Afghanistan

This PDNA report provides an assessment of the severe impacts of the earthquakes which struck Herat, Afghanistan in October 2023, and provides a vision and guiding principles for recovery.

The objective of the assessment is to develop a 2 model-based estimate of the direct physical damages to buildings and infrastructure and evaluate the spatial distribution of damages to support the development of a roadmap for recovery and reconstruction.

The First Assessment of Herat Afghanistan Earthquake report provides a preliminary evaluation of the earthquake's impact on the Zinda Jan district, focusing on shelter and housing.

This paper attempts to summarize the current issues and problems in Afghanistan with specific focus on the disaster and development, and provides some examples of community-based initiatives, suitable to the local culture and tradition.

Addressing the Gender Inequality of Risk and promoting Community Resilience to Natural Hazards in a Changing Climate is one of UN Women’s Flagship Programming Initiatives designed to ensure the effective integration of gender in the implementation of the

The first edition of this quarterly series showcases a selection of four papers, which address the impacts of droughts and floods, disaster resilience, and the role of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in disaster management

This paper provides an analysis of economic resilience at the national level, presenting a broad picture of changes in resilience to climate extremes over a 42 year period. It focuses on 12 countries in the Sahel, East Africa and Asia that are part of the

This paper discusses the post-conflict health system recovery process, including integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) into health recovery interventions, its strengths, challenges and lessons learnt. It seeks to inform the post-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) post-conflict/disaster health system recovery agenda in Africa.