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ZIMBABWEAN DELEGATION, IOM ENGAGE NADMO ON GENDER-SENSITIVE RETURN AND REINTEGRATION STRATEGIES
The visit seeks to support Zimbabwe in adopting a whole-of-government and whole-of-society strategy that is both integrated and gender-sensitive. This approach is expected to strengthen the country’s capacity to respond to the economic, social,
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FAO AND NADMO STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION TO BUILD RESILIENT AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS AND ONE HEALTH IN GHANA
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), on 16th September 2025, signed an agreement on a road map to deepen collaboration on Disaster Risk Reduction and the One Health approach in Ghana.
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NADMO EXTENDS DISASTER VOLUNTEER GROUPS REACTIVATION TO VOLTA AND OTI REGIONS
The ongoing national exercise forms part of the organisation’s drive to reactivate the DVGs, which were inactive for several years until their recent reactivation.
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INTERIOR MINISTER INAUGURATES NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The inauguration, held at the Ministry’s Conference Room in Accra, formally mandates the Committee to ensure that adequate facilities are available for relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and recovery in the event of a disaster.
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MAJOR (RTD) DR. KUYON INAUGURATES NORTH EAST REGIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
In his address, Dr. Kuyon noted that the committee had been inactive for some time. He commended the President for reviving the initiative in line with the NADMO Act, emphasizing the importance of proactive planning and coordination in protecting lives and property.
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NADMO BOSS URGES STRENGTHENED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DURING UPPER WEST VISIT
The delegation was received by Hajia Pognaa Fati Issaka Koray, Chief Director of the RCC, and Alhaji Nura Issah Dawana, Municipal Chief Executive of Wa, who represented the Regional Minister.
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NADMO BOSS TOURS SAVANNAH REGION, ENGAGES LEADERS ON CONFLICT, DISPLACEMENT AND PEACE EFFORTS
The visit aimed to gather firsthand information on the recent conflict in the area and its impact on the local population. The Director General was accompanied by senior NADMO officials, including Mr. Ahmed-Rufai Aggudey, Deputy Director General for Technical; Mr. Maxwell Niber, Director of Man-Made Disasters; Mr. Amo Yartey, Director of Inspectorate; and Mr. Mahama Zakaria, the Savannah Regional Director.
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ZIMBABWEAN DELEGATION, IOM ENGAGE NADMO ON GENDER-SENSITIVE RETURN AND REINTEGRATION STRATEGIES
Director, Major (Rtd) Dr. Joseph Bikanyi Kuyon, NADMO, Zimbabwe, IOM, Gender-Sensitive
FAO AND NADMO STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION TO BUILD RESILIENT AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS AND ONE HEALTH IN GHANA
The Director General of NADMO, Major (Rtd) Dr. Joseph Bikanyi Kuyon, FAO
NADMO EXTENDS DISASTER VOLUNTEER GROUPS REACTIVATION TO VOLTA AND OTI REGIONS
National Disaster Management Organisation, DVGs, Oti Region
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Hazards
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What is hazard?
A hazard is a process, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation. Hazards may be natural, anthropogenic or socionatural in origin (UNISDR, 2016).
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Why does it matter?
Hazards are often categorized by whether they are natural (sometimes termed physical) or technological (sometimes called man-made or human-induced). The term ‘peril’ is sometimes used instead of hazard, particularly in the insurance industry.
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Types of hazards
Avalanche, Cold Wave, Cyclone,Drought, Earthquake,Epidemic & Pandemic, Flood, Heat Wave, Insect Infestation, Land Slide, NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Storm Surge, Technical Disaster, Tornado, Tsunami, Volcano, Wild Fire.
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Characteristics of hazards
Natural hazard events can be characterized by their magnitude or intensity, speed of onset, duration, and the area they cover.
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How do we measure hazards?
Essential steps in hazard assessment are identifying the relevant hazard(s) and the collection of hazard-related data. Once the hazards are defined, the next step often involves obtaining a variety of hazard-related data. The most essential data define the date, geographical location and extent, and maximum intensity of historical events.
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Can we reduce hazards?
The adverse impacts of hazards, in particular natural hazards, often cannot be prevented fully, but their scale or severity can be substantially lessened by various strategies and actions.
Datasets
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Datasets
Data and statistics are important in understanding the impacts and costs of disasters.
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Data Viewers
Open access, online data viewers present hazard, disaster, and risk data in an easily accessible manner.
Components of Risk
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Disaster risk
Risk is a forward looking concept, so disaster risk can be understood as the likelihood (or probability) of loss of life, injury or destruction and damage from a disaster in a given period of time (adapted from UNISDR, 2015a).
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Hazard
A dangerous event that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, as well as damage and loss to property, infrastructure, livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption and, or environmental damage is known as a hazard (UNISDR, 2009b).
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Exposure
The presence and number of people, property, livelihoods, systems or other elements in hazard areas (and so thereby subject to potential losses) is known as exposure (UNISDR, 2009b and IPCC, 2012).
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Vulnerability
The name given to the set of characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard is vulnerability.
Risk Drivers
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Climate change
Climate change can increase disaster risk in a variety of ways – by altering the frequency and intensity of hazard events, affecting vulnerability to hazards, and changing exposure patterns.
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Environmental degradation
Environmental degradation is both a driver and consequence of disasters, reducing the capacity of the environment to meet social and ecological needs.
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Globalized economic development
Globalized economic development can lead to increased exposure of assets in hazard-prone areas, leading to further increases in intensive risk if not managed.
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Poverty & inequality
Poverty is both a driver and consequence of disasters, and the processes that further disaster risk related poverty are permeated with inequality.
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Poorly planned urban development
Whether or not disaster risk is factored into investment decisions in urban development will have a decisive influence on the future of disaster risk reduction.
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Weak governance
Governance of disaster risk management must be improved, not only through specialized and stand-alone sectors, but also through strengthened governance arrangements across sectors and territories in order to address disaster risk.
Key Concepts
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Capacity
Capacity refers to all the strengths, attributes and resources available within a community, organization or society that can be used to achieve agreed goals.
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Deterministic & probabilistic risk
Deterministic risk considers the impact of a single risk scenario, whereas probabilistic risk considers all possible scenarios, their likelihood and associated impacts.
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Direct & indirect losses
Direct disaster losses refer to the number of people killed and the damage to buildings, infrastructure and natural resources. Indirect disaster losses include declines in output or revenue and generally arise from disruptions to the flow of goods and services.
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Disaster risk reduction & disaster risk management
DRR is the policy objective of anticipating and reducing risk. Although often used interchangeably with DRR, DRM can be thought of as DRR implementation, since it describes the actions that aim to achieve the objective of reducing risk.
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Intensive & extensive risk
Extensive risk is used to describe the risk of low-severity, high-frequency disasters, mainly but not exclusively associated with highly localized hazards. Intensive risk is used to describe the risk of high-severity, mid to low-frequency disasters, mainly associated with major hazards.
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Resilience
Resilience refers to the ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner.
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Sovereign risk
Sovereign risk is the economic impact a government would face in the event of a disaster.
Models
Risk modeling
We need data on hazard, exposure, vulnerability and losses in order to understand and assess disaster risk.