Disaster reduction in Africa: ISDR Informs 2009 issue

The 2009 issue of Africa Informs covers disaster risk reduction activities in Sub Saharan Africa at regional, sub regional and national level.

It includes:

Disaster risk reduction in Africa

• Regional level
  - Disaster risk reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
  - Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action and the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
  - Global platform for disaster risk reduction

Programme of Action for implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy for disaster risk reduction

• Second Africa Ministerial Conference on disaster risk reduction
• Disaster risk reduction at sub regional level
  - The African Union
  - Institutional arrangements at sub regional level
  - Economic community of Central African States (ECCAS)
  - Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
  - Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
  - Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

Disaster risk reduction at national level

• A situation report from The Gambia
• Interagency activities
  - Urban risk in Africa: making cities resilient
  - 2009 international day for disaster reduction
  - Climate change adaptation in Africa
  - Climate change in a pastoral setting
  - Swine flu: the threat of the H1N1 pandemic

Views and reviews

• UN Spider activities in Africa
• Introducing Periperi U
• Risk reduction with IFRC