaster events.…
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Deaths Due to Lightning in the Tribal Regions of Odisha, India

Deaths due to lightning in the tribal regions of Odisha, India By: Dr Madhulika Sahoo and Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett Lightning strikes kill people. Lightning deaths are increasing at an alarming rate in India. According to the National Disaster Management…
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Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths

Professor Alois Hirschmugl’s Perspective on Avoidable Deaths Professor Alois Hirschmugl is a Regular Officer, Trainer/Expert for international disaster management, and Technical Director of DMAT Consulting KG. DMAT is ADN’s Organisational Partner. Professor Alois Hirschmugl’s Interview Transcript Do you believe it…
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Drowning Prevention – A Personal Story from my Village Runia, India

Drowning Prevention – A Personal Story from my Village Runia, India By Dr. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett   The 25th of July is World Drowning Prevention Day. To highlight the tragic and profound impact of downing on families and communities and…
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Risk, Crisis, Disaster and Development Management (RCDDM): Future Leader Programme

Risk, Crisis, Disaster and Development Management (RCDDM): Future Leader Programme By: Mrs Denise Corsel, Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett, Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita and Dr Paul Reilly Introduction Disasters cause critically damaging human, social, financial, natural, and physical losses. In order to…
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School Pupils in Osaka are Champions for Avoidable Deaths from Tsunamis

School Pupils in Osaka are Champions for Avoidable Deaths from Tsunamis By: Hideyuki Shiroshita The city of Izumiotsu, located in the central part of Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is a relatively small city with approximately 75,000 inhabitants. The city was once…
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Avoidable Deaths Network On Air of Two Prominent Radios of Barbados

1 December 2021 LISTEN NOW ON SOUNDCLOUD Shayla Murrell – Interviewer Information Officer, Barbados Government Information Service   Daniel Mendez Avoidable Deaths Network Regional Coordinator – Caribbean   Krishna Clarke Avoidable Deaths Network Regional Coordinator – Caribbean   The Avoidable…
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Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships Awarded

Two prestigious Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships awarded to two students Hanifa Sango from Kenya and Chifundo Katanga from Malawi have been awarded Commonwealth Scholarships to allow them to pursue the MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management (RCDM), while living…
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First Milestone Achieved for the IPPF-Funded Project

First Milestone Achieved for the IPPF-Funded Project entitled “Developing a Protocol for Low-Budget Reproductive Health Kit during Disasters and Crises”. We are excited to announce that after months of systematic literature review of 47 sexual and reproductive health kits, 4…
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Disastrous Floods in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kasese District of Uganda

Disastrous Floods in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kasese District of Uganda By: Dr Yazidhi Bamutaze Uganda’s disaster risk management capabilities and disaster resilience were put to the test in the first half of the year 2020. Uganda…
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Indigenous Practices of Containing the Infection of COVID-19 in India

Indigenous Practices of Containing the Infection of COVID-19 in India By: Dr Madhulika Sahoo Over 104 million tribal people live in India, spread across 705 tribes (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2018).  They account for 8.6% of the country’s…
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Fighting Fire with Fire: Tackling Australia Bushfires with Indigenous Knowledge

Fighting Fire with Fire: Tackling Australia Bushfires with Indigenous Knowledge By: Adelle Lim At a time when most people look forward to summer breaks enjoying on a beach or simply going outdoors, much of Australia was shrouded in thick plumes…
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Design for Accessible-to-All Toilets Using Lego Models: Update from ADN’s Junior Champion

Design for Accessible-to-All Toilets Using Lego Models: Update from ADN’s Junior Champion By: Arkoneil Ghosh The first Lego League 2020 challenge was based on the theme “City Shaper”, and it made me think from a different angle. We were challenged…
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Disaster Risk Governance for District-Level Landslide Risk Management in Rangamati, Bangladesh

Disaster Risk Governance for District-Level Landslide Risk Management in Rangamati, Bangladesh By: Dr Edris Alam and Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett Introduction The Government of Bangladesh has been successful in reducing deaths from tropical cyclones. However, in recent years landslides have…
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School Pupils in Osaka are Champions for Avoidable Deaths from Tsunamis

School Pupils in Osaka are Champions for Avoidable Deaths from Tsunamis By: Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita The city of Izumiotsu, located in the central part of Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is a relatively small city with approximately 75,000 habitants. The city used…
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‘Challenges for the New World’ by: ADN’s Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh

Challenges for the New World By: ADN’s Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh COVID-19 doesn’t seem to be controllable and we are learning to get ourselves prepared to survive in this new world. The news of Bollywood stars being tested positive doesn’t…
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‘A Reflection on My PhD Fieldwork Experience Kalimpong district, India’ by ADN’s Intern and previous Administrator, Peter McGowran

A Reflection on My PhD Fieldwork Experience Kalimpong district, India By: Peter McGowran   Last year I took on a short-term administrator role with the ADN. Since May 2019 when the role officially finished, I have undertaken my PhD fieldwork in Kalimpong…
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‘Reflective Short Piece on the Situation in India’ by ADN’s Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh

Reflective Short Piece on the Situation in India: From Coronavirus to Locust Attack to Cyclones   By: ADN’s Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh   “While India as a nation continues to fight Coronavirus, here comes the Locust attack, which has destroyed…
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‘Project NHS Hero Inspiration Wall – Royal Free Hospital ICU’ by Intern for the IPPF-funded project on Reproductive Health, Nima Roy

Project NHS Hero Inspiration Wall – Royal Free Hospital ICU By: Nima Roy “Art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness.” – Anni Albers 4 weeks, 1,500+ pieces of art, 2 graffiti murals and many…
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‘COVID-19 in The Netherlands: Both a Biological Disaster and an Economic Disaster’ by ADN’s Knowledge Exchange Officer, Jos Bal

COVID-19 in The Netherlands: Both a Biological Disaster and an Economic Disaster By: Mr Jos Bal, ADN’s Knowledge Exchange Officer The coronavirus (COVID-19) is still spreading globally. Currently, in the world, there have been almost 5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases…
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‘Is Odisha leading to fight against COVID-19?’ by ADN’s Affiliates, Dr. Jalandhar Pradhan, Mr. Niranjan Bariyar and Dr. Madhulika Sahoo

Is Odisha leading the fight against COVID-19? By: Dr. Jalandhar Pradhan*, Mr. Niranjan Bariyar and Dr. Madhulika Sahoo The first case of COVID-19 outbreak was reported in India on 30 January 2020 in Kerala, while Odisha, an eastern state of…
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‘COVID-19: A Social Response to an Anti-Social Virus’ by ADN’s Media and Communications Manager, Matthew Merry

COVID-19: A Social Response to an Anti-Social Virus By: Matthew Merry The current COVID-19 crisis has seen an unprecedented wave of governmental restrictions that would be more at home in an apocalyptic film than in the 21st Century. The main…
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Belize COVID-19 Update from ADN’s Regional Coordinator, Daniel Mendez

Belize COVID-19 Update By: Daniel Mendez COVID-19 continues to cause major health, economic, social and psychological impacts across the Americas. As of 10 May 2020, there were 1,702,451 confirmed cases, with 101,874 reported deaths (PAHO, 2020). In the Central American…
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