Category: Blog
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The Coronavirus Explained in 8 Minutes
What is the Coronavirus? What happens when it infects a human? What should we all do to prevent and control the spread of the disease?
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Office of Civil Defense leads distribution of Bottled Water
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) led by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDDRMC) Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, activated the pre-agreement with United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) ARISE Philippines network and partner Nature Spring, with the 1st batch delivery of 43,000 SM Bottled Water to various frontliners in Metro Manila,…
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#FlattenTheCurve: Effects of Exposure Risk Reduction and Quarantine Policies on COVID-19 Local Transmission Rates in the Philippines 20 MAR
Source: Publicus Asia | Date: March 20, 2020 The Chief Data Scientist and top policy strategists of PUBLiCUS Asia, Inc. (PAI) have collaborated to publish Competitive Intelligence (CompIntel) Report No. 1, Series of 2020 titled “#FlattenTheCurve: Effects of Exposure Risk Reduction and Quarantine Policies on COVID-19 Local Transmission Rates in the Philippines”. This CompIntel Report…
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Ex-PH Health Chief urges gov’t to get more test kits, assist hospitals amid surge of COVID-19 cases
Date: March 16, 2020 | Anchor: Karen Davila | Source: ANC – The ABS-CBN News Channel In an interview with Karen Davila for ANC’s Headstart, Former Department of Health Secretary, Manuel Dayrit is urging the government to ramp up its support for private and public hospitals. He notes how COVID-19 has become a bigger problem…
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Time to take aggressive action?
Source: The Philippine Star – Filipino Worldview | Author: Ambassador Roberto R. Romulo | Date: March 13, 2020 The World Health Organization yesterday declared the COVID-19 a pandemic, meaning that its spread is global and there is widespread local transmission. It signals that health authorities must now change focus from containment to mitigation. Much is…
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UNDRR urges disaster management agencies to prioritize biological hazards
Source: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction | Author: Denis McClean | Date: March 12, 2020 GENEVA, 12 March, 2020 – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, today acknowledged WHO’s declaration of a pandemic in relation to the global outbreak of the COVID19 virus which has claimed over 4,000 lives to…
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Taal Volcano 2020 Eruption Update
Taal Volcano 2020 Eruption Impact on Air Quality Part I: Satellite Retrievals and Ground-based, Vertically-resolved Measurements Source: Manila Observatory
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Tackling disaster resiliency for businesses
On November 21, National Resilience Council (NRC) President Antonia Yulo Loyzaga and SM Prime and NRC Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Consultant VADM Alexander Pama appeared on CNN Philippines’ On the Record to discuss how businesses can prepare for and bounce forward from disasters. Video courtesy of CNN Philippines
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Young Leaders for Resilience
The National Resilience Council (NRC) believes that young people have the capacity and drive to help in achieving disaster and climate resilience. As the lead implementing partner of ARISE Philippines, the NRC created the Young Leaders for Resilience Program (YLRP) to encourage youth engagement in co-creating solutions that address the resilience challenges of local government…