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Frontline : preparing healthcare systems for shocks from disasters and pandemics

Rentschler, Jun; Klaiber, Christoph; Tariverdi, Mersedeh; … - Weltbankgruppe - 2021

Healthcare systems are at the frontline of delivering critical care during emergencies. Yet, already before the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries were struggling to meet even routine demands for health care. Climate change, disasters, pandemics, and demographic changes will increase pressures on...

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Overcoming economic challenges, natural disasters, and the pandemic : social and economic impacts

Weltbankgruppe - 2021

This third edition of the Zimbabwe Economic Update (ZEU) aims to provide both a current and historical background covering the pre-pandemic (2019) and pandemic (2020 to April 2021) period. The 2019-2020 period marked a very difficult time for the country as 2019 was clouded by a prolonged...

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Learning from Experience : Insights from China's Progress in Disaster Risk Management

Weltbankgruppe - 2020

, this Knowledge Note distills some lessons from China's progress in many areas of disaster risk management. The note does … practitioners globally. Drawing on expert insights from China's disaster risk management community, key themes highlighted by this … note include: the evolution of national disaster risk reduction (DRR) planning; the rise of demonstration communities …

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